Which Père Lachaise Tour? All Seven Guided Tours Compared
Every guided Père Lachaise tour compared: haunted, famous graves, small group, archaeologist, actor, French-language. About $21 to $28 as of October 2026. Is a guide worth it?
For most English-speaking visitors the Père Lachaise tour to book is UTG Experience Europe’s Haunted Père Lachaise walk: two hours, from $24.72 as of October 2026, rated 4.6 from 4,326 reviews, and the best seller by a distance. It covers the famous graves and adds the cemetery’s legends. If you want the graves without the ghosts, City Wonders’ Famous Graves walk does that for $21.35. Seven guided tours sell in all; two of them are in French only.
Every Père Lachaise tour compared
| Tour (operator) | From | Rating (reviews) | Length | Language | Worth knowing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haunted Père Lachaise (UTG Experience Europe) | $24.72 | 4.6 (4,326) | 2 hours | English, French | Famous graves plus legends, Allan Kardec, spirits |
| Famous Graves of Père Lachaise (City Wonders) | $21.35 | 4.6 (1,374) | 2 hours | English, French | Meets at Alexandre Dumas Métro; free change of date if the cemetery closes for weather |
| Small Group Tour (Empire Tours and Productions) | $21.35 | 4.6 (211) | 2 hours | English, French | History, Wilde and Morrison; the only listing with no mobility warning |
| With an Archaeologist-Historian (Archeocultura) | $23.32 | 5.0 (59) | 2 hours | English, French, Spanish | Funerary symbols and off-route paths |
| Famous Graves and Legends (Side Routes) | $16.29 on a discount (usually $33) | 5.0 (9) | 2 hours | English, French | Groups of 15 at most; a map to keep; new |
| Histoires et mystères, with an actor (Acting Tours) | $28.09 | 4.9 (796) | 2 hours | French | Led by professional actors; groups can be large |
| Guided tour with Thierry Le Roi | $22.48 | 4.8 (2,419) | 3 hours | French | The longest walk, with humour and anecdotes |
Prices, ratings and review counts as listed on GetYourGuide in October 2026; every tour has free cancellation up to 24 hours before. Operators change prices, so treat them as the shape of the market, not a quote.
Is a guided tour worth it?
Yes, unless you have a free afternoon and enjoy map reading. The cemetery is free, so the tour is the only cost, and what you pay for is navigation and stories. Père Lachaise has 70,000 tombs on 43 hilly hectares, the famous graves are not signposted, and the city’s advice to independent visitors is to bring a map and allow at least two hours. With a guide, two hours gets you eight or ten famous graves, the stories that make them interesting, and a guide who knows to pause when a funeral is under way.
On your own, three hours and the city’s free plan of the most requested graves will do it. Our famous-graves guide gives a route.
Check the haunted walk's dates →
Who each tour suits
Haunted Père Lachaise
The famous graves, then the legends. Story-led, not scary.
Check dates →Famous Graves Walk
Wilde, Morrison, Piaf, Chopin and Molière, nothing paranormal.
See this tour →With an Archaeologist-Historian
How to read the tombs, and the quiet paths. Spanish too.
See this tour →On a budget or in a small group: Side Routes’ Famous Graves and Legends tour is the cheapest right now at $16.29 on a discount from $33 (October 2026), caps groups at 15 and gives you a cemetery map. It is new on GetYourGuide, with 9 reviews so far, all five stars. Empire Tours’ small-group walk is the quieter, history-first option at $21.35.
In French: Acting Tours is led by professional actors, and the listing promises your money back “if you yawn”; reviewers mention groups of about 35. Thierry Le Roi’s tour runs three hours, and reviewers praise the guides’ humour and anecdotes.
What every tour has in common
- Two hours of walking on uphill cobbles. Six of the seven list themselves as unsuitable for people with mobility impairments; City Wonders takes no wheelchairs or prams.
- Daytime only. The cemetery closes at 18:00 (17:30 from 6 November), so there are no night tours inside.
- No entry fee to add. The cemetery is free; you pay only the guide.
- The same rules. Quiet near funerals, no climbing or sitting on tombs.
One product we leave out
An escape game set in Père Lachaise is sold online. The City of Paris’s rules for the cemetery forbid organised games, naming treasure hunts and escape games, so we do not recommend it.
If you are pairing the cemetery with the catacombs on the same trip, the hours and entrances guide helps you time the day.
Book the Walk Most Visitors Choose
UTG Experience Europe's haunted walk: Jim Morrison and the famous graves, then Allan Kardec, the spirits and the cults. English or French, about two hours. Rated 4.6 from 4,326 reviews, from $24.72 as of October 2026, with free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
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