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Kosher tours in Europe for travelers who keep Shabbat and kashrut: Pesach in a whole hotel in Rhodes, a winter week in the Dolomites, escorted tours from Lisbon to Vilnius, and cruises through the fjords, the Baltic, the Mediterranean and the Rhine. Every meal is Glatt Kosher Mehadrin, and Shabbat is kept wherever the week takes you.
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Sixteen ways to see Europe with us, in date order
Five escorted tours, a ski week, Pesach in Rhodes and nine cruises, from a week in the Arctic to twelve nights in the Baltic. These are kosher holidays in Europe with nothing left to arrange once you land: the hotels or the ship, the meals and Shabbat are ours to organize.
Canazei, the Dolomites, Italy
A winter ski week in Canazei
- Dates
- Private stays, winter season
- From
- Price to be announced
Finnish Lapland
Lapland and the Northern Lights
- Dates
- To be announced
- From
- To be announced
Rhodes, Greece
Pesach at the Elysium
- Dates
- April 20 – May 2, 2027
- From
- €6,900 per couple
Dover to Oslo
The Baltic capitals and Scandinavia, June 2027
- Dates
- June 25 – July 7, 2027
- From
- $6,890 per person
Round trip from Rotterdam
Norway's fjords and glaciers, July 2027
- Dates
- July 4–11, 2027
- From
- $4,590 per person
Round trip from Rotterdam
Norway's fjords and waterfalls, July 2027
- Dates
- July 25 – August 1, 2027
- From
- $4,590 per person
Helsinki to Berlin
A Baltic heritage cruise, August 2027
- Dates
- August 16–23, 2027
- From
- $4,990 per person
Rotterdam to Amsterdam
Norway's hidden fjords, August 2027
- Dates
- August 29 – September 5, 2027
- From
- $4,590 per person
Rotterdam round trip
Scotland and Iceland, July 2027
- Dates
- July 11–25, 2027
- From
- $6,990 per person
Portugal
Portugal, November 2027
- Dates
- November 2–10, 2027
- From
- $5,500 per person
Montenegro and Croatia
Montenegro and Dubrovnik
- Dates
- 2027, dates to be announced
- From
- Price to be announced
Scotland
Scotland: Edinburgh, the Highlands and Glasgow
- Dates
- Not currently scheduled
- From
- $5,800 per person
Lithuania and Poland
Lithuania and Poland, a heritage tour
- Dates
- Not currently scheduled
- From
- Price to be announced
Rome and Barcelona
The Mediterranean, four sailings in 2027
- Dates
- May 23–30, June 20–27, July 25 – August 1 and August 22–29, 2027
- From
- $3,150 per person
Düsseldorf to Frankfurt
The Rhine, a Jewish heritage river cruise
- Dates
- Next sailing to be announced
- From
- Price to be announced
Rome to Venice
The Adriatic, seven nights
- Dates
- Next sailing to be announced
- From
- Price to be announced
Lisbon to Barcelona
The Canary Islands and Morocco, nine nights
- Dates
- Next sailing to be announced
- From
- Price to be announced
Dates and from-prices are the ones published today: tours per person sharing a double room, cruises per person sharing a double cabin, in US dollars; Rhodes per couple, in euros. Each page carries the full itinerary, the hotels or the ports, the price and the terms.
Greece · April 20 – May 2, 2027
Pesach programs in Europe: the Elysium in Rhodes
For Pesach 2027 the whole of the Elysium Resort and Spa, a five-star hotel on its own beach in Rhodes, is ours: 300 rooms, every one with a balcony and a sea view, for 600 guests.
The whole hotel is Glatt Kosher Mehadrin for the length of the program, kitniyot-free, non-gebrochts and Chalav Yisrael, with a head mashgiach and a team of six on site. There are scholars in residence and guest speakers, an evening program, a supervised children's camp and a teen program, four Seder options from a private room to the communal Seder led in English, and a choice of 10 or 12 nights. Guided day trips on Chol Hamoed are optional: the Jewish quarter of Rhodes Old Town and the Kahal Shalom Synagogue, the ferry to Symi, Lindos and the Seven Springs. Rhodes runs to the diaspora calendar, and Rhodes airport is twenty minutes away.
Pesach 2027 at the Elysium Resort, Rhodes
Pesach 2026 was in Greece too, at the Seafos in Nafplio: what guests wrote afterward. The two programs in Israel for Pesach 2027 are on Pesach and kosher travel in Israel.
Italy · the winter season
The Italian Alps: a kosher ski week in Canazei
A winter stay at a fully kosher 4-star hotel, the My One Hotel, in Canazei, a ski village in the Italian Alps. You ski the Dolomites by day and come back to kosher meals, a synagogue in the hotel and a full Shabbat.
Every meal is Glatt Kosher Mehadrin: a breakfast buffet you can make a packed lunch from, afternoon tea and cake, dinner each evening and full Shabbat meals. There is no set timetable on the slopes, so it suits a family, a couple or a group of friends, beginners and strong skiers alike. Stays are private: you choose your dates in the winter season.
The Dolomites and the Val di Fassa
Canazei sits at the head of the Val di Fassa, beneath the Sella group and the Marmolada. The Dolomites are a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with more than 1,200 kilometers of ski slopes, and off the slopes there are lakes and villages to walk: Lake Carezza, Lake Alleghe and Pera di Fassa. For the region and the seasons beyond the ski week, see our guide to the kosher Italian Alps; Canazei and the valley have their own guide to the kosher Dolomites. Fly to Verona or Venice; Canazei is about two hours' drive from either.
Kosher Italian Alps Ski Vacation
Finland · February 2027
Lapland: eight days on the Arctic Circle
Eight days based in Rovaniemi, the capital of Finnish Lapland: snowmobiles across frozen lakes, husky and reindeer sleds, an icebreaker on the frozen sea in Sweden, the frozen waterfalls of Korouoma, and an evening out to look for the Northern Lights.
All seven nights are at Hotel Rovaniemi, and every meal is cooked there fresh by our own mashgiach and cook, with packed lunches for the day trips. Arctic clothing is issued on arrival, there is a minyan three times a day, and Shabbat is at the hotel with the group.
Kosher Tour of Lapland and the Northern Lights
Norway · July to September 2027
Norway's fjords: three kosher cruises from Rotterdam
Seven nights aboard Holland America's Rotterdam each time, with meals cooked for the group by an executive kosher chef and served in a dining area of our own, and Shabbat at sea on the way home.
The July 4 sailing cruises the Hardangerfjord to Eidfjord, spends a full day at Olden below the Briksdal Glacier, and calls at Ålesund and Bergen: Kosher Fjords and Glaciers Cruise to Norway, July 2027
The July 25 sailing spends a morning on Storfjorden and the afternoon in Hellesylt, a village of waterfalls: Kosher Norway Fjords Cruise: Hardangerfjord to Storfjorden, July 2027
The August 29 sailing takes a different route, by Nordfjordeid, Odda and Bergen, and ends in Amsterdam: Hidden Gems of the Fjords: Kosher Fjords Cruise, August 2027
Scandinavia and the Baltic · June and August 2027
The Baltic and Scandinavia by sea
Two Baltic cruises: twelve nights from Dover to Oslo in June, and seven nights from Helsinki to Berlin in August, with a port every day.
The June cruise calls at Rotterdam, Copenhagen and Aarhus, Warnemünde for a long day in Berlin, Tallinn, Helsinki, Stockholm and Visby on Gotland: Kosher Baltic Cruise: the Baltic Capitals and Scandinavia, June 2027
The August cruise calls at Tallinn, Stockholm, Riga, Klaipėda, Gdańsk and Rønne on Bornholm, and ends at Warnemünde for Berlin: Kosher Baltic Heritage Cruise, August 2027
On both, meals are cooked for the group by an executive kosher chef and served in a dining area of our own, with lunch every day on board or packed for the shore.
Scotland · not currently scheduled
Scotland: Edinburgh, the Highlands and Jewish Glasgow
Eight days based at one hotel in Glasgow: Edinburgh Castle and the Royal Mile, Stirling Castle and Loch Lomond, Glencoe and the harbor town of Oban, Glasgow's Garnethill and Giffnock synagogues, and a visit to Auchentoshan Distillery.
Every meal is Glatt Mehadrin, with a kosher welcome dinner on arrival, and Shabbat is kept together at Garnethill, within walking distance of the hotel. The tour is not currently scheduled; tell us you are interested.
Kosher Scottish Whisky Tour: Edinburgh, the Highlands and Glasgow
Portugal · November 2027
Portugal: Lisbon, Belmonte and Porto
Nine days across three cities: Lisbon and Sintra, the medieval synagogue of Tomar and the Crypto-Jewish community of Belmonte, then Porto, its azulejos and its wine country, with a return through Coimbra.
Every meal is Glatt Mehadrin, full board, with packed lunches on touring days. Shabbat is kept in Porto with the local kehillah at the city's own synagogue, and a tour leader travels with the group for the whole trip, with local guides in every place.
Kosher Tour of Portugal, November 2027
Spain · by sea, and earlier tours
Spain and Gibraltar
No escorted tour of Spain is on the 2027 calendar. Two of our cruises reach it: the Canary Islands cruise calls at Seville and Motril on its way to Barcelona, and the Mediterranean cruise begins or ends in Barcelona.
Jewish Spain and Gibraltar
We have run a tour of Jewish Spain and Gibraltar before; the history is in Sephardic Spain. “The choice of local guides and locations was exceptional,” Marvin and Teme wrote from Jerusalem after it; more on the guest reviews page.
The Mediterranean · four sailings in 2027
The Mediterranean by sea: four sailings in 2027
Our kosher cruise in the Mediterranean: four sailings of seven nights aboard the Norwegian Epic, Rome to Barcelona on May 23 and June 20 and Barcelona to Rome on July 25 and August 22, with six ports and one day at sea each. Meals are cooked for the group by an executive kosher chef and served in a dining area of our own.
Every sailing calls at Marseille, and the Barcelona to Rome sailings also call at Nice and Monaco. Rome to Barcelona adds Ibiza. Inside cabins are from $3,150 per person.
Italy on the way
Livorno for a long day in Florence and Pisa, Catania at the foot of Mount Etna, Salerno on the Amalfi Coast, and Rome at the end. Italy in winter is the ski week in Canazei. All three Italy trips are together on the kosher Italy page.
Kosher Mediterranean Cruise: Four Sailings in 2027
The Atlantic · next sailing to be announced
The Canary Islands: nine nights from Lisbon to Barcelona
Nine nights aboard the Norwegian Star, with eight ports of call and two days at sea: Tenerife and Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Agadir and Casablanca on the Moroccan coast, and Seville and Motril in Spain.
Meals are Glatt Kosher Mehadrin, freshly prepared for the group and served in its own dining area, with a minyan every day. The October 2026 sailing is filling with our own guests; the dates of the next one are to be announced.
Kosher Canary Islands Cruise: Lisbon to Barcelona
Germany · next sailing to be announced
Germany: seven nights on the Rhine
Our river cruise: seven nights aboard the Viva Gloria, from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt, through the ShUM cities where Ashkenazi Jewry began.
The ship calls at Koblenz for the Moselle Valley and Cochem, sails the Rhine Gorge past the Lorelei to Rüdesheim, then Wiesbaden and Mainz, Heidelberg and Speyer, where Shabbat is kept in port, and Worms, for Rashi's synagogue and the old Jewish cemetery. Meals are cooked on board for the group, and an Israeli guide leads the visits. The dates of the next sailing are to be announced.
Kosher Rhine River Cruise: Jewish Heritage from Düsseldorf to Frankfurt
The Adriatic · next sailing to be announced
The Adriatic by sea: Rome to Venice
Seven nights aboard the Norwegian Gem, from Rome to Venice, with a port every day in five countries. Meals are cooked for the group by an executive kosher chef and served in a dining area of our own.
The ship calls at Salerno and at Catania in Sicily, crosses to Corfu, then sails up the Adriatic to Kotor in Montenegro, Split in Croatia and Koper in Slovenia, where Shabbat is kept in port, before Ravenna, the port for Venice. The last sailing was in August 2026; the dates of the next one are to be announced.
Kosher Adriatic Cruise: Rome to Venice
Montenegro and Croatia · 2027, dates to be announced
Montenegro and Dubrovnik
Eight days in the Balkans: the Adriatic coast at Budva, the Bay of Kotor and Perast, Skadar Lake, a day across the border in Dubrovnik, and the mountains and lakes of Durmitor National Park.
Four nights are on the coast in Budva and three in Podgorica, the capital, where the group spends Shabbat with the Jewish community. A tour manager travels with the group, with specialist local guides in each place. The next departure is in 2027; the dates are to be announced.
Kosher Tour of Montenegro and Dubrovnik
Lithuania and Poland · not currently scheduled
Lithuania and Poland: Vilnius, Kraków and Warsaw
Eight days through the Jewish history of Lithuania and Poland: Vilnius, once called the Jerusalem of Lithuania, with Shabbat kept there, Trakai and Kaunas, then Lublin, Kraków and the Kazimierz Jewish Quarter, the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial, and Warsaw.
Every meal is Glatt Mehadrin, full board throughout, and where there is no kosher restaurant nearby a cook and mashgiach travel with the group. An English-speaking guide leads the touring, and a short flight joins Vilnius to Warsaw. The tour is not currently scheduled; tell us you are interested.
Kosher Heritage Tour of Lithuania and Poland
Iceland and the Arctic · 2027
Iceland and the Arctic
Two more sailings are on the summer 2027 calendar: the Arctic from Svalbard, June 22–30, 2027, and Scotland and Iceland, Scotland and Iceland Explorer: Kosher Iceland Cruise, July 2027.
Iceland is familiar ground: guests on our earlier Iceland tour climbed glaciers, rode snowmobiles and walked through lava caves, and their letters are on the guest reviews page.
Jewish heritage
Jewish heritage in Europe, on the way
Every trip keeps Shabbat with a Jewish community or with the group, and most visit the places where Jewish life in Europe has left its mark. The trips built around that history are on Jewish heritage tours.
- Rhodes: the Jewish quarter of the Old Town and the Kahal Shalom Synagogue, on the optional Chol Hamoed trips
- Lisbon, Tomar, Belmonte and Porto: the medieval synagogue of Tomar, the Crypto-Jewish community of Belmonte, and a Shabbat with the kehillah at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto; the place guide is kosher Portugal.
- The Rhine: the ShUM cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz, Rashi's synagogue and the old Jewish cemetery of Worms
- Vilnius, Kraków and Warsaw: Shabbat in Vilnius, the Kazimierz Jewish Quarter of Kraków, and the memorial at Auschwitz-Birkenau
- Kotor and Dubrovnik: the Jewish cemetery of Kotor, and the Dubrovnik Synagogue, one of the oldest Sephardic synagogues still in use, from the 15th century
- Glasgow: Shabbat at the Victorian Garnethill Synagogue, and an evening with the community at Giffnock
Kashrut
Kosher in Europe, at every meal
Every meal on every European trip is Glatt Kosher Mehadrin. How it reaches the table depends on the place, and each page says exactly how.
In Rhodes the whole hotel is kosher for the program, kitniyot-free, non-gebrochts and Chalav Yisrael, with a head mashgiach and a team of six. In Canazei the meals are prepared in the hotel, under the supervision of Rav Benzion Rabinowitz, the Admor of Biala. In Lapland our own mashgiach and cook travel with the group and cook every meal fresh at the hotel. On the fjord and Baltic cruises an executive kosher chef cooks for the group, served in a dining area of our own. In Portugal, Lithuania and Poland the group is on full board, and a cook and mashgiach travel with it wherever there is no kosher restaurant nearby. In Scotland a kosher welcome dinner opens the week and Shabbat is catered in Glasgow. In Montenegro dinner has kosher catering each evening, under the supervision of Chabad of Budva and Chabad of Podgorica. Tell us about any allergy or dietary need when you inquire.
What our guests have to say
What guests said
“The location, food, program and your team were all amazing and we wanted for nothing during our entire stay.”
“You are real pros! The choice of local guides and locations was exceptional.”
“Everything was perfect! You thought about the tiniest details, I was really impressed.”
Questions
Questions travelers ask about kosher tours in Europe
Which countries do your European trips visit?
In 2027: Greece (Pesach 2027 at the Elysium Resort, Rhodes), Italy (Kosher Italian Alps Ski Vacation, and the Mediterranean cruise), Finland (Kosher Tour of Lapland and the Northern Lights), Portugal (Kosher Tour of Portugal, November 2027), Norway by sea, and the Baltic and Scandinavia by sea. Scotland, Montenegro and Croatia, Lithuania and Poland, the Rhine, the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands run again once their next dates are announced.
Is there a Pesach program in Europe for 2027?
Yes: the Elysium Resort in Rhodes, Greece, from April 20 to May 2, 2027, with a choice of 10 or 12 nights, the whole hotel Glatt Kosher Mehadrin. From €6,900 per couple. Pesach 2027 at the Elysium Resort, Rhodes.
Are kosher meals provided on every trip?
Yes. Every meal is Glatt Kosher Mehadrin, prepared for the group by our own cook and mashgiach, by a kosher chef on board, or by a supervised hotel kitchen, and each page names how.
Do you run kosher cruises in the Mediterranean?
Yes: four sailings of seven nights in 2027, Rome to Barcelona on May 23 and June 20 and Barcelona to Rome on July 25 and August 22, by way of Marseille, Tuscany, Sicily and the Amalfi Coast: Kosher Mediterranean Cruise: Four Sailings in 2027.
Can families come?
Yes. In Rhodes there is a supervised children's camp, a teen program and an early dinner for the children, and the ski week in Canazei suits a family winter vacation. The tours are full touring days on foot; ask us whether one suits your children.
Do the tours include synagogues and Jewish sites?
Yes. On the tours Shabbat is kept with the local community in Porto, Podgorica and Glasgow, and in Vilnius; the Rhine cruise keeps Shabbat in port at Speyer. The Portugal, Lithuania and Poland and Rhine trips are built around Jewish history.
When is the best time to go?
It depends on the trip: winter for skiing in the Dolomites, February for the Arctic, April for Pesach in Rhodes, June to September for the fjords and the Baltic, November for Portugal.
Are flights included?
No. You book your own flights. On the tours we meet you at the airport on arrival and take you back on the last day, so send us your flight times.
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