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Durham Self-Guided City Walking Tour & Scavenger Hunt
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Important Information
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Service animals allowed
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Max 15 people per booking. For larger groups, make multiple bookings.
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After booking you receive a text message and a Viator message with your game code. Download the Explorial app from your appstore. Open the app, enter your 6 digit game code
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Weather & Health Guarantee: If bad weather or illness prevents you from starting the tour, you can simply reschedule it for another day. You can also rebook to a different city or request a refund
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Smartphone required: Bring your own fully charged smartphone with an active mobile data connection to the start of the tour. Please disable any VPN and avoid city Wi-Fi, as these will cause the app to malfunction or disconnect.
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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Durham's cathedral and castle share a peninsula above the Wear — and the city that grew up between them has stories to match both.
This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Durham on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time.
• Follow clues to St Nicholas' Church, Durham Castle, and the atmospheric Sewer Lamp — medieval faith, Norman power, and Victorian ingenuity in one compact walk • Start when you arrive and go at whatever pace suits the group • Great for families, history lovers, and groups of any size
Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and ch...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in Norwegian & 24 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in Norwegian & 24 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Free download of the Explorial App from your appstore (iOS or Android smartphone required)
Points and scoring system: Compete between players of your group and beat the cities high score.
Live Location: navigate within the map with marked locations. Always know where you are.
Learn about the cities stories, history, and local legends
Total flexibility: no waiting, start anytime, walk at own pace and do as many breaks as you want.
Self-guided walking tour with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks.
Live-Guide: 100% self-guided; no one will meet you or join your group. Start anytime you want.
Entrance fees are not required for this game. All puzzles relate to the public areas of the sights
This is not an audio guide but an sightseeing, gaming and learning experience
Meeting Points
Departure
8 Millennium Pl
Book your Explorial tour today. Start whenever you want.
*** After booking, you’ll receive your game code via text message and a Viator message.
*** Download the Explorial app for free.
*** Head to the meeting point and enter the game code provided (6 digits) to start the tour.
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Durham Self-Guided City Walking Tour & Scavenger Hunt
(3) Reviews
About
Durham's cathedral and castle share a peninsula above the Wear — and the city that grew up between them has stories to match both.
This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Durham on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time.
• Follow clues to St Nicholas' Church, Durham Castle, and the atmospheric Sewer Lamp — medieval faith, Norman power, and Victorian ingenuity in one compact walk • Start when you arrive and go at whatever pace suits the group • Great for families, history lovers, and groups of any size
Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and ch...
Highlights
2 hours
Offered in Norwegian & 24 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours
Offered in Norwegian & 24 Others
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Free download of the Explorial App from your appstore (iOS or Android smartphone required)
Points and scoring system: Compete between players of your group and beat the cities high score.
Live Location: navigate within the map with marked locations. Always know where you are.
Learn about the cities stories, history, and local legends
Total flexibility: no waiting, start anytime, walk at own pace and do as many breaks as you want.
Self-guided walking tour with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks.
Live-Guide: 100% self-guided; no one will meet you or join your group. Start anytime you want.
Entrance fees are not required for this game. All puzzles relate to the public areas of the sights
This is not an audio guide but an sightseeing, gaming and learning experience
Meeting Points
Departure
8 Millennium Pl
Book your Explorial tour today. Start whenever you want.
*** After booking, you’ll receive your game code via text message and a Viator message.
*** Download the Explorial app for free.
*** Head to the meeting point and enter the game code provided (6 digits) to start the tour.
Return
Itinerary
Starting at 8 Millennium Pl, Durham DH1 1WA, UK, open the Explorial app and enter the 6-digit game code that you received by text and Viator chat message. The riddles take you from the modern city gateway into streets that have barely changed in outline since the Norman Conquest.
Your first stop is St Nicholas' Church, the parish church on the Market Place whose 19th-century Gothic tower dominates the square where Durham's commercial life has gathered since the medieval period.
From there the app takes you to Durham Castle, the Norman fortress built in 1072 that has formed an unbroken line of occupation with the cathedral on the peninsula above the River Wear for nearly 950 years — now p...
