Bordeaux: Outdoor Escape Game & Treasure Hunt Walking Tour

Bordeaux's Streets Hide a Heist, and You're Solving It

You receive a mission from a digital character, then explore Bordeaux's historic center on foot, solving puzzles and hunting clues via a smartphone app with your team. The game adapts to two difficulty levels, and you move through the city at your own pace, checking in with the chatbot as you solve each riddle. You'll need one charged phone per team and a notebook. Everything else is in the app.

Step-by-step itinerary

Outdoor escape game in Bordeaux

• Set up your team
• Start chat with mission chatbot
• Enter your access code
• Receive mission details
• Explore Bordeaux historic center
• Search for clues in streets
• Observe surroundings carefully
• Solve puzzles and riddles
• Interact with digital companion
• Collaborate with teammates

The experience

You pull out your phone in the middle of Bordeaux's old quarter, open the app, and a character called El Profesor stares back at you from the screen. He needs a crew for a job (stealing from the Monnaie de Paris mint in nearby Pessac), and he's testing whether your team has what it takes. That's how the outdoor escape game starts: not in a locked room, but loose in the city itself, with the historic center as your puzzle board. A local walking past might notice your group clustered around a building corner, notebooks out, arguing about whether that carved stone means something or you're overthinking it. They'd be right to wonder. You probably are.

The game unfolds through your smartphone. After you enter your access code into the chatbot, it feeds you clues one at a time, and you walk the streets of Bordeaux hunting for the next piece. You're not following a tour guide's script. Instead, you're solving original puzzles, observing details in the architecture and streets that most people miss, and checking in with your digital companion to confirm you're on the right track. Your teammates matter too. You can't do this alone, and the game is built so that everyone has to contribute. Two difficulty levels mean you can pick whether you want a casual afternoon or something that'll actually make you think. The whole thing takes you through the Girondine city's historic center, so you're learning the layout while you're hunting clues, which is the kind of thing that sticks with you after you leave.

What you'll need is straightforward: one charged smartphone per team (though having one per person helps), internet access, and a notebook and pencil to jot down observations. The game doesn't require you to be fit or athletic (it's a walk, not a race), and the streets are wheelchair accessible, so mobility isn't a barrier. You can move at your own pace, pause for a coffee if you want, and come back to it. The escape game is designed so that anyone can play, whether you're a puzzle enthusiast or just looking for a different way to spend an afternoon in Bordeaux.

What’s included

Your outdoor escape game includes access to the smartphone app with your mission briefing, all puzzle clues and challenges delivered through the digital companion, and the freedom to explore Bordeaux's historic center at your own pace. You'll need to bring one charged smartphone per team with internet access and a notebook and pencil to record clues and observations.

Before you book

Lasts 2h 30m, runs every day with no fixed time, from € 15 per person, as a private tour and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

Days and timesEvery day

AgesAdult (12 and older) · Under 12: can't be booked

GroupPrivate

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 3 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller-friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Escape The City

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want to explore Bordeaux's old streets with a purpose. The escape game gives you a reason to look closely at the city instead of just walking through it, and your team solves the puzzles together rather than following a guide's commentary.

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Top questions

Do I need a guide, or is it just the app?

It's primarily app-based. You interact with a digital companion (the chatbot) and your teammates: no human guide is assigned to your group.

What if I don't have a smartphone or internet?

A charged smartphone with internet access is mandatory: at least one per team. The game runs entirely through the app, so you can't play without it.

Are there different difficulty levels?

Yes, two levels of difficulty are offered, so you can choose based on your group's puzzle-solving experience.

Is the game wheelchair accessible?

Yes. All areas and surfaces in the historic center where the game takes place are wheelchair accessible.

Can service animals come along?

Yes, service animals are allowed.