Build Your Tour
Build Your Own Tour
Family roots in a specific street. A bar mitzvah trip. Three generations traveling together. Tell me what this visit means to you, and I will build the route around it.
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What we will see
- Family-roots itineraries: archives, addresses, neighborhoods
- Bar/bat mitzvah and milestone trips
- Intergenerational visits: routes that work for ages 8 to 88
- Combination days: Marais + Louvre + hidden Paris
- Kids kept engaged with my Young Explorer activity kit
The tour
Some visits do not fit a standard route. Your grandmother lived on a street in the 11th before the war. Your son becomes bar mitzvah this spring. Your family spans three generations and two continents. These are the tours I build most carefully, and the ones I love most.
We start from a conversation: what this trip means, who is coming, what pace works. I then draft an itinerary and we refine it together before you book. Nothing is generic; every stop earns its place.
For families with children, my Young Explorer kit (a printed activity booklet with crayons, in two age versions) keeps the youngest engaged while the adults listen. It is made in-house and yours to keep.
How we build it, step by step
You tell me the story
A street, a name, a date, a bar mitzvah, three generations travelling together. Through the form or on WhatsApp, in the language you prefer.
I draft an itinerary
Half a day or a full day, with the stops that matter to you and the ones I think you should not miss, in the right order and at a realistic pace.
We refine it together
You tell me what to add or drop. Nothing is generic: every stop earns its place, and the quote follows the final itinerary.
The day itself
Your group only, at your pace, with breaks where you need them and a kosher lunch option if you want one. For children, the Young Explorer kit.
Afterwards
Addresses, archives and leads worth following, when a family story asks for more than one day.
Who this tour is for
- Family roots: a grandparent's street, a workshop, a school, a synagogue
- Bar and bat mitzvah trips, with a day that speaks to the young person first
- Three generations: routes that work from eight to eighty-eight
- Combination days: the Marais, the Louvre and hidden Paris in one well-paced day
What is included
- A conversation before anything else, and a written itinerary
- Half a day of private guiding, from €260 for the whole group; a full day on quote
- The Young Explorer kit for every child
- My kosher addresses along the route
Not included
- Museum tickets and entries, where the route includes them
- Meals, transport and archive fees
Practical details
- Duration: half-day (about 4 hours) or full day
- Days: Sunday to Friday, never on Saturday or Jewish holidays
- Group: one to six people; for larger family events, ask and we will see what is possible
- Languages: English, French or Hebrew, other languages on request
- Quote: final price confirmed once the itinerary is agreed
Questions about this tour
How far in advance should I write?
The earlier the better for a family-roots day, because looking up an address or an archive takes time. For a combination day, a couple of weeks is usually enough.
Can you look up where my family lived?
I can follow the leads you give me: an address, a name, a trade, a school. Send what you have and I will tell you honestly what can be found.
Is the price per person?
No. It is a price for the whole group, from €260 for a half-day, shown with its per-person equivalent. The final quote follows the itinerary we agree on.
Can a day include Shabbat preparations?
A Friday itinerary can end early near your hotel, with kosher shopping on the way. Tell me and I build the afternoon backwards from candle-lighting time.
Travelling with kids?
Every child receives the Young Explorer kit: a printed activity booklet with crayons, in two age versions (6–9 and 10–13), made in-house. Theirs to keep.
From travellers on this tour
“Orlie built a day around my father's childhood street. There were tears. There is no review that can do this justice.”
“Three generations, from my 8-year-old to my 82-year-old mother. The kids booklet was genius. The adults actually got to listen.”
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