There is more than one place on this list that will make the visitor feel like they have, with one step,
gone back at least a hundred years. Perhaps the most potent of these time-travel experiences
is to be had at the Magen David Synagogue, which is only accessible to those who get a special
permission slip from one of the city’s oldest bakeries, the Jewish-owned Nahoum and Sons, a
tourist attraction in its own right.
The synagogue, built in the late 1800s, has an impressive clock tower, but the real delight of
the visit lies in stepping inside and marvelling at its impossibly high ceilings and quiet grandeur.
The city’s Jewish community may have reduced to only a few families, but this magnificent place
of worship still stands as a testament to their presence in the former colonial capital.
MAGEN DAVID SYNAGOGUE AND NAHOUM AND SONS, NEW MARKET