I am happy to announce I’ve added two new tours to my tour list.
Private Cheese Tasting in Paris Apartment
Come taste the legendary cheeses of France in the comfort of a spacious Paris apartment. (Yes, you get to see my cool apartment!) We first visit an award-winning cheese shop and have a highly trained expert assist us in choosing a variety of five cheeses including sheep’s, cow and goat cheese. Next, we purchase freshly baked bread from a top boulangerie to accompany our cheese. Back in the apartment we will indulge in our fresh cheeses and match them with a red and white wine, while your host shares the history of cheese making, the different types of cheeses and how they are made and processed, and the specific etiquette of cheese tasting and serving in France.
Tasting includes five types of cheeses, a red and/or white or rosé, fresh bread and bottled water in between tastings.
Length of Tasting: 2-2.5 hours
Class not given on Mondays
Times: 11AM to1-1:30PM, 3PM to 5-5:30PM
Cost: 260€ for up to 4 people
65€ for each additional person
Jewish History Tour
This special tour traces the long and often arduous history of Jews in Paris and France. Tour includes
• History of Jewish population from150AD when the Romans settled Paris, to the Middle Ages when Jews were habitually persecuted, to the surprising freedom Napoleon granted Jews in the early 1800s, to the thriving late 1800s when Jews flourished in the arts, literature, and finance, to the Dreyfus affair, to the Holocaust and finally the present day culture and community of Jews living in France
• A visit to the Shoah Memorial Holocaust Museum, which lists the 72,000 names of Jews that died in the Holocaust, extensive coverage including photos, propaganda, artifacts and videos, and an eternal flame to commemorate those who died.
• A stroll on rue des Rosiers in the Marais area and the ancient streets of the former Pletzl, now a lively area filled with Jewish food shops, worldwide famous falafel stands, kosher restaurants, bakeries, and bookshops.
• An outside view of an Art Nouveau synagogue built by one of France’s most famous architects
• A visit to Notre Dame, revealing an ancient connection to Judaism
• A traditional Jewish pastry at an authentic Kosher bakery, Kocarz. (Not included in the price of the tour)
Cost: 225 euros for 1 to 3 people, 75 euros for each additional person
Tour time: 2.5 hours
Tour not given on Saturdays
Morning tour: 10AM-12: 30 PM
Afternoon tour: 2:30PM-5PM
These tours are not listed on my website yet, so if you would like to book one, please email me at r.nahem@gmail.com
I am starting a new feature, Links Eye Prefer on the bottom of my blog posts. They are stories or articles regarding Paris and France.
The first link is from the NY Times about the 2018 winner of the Best Baguette in Paris.
Please click here to watch my latest episode of A Bite of Paris with my guest Diane Pernet
Come experience Eye Prefer Paris live with Eye Prefer Paris Tours, which are 3-hour walking tours I personally lead. Eye Prefer Paris Tours include many of the places I have written about such as small museums & galleries, restaurants, cafes, food markets, secret addresses, fashion & home boutiques, parks and gardens and much more. In addition to my specialty Marais Tour, I also lead tours of Montmartre, St. Germain, Latin Quarter, in addition to Shopping Tours, Gay Tours, Girlfriend Tours, Food Tours, Flea Market Tours, Paris Highlights Tours, and Chocolate & Pastry tours.
Tours start at 225 euros for up to 3 people, and 75 euros for each additional person. I look forward to meeting you on my tours and it will be my pleasure and delight to show you my insiders Paris.
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