The 5 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 $23Top rated

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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