Zale Cemetery Tour

Highlights / General details

Learn the history of the cemetery, an important cultural heritage monument and one of the best known cemeteries in all of Europe. See the entrance to Plecnik's funeral home complex. Discover a Slovenian cultural heritage monument with a guide. Walk among the graves of several famous Slovenians. Explore the newest part of the cemetery, monumentally designed as a city of the dead. Learn about and explore a cultural monument of Slovenia on a 2-hour tour of Ljubljana's Žale Cemetery. Located in the Bežigrad, the cemetery was designed by the famous Slovenian architect Jože Plecnik. On this tour, you will follow a guide as you learn about the history of this landmark, originally built in 1906 by the Holy Cross Church. See Plecnik's funeral home complex and the graves of several famous Slovenians, located in the old part of the cemetery. The tour also includes the new part of the cemetery, Nove Žale, monumentally designed as a city of the dead by the architect Marko Mušic and opened in 1988.

Inclusion

Transport Guide

Exclusion

Gratuities (optional) Food and drinks

Hours of operation

Available May to October, Every first Saturday of the month Departs at 9:00am

Duration

2 hours

Location

The tour departs from in front of the entrance to Plecnik's funeral home complex at the Žale Cemetery.

Redemption instructions Guest must present voucher to the tour guide/driver at time of pick up.

All information requested must be supplied or booking is subject to automatic cancellation