Top Edinburgh Self-guided Tours

Discover Edinburgh like never before with the Secrets of Edinburgh City Game, a fun self-guided walking tour and city game packed with puzzles, riddles and hidden stories! This GPS-based exploration game lets you experience Edinburgh while exploring famous spots such as the Grassmarket, Greyfriars Kirkyard, Victoria Street, Deacon Brodie’s Tavern, the Scotch Whisky Experience, the Elephant House and the Last Drop. Play solo for a personal challenge or together with friends, family or colleagues. During the game you solve tricky questions, puzzles, riddles and creative photo tasks to score points, unlock extra clues and solve the final mystery. Pause whenever you want and continue later at your own pace. Compete for a place on the leaderboard or play competitively for team building, making this scavenger hunt and walking tour through Edinburgh perfect for every type of explorer.

Go on an adventure in the city of your choice in the United Kingdom with our Urban Escape Games. Walk around the city with your team (with family or friends) and let yourself be guided by the mobile application. Solve the puzzles and complete several missions. Take a good look at your surroundings to help you! Explore differently: your adventure starts now!

Edinburgh built a castle on a volcano and a city around it — this tour connects the old stones to the stories behind them. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Edinburgh on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Follow clues along the Royal Mile past Edinburgh Castle and John Knox House, finishing at the Palace of Holyroodhouse — nearly a thousand years of Scottish history on one walk • Set off whenever you're ready and go at whatever speed suits the weather (it's Edinburgh, plan for variety) • Riddles, photo tasks, and a group leaderboard make this a great day out for families, couples, and groups Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. Spot a ghost, solve a riddle, or just blame the weather — Edinburgh always delivers.

Discover Edinburgh at your own pace with a flexible treasure hunt around the city. Follow cryptic clues and maps to uncover hidden gems, discovering interesting facts and stories while you go. Use the convenience of WhatsApp-style navigation for a fun, on-demand journey. Turn it into an exciting pub crawl if so inclined. By then end of this adventure have achieved an overview of all that Edinburgh has offer.

Follow clues and find hidden gems in the heart of Edinburgh on this gamified treasure hunt tour designed by local games fans. Learn about the history and tales of the OId Town, and use your treasure hunting kit to find the faeries and other magical fantastic beasts. Rejoin your guide at certain points on the map, and explore the city on foot, getting to know its secrets.

Edinburgh becomes the crime scene in this self-guided detective game, where the clues are hidden in plain sight in the streets around you. The case is the murder of Balthasar, and the evidence is scattered across the old centre - past National Records of Scotland, Old College, the Scottish National Gallery and McEwan Hall. You decode messages, photograph what does not add up and press digital witnesses whose stories never quite line up. Every puzzle you crack removes a name from the list of suspects. Play as a couple, bring the children along, or send two or three teams out at the same time and turn the investigation into a race - which is what makes this murder mystery game work as well for a team outing as for a day out. The last answer is waiting somewhere in the centre of Edinburgh.

Turning Edinburgh Into an Adventure Playground! Get a unique perspective of Old Town/Royal Mile on this self-guided, interactive treasure hunt. It's the best way to explore the city! On your adventure, unlock a hidden trail by finding clues, solving puzzles and completing challenges, earning points along the way. During your Quest you will not only discover the city's highlights but explore hidden gems, learn some fun facts about the places you visit and see things that most people just pass by. As the activity is all self-guided through the app, you can start your Quest when you want (must be played during daylight hours), there are no set starting/ending times. No groups to follow. You can go at your own pace, stopping for longer in one location, taking a break or having a snack in one of the many cafes and pubs along the trail OR you can make it a race and try to get to the top of the city leaderboard! Instant acess with nothing to print from home. Will you conquer the Quest?

Turning Edinburgh Into an Adventure Playground! Get a unique perspective of New Town on this self-guided, interactive treasure hunt. It's the best way to explore the city! On your adventure, unlock a hidden trail by finding clues, solving puzzles and completing challenges, earning points along the way. During your Quest you will not only discover the city's highlights but explore hidden gems, learn some fun facts about the places you visit and see things that most people just pass by. As the activity is all self-guided through the app, you can start your Quest when you want (must be played during daylight hours), there are no set starting/ending times. No groups to follow. You can go at your own pace, stopping for longer in one location, taking a break or having a snack in one of the many cafes and pubs along the trail OR you can make it a race and try to get to the top of the city leaderboard! Instant acess with nothing to print from home. Will you conquer the Quest?

Go on an adventure in the city of your choice in the United Kingdom with our Urban Escape Games. Stroll through the city with your team (with family or friends) and let yourself be guided by the mobile application. Solve the puzzles and complete several missions. Take a good look at your surroundings to help you! Explore differently: your adventure starts now!

Set off on an exciting adventure along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, beginning at the historic Edinburgh Castle. Dive into a series of intriguing questions as you wind through Old Town, climb its hills, and uncover stories like the famous Time Gun. Along the way, spot Fringe Festival venues, learn what inspired Dr Jekyll & Mr Hyde, and keep an eye out for a golden postbox. Your journey ends at the grand Palace of Holyroodhouse—please note, this is a one-way route!

Set off on an exciting adventure along Edinburgh’s Royal Mile, where history and mystery come together. Solve engaging clues, answer fun questions, and uncover stories from the city’s past. Journey from the iconic Edinburgh Castle to the lively Princes Street Gardens, taking in the sights along the way. Climb a few steps, capture memorable photos, and explore hidden corners tucked throughout the city. This experience blends discovery, challenge, and fun into one unforgettable walk.

Edinburgh itself becomes the puzzle in this self-guided outdoor escape game - no venue, no host, just your team and the streets. Magnus has taken the formulas and scattered the proof across the old centre, past High Street, St Giles' Cathedral, The Mound and Mound Place, and every location holds a code, a riddle or a photo task waiting to be cracked. Roles matter here: one player reads, another looks, and the team moves on only once you agree. Send two or more teams out at the same time and the hunt becomes a contest, which is what makes this city escape game work as well for a team-building afternoon as for a day out with friends. Reading clues while the city moves around you is part of the challenge.

Want to spend a fun and friendly time with family or friends? Go out and discover a city while playing? Play an Urban Escape Game: walk around and let the mobile application guide you to the different points of interest where you will have to solve puzzles and/or carry out missions! In a team of up to 6 people, you will only need your smartphone to embark on the adventure. Explore differently: play an urban Escape Game!

Join the hunt for hidden treasure on this interactive game played out in the wilds of Scotland. Take your bag of clues and head out around Edinburgh and its green spaces to discover the true history of Scotland’s pirates and hear myths about their lives and the booty they stashed around the city. Will you solve the clues and find the treasure?