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Map of Jewish Paris
Kosher Paris Map
Kosher List-July 2015 or Here.

RESTAURANTS (the best of)

There are hundreds of kosher restaurants in Paris.  The locals generally don't eat the meat under Beis Din as they don't require Glatt meat.  But they will eat everything else under Beis din.

Search for restaurants by cuisine and hashgocha here.


NameLocationMetroTypeHechsherNotes
Darjeeling17thArgentine-1MeatRottenberg
Sar Eden19thOurcq-5BakeryRottenbergOrganic bakery
Charles Traiteur19thOurcq-5BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur20thSaint-Mandé-1BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur11thRue-Des-Boulets-9BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur16thVictor-Hugo-2BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur17thWagram-3BakeryBeth-Din
Charles Traiteur Halavi17thWagram-3BakeryBeth-Din Chalavi
Korcarz4thSaint-paul-1BakeryBeth-DinIn the Marais
Ardely’s19thOurcq-5Milk ChocolateKatz
Damyel19thOurcq-5Parve ChocolateRottenberg
L’As Du Fallafel4thSaint-paul-1FallafelBeth-Dinin the Marais
L’Inte Cafe12thMiromesnil-9,13DairyBeth-Din15 minute walk from the Park Hyatt
Kosher pizza4thSaint-paul-1PizzaRottenberg
Le Shine17thPorte Maillot-1ChineseLubavitchnear the Arc
Soumsoum11thVoltaire- 9MeatLubavitchGreat Israeli restaurent, there is a second one in the 8th
Doron ba Laïla19thGare Saint-Lazare 3-12-13-14MeatRottenbergNice meat restaurant
Tibs19thOurcq-5DairyKatz
Thai One2ndSentier-3MeatRottenberg
Le XXV16thTrocadéro-9-6BakeryRottenberg Chalavi
Le XXV8thTernes-2BakeryRottenberg Chalavi




Activities:
-Segway Tour. Please do not PM Ergel with requests for coupon codes. The codes are long dead
-Seine River Tour
-Eiffel Tour (Metro: Trocadero -6,9)
-Versailles Palace and Gardens. Never wait on line to buy tickets. 1. Use museum pass 2. Buy in advance 3. There are vending machines near the bathrooms (you have to poke around to find them) without lines. (if you go during a really busy time and the line seems endlessly long, go to the gardens first and return to the palace in the afternoon when lines are shorter). To get an audio guide, you usually proceed across the Royal Courtyard after passing security. If the lines for the audio guides are long, turn left in the Courtyard, to the Apartments of the daughter's of Louis XV’s. There you'll find another counter where you can get audio guides, with no lines at all. You can then exit the apartments and continue along the tour, bypassing the longer line.
-Louvre Art Museum (Closed Tuesday) (Metro: Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre -1,7) Shushan/Purim artifacts that can be seen at the Louvre, per the book Purim and the Persian Empire.
-D'Orsay Art Museum (Closed Monday) (Metro: Solférino -12)
-Musée de l'Orangerie des Tuileries (closed Tuesday) small museum featuring Monet's lilies (Metro Concorde: -1,8,12)
-Centre Georges Pompidou modern art museum open 11-9. closed tuedays (Metro: Rambuteau -11)
-Tuileries Gardens. (Metro: Tuileries -1)
-Paris sewer museum Smells really bad but an interesting look at the sewer system
-Champs Elysees shopping (Metro: Champs-Élysées - Clemenceau -1,13)
-Arc de Triomphe (Metro: Charles de Gaulle - Étoile -1,2,6)
-Operan National De Paris opera house. tours daily 11:30 and 2:30. Admission included in Museum Pass, tour extra
-Montmartre (Great neighborhood to walk around with boutiques, artists, and great views, and a funicular that kids will love) (Metro: abbesses -12, Anvers -2)
-The Great Synagogue (La Victoria) is beautiful but the main shul is only open on Shabbos mornings for Shacharis, but definitely worthwhile if you're there over Shabbos (Metro: Notre-Dame-de-Lorette -12)

Hotels:
-Park Hyatt Paris (Hyatt cat 7) is an outstanding value for your points. They used to give a phenomenal kosher breakfast but now it's barely even worth requesting.  Still rooms are a decent size for Paris, the Spa facilities are very nice, and the intoxicating smell used throughout the hotel for forever be linked with the romance of Paris. Ideally located between the Opera and Tuileries metro stations.
The Park Hyatt has free parking, though driving and parking elsewhere in Paris is very difficult.
The Park Hyatt has also complimentary bikes for guests.
There is a backdoor for entry on shabbos.

-The InterContinental Paris - Le Grand is not far from the Park Hyatt. It cost 70k IHG points per night or you can use IHG free nights. It is a good alternitive if the PH is not available or if you don't have/don't want to spend 30k Hyatt points per night.

-The Westin (SPG cat 6) is not as luxurious at the Park Hyatt but is located nearby and does the trick if you only have Starpoints and not Chase or Hyatt points.

Shabbos meals:
-Chabad of Champs Elysees has great shabbos meals and you're sure to bump into other tourists there as well to share tips.
It is a 30 minute walk to the Park Hyatt, but the walk is quite lovely via the Tuileries Gardens and the Champs Elysees.
Reservations are required: http://www.chabadchampselysees.com/templates/articlecco_cdo/aid/888847/jewish/Shabbat-at-Chabad-Champs-Elyses.htm
-if you don't/can't eat at Chabad, they suggest getting takeout from Ben & Cook located in the 8th. Hashgacha: rabbinate Lubavitch De France 33 1 45 61 03 95. 35 Euro for 2 challas, 2 dips, meatballs with noodles or veggies for 2. they close at 3pm on Fridays (in the summer). call for more info
- Friday night meals at Grand Synagogue http://www.tiny.cc/chabbat

There is no eruv in Paris. Consider taking the metro to shul with your talis bag along with return tickets for motzei shabbos.

Transport from CDG:
-If you are going to the Opera area you can take the RoissyBus (pronounced Wahsee-Boos as you will get blank stares if you ask for the Royzee-Bus) which goes there nonstop. You can pay by credit card in the RoissyBus waiting station or on the bus.  The cost is €10.  It is a 5 minute walk to the Park Hyatt.

-There are also train options from CDG: the subway is located in terminal 2E/2F, to get to paris its ligne B (Blue) it should take approximately 30minutes to get to Gare Du Nord
it cost 9€10 each way per person

- Mendy Taxi: 0(1133) 6 50 99 82 93 http://mendystransport.com/en/
- Shimon taxi: 0(1133)6 98 27 16 08  Tamidshuttle@gmail.com

- Uber, Bolt are the best option to get to paris cheapest and fastest

Metro:
The subway is fast, efficient, and cheap. A book of 10 tickets is 13,30€ for adults and 6,65€ for kids.
The subway closes between 12:30 and 2am.

Map:
Streetwise Paris cannot emphasize enough, this is really a must. Of course, if you have GMaps and data you don't need this map unless you really like paper.

Guidebooks
Rick Steves' Paris 2013
Fodor's Paris 2013 (Full-color Travel Guide)

Other Tips
-If you plan on visiting several of the items covered by the Museum Pass - make sure to check it out and price out your options.  Many times it is worth it to get a one-day or multi-day Museum Pass to save some money and more importantly, time (see link for more details: http://en.parismuseumpass.com/)
-Double check days when museums/sites are closed as many do close on different days of the week.
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2220 on: June 12, 2015, 01:52:13 PM »
Have 12-14 hr stopover in Paris with my wife.
arriving @ 5 AM local time
She's never been there - I was here about 25 yrs ago.
Even had an Israeli cab driver take me to a wonderful restaurant back then...

Need suggestions on how to make the most of it--
from travelling to and from the airport  to which eateries are available in the locale we go to.

I presume our bags will go to our final destination so that shouldn't be a concern.
How much time should we allow for check in when we return to the airport?

What do you think?
TIA

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2221 on: June 12, 2015, 01:57:05 PM »
Have 12-14 hr stopover in Paris with my wife.
arriving @ 5 AM local time
She's never been there - I was here about 25 yrs ago.
Even had an Israeli cab driver take me to a wonderful restaurant back then...

Need suggestions on how to make the most of it--
from travelling to and from the airport  to which eateries are available in the locale we go to.

I presume our bags will go to our final destination so that shouldn't be a concern.
How much time should we allow for check in when we return to the airport?

What do you think?
TIA
I've heard that the absolute best way to experience Paris is to rent a tus tus for the day and then you can really get around... I would take the subway into the city from the airport and work from there. Start with breakfast some touring a late lunch and back to the airport. You should have plenty of time.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2222 on: June 12, 2015, 02:22:06 PM »
I've heard that the absolute best way to experience Paris is to rent a tus tus for the day and then you can really get around... I would take the subway into the city from the airport and work from there. Start with breakfast some touring a late lunch and back to the airport. You should have plenty of time.

what's a Tus Tus?
if that's a bike...not for me and the Mrs.

Due to my time constraint, I'd like more detail on where to head to and where to eat.
 

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2223 on: June 12, 2015, 02:23:50 PM »
what's a Tus Tus?
if that's a bike...not for me and the Mrs.

Due to my time constraint, I'd like more detail on where to head to and where to eat.
 
moped https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moped
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2225 on: June 12, 2015, 02:26:15 PM »
how do you get by moped in paris?

you cant drive these in the highway
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2226 on: June 13, 2015, 11:25:46 PM »
You have to decide what activities you want to see. Go through the wiki and the thread and make a list of your top sites/eateries. Just asking in the thread will get you 10 different opinions. They say the segway tour is a great way to see the city, so perhaps that could work well for accomplishing seeing a lot of the famous sites.

I think a good plan would be to head to the city (not sure what bus to take, but once you know where you're trying to get to, Google Maps and Google itself should help you out there), get breakfast at one of the bakeries, go on the segway tour, get lunch, go through the Louvre with Rick Steves, pick up dinner to go (assuming you need food that night) and head back to the airport. If you see you have more time, perhaps consider going up the Arc de Triomphe or the Eiffel Tower, but IMO seeing them (which I imagine the tour covers) was cooler than going up and seeing the view of the city from above.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2227 on: June 13, 2015, 11:29:17 PM »
If you have already done the classics I'm a big fan of the montmartre neighborhood. Really cool place to walk around.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2228 on: June 14, 2015, 12:01:48 AM »
Trying to concentrate touring in one area for the most part-which includes food so I don't spend alot of time commuting from one part of the city to the other
for just one attraction/site.
Sorry, moped is not going to work. I'll be too nervous.

Segway is an interesting idea, though.
Anyone ever do it there?

Which ARR packs the most sites?
Maybe could hit a couple of them in the time I have?
We won't be spending any time in museums.

How long is the commute from the airport (bus or train)?
I read Dan's TR already.

Thanks for the comments.
Keep them coming...........


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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2229 on: June 14, 2015, 12:03:40 AM »
Any way to store carry on  bags at the airport  so I don't have to shlep them across town

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2230 on: June 14, 2015, 12:11:49 AM »
Take a deep breath. Asking too many questions at once likely won't get any of them answered.

The Segway tour is the most talked about Paris activity in the thread. Please read. Paris requires moving from one area to the next. If 15 minute subway rides or dirt cheap Uber rides bother you, you might be better off just chilling in the airport.

Commute from airport to the city will be different based on where you're going in the city. It's under an hour to anywhere you're likely to go, but again, pick where you're going first and then Google Maps it.

I presume our bags will go to our final destination so that shouldn't be a concern.
How much time should we allow for check in when we return to the airport?
Any way to store carry on  bags at the airport  so I don't have to shlep them across town
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2231 on: June 14, 2015, 12:18:43 AM »
Take a deep breath. Asking too many questions at once likely won't get any of them answered.

The Segway tour is the most talked about Paris activity in the thread. Please read. Paris requires moving from one area to the next. If 15 minute subway rides or dirt cheap Uber rides bother you, you might be better off just chilling in the airport.

Commute from airport to the city will be different based on where you're going in the city. It's under an hour to anywhere you're likely to go, but again, pick where you're going first and then Google Maps it.
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He's asking about carry on bags?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2232 on: June 14, 2015, 12:18:58 AM »
Any way to store carry on  bags at the airport  so I don't have to shlep them across town
Yes AFAIK

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2233 on: June 14, 2015, 12:24:02 AM »
He's asking about carry on bags?
Thanks

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2234 on: June 14, 2015, 01:41:57 AM »
Yes, I'm asking if you can store your carry-on bags at the airport- if so , where?

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2235 on: June 14, 2015, 01:52:30 AM »
Yes, I'm asking if you can store your carry-on bags at the airport- if so , where?
Yes, there is a storage place for a couple dollars. If I remember correctly its on the second floor. You can probably Google exact details

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2236 on: June 14, 2015, 01:55:33 AM »
Yes, there is a storage place for a couple dollars. If I remember correctly its on the second floor. You can probably Google exact details

+1. Google is easy and quick.

http://parisbytrain.com/luggage-storage-cdg/
http://easycdg.com/airport-guide/baggage-storage/
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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2237 on: June 15, 2015, 07:14:25 PM »
Have read 100 of the 150 pages in this thread so far-
Many TR's --talking about food and PH.

What have people done for cell service/data in Paris?

I read about getting a sim card at the airport
but will be there for less than a day and arriving at 5 am- not sure if the kiosks will be open
at that time.  How do they charge you for the SIM-per day or per GB of data?
What do you suggest?


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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2238 on: June 15, 2015, 07:24:27 PM »
Have read 100 of the 150 pages in this thread so far-
Many TR's --talking about food and PH.

What have people done for cell service/data in Paris?

I read about getting a sim card at the airport
but will be there for less than a day and arriving at 5 am- not sure if the kiosks will be open
at that time.  How do they charge you for the SIM-per day or per GB of data?
What do you suggest?
Use T-Mobile and you won't have issues  worldwide.

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Re: Paris Master Thread
« Reply #2239 on: June 15, 2015, 08:39:18 PM »
Use T-Mobile and you won't have issues  worldwide.

no T-Mobile
using Verizon