Cimetière du Père-Lachaise, Paris

With check in still hours away and the Cimetière du Père-Lachaise being not too far from where we are staying, we decided to walk there and finally see it. It has been on my “must see” list for our past two visits but we never managed to fit it in. Cimetière du Père-Lachaise is the largest cemetery in Paris and the most visited cemetery in the world.

It was established in 1804 and is the final resting place of many famous people including, Jim Morrison of The Doors, composer Frederic Chopin, Oscar Wilde, Marcel Marseau to name a few. There are also some very confronting, yet poignant memorials to those who were murdered in Nazi concentration camps in WWII. They are very touching displays.

We spent a couple of hours here wandering amongst the dead, admiring the tombstones, reading about people’s lives and we barely covered half the grounds. It is a massive, yet peaceful space, one you could spend hours in. I’m so glad we finally made it here.Read more