Experts' Choice Award Laurel Hill Cemetery
9 expert reviews
“The cemetery is an important example of an early rural burial ground and the first cemetery in America designed by an architect.”
– Fodor's
Not For Tourists "Ancient, Victorian-style, and oddly beautiful."
National Geographic "“Beautiful and park-like, a monument to permanence, class, and impressiveness." Full review
Where "Founded by librarian and Quaker John Jay Smith in late 1836, this burial ground was intended as a rural location away from Center City and avoided any religious affiliation." Full review
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Founded by librarian and Quaker John Jay Smith in late 1836, this burial ground was intended as a rural location away from Center City and avoided any religious affiliation.
Atlas Obscura "This Philly cemetery is the eternal home of many famous area residents, including Rocky Balboa's wife. " Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Founded in 1836 this was the first cemetery in the US to be named a National Historic Landmark." Full review
Afar Magazine "Laurel Hill Cemetery is a hidden gem that many locals don't know about, and those who do have put it on their bucket list of places to go." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler "The nation’s second oldest cemetery...this tour provides a completely different way of looking at Philadelphia, its history, and its people. Family-focused tours are fun for the kids." Full review
Frommer's "Set amid the rolling, landscaped hills overlooking the Schuylkill, its 78 acres also house plenty of tomb sculpture, pre-Raphaelite stained glass, and Art Nouveau sarcophagi." Full review
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