palacio de los olvidados

This 16th C home belonged to a Jewish family who was expelled during the Inquisition. It now houses a gem of a museum. The artifacts include a Torah from the 15th C and several Kitubas- ancient to modern. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable. We were glad we took the trouble to find it.

This comment is about the museum and not the Flamenco show. We took the guided your and our guide, Marta was just awesome. Her explanations were totally clear and offered a real time travel. This really was the highlight of our stay in Granada. A much better experience than the Alhambra where we were quite frustrated by the lack of historical explanations. DO NOT MISS IT!!

This little museum, about 5 rooms, focussed on the experiences of the Sephardic Jews in the Middle Ages. There are tours in various languages but we used the English language written guide and this was fine. Plus the woman at the reception gave us a brief history of the building.But the real gem is the excellent performance in the evening! Romance de Los Olvidados is a 90 minute flamenco production of Lorca's play. It was outstanding! Such passion and emotion depicting the story of Tamar. Such stamina by the artist who danced for 60 minutes. A definite mustsee!

This was such a wonderful experience. The performers passionately depicted the history of the Jews from this area.

I simply wanted a decent Flamenco performance. Instead I got an amazing powerful drama beyond my expectations. I fell in love with the seductive principal dancer but her powerful anger terrified me. A woman to be loved and feared. What a story - what a wonderful introduction to Flamenco story telling. Our guide did an excellent job sharing the story of the Sephardic Jews in our tour of the exhibit. The wine and snacks following were appreciated. The jewellery bought as gifts was admired/appreciated upon returning to Canada. This was an unexpected highlight of my visit to Granada.

A great addition to Granada, this relatively new and small museum provides a glimpse into Jewish life and impact in Granada. The museum collection is small but reflects the rarity of existing pieces. It's an opportunity to learn about the Sephardic Jews as well as current traditions and customs of the Jewish faith. Our tour guide was exceptional but all the staff are equally friendly, welcoming and generous with their time. The flamenco show that takes place at night within the walls of the museum is also unique and dramatic and not to be missed.

I have always avoided Flamenco before but this was not tourist rubbish: it was a spirited adaptation of a Lorca poem, performed by a gifted group consisting of trio of dancers and two musicians who, despite the small audience (Monday night in January) put their all into it and managed even to instill life into the watching Brits and Americans. The setting is a museum dedicated to remembering the Sephardic roots in Granada but also finding room for Muslim influences, both groups expelled by militant Christianity.Highly recommended.

Just happened upon this small theatre near the Alhambra that was doing a flamenco named "romance de los Olvidados" based on the poem Thaemon and Amnon by Federico Garcia Lorca. It was amazing!! This was my first taste of Flamenco arriving into Spain and so glad I took the opportunity to check it out. It was NOT a touristy type show, in fact I asked if it was a touristy show since I tend to avoid them like the plague. They assured me it was not and in fact the audience was most definitely local Spaniards in attendance. The dancers and musicians were just amazing. DON'T MISS IT!!!

We found out about the dancing when we stumbled across the Sephardic museum and saw the poster. The dances take place on a small stage with only a small number of other visitors which creates a wonderful intense performance. Go and see if you can avoid tapping your feet along with the rhythm too. Good for couples and families.Performance is in the early evening. We were treated to unexpected drinks and simple food in the short interval. Overall very good value.Take the opportunity to visit the small but lovely Sephardic Museum during the day where you can buy the tickets for the evening performance.

I visited without taking the tour due to a lack of time but there is not enough information laid out for a 'solo' visit. I definitely recommend taking the guided tour which takes 1 hour. It would give the visit much more substance.

This is my first time ever writing a review here, so please take that as an indication to go to this museum!! With just 6 euros, you get tour of the museum (5 rooms) with a tour guide. I was the only one on my tour and my tour guide, Neiva, was incredible. The tours tend to last one hour, but mine lasted closer to 1.5 hours. Seriously, this young woman could travel the world showing people how to give a great tour. She is knowledgeable, personable, well spoken and very enthusiastic, but genuinely so. She answered every single question that I had. My tour was in Spanish, but she spoke English fluently, as well. Having been to two other Sephardic museums in Spain (Toledo and Cordoba), I can without a doubt say that this was my favorite. Their selection of artifacts is impressive and spans centuries. Plus, the staff is incredibly passionate about their museum. They also do cultural activities for the community--when I left they were preparing for a Hannukah activity that they were going to do with a school group the following day. This is a brand new museum (open just a little more than a year, I think) so they're not yet getting the foot traffic that they deserve. It is definitely worth a visit. Plus, after the tour, there is free wine and delicious Sephardic cookies to enjoy in the gift shop!For those curious-minded individuals like myself, make sure you ask about the connection between the name of the city (Granada means pomegranate) and it's connection to the Jews (a very important symbol in Jewish culture) and why the founders chose to name the museum "Palacios de los Olvidados" ( Palace of the Forgotten).

This is a small museum, but filled with interesting relics of the Jewish past in Granada - items from synagogues and homes of the Jews and conversos (converts to Christianity during the Inquisition).There are interesting historic letters and samples of "proof" of lineage......There is a lovely small shop which sells art and small pieces of jewelry, as well as baked goods which you can sample.The best part of this visit was finding out about a performance taking place there almost every night, a drama in dance form. It is based on a poem by Garcia Lorca, and is not to be missed. The poem is about the children of King David - called Thamar and Amnon. It is flamenco, but not the usual kind of flamenco - a moving, emotional evening. Go if you can!

If you tour the Alhambra much is made of the way the Jews, Christians and Muslims lived in relative harmony together under the sultan. This museum gives you a small but interesting view of the life of the Sephardi Jews of Granada with artefacts and details of daily life. Well worth a visit. Enjoy the free biscuits too!

Inspite of a lovely young informative girl this museum was very disappointing.Considering the history of the Jews in the city the collection was small and the museum shed very little on the history.Expensive entrance fee just added to the disappointment.

Opened in Jan. 2014, owned by private non-jewish individual who wants to tell the history of the Jews in Spain and Granada in particular. I guess half the exhibit pieces are antiques, the remainder not. If you don't take the guided tour you miss everything relevant about the exhibit since the signage is not adequate. The entry plus tour is very inexpensive. What it is not is the feel of a typical museum. But I would recommend it to anyone interested in the Jewish experience in Spain.