Bucharest Old Town Self-Guided City Exploration Game

Explore Bucharest's Old Town on a self-guided city exploration game in the Questo app, solving smartphone clues at your own pace.

Getting started

Start by downloading the Questo app on your smartphone and creating an account with the same e-mail address used for your booking. Unlock access to the city exploration game via the Questo app using your booking number on the provided link, then head into Bucharest's Old Town whenever you are ready to begin.

What to expect

Stravopoleos Monastery

This stop brings you to Stravopoleos Monastery, a historic church tucked into the heart of the Old Town. It serves as one of the key locations in your route as you follow clues through Bucharest's central streets.

Features

• Smartphone-based location clues guide you here, prompting you to look closely at details on and around the monastery to advance to your next task.
• Access to the city exploration game via the Questo app includes this visit to Stravopoleos Monastery as one of the featured sites along your 3.5 km route.
• Flexibility to start at any hour, take breaks, and resume later means you can spend more time here if you wish before continuing your quest.

CEC Palace

Next, your route leads to the CEC Palace, one of the Old Town's most recognizable buildings. It forms another major waypoint in the sequence of puzzles as you move across the city center.

Features

• Smartphone-based quest solving location-based clues uses the palace's architecture and surroundings as reference points, asking you to identify specific elements to unlock the next story piece.
• Access to the city exploration game via the Questo app ensures this visit to CEC Palace is fully integrated into your storyline without needing a physical tour guide.
• With 24/7 availability, you can plan this stop at a quieter hour or after dark, adjusting your pace without any fixed schedule.

Macca-Villacrosse Passage

You also explore the Macca-Villacrosse Passage, a covered arcade woven into the fabric of Bucharest's Old Town. It is included as a highlight location that connects different parts of your quest.

Features

• Smartphone-based location clues turn the passage's layout and shopfronts into a puzzle, helping you discover hidden treasures and new stories about the Old Town.
• Visits to Stravopoleos Monastery, CEC Palace, and Macca-Villacrosse Passage are all built into one continuous route that covers about 3.5 km in roughly 1.5 to 2 hours.
• Start any hour, pause and resume at your convenience, since the self-guided city exploration game has no time limit and is designed as a private experience with no human contact, although Wi-Fi is not included.