Hallstatt Self-Guided Walking Tour with Riddle Game

Solve your way through Hallstatt on your own schedule

This self-guided walking tour of Hallstatt uses phone-based riddles to lead you through the village's three main landmarks: the Evangelische Pfarrkirche, the Marktplatz, and the Schiffstation Hallstatt-Lahn. You download the Explorial app, enter your game code, and walk at your own pace with no fixed start time or guide. The tour takes around two hours and is available in 24 languages.

The experience

Hallstatt's compact layout makes it perfect for a self-guided exploration, and this scavenger hunt turns the walk into a puzzle. You start at the boat landing, open the app on your smartphone, and follow riddles and trivia challenges that lead you from one stop to the next. The first clue takes you to the Evangelische Pfarrkirche, whose distinctive spire marks the Protestant parish church where centuries of Hallstatt family history is carved into the pews and epitaphs. From there the app guides you through the Marktplatz, the market square where salt miners and tradespeople have gathered since the Middle Ages, and then to the Schiffstation Hallstatt-Lahn, the ferry landing that once connected the village to the wider world.

The riddles, photo tasks, and trivia challenges are what set this apart from a standard walking route. You compete for points within your group and can try to beat the city's high score. The app keeps you oriented with a live map showing marked locations, so you always know where you are. Because there's no guide and no fixed start time, you walk when you want, stop as often as you like, and take breaks without waiting for anyone else. The whole route covers easy terrain and takes around two hours, though you control the pace entirely.

You'll need a fully charged smartphone with active mobile data to start: download the Explorial app before you arrive and disable any VPN, as it can cause the app to disconnect. After booking, you receive a text message and booking-platform message with your six-digit game code. All the puzzles use public areas of the sights, so no entrance fees are required.

What’s included

• Download of the Explorial app (iOS or Android).
• self-guided walking tour with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks.
• points and scoring system to compete within your group.
• live location map to navigate the marked stops.
• access to stories, history and local legends about each landmark.
• total flexibility to start anytime, walk at your own pace and take as many breaks as you want.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (10 to 90 years) · Child (under 10): free

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Cantonese, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Russian, Swedish, Turkish and Ukrainian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 12 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Explorial

Is this one for you?Available in 24 languages, so anyone in your group can follow the riddles and trivia in their own language. You pick yours when you start the app. The self-guided format suits couples, families and groups of any size up to 15 people, all walking together or separately at whatever pace works for each person.

Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Romanian, Danish, Polish, Chinese, Japanese, Ukrainian, Czech, Norwegian, Hungarian, Cantonese, Greek, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, Hindi and Turkish.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (under 10): free.

What is the Evangelische Pfarrkirche and why does the tour stop there?

The Evangelische Pfarrkirche is the Protestant parish church whose spire rises above Hallstatt's rooftops. The tour stops there because its interior holds centuries of local family history carved into the pews and epitaphs, making it a landmark that tells the village's story.

Can I start the tour whenever I want, or is there a set time?

You start anytime you want with no fixed departure time. After you download the app and enter your game code, you begin the walk at your own pace and take breaks whenever you like.

Do I need to pay entrance fees to visit the landmarks on this tour?

No entrance fees are required. All the riddles and challenges relate to public areas of the sights, so you can complete the entire tour without paying for entry.

How long does the walking tour take?

The tour takes around two hours. The village is compact and the walking is easy, but you control the pace entirely, so you can take longer if you want to linger at any stop.