Père Lachaise: Where Paris Comes to Rest in Style

About this tour

A Private Walking Tour Through the World’s Most Romantic Cemetery

Paris has many faces, and one of its most enchanting wears moss, ivy, and the patina of centuries. Welcome to Paris Père Lachaise Cemetery, the largest cemetery in Paris and, without exaggeration, the most beautiful one on earth. Here, death has been given the full Parisian treatment: elegant, theatrical, and quietly seductive.
This is not a tour for the faint of imagination. Wander cobblestone alleys lined with Gothic chapels, weeping angels, and tombs so ornate they could pass for palaces. Your private guide will lead you straight to the icons who chose eternity in the 20th arrondissement: Jim Morrison, still visited by pilgrims decades later; Édith Piaf, whose voice still seems to echo through the chestnut trees; Oscar Wilde, resting beneath a flying sphinx and decades of lipstick kisses; Chopin, whose heart, fittingly, stayed in Warsaw while the rest of him stayed in Paris.
Along the way, you will hear the legends locals whisper and tourists rarely uncover: star-crossed lovers, scandalous burials, secret symbols carved into stone by grieving hands, and the eternal Parisian flair for making even mortality look chic.

Père Lachaise is proof that some goodbyes are simply too elegant to be sad. Because in Paris, even the cemeteries know how to tell a good story. Wander through the historic alleys and discover the Père Lachaise cemetery’s most iconic tombs

Meeting point :

Meet your guide at the main entrance, Boulevard de Ménilmontant. The guide will be holding the company mascot, Mister Lama Leonardo.