05/21/2012
07:45 PM
Skip the map and get lost
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
We ended up here on one of our last days in Paris. A rainy April day. It was lovely. The architecture alone is awe inspiring. Each mausoleum was unique and many were spectacular. You can get a...
05/21/2012
05:15 AM
Spring in Pere Lachaise
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
Choose your map carefully. The €2.5 large map is the one to get. While it does not have every notable grave listed on it, most are included. I recommend that you adopt a thematic approach. It took us...
05/20/2012
05:36 AM
Very interesting and historical
05/19/2012
01:47 PM
Break on through to the other side
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
Song by Jim Morrison....this is where he lies. So lies Fredrick Chopin and other great people in history. Get path directions from book by Rick Steves....beautiful walking tour of the Cemetery as to...
05/19/2012
08:40 AM
Vast, take the map at the entrance!
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
I love this Paris haunt, so interesting, so beautiful...but it is vast so don't do it in a rush..
05/18/2012
12:05 PM
More than expected.
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
My daughter and I had a wonderful time at the least expected place. Pere-Lachaise is unique. It was lightly snowing, the crows were resting on the bare trees, cats were roaming about. The perfect...
05/18/2012
11:32 AM
writters in the storm
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
I took that line from J MORRISONS SONG "RIDERS IN THE STORM". His grave is there as many of the historical writters in our history. It is a nice cemetery to hang with the dead.
05/18/2012
10:19 AM
Often forgotten by tourist, a sight truly worth a visit
05/17/2012
11:05 PM
Traffic Jam at Jim Morrison's Tomb!
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
A very unique cemetery! There are interesting statues and works of art scattered throughout on various tombs. There is a sense of history every row one walks down.
Oscar Wilde's memorial was...
05/15/2012
03:14 AM
Visit to Cimetiere du Pere-Lachaise
TripAdvisor traveler rating: 5 of 5 stars
Unbelievable atmosphere of serene silence in the metropolitan Paris, where the most famous inhabitants of Paris or from else where around the world, found their last resting place. People who I...