France · City Tours

Old Town Bordeaux City Exploration Game!

2 Hours Round trip from Bordeaux Easy pace

The journey

Trip highlights
  • 01 Explore Bordeaux Old Town through a self-guided city game
  • 02 Solve clues to unlock stories about landmarks and local history
  • 03 See Monument aux Girondins, Place de la Bourse, and The Big Bell
  • 04 Discover architectural and cultural highlights along the Garonne
  • 05 Play at your own pace with exact directions in the app
  • 06 A private experience with no human contact required

Discover Bordeaux’s Old Town in a fun, self-guided way as you follow clues from one landmark to the next. This city exploration game leads you through elegant squares, historic streets, and some of the city’s most recognisable monuments, while revealing stories about Bordeaux’s architecture, culture, and past.

Along the way, you’ll encounter highlights such as Monument aux Girondins, Place de la Bourse, the Grand Théâtre area, Musée d'Aquitaine, Victory Square, and The Big Bell. Perfect for couples, friends, and families, this experience combines sightseeing and puzzle-solving into an engaging two-hour adventure.

Discover Bordeaux’s Old Town in a fun, self-guided way as you follow clues from one landmark to the next.

From the itinerary

At a glance

What this trip includes

Duration 2 Hours
Tour type Private
Activity level Easy
Accommodation Not included
Transport Not included
Wheelchair access No
City Bordeaux
Languages English, French, German

Day by day

The itinerary

1
Day 01

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 story of this cafe. It's fun. You will love it:)The Quinconces is one of the main squares of the city center 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.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 story of this place. It's fun. You will love it:)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 story of this cafe. It's fun. You will love it:)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 story.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 Theater.

Here you will have to look around to find the answer to a question to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place. It's fun. You will love it:)This is the most beautiful neighborhood 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.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 story of this place. It's fun.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 center 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 story of this place. It's fun.The whole tour goes through the Old Town of Bordeaux where you will solve clues to discover amazing attractions and local stories.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 harbor 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 story of this place. It's fun.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 center, 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 story of this place. It's fun.Founded during Roman times in 286, the university had been created by the Romans. At this time, the city was an important administrative center 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 story of this place. It's fun.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 story of this place. It's fun.

The route

Where you'll travel

Tour route map
Round trip from Bordeaux 1 city · 2 Hours

The fine print

Trip details

What's Included

  • This experience can be played anytime after booking without rescheduling
  • This is the safest tour you can book: private, no human contact, you will avoid crowds.
  • If your group is larger than 15 people, no worries. Just make multiple bookings.

What's Not Included

A physical tour guide

Know before you go

  • ANIMALS OR PETS ALLOWED
  • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION NEARBY
  • STROLLER OR PRAM ACCESSIBLE
  • Mobile internet connection is REQUIRED.
  • Infants must not sit on laps
  • Infant seats unavailable
  • Not wheelchair accessible
  • To unlock the experience in the Questo app, go to and add your booking number and e-mail address. Then, download the Questo app and create a new account with the e-mail address you used for unlocking.

Logistics

Meeting & route

Meeting point
Bordeaux, FR
Tour start
Bordeaux, FR
Tour ends at the same location as the start point.
End of the journey

Your 2 hours finish where they began, in Bordeaux.

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