Cologne: Guided Tour of the Melaten Cemetery Guided Tour of the Melaten Cemetery in German
ID: GYG63295-88766
Category:
Country: Germany
Duration:
02:00 hours
Description
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.
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".
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
Guiding languages
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
• 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
Masks are optional for this activity
All participants who are over 18 years old must also bring a valid form of government-issued photo ID
All participants who are over 18 years old must present either proof of full vaccination or proof of a Covid-19 infection within the last 6 months
Main entrance Melaten Cemetery, Aachener Straße (opposite house no. 251), 50931 Cologne.
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.
