A Sensory Journey through Melaten Cemetery in Cologne
Activities

A Sensory Journey through Melaten Cemetery in Cologne

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£14.00
Free cancellation
Language: German
Mobile voucher accepted
Duration: 2 hours
Do this because
  • Enjoy a two-hour tour with a friendly and qualified tour guide
  • Learn interesting background information on the history of this unique cemetery
  • Discover the cemetery with all the senses
What to expect

On this tour, you'll walk through the Melaten Cemetery and enjoy the incomparable unity of a park and a cemetery in the heart of Cologne. There you'll experience a variety of flora, including a 200-year-old plane tree, as well as forty different animal species that might cross your path.

You'll learn why the cemetery was built on this particular site and what Napoleon had to do with it. Your path leads past imposing, curious, colorful and modest grave sites that tell their emotional stories of love, gratitude, inventions and much more. You'll discover the versatility of this place in a tour that appeals to all senses.

You'll find out how the merry people of Cologne see life and death as one and the same thing, and how this is also very present in carnival. Discover the central axis of Melaten, the “Avenue of Millions”, where celebrities found their final resting place. The tour takes you past the Grim Reaper, and you'll see how terrifying people imagined death to be in the Middle Ages. You'll experience the peace that this place radiates and discover many details that show that the deceased are not forgotten.

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What's included
  • check Guided walking tour
Where

Friedhof Melaten, Alter Haupteingang, Lindenthal, Germany

Meeting point:
Entrance Aachener Straße, opposite house number 249. Go through the gate and to the left at the guard's house is the assembly point.
Provider
ADVENTURE WORLD TOURS
Booking fee
Good news! No extra fees are applied to this booking.
Cancellation policy
Receive a 100% refund if you cancel up to 24 hours before the experience begins.

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