Tour Tracing Disappearing Professions | “Premium” Package

Looking for an exciting and powerful activity? Would you like to meet the craftspeople who practice trades that have disappeared from the world? Join a special tour through the pages of history for a moving experience in a vanishing world!

An fascinating tour telling the stories of craftspeople who are the last in their fields, including demonstrations and personal stories.

The “modern” era pushed aside many craftspeople, who became unnecessary in the face of progress and globalization. Many of them no longer exist; some are fighting for their place, while others have changed their craft slightly in order to survive.

Alongside the last craftspeople in their fields, we will also visit places that have closed down, whose children preserved the workshops so that people can see and know what once existed here, when the world was still innocent.

During the tour, we will hear their personal stories and watch them at work.

Examples of craftspeople taking part in the initiative:

• A workshop producing beach bats and backgammon boards
• A workshop producing painted floor tiles
• A wood-toy carver
• A life’s work by a press photographer from the early days of settlement
• A second-generation bookbinder
• A blacksmith and metal artist
• The workshop that produced boats for Vespas
• An exceptionally talented and inspiring mosaic artist
• A basket weaver
• A furniture restorer
• A silverware artist
• An animal taxidermist
• A household-goods factory that closed its doors
• A female puppeteer
• And more…

Thank you for choosing the social tour initiative, “Following the Trades That Are Disappearing from the World.”

By purchasing tickets for the initiative’s tours, you help preserve the heritage of crafts that are gradually disappearing. The initiative includes craftspeople, artists, and long-established shops threatened with extinction by imports and changing technology.

The initiative is not supported by any government body and is not an association, so the way to support these places is through the tickets you purchase. With your help, the established businesses receive professional filming and documentation days, coverage of their stories, and their transmission to the media. Businesses in difficulty also receive direct support from us according to their needs and our abilities.

Dozens of creators taking part in the initiative testify that they are happier since the tours began, and that the exposure helps them cope both financially and emotionally.

Did you know? The tour won the prestigious European Travel & Hospitality Awards in the tourism category for 2021—the innovative experience of the year.

The tour was selected as one of the five best tours in Tel Aviv by Yedioth Ahronoth.