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Paris: Famous Graves of Pere Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour
Activity Duration (2 hours)
Extreme
Hosted in English, French
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Join a guided tour of Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, where you'll explore the famous graves and burials of this iconic cemetery.
What you'll do
The Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is home to the graves of many famous individuals, including Oscar Wilde, Balzac, Chopin, Edith Piaf, and Jim Morrison. It's an easy walk from the Alexandre Dumas metro station, where you'll meet your guide for a tour of the cemetery. During the tour, you'll learn interesting facts about the famous individuals buried there, and you'll be limited to a group of 25 participants.
What is included?
- English/French-speaking guide (depending on option selected)
- Walking tour of Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Famous graves of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Chopin, and more
- Entry/Admission - Père-Lachaise Cemetery
What is not included?
- Food and drinks, unless specified
- Gratuities
Additional Information
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Please note tour runs only in English
- Most travelers can participate
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 25 travelers
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Itinerary
Paris Sacred Site Pilgrimages Itinerary (2026 Guide) – What You'll See & Do
Explore the full itinerary for Paris: Famous Graves of Pere Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour in Paris, France. This sacred site pilgrimages experience includes 1 stops over 1 day. Duration: 2 hours. Activity level: Extreme.
No meal included on this day.
No accommodation included on this day.
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Père-Lachaise Cemetery
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Père-Lachaise Cemetery
Stop: 2 hours ·Admission includedThe admission fee is included in the tour package at no extra cost.
- 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.
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