Edinburgh Self-Guided City Exploration Game: Gothic Crime Mystery in Old Town

Explore Old Town Edinburgh through a self-guided city game via mobile app on a flexible, approx. 2-hour route.

Getting started

After purchase, download the Questo app on your smartphone and make sure you have a mobile internet connection and at least 50% battery. Open the self-guided city game via mobile app, head to the starting point in Old Town Edinburgh, then use your phone to begin the city game without needing a physical tour guide.

What to expect

Old Town Edinburgh

This self-paced experience turns Old Town Edinburgh into your game board, with cobbled streets and twisting alleyways as your setting. You move at your own rhythm, solving a gothic tale of crime as you explore the historic quarter on foot.

Features

• The self-guided city game via mobile app leads you through Old Town Edinburgh using on-screen clues, so you test your wits against local legends while uncovering the mysteries woven into the city’s streets.
• You walk through Old Town Edinburgh, following a route that introduces atmospheric streets, cobbled lanes, and narrow alleyways that have become famous through the people and stories attached to them.
• The approx. 2-hour city game duration lets you complete the experience in one session, or you can use the flexible start, pause, and resume anytime feature to break it up and continue whenever you like.
• Always available to book, with 24/7 availability, the self-guided city game via app is free for kids, so you can play on any day of the week without time pressure or extra child costs.

Wrapping up

Once you solve the final puzzle, you simply close the app or keep wandering Old Town Edinburgh on your own, using nearby public transportation or the surrounding streets to continue your day.