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Père Lachaise Cemetery Tour: Famous Graves and History
4.6
843 Ratings
Paris
Embark on a small-group stroll through the romantic and enigmatic Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. With a limited group size of no more than 25 individuals, you can expect a personalized experience guided by a well-versed tour leader.
Embark on a small-group stroll through the romantic and enigmatic Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. With a limited group size of no more than 25 individuals, you can expect a personalized experience guided by a well-versed tour leader.
Duration:
2 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Pere-Lachaise Cemetery - Your rendez-vous with Paris’ famous dead begins in the morning at Alexandre Dumas metro station. Meet your english-speaking guide and stroll into Père Lachaise Cemetery, the city’s most visited graveyard. Spanning 110 acres (44 hectares), this cemetery houses hundreds of thousands of the city’s famous and infamous dead in…
- Pere-Lachaise Cemetery - Your rendez-vous with Paris’ famous dead begins in the morning at Alexandre Dumas metro station. Meet your english-speaking guide and stroll into Père Lachaise Cemetery, the city’s most visited graveyard. Spanning 110 acres (44 hectares), this cemetery houses hundreds of thousands of the city’s famous and infamous dead in tombs of varying extravagance.
Hear about some of the site’s famous artists, musicians and writers that rest here such as Edith Piaf, Molière, Chopin, Proust, Delacroix, Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde. Wander through the labyrinth of graves and along stony paths to visit tombs accented in eccentricity and distinction. As you experience the haunting magnificence of the cemetery, you’ll learn tragic histories of lovers like Heloïse and Abelard
- united in a single tomb in the 1817 after centuries apart - and forward-thinking women like writers Gertrude Stein and Collette. Your 2-hour tour concludes at Porte du Rèpos near the Philippe Auguste metro stop.
What's Included
- Local English-speaking guide
- Visit famous graves like Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, and Chopin
- Explore Père Lachaise Cemetery on a walking tour
- Local English-speaking guide
- Visit famous graves like Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, and Chopin
- Explore Père Lachaise Cemetery on a walking tour
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Please note tour runs only in English
- Please note tour runs only in English
Location
Alexandre Dumas
Meet at the exit of the metro stop Alexandre Dumas, on Line 2. Your guide will be waiting at the exit with a sign – there is only one metro exit at this stop.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(843 Ratings)
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Jennifer_t
Oct 26, 2024
Exceptional tour! - Beautiful morning, Vic was such a lovey guide and excellent story teller. She is passionate about history and people, I appreciated the variety of her knowledge and the kindness and respect she showed throughout. A highlight of our trip!
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143ljubicac
Oct 26, 2024
Great tour - Great tour and great guide! I definitively recommend. The tour was around 2 hours long and is very interesting and full of information
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400malkab
Oct 24, 2024
Becky's tour of Pere le chaise cemetery. - Thoroughly enjoyed Becky's tour of Perlechaise cemetery. It felt like a very emotional place to be. Becky was really interesting to listen to. She was knowledgeable and gave exactly the right amount of detail along the way.
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Bea_g
Oct 23, 2024
Not to be missed! - Viktoire was a wonderful guide! We've done many Viator tours across Europe and this is one of the best! If you are in Paris, make sure yup do not miss it. Make sure you take it with her. Can't recommend highly enough.
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Navigator7895
Oct 23, 2024
Memorable tour of Pere Lachaise - The tour was excellent, very informative, full of interesting stories. Our guide, Victoire, is very knowledgeable and a very charming storyteller . We enjoyed the tour very much and recommend it warmly !!
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Paradise38394278128
Oct 23, 2024
Père Lachaise tour - Becky was extremely knowledgeable and provided wonderful details! I would highly recommend this tour for anyone interested in French history.
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Sukisamba
Oct 20, 2024
Great way to spend the morning - Excellent tour from Becky of the main sites in the huge cemetery. Really good knowledge and engaging. We enjoyed the whole tour, not just seeing the most famous tombs.Thank you !
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Betsy_s
Oct 20, 2024
Well worth the visit! - I have long been a fan of turning graveyards and cemeteries as a way to learn the history of both the people buried there and the city where they lived. Our visit to Peru Lachaise did not disappoint! We had a very knowledgeable tour guide, Kritika, whose very understated and dry sense of humor made our visit that much more enjoyable. During our two-hour tour, we visited many of the famed gravesites of Jim Morrison, Edith Pilaf, Oscar Wilde, Moliere, but also some of the more interesting monuments, including one for a woman who has not yet died! Talk about being prepared. Thoroughly enjoyed our visit and would highly recommend this tour as a must-see. At the end, there's a complete list of the famous people buried there and it's an astounding list of authors, poets, musicians, composers, and philosophers. We need to go back!
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Cinnasia
Oct 18, 2024
Tour of Père Lachaise’s tombs - We had the tour guided by Kritika and it was very well explained, super interesting and rich of anecdotes! Additionally to the most famous people’s tombs we saw some others more peculiar ones, great experience!!!!
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Kissntellall
Oct 17, 2024
A great tour of the unnatural - An excellent and educational tour in a unlikely place. Our tour guide was very informative in her presentation and answering questions.
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