Père Lachaise Cemetery
Guide
Photo: Connie Ma from Chicago, United States of America · CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
FreeWalkAllow 1–2 hours: photograph the map at the gatePut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A hillside city of tombs and chapels under old trees, with cobbled lanes and the graves of Jim Morrison, Oscar Wilde, Édith Piaf and Chopin.
A brief history
Opened by Napoleon in 1804; it was too far out to be popular until the authorities moved famous remains here to draw people in.
Tips
- Best time
- A quiet morning
- Cost
- Free
- Allow
- 1–2 hours: photograph the map at the gate
- Free days
- Always free
- Hours
- Usually from 8:00 (later at weekends) to about 17:30 in winter and 18:00 in summer (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Le Marais and the east: Old lanes and squares in the Marais, then Bastille, the Canal Saint-Martin and Belleville, livelier and cheaper, with several big hostels.
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Outdoors
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