Cascais Self-Guided Walking Tour with Riddle Game

Riddles guide you between landmarks while you set the pace and the hour.

A self-guided walking tour of Cascais using an app-based scavenger hunt with riddles, trivia and photo tasks to navigate between the Marina de Cascais, Praia de Santa Marta and Palacete Seixas. You start anytime from Avenida Valbom in the town centre, walk at your own pace with no fixed schedule, and compete on a leaderboard scored against other players. Around two hours of walking on cobbles and sand, fully flexible. Take breaks when you want, skip nothing, and finish whenever suits you.

The experience

You arrive at Avenida Valbom in central Cascais with a charged smartphone and a six-digit game code texted to you after booking. Open the Explorial app, enter the code, and the riddles begin. The route is entirely self-guided: no guide meets you, no group waits for stragglers, and you move at whatever pace keeps you interested. The app marks locations on a map so you always know where you are, and riddles nudge you toward the next stop rather than spelling out directions.

The Marina de Cascais opens the route: 650 berths of boats beside the old citadel, where riddles weave between the fishing village's roots and the regatta money that followed. From there you drop down to Praia de Santa Marta, a pocket beach under the blue-striped lighthouse and the Condes de Castro Guimarães palace: the kind of cove that stops you mid-stride to take a photo. The Palacete Seixas comes next, a reminder of the era when exiled royalty and Bond's creator loitered on this coastline. Each stop carries a riddle, a trivia challenge or a photo task that earns points on the leaderboard. You compete against other players in your group and against the city's high score, all of it served with a sea view.

The walk takes around two hours of ocean air and cobbles, but the timer is yours alone. Take a break at a café, linger at the lighthouse, walk the beach twice, the app waits. Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish and Italian, so you choose the language when you start. Groups up to 15 people book as one. Larger parties make multiple bookings. You'll need an active mobile data connection and a fully charged phone. Disable any VPN before you start, as it can disconnect the app.

What’s included

• Free download of the Explorial app (iOS or Android).
• self-guided walking route with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks.
• live location map so you always know where you are.
• points and scoring system to compete within your group and against the city leaderboard.
• flexibility to start anytime, walk at your own pace and take breaks whenever you want.
• access to the tour in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish and Italian.

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.

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Good to know

Low physical effortPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Explorial

Is this one for you?Book this if your group wants to explore Cascais together but at different speeds. Everyone starts when they're ready, walks at their own pace and solves riddles independently, so no one waits and no one feels rushed. It suits a free afternoon or a first visit when you want to see the Marina, the lighthouse cove and the palace without a guide's schedule dictating the stops.

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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.

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

The tour is entirely self-guided with no fixed start time. You receive your game code by text and booking-platform message after booking, download the Explorial app, and start playing whenever suits you: morning, afternoon or whenever you arrive in Cascais.

What is Praia de Santa Marta like, and why is it part of the route?

Praia de Santa Marta is a small cove beneath a blue-striped lighthouse and the Condes de Castro Guimarães palace. It's a photo stop on the route and one of the landmarks the riddles guide you toward. The pocket beach and palace views make it a natural pause in the walk.

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

No entrance fees are required. All the puzzles and riddles relate to public areas of the sights, so you can complete the entire tour without paying to enter any buildings or attractions.

What do I need to bring, and what happens if my phone runs out of battery?

Bring a fully charged smartphone with an active mobile data connection, comfortable walking shoes and weather-appropriate clothing. The walk takes around two hours, so charge your phone before you start. If you run into trouble, you can reschedule the tour for another day or request a refund.

How does the scoring system work, and can my group compete against each other?

The app awards points for solving riddles, answering trivia and completing photo tasks. Your group competes on a leaderboard against each other and against the city's high score, with the final leaderboard displayed at the end of the walk.