Hotel Ilan


In a grand prewar building that once housed a large rabbinical school, the Hotel Ilan is a centre for Jewish culture in Lublin. It even has an orthodox synagogue. The 38 rooms are very comfortable and the service is excellent. It's a short walk north of the centre. The hotel is also the official keeper of the keys for the new and old Jewish cemeteries.


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1. New Jewish Cemetery

0.22 MILES

The new Jewish Cemetery, founded in 1829, is the resting place of 52,000 Jews who were buried here until 1942. The cemetery was mostly destroyed by the…

2. Targ Ruska

0.34 MILES

This sprawling and only vaguely organised market has a very long history, with a market held on this site for centuries. In fact some think Lublin started…

3. Old Jewish Cemetery

0.41 MILES

The old Jewish cemetery, established in 1541, has 30-odd readable tombstones, including the oldest Jewish tombstone in Poland in its original location…

4. Lublin Castle

0.49 MILES

Lublin’s royal castle dates to the 12th century, though it's been rebuilt many times since; the oldest surviving part is the impressive Romanesque round…

5. Grodzka Gate

0.56 MILES

This gate leads from the castle area into the Old Town and was traditionally referred to as the 'Jewish' gate, since until WWII it also separated the main…

6. Former Jewish Orphanage

0.61 MILES

A Jewish orphanage was established in this building in the 1860s. On 24 March 1942, the Nazis rounded up over 100 children here, most still in their…

7. Dominican Priory

0.69 MILES

Originally a Gothic complex founded by King Kazimierz III Wielki in 1342, the Dominican Priory was rebuilt in Renaissance style after it was ravaged by…

8. Kraków Gate

0.75 MILES

The only significant remnant of the fortified walls that once surrounded the Old Town is the 14th-century Gothic Kraków Gate, built during the reign of…