1 Hidden Destination in South America

Suriname

Destinations

Jodensavanne (Joden Savanne)

Suriname · Para District

Deep within the Surinamese rainforest, the jungle slowly reclaims the ruins of a once-thriving 17th-century Jewish settlement, including the oldest synagogue in the Americas.

Established by Sephardic Jews fleeing persecution in the 1600s, Jodensavanne was an autonomous agricultural colony granted unique rights by ...