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Where to Play: the 15 Best Puzzle Walks Worldwide

27 games  ·  from $6 a head

A quiet format: a printed or app-led route, a sequence of riddles, and a city that starts giving up its details. These 15 are priced per player and sorted by how long the walk really takes.

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Manchester with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Starting at Manchester Piccadilly
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Manchester with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around York with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - What the $20.80 price gets you
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around York with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Bath with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Pulteney Bridge and Bath’s Best-Known Views
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Bath with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

3.Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Bath with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 208 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $20

Explore Bath’s major sights with a flexible smartphone treasure hunt, cryptic clues, local stories, and time for shops, cafés, and pubs.

“Definitely good for children to learn about the city. Would have been even better if more history facts are brought out through each quest and some sort of rewards in the end, ie a CHAMPION sticker 😅 …..etc”

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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Oxford with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Radcliffe Camera and Oxford’s postcard center
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Oxford with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Birmingham with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Birmingham Town Hall: begin with a landmark
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Birmingham with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

5.Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Birmingham with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 167 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $20

Explore Birmingham by solving pirate clues, from Town Hall to the Jewellery Quarter, with a flexible two-hour walk for families and friends.

“We spent a thoroughly enjoyable day exploring Birmingham while doing this treasure hunt. A great way to see the city and parts of it that we would otherwise have missed. This is about the 5th one of these types of hunts that we've done and there will be more! Highly recommended!”

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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Chester with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Chester Cathedral begins the route with a grand welcome
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Chester with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

6.Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Chester with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 162 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $20

Explore Chester by phone with cryptic clues, Roman sights, city walls, and flexible stops for lunch, photos, and family fun.

“Great way to explore the city- challenging at times but the hints helped😊 Loved the way it made you look more carefully at the surroundings and took you up alleyways which we would never have found otherwise. Explored the city in some depth. It was fun and we all really enjoyed it. Thank you”

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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Brighton with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Starting at India Gate and getting your bearings
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Brighton with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Cambridge with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Starting at St Mary’s Passage
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Cambridge with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Liverpool with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Starting at Liverpool Cathedral on Hope Street
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Liverpool with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Bristol with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Saint Nicholas Market: clues with a local feel
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Bristol with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

10.Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Bristol with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 101 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $20

Explore Bristol at your own pace with phone-based clues, maps, history, and five central stops in this flexible private treasure hunt.

“What a lovely way to see and learn about this area of Bristol. Great clues and lots of titbits of info. Been to Bristol many times, but still learnt more about it.”

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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Newcastle with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Starting beneath Grey’s Monument
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Newcastle with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

11.Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Newcastle with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 78 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $20

Explore Newcastle with a flexible phone-based treasure hunt linking landmarks, puzzles, local stories, and a self-guided city route.

“Takes you on a good loop around the city but also frustrating and slow. I get the “charm” of the treasure map and pirate talk but I would have rather it been more straight forward.”

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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Leeds with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Victoria Leeds and the city’s shopping side
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Leeds with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Sheffield with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - Tudor Square and Sheffield Cathedral
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Sheffield with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

13.Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Sheffield with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 61 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $20

Explore Sheffield by phone with Captain Bess, solving clues at 10 city sights. A flexible three-hour hunt for friends, teams, and parties.

“Had a really good time! We stopped for lunch and coffees along the way and really explored the city. The treasure hunt focuses on general observation and you don't need to have knowledge of the city to do it as it tells you snippets along the way. We really enjoyed it, thank you!”

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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Edinburgh with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems - St Giles’ Cathedral and the Mercat Cross
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Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Edinburgh with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

14.Fun, Flexible Treasure Hunt Around Edinburgh with Cryptic Clues & Hidden Gems

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 49 reviews · 2 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $20

Explore Edinburgh’s Old Town with a flexible phone-based treasure hunt, cryptic clues, local stories, and a self-paced route.

“This scavenger hunt was such a fun introduction to the city! I played with my husband and we had such a blast. I especially loved the little history lessons after each clue was found. Such a wonderful idea and look forward to playing more of these in other cities.”

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The Pirate's Riddle: An Outdoor Treasure Hunt - The Real Treasure Chest Finish
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The Pirate’s Riddle: An Outdoor Treasure Hunt

15.The Pirate’s Riddle: An Outdoor Treasure Hunt

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 41 reviews · 2 hours 45 minutes (approx.)

Solve pirate riddles on Edinburgh’s Calton Hill, follow a treasure map, and open a real chest in this family-friendly outdoor game.

“Somehow we got lost in the system and no one turned up to do our tour. They did refund us and gave us the opportunity to do a different event for free which we were not able to do. They were very pleasant to deal with but it was disappointing.”

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