Jewish History Private Tour

Recommended by 91% of travelers

Paris, France

2 hours (approx.)
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Explore the little-known Jewish history of Paris on this private walking tour. Learn about both modern and historic sights, including some that are tied to the story of Jews in Paris in unexpected ways—such as the Cathedral of Notre Dame.

Private walking tour of the Jewish history of Paris
Explore the often-overlooked story of Jews throughout Paris' history
Learn about the existence of a Hebrew community in Paris before France existed
Find out how the Cathedral of Notre Dame is tied to Jewish history

What's Included

Professional art historian guide

Food and drinks
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

Meeting point

Shakespeare and Company
37 Rue de la Bûcherie, 75005 Paris, France
The guide will be waiting for you in front of the bookstore, by the water fountain.

End point

Place de la Bastille
Pl. de la Bastille, Paris, France
The tour ends at place de la Bastille.

Itinerary

Learn about the rich and often tragic history of Jews in Paris during this private walking tour.

Join a knowledgeable guide for a walking history lesson that goes back centuries—Paris was home to a Hebrew community before France existed. Learn about the Jewish community during the medieval era, through the devastating events of the 20th century, and up to the present day.

Learn about unexpected connections that popular Parisian landmarks have to the Jewish community. Hear stories about the Dreyfus affair, the Vichy government, French kings and the Nazi occupation during World War II.

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Memorial des Martyrs de la Deportation

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Memorial De La Shoah

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Rue Francois Miron

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

La Rue des Rosiers

20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 7 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Wheelchair accessible
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level

Children must be accompanied by an adult
May be operated by a multi-lingual guide
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

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Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

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Reviews

4.8

based on 11 reviews

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Excellent, informative tour-great tour guide, Sonja

Mindee_W, Jul 2025

It was absolutely pouring, yet Sonja gave us an excellent tour. We all stopped and bought rain ponchos and away we went! Sonja's English was excellent and she was extremely knowledgeable and easy to understand. She was able to bring history alive and gave us a lot of insight into an area we might otherwise not have seen. It was interesting how she tied Notre Dame into the history, She showed us markings on lots of different buildings and explained the significance of the markings. Considering we sloshed around in ponchos and umbrellas and still enjoyed our tour, it had to be exceptional!

Great Tour Lousy App Directions

Robert_M, May 2025

The guide was excellent but the Viator app had the wrong meet-up information. And directed us to a location 30-minutes walk from the actually meet-up location. And so our tour has to be cute shirt by 30-minutes

Shelby was excellent

Sylvia_B, May 2025

You need more time for this tour. Make arrangements for both Notre Dame and Sainte Chappelle Be specific about where to meet

Great way to see it and learn

Susan_H, Nov 2024

Our tour guide was Tina she spoke excellent English and explained everything really well . She didn’t rush she took her time and was very informative and interesting and extremely nice

Learned so much

Burton_K, Aug 2023

Barbara was an excellent tour guide. She was knowledgeable. We truly enjoyed our time together. I would recommend this tour to anyone interested in Jewish history in Paris and Europe.

Couldn’t have been better - spectacular,

nhfisher2018, Aug 2019

Our trip through the Jewish section in Marais was amazing - the experience difficult to put into words. The Jewish presence in Paris is so ancient and rich, and our guide, Anja, made it come to life through her extensive knowledge as well as personal stories of her family. She was delightful to be with and so knowledgeable about the Jewish experience and culture during and after the war. The trip to the Holocaust Memorial was very powerful as was the wall with the names of the righteous...we learned so much on this tour thanks to Anja , and recommend it without reservation.

Response from Host, Jan 2020

hi there, thanks for the kind words. Indeed this is a very important tour and we take it very seriously, especially Anya does. I am glad to hear you experienced it properly and I am looking forward to having you as guests again soon. Kind regards, Boris, Paris in person private tours

This was the best tour I have ever...

ravmills, Aug 2017

This was the best tour I have ever been on!!! Boris Petrovic was the guide and his knowledge of the topic and the angle of discussing the sites in the context of European history/influences/beliefs was phenomenal. I could not recommend this experience more to anyone who is interested in this topic area.