Cemetery Travel
AFAR Ambassadors are in-the-know bloggers who have a passion for experiential travel.
Berlin's Cemetery Tells a Story
As you enter the cemetery from the Berlin neighborhood of the same name (Weissensee) you feel as if you are pulling an old, tattered book out of your grandmother’s bookcase, blowing the dust off of it and opening up the yellowed pages with a...
Visit the After Life
Take a walk through the Recoleta Cemetery in Buenos Aires to see some of the notable dead from Argentina. It contains the graves of Eva Perón, presidents of Argentina, Nobel Prize winners, the founder of the Argentine Navy and a granddaughter of...
Emelyn's Story
The cemetery in the Testaccio neighborhood in Rome has many names; Campo Cestio, The Protestant Cemetery, The Non-Catholic Cemetery for Foreigners, or the Cat Cemetery. It holds the grave of the poet John Keats, the famous pyramid of Rome, about...
A city of Souls
If you walk above the Alhambra, through the multitudes of parking lots, you will reach the old Granada Cemetery. I stumbled on this by accident and spent an hour wandering this massive space. This is the largest Cemetery I have seen and I was...
Mirogaj
Mirogaj is the central cemetery of Zagreb. The mortuary, and the impressive arcades with the church of Christ the King made it one of the most beautiful cemeteries in the world. This is where Dr Franco Tudman, Croatia's first President was laid to...
honor our heroes
At the 27-acre North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Tunisia rest 2,841 of our military dead, their headstones set in straight lines. This is United States land, surrounded by the town of Carthage on the outskirts of Tunis. The memorial...
The Memorial Amphitheater in Arlington
Absolutely breathtaking. On the other side of that stage is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, but wandering around we saw this amazing scene. Very neo-classical, and a nice treat while walking through the cemetery.
Lend Me a Hand
One of the best things to see on any trip to Savannah is the one-of-a-kind Bonaventure Cemetery, located just outside the downtown area. Set on a cliff overlooking the Wilmington River, Bonaventure Cemetery played a large role in John Berendt's...
Beautiful Cemetery in Rabat
I have visited cemeteries throughout the world and I find that you can get a real sense of family by stopping by the local cemetery. If people take care of their dead's final resting place, they most likely take care of the living.
