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Opening time

NOVEMBER to MID-MARCH :

  • from 8h to 17h30 from Monday to Friday.
  • from 8h30 to 17h30 on Saturdays.
  • and from 9h to 17h30 on Sundays and public holidays.

FROM MID-MARCH TO OCTOBER :

  • from 8h à 18h from Monday to Friday.
  • from 8h30 à 18h on Saturdays.
  • and from 9h to 18h on Sundays and public holidays.

Attention: The last visitors are admitted at the latest 15 minutes before the closing.
Free entry.

The 5 entries of the cemetery :

You can borrow these different entrances, but beware of their pedestrian accessibility or cars.

MAIN ENTRANCE :

This entrance is the largest of the Père-Lachaise cemetery.
Address : 8 boulevard de Menilmontant, 75020 Paris.
Access : Pedestrians, cars, wheelchair user.
Transport : Metro Philippe Auguste (line 2) – Bus 61, 69.

Entry : “Porte du Repos” (CLOSE TO the CONSERVATION office) :

This entrance is the one leading to the conservation building, 20 m on the left.
Address : 16 rue du repos, 75020 Paris.
Access : Pedestrians, wheelchair user.
Transport : Metro Philippe Auguste (line 2)

Entry : “Porte des Amandiers” (close to pere-lachaise metro station):

Pedestrian gate with Doric pilasters and pediment opening on a staircase. It is surmounted by a kiosk.
Address : Boulevard de Menilmontant, 75020 Paris.
Access : Pedestrians. A staircase of 30 steps gives access to the cemetery.
Transport : Metro Père-Lachaise (line 2, 3) – Bus 61, 69.

Entry “Porte Gambetta” (close to the CREmatorium) :

Adress : 71, rue des Rondeaux, 75020 Paris 20.
Access : Pedestrians, cars, wheelchair user.
Transport : Métro Gambetta (ligne 3, 3bis) – Bus 26, 60, 61, 69, 102.

Porte de la Réunion :

Transport : Métro Alexandre Dumas (ligne 2) – Bus 76.

Accessibility in the cemetery :

Parc accessible to people with reduced mobility “in general”, but some areas are difficult to access.

For people with reduced mobility, a vehicle provides shuttles in the cemetery. You are invited to contact the reception officer at the main entrance (boulevard de Ménilmontant) or at the entrance Gambetta (avenue du Père-Lachaise).
Phone : 01 55 25 82 10
 cimetiere.perelachaise@paris.fr