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Bordeaux Mystery Quest: Self-Guided UNESCO Walk
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Bordeaux
About
Bordeaux, your first morning of an exchange year. A note in your dorm drawer says: someone is after the city's heart.
Find the thief. Use the Questo app to walk Bordeaux's UNESCO-listed Port of the Moon across 12 real landmarks: Place des Quinconces, Place de la Bourse, the Grand Theatre, Notre-Dame, Porte Dijeaux, the medieval Big Bell, and more. Solve a riddle or unlock a hidden detail at each stop.
Download the Questo app, activate your quest with the booking code, and start playing at Place des Quinconces. Audio narration plays at every chapter, bring headphones.
Along the way, a goddess speaks to you from her pedestal, an angel guides your steps, and a leopard chooses your side. Unc...
Highlights
1 hour and 20 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 20 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Couples, friends, families, and history-curious solo explorers all welcome
Hidden stories most tourists miss: Revolution, slave trade, WWII Resistance
Flexible scheduling, start anytime, play at your own pace, pause and resume
Real Bordeaux landmarks: Place de la Bourse, Grand Theatre, the Big Bell
Self-guided mystery quest in 12 chapters across UNESCO Bordeaux
Live tour guide (self-guided via the Questo app)
Meeting Points
Departure
Monument aux Girondins
Return
Grosse Cloche
Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Bordeaux, your first morning of an exchange year. A note in your dorm drawer says: someone is after the city's heart.
Find the thief. Use the Questo app to walk Bordeaux's UNESCO-listed Port of the Moon across 12 real landmarks: Place des Quinconces, Place de la Bourse, the Grand Theatre, Notre-Dame, Porte Dijeaux, the medieval Big Bell, and more. Solve a riddle or unlock a hidden detail at each stop.
Download the Questo app, activate your quest with the booking code, and start playing at Place des Quinconces. Audio narration plays at every chapter, bring headphones.
Along the way, a goddess speaks to you from her pedestal, an angel guides your steps, and a leopard chooses your side. Unc...
Highlights
1 hour and 20 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
1 hour and 20 minutes
Offered in German (Deutsch) & 2 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Couples, friends, families, and history-curious solo explorers all welcome
Hidden stories most tourists miss: Revolution, slave trade, WWII Resistance
Flexible scheduling, start anytime, play at your own pace, pause and resume
Real Bordeaux landmarks: Place de la Bourse, Grand Theatre, the Big Bell
Self-guided mystery quest in 12 chapters across UNESCO Bordeaux
Live tour guide (self-guided via the Questo app)
Meeting Points
Departure
Monument aux Girondins
Return
Grosse Cloche
Itinerary
1
Monument aux Girondins
This is the starting point of the city game. The monument of the Girondins was erected between 1894 and 1902 in memory of the Girondins deputies who were victims of the French Revolution between 1793-1794.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this cafe. It's fun. You will love it:)
5 minutes
2
Place des Quinconces
The Quinconces is one of the main squares of the city center of Bordeaux in France. It hosts funfairs and fairs of all kinds thanks to its large area.
You will see this square next to the starting point of the city game.
3
Banque de France
The Banque de France is the central bank of France. It is a bicentennial institution, of private capital when it was created in 1800, then became the property of the French State on 1 st January 1946 during its nationalization by Charles de Gaulle. This is its Bordeaux subsidiary.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun. You will love it:)
5 minutes
4
Place de la Bourse
Place de la Bourse is a square in Bordeaux, France and one of the city's most recognisable sights. Built from 1730 to 1775 along the Garonne River, it was a multi-building development designed by architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this cafe. It's fun. You will love it:)
10 minutes
5
Grand Théâtre
The building is still considered one of the most beautiful theatres in the world and was the work of renowned architect Victor Louis. In addition to its aesthetic value, the building has exceptional acoustics thanks to the wooden structure surrounding it.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn its story.
10 minutes
6
Church of Our Lady of Bordeaux
The Church of Our Lady (formerly St. Dominic ) is a church built in a style baroque at the end of the 17th century in the city of Bordeaux located place of the Rosary in Mably street, down and near the Grand Theater.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun. You will love it:)
5 minutes
7
Saint-Pierre
This is the most beautiful neighborhood in Bordeaux. You will pass through it as you play the city game. Located in the heart of Vieux Bordeaux (Old Bordeaux), it hosts great monuments, streets, and more.
8
Porte Dijeaux
La Porte Dijeaux is a gate of the city of Bordeaux. It is classified as a historical monument on June 2, 1921.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun.
5 minutes
9
Centre National Jean Moulin
Created in 1967 at the instigation of Jacques Chaban-Delmas, the Centre National Jean Moulin brings together under the same roof a Second World War documentation center and a museum dedicated to the history of the Resistance, Deportation and the Free French Forces.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun.
5 minutes
10
Vieux Bordeaux
The whole tour goes through the Old Town of Bordeaux where you will solve clues to discover amazing attractions and local stories.
10 minutes
11
Musee d'Aquitaine
The Museum of Aquitaine (French: Musée d'Aquitaine) is a collection of objects and documents from the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine. The different collections include more than 70,000 pieces. They trace the history of Bordeaux and Aquitaine from Prehistory to today. 5,000 pieces of art from Africa and Oceania also testify to the harbor history of the city.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun.
5 minutes
12
Place de la Victoire
Victory Square is one of the main squares of the city of Bordeaux. Bordered by stone buildings of neo-classical inspiration, it also sees an old city gate standing in its center, inspired by ancient triumphal arches, the Porte d'Aquitaine.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun.
5 minutes
13
University of Bordeaux - Victoire Campus
Founded during Roman times in 286, the university had been created by the Romans. At this time, the city was an important administrative center and the school had to train administrators.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun.
5 minutes
14
Grosse Cloche
The Grosse Cloche is one of the oldest belfries in France, in the heart of the city. The gateway where the bell is hung also had a defensive function and served as a prison. Young people who misbehaved were confined there, shut in by a door 10 cm thick with enormous bolts.
Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun.
