Leafy last resting place of many famous people
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This review is especially helpful for those who have or use the following: Wheelchair
Overview
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.
Transport & Parking
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.
Access
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
Toilets
We didn'r see one. There are several Sanisettes (free wheelchair-accessible street loos) in the vicinty.
Staff
Not applicable.
Anything else you wish to tell us?
It's a beautiful and peaceful place.
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