The 7 Best Pere Lachaise Cemetery Tours in Paris

1.Haunted Père Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,591 reviews · 2 hours · from $25Our pick

Walk through Père-Lachaise Cemetery with an English or French-speaking guide for two hours of famous graves, cemetery history, strange cults, and ghost tales. You may visit the resting places of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, Chopin, and Proust while guides such as Jade, Philippe, Josephine, and Morgan bring the stories to life.

“Morgan was warm and humorous. He navigated us through the cemetery cleverly and hit the highlights. His storytelling was fun! I highly recommend visiting the cemetery this way!”

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2.Pere Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 2,236 reviews · 3 hours · from $23

Spend three hours walking Père Lachaise with a French-speaking guide from Thierry Le Roi & les Nécro-Romantiques. Follow cobbled paths to Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf, Chopin, Molière, and other notable graves, while learning the stories behind the cemetery’s art and legends.

“Visite passionnante avec un guide cultivé qui connaît très bien les lieux. On aurait jamais vu autant de choses intéressantes seuls ! Il y a de quoi se perdre au Père Lachaise. Je recommande vivement cette visite guidée.”

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3.The Père Lachaise Cemetery: Guided 2-Hour Small-Group Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 1,065 reviews · 2 hours · from $28

Meet your French-speaking guide at Gambetta Square for a small-group walk through Père Lachaise. See graves linked to Chopin, Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Edith Piaf, and others, while learning about the cemetery’s design, origins, sculptures, and legends.

“The cemetery was HUGE and having our wonderful guide we were able to efficiently tour and learn the very interesting details of Pere Lachaise. Would highly recommend this tour!”

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4.Famous Graves of Pere Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,059 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $18Best value

Walk Père Lachaise Cemetery with an English-speaking guide who leads you through its maze of tombs, sharing stories of Chopin, Edith Piaf, Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Heloïse, Abelard, and other famous figures. The two-hour tour begins at Alexandre Dumas metro station and ends near Philippe Auguste.

“A very interesting cemetery with many famous people. Also, unexpectedly, we saw memorials for holocaust concentration camps and many extravagant headstones. Our guide, Deepal Karri was very enthusiastic about the tour, highlighting the famous graves and gave us interesting information about the cemetery itself and how it came to be. She was informative without being boring and also brought some humor to an otherwise somber place. Would highly recommend visiting the cemetery with a guide.”

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5.Pere Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 839 reviews · from $23

Walk Père Lachaise’s cobbled paths with a French-speaking guide from Thierry Le Roi & les Nécro-Romantiques. Over about three hours, you’ll see the graves of Proust, Piaf, Morrison, Chopin, Molière, Oscar Wilde, and others while hearing sharp historical stories and cemetery lore.

“Vraiment excellent guide, super belle visite je recommande fortement!”

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6.Père Lachaise Cemetery Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 47 reviews · from $53Top rated

Walk Père Lachaise Cemetery with a local guide in a group of up to eight. Hear stories tied to Edith Piaf, Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Molière, Sartre, Chopin, and a violent Paris uprising, with English, French, German, Russian, Italian, and Spanish tours available.

“Very pleasant and knowledgeable guide. Really good to be able to interact with Hugo and ask lots of questions. He really knew his stuff. A great afternoon.”

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7.Stories of Père Lachaise Cemetery Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 34 reviews · from $23

Walk about two miles through Père Lachaise with an English-speaking guide such as Tatiana, Tetiana, or Maria. Hear stories of forbidden love, scandal, and famous graves, kiss Oscar Wilde’s tomb, rub Victor Noir’s effigy, and optionally add a Seine cruise valid for one year.

“An amazing place. So glad I had a tour guide, I would have missed so much! Maria was a fantastic guide for Père Lachaise. As well as being friendly and funny, she was extremely knowledgeable and made the stories come to life.”

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