Leafy last resting place of many famous people
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Date of visit: June 2017
I am a carer or friend of a disabled person. I have experience of challenges around: moving around
Overall Rating
Average
An attractive walled cemetery with tree-lined avenues and monumental buildings.Here you will find the graves of many famous French men and women and some foreign celebs who died in Paris including Oscar Wilde and Jim Morrison.
Disabled Access In and Around
Average
The cemetery is on a sloping site. Cobbled avenues and gravel paths with bumps from tree roots would make it hard going for solo manual wheelchair users and it is quite tiring for accompanists. The cemetery covers a large area. There's a map available on-line which shows the locations of the most important graves. See https://api-site.paris.fr/images/74643
Parking & Transport
Excellent
Can't comment on the parking. Nearby Place Gambetta is extensively served by wheelchair accessible buses. The cemetery is best entered by wheelchair at the gate at the end of Avenue du Père Lachaise, a short wheel or walk from Place Gambetta.
Accessible Toilets
0We didn'r see one. There are several Sanisettes (free wheelchair-accessible street loos) in the vicinty.
Staff
0Not applicable.
Additional Information
It's a beautiful and peaceful place.
