Bordeaux Mystery Quest: Self-Guided UNESCO Walk

Bordeaux Mystery Quest: Self-Guided UNESCO Walk

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Free cancellation available
1h 20m
Mobile voucher
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Multiple languages

Overview

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. Uncover Bordeaux's role in the French Revolution, the Atlantic slave trade, the WWII Resistance, and 1,500 years of medieval history hidden in plain sight.

Perfect for couples, friends, families, and history-curious solo travellers. About 100 minutes, 4.2 km through Old Bordeaux.

Activity location

Monument aux Girondins
- Esplanade des Quinconces
- 33000, Bordeaux, France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

Monument aux Girondins
- 2792 Place des Quinconces
- 33000, Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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Bordeaux Mystery Quest: Self-Guided UNESCO Walk in Multilingual

1h 20m
Opening hours: Sun 5:00 am-9:00 pm
English

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Languages available

Price details

AU$14.62 x 1 AdultAU$14.62

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What's included, what's not

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)

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Service animals allowed
Public transport options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

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 storey of this cafe. It's fun. You will love it:)

Place des Quinconces (Pass by)

The Quinconces is one of the main squares of the city centre 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.

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 storey of this place. It's fun. You will love it:)

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 storey of this cafe. It's fun. You will love it:)

Grand Théâtre

10m
Admission ticket not included

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 storey.

Église Notre-Dame de 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 Theatre. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the storey of this place. It's fun. You will love it:)

Saint-Pierre (Pass by)

This is the most beautiful area 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.

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 storey of this place. It's fun.

Centre National Jean Moulin

5m
Admission ticket not included

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 centre 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 storey of this place. It's fun.

Vieux Bordeaux

The whole tour goes through the Old Town of Bordeaux where you will solve clues to discover amazing attractions and local stories.

Musee d'Aquitaine

5m
Admission ticket not included

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 harbour 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 storey of this place. It's fun.

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 centre, 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 storey of this place. It's fun.

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 centre 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 storey of this place. It's fun.

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 storey of this place. It's fun.

Location

Activity location

Monument aux Girondins
- Esplanade des Quinconces
- 33000, Bordeaux, France, France

Meeting/Redemption Point

Monument aux Girondins
- 2792 Place des Quinconces
- 33000, Bordeaux, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

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