France
City overview
Paris has the largest Jewish community in Europe, and kosher travel here is easy once you know where to look. The Beth Din de Paris supervises well over a hundred restaurants, butchers, bakeries and caterers inside the city, clustered in the 17th, 19th, 16th, 11th and 9th arrondissements and in the Marais around Rue des Rosiers. Dozens of Orthodox synagogues hold daily services, from the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire near the Opéra to Chabad houses across the city, and Beth Habad Champs-Élysées and other centres host Shabbat meals for visitors.
17 Rue des Rosiers, 75004 Paris
Paris
Beth Habad Rosiers Synagogue is a Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue at 17 Rue des Rosiers in the Marais. It holds regular Orthodox services for its local community.
Walking
Chlew is at the same address. Paris has no eruv.
Neighborhood
Le Marais
93 Rue des Orteaux, 75020 Paris
14 Avenue du Général Mangin, 75016 Paris
61-65 Rue Vergniaud, 75013 Paris
29 Rue Mesnil, 75016 Paris
37 Rue des Trois Bornes, 75011 Paris
36 Rue Basfroi, 75011 Paris
25 Rue des Rosiers, 75004 Paris
10 Rue Pavée, 75004 Paris
53 Rue Compans, 75019 Paris
218-220 Rue du Fbg St-Honoré, 75008 Paris
5 Rue Catulle Mendes, 75017 Paris
14 Rue Sthrau, 75013 Paris
18 Rue Saint-Lazare, 75009 Paris
3 bis Rue Saulnier, 75009 Paris
67 Rue Bayen, 75017 Paris
36 Rue du Moulin Joly, 75011 Paris
49 Rue Petit, 75019 Paris
8 Rue Lamartine, 75009 Paris
119 Rue La Fayette, 75010 Paris
5 Square des Cardeurs, 75020 Paris
28 Rue Buffault, 75009 Paris
10 Place de Jérusalem, 75017 Paris
6 bis Rue Michel-Ange, 75016 Paris
4 Square leon blum, 75017 Paris
14 Rue Chasseloup-Laubat, 75015 Paris
12 Cité Moynet, 75012 Paris
2 Rue Tristan Tzara, 75018 Paris
10 Rue Cadet, 75009 Paris
21 Rue Barbanègre, 75019 Paris
84-86 Rue de la Roquette, 75011 Paris
6 Rue Rouvet, 75019 Paris
18 Rue des Ecouffes, 75004 Paris
10 Rue Barye, 75017 Paris
110 Bd Ménilmontant, 75020 Paris
32 Rue du Plateau, 75019 Paris
80 Rue Doudeauville, 75018 Paris
56 Rue des Petites Ecuries, 75010 Paris
44 Rue de la Victoire, 75009 Paris
21 bis Rue des Tournelles, 75004 Paris
77 Avenue de Versailles, 75016 Paris
3 Rue Gresset, 75019 Paris
6 Rue Jean Nohain, 75019 Paris
118 Bd de Belleville, 75020 Paris
31 Rue Montévidéo, 75016 Paris
13 Rue Sainte-Isaure, 75018 Paris
15 Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, 75003 Paris
106 Avenue du Général Bizot, 75012 Paris
13 Rue Fondary, 75015 Paris
223 Rue Vercingetorix, 75014 Paris
120 Bd de Belleville, 75020 Paris
49 Rue Pali Kao, 75020 Paris
9 Rue Vauquelin, 75005 Paris
8 bis Rue de l'Eperon, 75006 Paris
14 Place des Vosges, 75004 Paris
24 Rue Bourg Tibourg, 75004 Paris
71 Rue de Dunkerque, 75009 Paris
42 bis Rue des Saules, 75018 Paris
122 Avenue des Champs-Élysées, 75008 Paris
37 Rue Popincourt, 75011 Paris
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No. There is no eruv in Paris, so carrying outside on Shabbat is not permitted anywhere in the city. Plan to leave keys, phones and bags at your hotel, or use a hotel room-key system that does not need carrying.
The main supervising body is the Beth Din de Paris, the rabbinical court of the Consistoire de Paris, which certifies restaurants, butchers, bakeries and caterers across the city. Some places carry other supervisions, such as Rabbinat Loubavitch or private rabbis, and display their own certificates.
Kosher restaurants and shops cluster in the 17th arrondissement (around Avenue de Villiers and Rue Rennequin), the 19th (around Rue Manin and Rue Petit), the 16th, the 11th (Boulevard Voltaire), the 9th near the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire, and the Marais around Rue des Rosiers.
Most kosher restaurants close on Friday afternoon before Shabbat, and many reopen on Saturday night after Shabbat ends. Most are open on Sunday, which is a normal working day for kosher businesses in Paris.
The Grande Synagogue de la Victoire hosts a Friday-night Shabbat dinner every week, and Beth Habad Champs-Élysées and Beth Loubavitch Bastille host Shabbat meals for visitors. Each requires registration in advance, and places are limited.
Paris has dozens of Orthodox synagogues with daily services, including the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire and Synagogue Buffault in the 9th, Synagogue des Tournelles and Agoudas Hakehilos in the Marais, and many Chabad houses. Bring photo ID, as synagogues have security at the entrance.
Yes. Paris has more than a dozen mikvaot, including ones at Synagogue Chasseloup-Laubat in the 15th, the Centre Européen du Judaïsme in the 17th, 10 Rue Cadet in the 9th, Rue Montévidéo in the 16th and the Cité Sinaï campus in the 18th. Appointments are generally required.
France is in the Schengen Area. Many visitors, including citizens of the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia, can stay up to 90 days in any 180-day period without a visa, and the EU Entry/Exit System registers non-EU travellers at the border. The EU has announced the ETIAS travel authorization but has not yet set its start date.
France uses Type C and Type E plugs at 230V and 50Hz. Travellers from North America need a plug adapter, and a voltage converter for devices that are not rated for 230V.
The Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme in the Marais covers Jewish history and art in France and Europe, and the Mémorial de la Shoah nearby is the main Holocaust memorial and museum in France. The Marais around Rue des Rosiers is the historic Jewish quarter.
From Charles de Gaulle, RER B trains run to Gare du Nord, Châtelet and the Latin Quarter, and Roissybus runs to the Opéra; taxis and private-hire cars wait outside each terminal. From Orly, Métro line 14 runs directly into the city, and Orlyval connects with RER B. Airport train and Métro trips need the Paris–Airport ticket rather than a standard Metro-Train-RER ticket.
No. The Métro, RER, buses and trams reach every kosher neighborhood, and parking in Paris is scarce and expensive. A rental car is useful for day trips outside the city, and the main rental companies have desks at the airports and the large train stations.
Hotels around the Opéra and the 9th arrondissement are a short walk from the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire, Synagogue Buffault and the kosher restaurants of Rue Richer and Rue Cadet. The Marais suits visitors who want Rue des Rosiers and the synagogues of Rue Pavée and Rue des Tournelles, and the 17th has the largest concentration of kosher restaurants in the city.
Kosher restaurants and shops under the Beth Din de Paris close for Shabbat. For Shabbat meals, book ahead with La Victoire or a Chabad centre, or order Shabbat meals in advance from a kosher caterer or butcher for pickup on Friday.
Kosher butcher · 17th arrondissement
Kosher butcher · 19th arrondissement
Kosher butcher and deli · 13th arrondissement
Kosher butcher · 11th arrondissement
Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in the Marais · Le Marais
Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in the 20th · 20th arrondissement
Sephardi synagogue in the 16th · 16th arrondissement
Sephardi community synagogue in the 13th · 13th arrondissement
Weekly community Shabbat dinner at the Grande Synagogue de la Victoire · 9th arrondissement
Friday-night dinner and Shabbos lunch for visitors · 8th arrondissement
Catered Shabbat and holiday meals near Bastille · 11th arrondissement
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19th arrondissement
20th arrondissement
2nd arrondissement