Berlin Self-Guided Walking Tour: Berlin Wall Greatest Escapes

Explore Cold War Berlin on a self-guided city quest with 11 interactive escape puzzles using your mobile access code.

Getting started

After booking, unlock your experience online using your booking number and e-mail address, then download the Questo app and create your account. Once the mobile access code for the quest is activated in the app, you can head to the starting point in Berlin whenever you like. Begin the walking adventure whenever you are ready and pause or resume along the way.

What to expect

Berlin Wall: Greatest Escapes self-guided walking adventure

Follow a story-driven route through key Cold War locations in Berlin, focusing on daring escapes from East Berlin. Explore at your own pace, using your phone to navigate and uncover escape stories as you go.

Features

• Relive gripping escape stories from East Berlin during the Cold War, walking in the footsteps of people who risked everything for freedom.
• Use the mobile access code for the quest inside the Questo app to reveal narrative snippets, directions, and tasks at each stop along the route.
• Tackle 11 interactive puzzle challenges that you solve on location, using clues hidden in your surroundings to progress the story.
• Visit iconic sites like Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie as part of a self-paced, story-driven adventure that blends history with real-world exploration.
• Follow an immersive storyline about escapes from East Berlin that ties each stop together, with flexibility to pause and resume anytime if you want a break or to explore a spot longer.
• Explore without a live tour guide, which lets you focus on the puzzles, the escape stories, and your own rhythm as you move through the city.