Pere Lachaise Cemetery Private Tour: Explore History, Celebrities and Landscape Beauty
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Embark on a private tour of the Pere Lachaise Cemetery and uncover the history, legends, and hidden beauty of this iconic landmark. Explore the final resting place of celebrities like Jim Morrison and Oscar Wilde in an intimate and personalized experience.
Duration: 2 hours
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Highlights
  • Pere-Lachaise Cemetery - Explore the legendary Pere Lachaise Cemetery with a private tour. A guide who knows this 44 hectares forest like his of pockets will lead you to an unforgettable journey that you can customize according to your taste and time.
What's Included
  • Private guide for a personalized experience
Additional Information

Pere Lachaise serves as an unexpected open-air museum, displaying 70,000 burial sites across a vast 44-hectare land replete with 5,300 trees.

Avoid the disruptive large crowds, and opt for a more personal exploration. Engage in conversations and learn as your guide uncovers the enigmas and folklore of yesteryears and the present. The tour can be personalized for you alone, or customized for your partner, your family, or your friend group. Any specific requests you may have will also be addressed.

Many famous figures find their final resting place here, from both local and international realms. The final abodes of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Isadora Duncan, Gertrude Stein, Maria Callas, Marcel Proust, Chopin, Molière, Delacroix, Piaf, Marceau, among many others, often go unnoticed by visitors. However, our knowledgeable guide knows how to locate these sites and weave them into a fascinating narrative, using uncharted paths to unveil unique places of landscaped splendor.

The tour typically lasts around 2 hours, but you have the final say. After all, this is your private tour!

Location
56 Rue des Rondeaux
Rue des Rondeaux
Meet your guide by the entrance to the Pere Lachaise Cemetery on Rue des Rondeaux. The nearest Metro station is Gambetta (Line 3). Please note that the nearest Metro station is not Pere Lachaise! Please be at the meeting point at least 15 minutes prior to scheduled start time
Cancellation Policy

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

Customer Ratings
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Corinnebt6032ep
Apr 3, 2024
exceptional - I have already visited the cemetery without a guide, a real ordeal. We were lucky enough to have a private tour with Mr Thierry LE ROI. An unforgettable moment, very pleasant guide, he knows his job. I highly recommend this guide. We will not forget this visit with you. ESPECIALLY THE EPITAPHS, EXCELLENT. Thank you VERY MUCH Mr. KING. The BEARD, CLOUX, QUOTE MARS, OUIGO families
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Pdxcorwin
May 7, 2023
Great guide. Great experience. - Myself, my wife, and a friend had a private two hour tour of Pere Lachaise with Alberto. He was a wonderful guide. We provided him with a list of our "must see" graves, and he expertly wove a path through the cemetery to show us each one, as well as many others he felt would interest us. And at each grave he had a great story about the person. We had tried seeing the cemetery on our own previously and had a very frustrating time. With Alberto it was a joy and we learned much. We enthusiastically can recommend Les Necro Romantiques for an expert tour of Pere Lachaise. Thank you Alberto!
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Susang24
Apr 28, 2023
A must see in Paris! - We scheduled a private tour with Alberto. What a treat! Not only is Pere Lachaise a beautiful place, but Alberto is interesting and knowledgeable. We had no agenda and preferred that Alberto show us what he wanted to show us. It was amazing! I can’t imagine visiting the cemetery without a guide. Alberto seemed very passionate about the history of the place. I highly recommend! Our tour was in English.
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Paul_d
Nov 30, 2022
Fascinating and Informative Tour - We had a wonderful tour with Alberto, who was very knowledgable and engaging and spoke perfect English. He shared many stories of the cemetery which we would never have been able to find out on our own. Alberto also made a concerted effort to make sure we saw the tombs we came to see. I highly recommend this tour to anyone with an interest in the history of Paris or Pere Lachaise in particular!
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Secondhalftravels
Feb 12, 2022
Great Tour with Alberto - The private tour with Alberto in English was outstanding. Before the tour, I sent him the graves I was most interested in, and he put together a custom itinerary. We ended up seeing all the ones I'd requested plus the usual famous ones like Edith Piaf, Jim Morrison, etc. Alberto knows the cemetery like the back of his hand and tells many interesting anecdotes. Père Lachaise is huge and labyrinthine, so it's unlikely you'll find all the graves you want to see without a guide. Alberto was very generous with his time, and the hours flew by. He also offers tours to the catacombs and the Louvre. I definitely plan to take more tours with him when I return to Paris.
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