Paris: Haunted Père Lachaise Cemetery Guided Tour

I was underwhelmed; perhaps it is because of all the media attention. My disappointment stretched from the need for a gardener and maintenance people. In addition it was primarily crypts, lacking creativity in my estimation. But I had to add it to the list of cemeteries I have visited in my travels. Most memorable for different reasons was Glasgow, Buenos Aires and Havana Cuba.

We arrived 30 minutes early. Nobody was at the meeting address. 45 minutes passes and still nobody shows up. Later we find out that the Tour Guide was across the street from the posted address and didn't bother to check the location listed. We missed the tour as did several other people. Hopefully, we get a refund.

Waste of time. I signed up for English and everyone was French so the poor guy had to repeat it twice. A waste of time for everyone. And I specifically signed up for English…

Our tour guide, Jade Jezzini (UTD) was incredible! All three of us would do the tour again in a heartbeat. Jade speaks perfect English, and his stories are entertaining, enlightening and thoroughly researched when possible. He made the cemetery “come to life,” and gave us an enchanting experience in the beautiful Père Lachaise.

Of note, I booked a tour through Tripadvisor on Saturday, paid, and never connected up with the tour guide. Booked through UTD for Sunday, and ended up with an incredible guide and a better price on tickets.

We found this tour entertaining and enjoyable. Our guide was knowledgeable and fluent in English and French. He presented a good sample of historic, occultic, and creepy tombs and answered our many questions about the graves of Jim Morrison, Sarah Berhardt, Elizabeth Strogonoff the Vampire, and more while keeping his eye on our group's interest, energy, and time. Please note this is a cobblestone walk with some steps. Oscar Wilde should have been included.

Our guide Jamie had an amazing historical knowledge - all with no notes. He walked us round various monuments to people we hadn’t heard of but had very interesting stories to tell. His tour lasted 2hrs 30mins which was much longer than advertised too. Would highly recommend to visitors.

Our tour guide Elody was amazing and took her time with us Americans who were visiting for the first time. So much history and a must see when in Paris. Lots of hills, but worth the walking to see all the beautiful sites. Please note the cemetery closes at 5:30.

The guide was late for the tour and arrived 5 minutes past the hour. The guide did not had the fluency in English required to conduct a tour in English. Although the company advertises this as a 2 hours tour, it only lasted 1.5 hours. I sent an e-mail exposing this situation and requestinga reimbursement equivalent to the 35 minutes of the tour that were not delivered, and got this very disappointing answer:

"Hello

The guide always finishes the tour on time. If he finished 30 mins before we cannot say but you could have asked him to talk a bit longer.

If you want we can organize for you to join another time?"

I would definetly NOT recommend this tour.

Tour was canceled, I was not informed. So I was waiting at the main entrance Sunday morning, nobody showed up. I called an I was told, becaue I was the only attende, the tour was cancelled, without letting me know....

The tour was alright and the guide was energetic but the tour was not what the description marketed. It was a general tour of the cemetery with notable graves and a few stories mixed in. There was no haunted element which was a major marketing point that differentiated this tour from others that appeared similar. It was boring for the teens on the tour. The guide was good translating in multiple languages but be advised that takes much longer at each stop since he’s having to say everything more than once.

The cemetery is huge so it was great to have a guide take you straight to the famous ones. Even with the map at the cemetery it can be hard to find the plots because of the layout. The tour wasn’t inappropriately morbid. Just a bit of lore of certain areas of the cemetery. If you’re looking for something inaccurately dramatic and spooky, this isn’t for you.

Victoria was fantastic; knowledgeable and entertaining. Would thoroughly recommend this tour to anyone visiting Paris who loves history.

Our guide Vic was awesome. She gave a lot of interesting facts and answered many questions. It was pretty hot but she kept us in the shade :)

The girl was an excellent tour guide. Very outgoing and patient. She made sure that she was not going too fast or too slow and explained everything. We enjoyed it very much. Thank you for your service.

Very informative. Easy stroll and pace. Would highly recommend! Easy to find the starting point and many recommendations about what to see after the tour.

there were only 5 of us in the group for the Père Lachaise Cemetery tour plus one tour guide. However one person in the group spoke only French so the guide had to do the tour in two languages which took up half of our time. So I think we did not see enough because of this. Also the guide did not point out or pass through tombs of famous people and when we did, she did not even highlight it - she only concentrated on the tombs she wanted to talk about.

Our Guide Morgan was FANTASTIC, showing us the history within the cemetary, and the views surrounding. With each historic plot, came a brief history related to Paris &/or France. An EXCELLANT Guide & a wounderful tour. Highly Recommended