Welcome to European Jewish Tours... Shalom!
Rachel Kaplan created European Jewish Tours—unique, private, luxury tours—to reflect her passion for Jewish history and heritage in Western, Central and Eastern Europe.
With Rachel Kaplan's European Jewish Tours individuals and families can discover their heritage, through customized, private, guided tours of select monuments, memorials, museums and synagogues in Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Hungary and Turkey.
We are the only company in Paris offering customized Kosher Tours and travel experiences.
To reserve a tour or request tour information email European Jewish Tours at contact@europeanjewishtours.com or fill in our online Tour Request Form.
More than half a century after the Holocaust, both Jews and non-Jews, private citizens and government institutions, have worked to reclaim and restore Jewish heritage sites, and have built new ones dedicated to honouring the rich and complex history of European Jewish peoples. Our tours provide an opportunity to learn how Jews, not only shaped their own history in Europe, but how they made a mark on the continent through their talents in finance, art, literature, philosophy, science and politics. Through European Jewish Tours you will learn about artists of financiers such as the Rothschilds and the Camondos, artists from the School of Paris such as Chagall and Modigliani, as well as such figures as Karl Marx, Albert Einstein, Franz Kafka and Sigmund Freud.
While European Jewish Tours places special emphasis on Jewish sites and history, our guests can customize their tours to include other sites of interest described in our sister company, French Links Tours.
If you are interested in shopping, Rachel has created FrenchChicShopping.com, the only web-based universe that offers customized, luxury shopping tours for groups and individuals and a Red Carpet Concierge service that gives you unique access to boutiques, spas and designer showrooms. Rachel’s limited edition shopping guidebook and eBook, and her bimonthly newsletter are the ultimate source of shopping finds, tastemakers, and secrets of French art-de-vivre.
Best Buys to French Chic: The Savvy Shopping Guide to Paris
When you are preparing your trip to Paris you may want to order, Best Buys to French Chic: The Savvy Shopping Guide to Paris by Rachel Kaplan. This book, which is available in both electronic and paperback formats, is for the budget-minded visitor looking to save money on food, clothing, crafts and gifts during their Paris stay. It also gives visitors tips on buying larger sizes, fabrics by the yard, and unique, inexpensive French food, fashion and gifts.
Now in its 5th edition and regularly updated, Best Buys to French Chic shows you how to shop and spend like a Parisian, whether you’re at a local food market or in the city’s major department stores and atypical boutiques. This guide explains the differences in sizes, how to get money back on the VAT tax, and how to make the most of your shopping experience.
The benefits of choosing European Jewish Tours
- We are the only private tour company organizing unique, private, luxury, customized tours to all major European countries where Jews have made their mark over the centuries. Our tours, which are conducted by local expert guides, show the well-known and lesser known Jewish sites, including museums, synagogues, cemeteries, Jewish centers of learning, as well as places where famous writers, artists and scholars made their mark.
- We are open for business year-round, including on major international holidays. If guests wish to do walking tours on Saturdays or visit museums, our Gentile guides can pay for admissions and we can arrange for a kosher picnic lunch.
- In addition to offering Jewish-themed tours in Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Holland, the Czech Republic, Poland and Turkey, we also are able to offer secular tours around the art, history and culture of these countries.
- European Jewish Tours can organize kosher receptions and holiday celebrations, as well as weddings and bar and bat mitzvahs that cater to both Sephardic and Ashkenazi traditions.
- We make kosher and non-kosher restaurant reservations and hotel recommendations. We can pre-book Shabbat dinners and lunches if you an observant Jew.
- We offer detailed travel itineraries to all guests - that include day-by-day programs, travel times, current art exhibition and other travel tips. The itineraries double as travel vouchers and are sent to every guest by Email for their final approval.
- Our new travel consulting service offers detailed and customized itinerary planning. This includes suggested accommodations, bookings, train ticketing and car rental assistance, restaurant recommendations, private transportation with English-speaking local drivers, as well as tips on current events, museum exhibitions and hot new boutiques. The starting price for this service is 250€, a reasonable rate when you know what a successful trip entails.
- While European Jewish Tours specializes in private tours with guides and chauffeur-driven limousines and minivans, we now offer a less expensive service featuring licensed driver/guides. We are making this service available in France, Great Britain, Italy, and other parts of Europe where it is feasible.
- We offer the convenience of paying with a credit card on a secure server – using MasterCard, Visa or American Express.
- We work only with trained, experienced guides, who are either university-educated native English speakers or French national guides who speak flawless English. Both have the people skills to make Americans and other English-speakers feel at home in France. Our multilingual guides also have fluency in Spanish, Italian, Russian, German, Swedish, Danish, Finnish, Czech, Polish and Chinese, both Mandarin and Cantonese.
- We pride ourselves on our rapid response to queries, our organizational skills, and our ability to handle special or unusual requests – even at the last minute. For any questions that may arise, you can contact Rachel Kaplan or her assistant directly.
With European Jewish Tours, you are in charge. Our job is to make all your dreams come true.
European Jewish Tours is operated under license by Events and Company, a Paris-based company.
