Père Lachaise Tour: Discover Famous Graves

Explore Père Lachaise Cemetery with Max, a Scottish guide in Paris. Discover famous graves, rich history, and captivating stories on this 2.5-3 hour walking tour.

Duration: 2 hours, 30 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Pere-Lachaise Cemetery - Explore the tombs and uncover the narratives they hold, guided by a native English speaker. The tour lasts approximately two hours.
    Walking along the green paths surrounded by trees, plants, and nature, you’ll come across the graves of people from all walks of life – the famous, the virtuous, the flawed, and the unjustly…
What's Included
  • Gratuities
Additional Information

Absorb the unmissable highlights of Père Lachaise Cemetery with an English-speaking tour by Max, a native English-speaking guide from Scotland.
See the tombs of well-known persons from all walks of life, faiths, ethnic backgrounds and professions, including the graves of famous artists like Oscar Wilde, Jim Morrison, Edith Piaf and others.
Max comes from…

Location
28 Bd de Ménilmontant
Boulevard de Ménilmontant
Meet your guide at the entrance of the Père Lachaise Cemetery located on Boulevard de Ménilmontant. The nearest metro station is Philippe Auguste (line metro 2), not the metro station Père Lachaise. Please be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes before the scheduled departure time of the tour.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Sightseer56272478470
Jan 21, 2026
10/10, would book again - It was FANTASTIC! A personalized experience, followed all my wishes and provided more!! I highly recommend to anyone interested in the cemetery. It is beautiful and max does a great job of bringing that beauty out in more than just the famous graves.
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Pathfinder63914
Jan 2, 2026
Best tour around - We had a fantastic morning with the wonderful Max on our tour of Pere-Lachaise Cemetery just before Christmas. Max is so affable, knowledgeable and humorous. He tailored the tour for us - our main interests were in the graves of artists, musicians, writers etc. But he made sure that we saw all of the other highlights and much more besides. We cannot recommend Max highly enough and would confidently say that no trip to Pere-Lachaise would be as good without him! Don't hesitate to book this brilliant tour, which is amazing value for money too. Colette and Ron.
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193michelleg
Jan 1, 2026
Excellent tour and a wonderful guide - What a wonderful guided tour, easily the best guided tour I ever had. Max is very knowledgeable, putting each story in historical context and most importantly, Max clearly loves what he does bringing so much excitement to the tour. I appreciated Max checking with me what I wanted to see, so the tour really was bespoke. I look forward to another tour with Max and nextt time, I am bringing my family with me!
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293nishitm
Dec 28, 2025
Best time I have ever had at a cemetery!! - Highly knowledgeable tour with amazing commentary and historical context. Wonderful way to spend a couple of hours and learn about Parisian and French history. I highly recommend this tour.
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Susan_jenks_rye
Dec 18, 2025
Learn and laugh - Max was fabulous. He was so knowledgeable about the history of the cemetery as well as it’s inhabitants. He had great stories some were funny, some inspirational, and some were a bit sad but I came away moved! I’m excited to visit again with Max
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Paula
Dec 18, 2025
Best graveyard tour ever! - Our tour guide, Max, was excellent. He designed a tour that took us to all the places we wanted to see (even some we didn’t know that we wanted to see!) He seemed extremely knowledgeable. Lots of stories and anecdotes kept us well entertained; we even learned a thing or two!
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Susan_h
Dec 17, 2025
Such a great experience - Max was fabulous. I learned so much about the history of the cemetery about its famous, infamous and obscure occupants. I need to come back for a second tour to learn even more.
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Celeste965
Dec 14, 2025
Pere La Chase Cemetery Tour - We immensely enjoyed our Pere La Chaise Cemetery tour with Max. He was incredibly knowledgeable, fun, and worked to accommodate us to give us the best experience. We highly recommend the tour he offers.
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Celeste965
Dec 14, 2025
Pere La Chaise Tour - We thoroughly enjoyed our Pere La Chaise Cemetery tour with Max. He was incredibly informative, fun, and accommodating. We highly recommend this tour.
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704erwine
Dec 13, 2025
Cemetry guide tour coming alive - Max took us on 3.5 Hr plus tour and could have continued if not one of us had to leave and catch a plane. He clearly was guiding us out of love for what he knows and able to share. He is not your typical cookie-cutter guide. He gives his heart in what he does. Highly recommended.
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From $56
up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).