Immerse yourself in the history of Cologne's Melaten cemetery and learn more about the special connection between history, art enjoyment, life and death. Stroll through the beautiful park and admire the diverse flora and fauna.

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Duration 2 hours: Check availability to see starting times.
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Live tour guide: German
Wheelchair accessible

Highlights

Visit Cologne's largest central cemetery, the former Cologne execution site and leper colony, in the middle of a beautiful park
Learn interesting facts and curiosities about historical personalities and admire impressive graves and monuments
Experience a place of death, life and love and enjoy the extraordinary flora and fauna in the heart of Cologne

Full description

Discover a place of silence embedded in a beautiful park with incomparable flora and fauna in the middle of Cologne. Visit the Melaten cemetery and stroll through the complex, which has an area of over four hundred square meters and around 55,000 gravesites. Enjoy moments of peace and tranquility during the 2-hour guided tour and experience how close love, death and suffering as well as art culture are to each other. Learn interesting facts and curiosities about historical personalities and impressive tombs and monuments and visit the former "Leprosenanstalt".

Includes

Walking tour
Guide
Cemetery fee

Meeting point

Meet at the main entrance to Melaten Cemetery, opposite house no. 251.

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What to bring

Comfortable shoes
Weather-appropriate clothing

Not allowed

Pets (assistance dogs allowed)

Know before you go

Please note that this tour is only available in German or English
Weather-compatible clothing and appropriate footwear is recommended
Children under 12 years of age take part in the tour free of charge
The Melaten guided tour is a barrier-free tour
No dogs allowed

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Overall rating

4.9 /5

based on 647 reviews

Review summary

Guide
4.9/5
Value for money
4.8/5
Service
4.8/5
Organization
4.8/5

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Mr. Kramer was always a funny and good presenter / guide and showed us through his more than competent manner in a funny way how much fun it can be to take part in one of his city or adventure tours. I can really recommend him. It really is more than authentic! He's the way it is, a real Cologne boy ... :-)

June 28, 2020

Wonderful and entertaining

There were four of us, the tour was a birthday present and it was 100% received. Thanks to Harry, we got a lot of interesting things and a lot of background explained in a very lively, entertaining way. Unfortunately, the good 2 hours were over in a flash and made us want more. We will definitely be back.

July 23, 2018

Was für eine Friedhofsführung! Ohne zu wissen was uns erwartet, haben wir von Harry, unserem Tourguide- ein Kölner Urgestein und Original mit dem Herz am rechten Fleck, eine Friedhofsführung der besonderen Art bekommen. Mit Witz und Freude, jedoch nie ohne den notwendigen Respekt für den Ort, hat er uns auf eine Zeitreise in die Geschichte Kölns und seiner Bewohner mitgenommen. Er hat uns Einzelschicksale nahegebracht, die einen schmunzeln, manchmal auch schlucken und immer wieder mal nachdenklich gemacht haben. Phantastisch- 10 von 5 Sternen- Danke!

March 21, 2022

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Cologne: Guided Tour of the Melaten Cemetery

Cologne: Guided Tour of the Melaten Cemetery

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