How long should you spend at Père Lachaise Cemetery? While a single visit can provide a glimpse of its wonders, truly immersing yourself in the magic of this historic place takes time. Our guided two-hour tours offer a captivating snapshot, but the real enchantment lies in allowing yourself the leisure to explore further. In this blog, we’ll help you determine the ideal duration for your Père Lachaise Cemetery experience, ensuring you make the most of your visit to this iconic Parisian landmark.
A visit to Père Lachaise every day during one’s life would unveil and unravel a new wondrous and magical experience, but time and the vagaries of life do not allow one to devote such time to Père Lachaise.
Visiting the Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris is a unique and unforgettable experience. Explore the tombs and uncover the narratives they hold, guided by a native English speaker. The tour lasts approximately two hours.
The two-hour tour can only provide a mere snapshot of this immortal cemetery, so as to whet the appetite of you, the visitor to make more time to explore this remarkable place at your own leisure.
The tour will absorb the unmissable highlights of Pere Lachaise with an English-speaking tour given by a native English speaker from Scotland.
The tour will see the tombs of well-known persons from all walks of life, faiths, ethnic backgrounds and professions, including some from the oldest known profession as well as seeing the graves of famous artists like Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf and others.
The guide will recount anecdotes about famous people from different eras and take the tour to unusual, designed tombs some of which carry superstitions with false hopes such as the tomb of Victor Noir and his legend!
The tour will enable visitors to admire the beauty of Père Lachaise Cemetery, host to more than 4,000 different species of plants and trees (maple, beech, ash, lemon, chestnut) and home to many wild animals and many different birds!
The tour will allow visitors to learn about the unusual and distinctive layout of a live cemetery that makes it unique amongst cemeteries and gain insight into the history of this history of this living cemetery that opened on May 21st, 1804, out of necessity and in inauspicious circumstances but has grown to house more than 70,000 graves in a woodland area that has expanded from 17 hectares to 44 hectares.
Ready to explore Père Lachaise Cemetery? Book your guided tour for a captivating experience led by a native English speaker. Discover history, art, and nature today!
