Cologne: Melaten Cemetery Tour in German
ID: GYG70490-99317
Category:
Country: Germany
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
Join a guided tour of the Melaten Cemetery in Cologne and immerse yourself in its more than 200-year-old history. Admire the impressive tombs, find out who was laid to rest here and marvel at the historic chapel.
Discover a place of peace, quietness and remembrance and visit the Melaten Cemetery (Melatenfriedhof) in Cologne. Created in the beginning of the 19th century, it is located on the former grounds of a leprosarium.
Join a guided tour through the green oasis and marvel at the park-like area with pompous tombs and vaults as well as modestly or quaintly designed tombs.
Listen to a piece of the city’s history during the walk in the cemetery and find out which famous personalities were laid to rest here. Learn more about the so-called “sponsorship tombs” and marvel at the cemetery chapel from the 13th century.
Highlights
- Experience a quite different guided tour through Cologne’s city history and visit the most well-known inner city cemetery of Cologne
- Enjoy a tour through the beautifully created area and walk past some impressive as well as strange tombs
- Learn how the cemetery got built on the former area of a leprosarium and marvel at the cemetery chapel from the 13th century
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• Due to official health regulations, you are required to carry a negative result of a Covid-19 quick-test or self-test, no older than 24 hours, or proof of successful complete vaccination process or recovery from a Covid-19 infection
• Dogs are unexceptionally not permitted according to the regulations by the cemetery administration
• Sturdy shoes are recommended
• Melaten has 55,000 graves. You will visit about 30 to 35 graves selected by your guide. It is not possible to visit all the graves during the 2-hour tour
Masks are required while indoors
You must present either proof of full vaccination, proof of a Covid-19 infection in the past 6 months, or a negative test taken no more than 24 hours before the activity starts
At the old main gate, Aachener Straße, vis-à-vis Hausnummer 249.
When should I book?
To guarantee availability book as soon as possible. Early booking is worth consideration especially if you planning the trip during high season like public holidays or weekends.
Cancellations
This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 48 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 48 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.
