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Review submitted by Simone Somekh from Milan   How many times, eating pizza in the USA, have we wondered how does the original Italian one actually taste? Thanks to Carmel, the best kosher pizzeria in Milan, Italy, now we won’t have to daydream anymore. Carmel is a well presented restaurant in the Jewish area of the [...]

We've been compiling this list for the past few weeks – should there be any restaurants missing from this list from anywhere in the world, please message below or tweet us [@YeahThatsKosher] and we'll add the restaurants not on the list.   Venice: Gam Gam Kosher Restaurant, Sestiere Cannaregio, 1122, 30121 Venezia, Italy, +(39) 041.523.1495  [...]

Contributed by: Nava Billet | Last Date of Travel: May/June 2009 Buongiorno! I thought people might be interested to hear about Shavuot in Rome. I stayed in a small suite next to one Synagogue, Bet Shmuel, on Via Garfagniana  (pronounced Gar-Fan-Nyana). It is a small shul, with congregants mostly of Libyan descent; they came to Italy after [...]

March 23rd – March 30th in Canazei, Italy Join young professionals from around the world for a week of fun and skiing in one of the most exotic ski locations in the world: Canazei, Italy. The group will be staying at the FOUR STAR My One Hotel Canazei, a year-round Kosher Ski Resort. The cost [...]

CookEuro has recently sent out a schedule for the following week long Kosher Cooking vacations in 3 beautiful regions of Italy and France: Emilia Romagna, Italy: May 9-16, 2011 Tuscany, Italy: August 29-September 5; September 5-12, 2011 Provence, France: October 31-November 7, 2011 The instructors in the region of Tuscany are Cristina Blasi and Gabriella [...]

Contributed by: Elina Rokhkind | Last Date of Travel: October 2009 Kosher Info: There are three sources of kosher food in Florence, all of them located in close proximity to the synagogue. The first is the dairy vegetarian Ristorante Ruth. Since it’s the only sit-down place, you get to meet here all kosher tourists visiting [...]

Contributed by Elina Rokhkind | Last Date of Travel: October 2009 Kosher Info: All Jewish life in Venice is clustered inside the former Ghetto area of two compact squares – Campo di Ghetto Nuovo and Campo di Ghetto Vecchio. Here you can find two meat kosher restaurants: Gam-Gam, which is owned and operated by Chabad, [...]

Contributed by Elina Rokhkind | Last Date of Travel: October 2009 Kosher Info: Thankfully, Rome offers a decent choice of options for the kosher traveler. In addition to the centrally located former ghetto neighborhood with about a dozen eateries ranging from the quick bites to fancy restaurants, there are a few other residential neighborhoods with [...]

Jews the world over are traveling around to friends, family, or to new locations this Passover. While it is typically impossible to find kosher restaurants or eateries open for Passover, here are a few that I’ve found that will be open this year on Chol Hamoed (intermediary days of Passover): Prague, Czech Republic Shalom Maiselova [...]

Contributed by: Sara Marx  |   Last Date of Travel: October 2008 Kosher Info: Via Del Portico d’Ottavia is a street with many kosher options and it is right by the big main synagogue. There are two “upscale” meat restaurants, a dairy place (we didn’t try it), and a couple of falafel/fast food places. We ate [...]

Flipping through the Jewish Press I came across an ad for Kosher Cruises. That didn’t catch my eye, but when I saw “First Ever Kosher Cruise to Israel & Egypt” I said wait… that’s cool. The cruise is Glatt Kosher includes stops in Naples, Italy; Athens & Rhodes, Greece; Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey; Haifa & Ashdod, [...]

Contributed by: Abbie Rosenbaum-Braha | Last Travel Date: [Author lives in Milan] Kosher Info: Milan’s kosher community is well served by three small supermarkets which carry just about anything that one could want. The following website gives a thorough listing of all kosher and Jewish establishment in Milan and throughout Italy: http://www.jewishitaly.org. If you will [...]

Contributed by: Maurice T. Appelbaum| Last Date of Travel: August 2006 Kosher Info: Kosher restaurant and a kosher store right by the shul. The restaurant was really good, especially the desserts. The store was sparsely stocked. The woman in the restaurant speaks English and was helpful with food questions. Look at the Milan post for [...]

Contributed by: Maurice T. Appelbaum | Last Date of Travel: August 2006 Kosher Info: Check Milan for useful websites for supermarket food and general info. GamGam is a restaurant run by Chabad and that gives free meals on Shabbos. In the summer it can be really crowded in Venice so be sure to go – [...]