Père Lachaise Tour: Famous Graves and History

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 Belleville. 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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Victoriatd5163bb
Feb 27, 2025
Outstanding Tour - Outstanding Tour I was on Max’s tour on Sunday 23rd February. I thoroughly enjoyed the tour – it was informative, captivating and fun! Max is an excellent narrator with an individualistic attentive approach to the clients, an incredible knowledge and passion for the cemetery. Thank you, Max. Definitely, take this tour – as must do in Paris 😊 Victoria Terris
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Kellyejm
Feb 23, 2025
Pere LaChaise comes alive - I did this tour today 23 Feb, and it was great. Max is a superb guide, very knowledgeable but humble and really makes the stories of the people buried here come alive. I have been meaning to visit Pere LaChaise for years and am so happy to have done this tour with such a great guide. I would totally recommend it. Eamon Kelly
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Russell_b
Feb 16, 2025
Excellent tour. I’m sure... - Excellent tour. I’m sure visitors would be keen to find various celebrity graves, but they aren’t lined up next to each other and many can be very difficult to find. This isn’t a problem with an experienced guide, who will also point out details and history otherwise unknown to you. Furthermore, Max will prevent you from causing offence or embarrassing yourself, which is just what you need. Definitely take this tour - it will let you get the most out of your available time. If you know ahead what you particularly want to see, Max will definitely work with you. You’ll get more out of your day than you would by yourself
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Jen_s
Jan 20, 2025
A uniquely beautiful piece of Paris - Père Lachaise is beautiful, unique, and touchingly somber. My tour guide Max’s historical knowledge and personal touches made the tour interesting and the personalities of the people buried there come alive. He showed me some of his ‘favorite’ graves and took the time to answer any questions I had and also chat on any topic that came up. He made the tour a wonderful experience I will take with me always!
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Tameron
Jan 13, 2025
Beautiful day in Père Lachaise - Max is a generous host with a wealth of knowledge on the history and context of Père Lachaise. It was joy spending the afternoon with him! Highly recommend.
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D4806xjmaryr
Dec 30, 2024
Best tour! - Max gave us the most insightful and delightful tour! My husband and I had the best time. Very impressed with his passion and knowledge highly recommend this tour 🥰
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521franks
Dec 9, 2024
A++ - Max has an encyclopedic knowledge of Pere Lachaise and a great sense of humor. In advance of the tour he asked if we wanted to see certain graves and he was fully accommodating. Highly recommend. A trip there on our own would have meant seeing so much less in the same amount of time. Thanks Max.
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Isabelle_m
Dec 2, 2024
Explore the hidden cemetery gems - Max is a gem of information, I really enjoyed learning about Pere Lachaise through his research of interesting personalities buried there and I also appreciated how he highlighted interesting stories of less reknown as well as hitting the requisite highlights. It was a wonderful way to spend a morning in Paris!
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Seaside538631
Nov 25, 2024
Treat yourself to this tour with Max! - Max is a true lover of the cemetery, a knowledgable historian as well as a gifted storyteller. He spent so much time and even led me directly to the metro afterwards.
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Madeline_r
Feb 24, 2025
Was supposed to be a private tour… - Communication with Max before the tour was excellent, and he quickly arranged for a refund when I contacted him after the tour to explain my issues. He also offered us a free tour, but we had already left Paris. However, we did not experience the private tour that I had booked nor did we see most of the graves that we had hoped to visit. In brief… we booked a private tour for our group of 3 well in advance of our visit to Paris. On the day, my sister was unwell, so my husband and I decided to speak to Max about a shortened tour so we could see the highlights of Père Lachaise Cemetery and get back to my sister. Unfortunately, it transpired that there were several other people on the tour, so we were unable to amend it to fit our requirements. In addition , the tour started nearly 30 mins late because we had to wait for an individual who was running late, which was pretty annoying! Max is a very engaging story teller who knows a lot about Père Lachaise (although there were one or two factual inaccuracies). Most people who do the tour clearly enjoy it, so maybe we were just unlucky!
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).