Turn Athens Into a Game
Explore at your own pace with app-guided clues, puzzles, and hidden stories.
Walk through Athens with Questo's outdoor city games. Follow clues through the lanes of Plaka beneath the Acropolis, into the island-like houses of Anafiotika, and across the flea markets of Monastiraki. Myths, philosophers, and 2,500 years of stories underfoot, explore at your own pace, no guide needed.
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All quests in Athens
Athens Under the Gods: The Minotaur Code
5.2 km | Avg. time: 90 min
4.45 (213 reviews)€9.99Acropolis Adventure: Parthenon's Footsteps in Ancient Athens
1.4 km | Avg. time: 27 min
4.48 (31 reviews)€9.99Discovering the secret sights of Athens
2 km | Avg. time: 70 min
4.58 (33 reviews)€9.99Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows in Plaka, Athens
2.2 km | Avg. time: 90 min
4.14 (7 reviews)from €17.99MultiplayerAthens Highlights: Quest to Find the Stolen Treasures
2.6 km | Avg. time: 165 min
4.49 (57 reviews)€9.99Christmas Treasure Hunt in Athens
2 km | Avg. time: 130 min
4.38 (8 reviews)€9.99
Most popular quests in Athens
Athens Under the Gods: The Minotaur Code
Christmas Treasure Hunt in Athens
Athens Highlights: Quest to Find the Stolen Treasures
Acropolis Adventure: Parthenon's Footsteps in Ancient Athens
Discovering the secret sights of Athens
Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows in Plaka, Athens
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Things to do in Athens
See all 15 landmarks8 self-guided games in Athens, visiting 91 stops across the city. Follow the clues on foot, at whatever pace suits you.
The Discus Thrower (Diskobolos)
The Discus Thrower, known in Greek as the Diskobolos, exists in multiple forms: as the lost bronze original created by the sculptor Myron around 460-450 BC, and as numerous marble copies…
Zeus' Temple
The Temple of Olympian Zeus in Athens holds a record that says everything about the ambition behind it: construction began in the 6th century BC and wasn't finished until 131 AD, a building…
Choragic Monument of Lysicrates
The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, built in 335-334 BC, stands as a remarkably well-preserved example of ancient Greek architecture and as a record of a specific moment of civic…
Odeon of Herodes Atticus
The Odeon of Herodes Atticus is a theater that proves love can be immortalized in stone.
The Prison of Socrates
The Prison of Socrates is a place where history, legend, and truth have become inextricably tangled.
The Pnyx
The Pnyx, from a Greek word meaning "tightly packed together," was the meeting place of the Athenian ekklesia, the assembly that made decisions for the city-state.
Ways to explore Athens with Questo
One app, one type of quest · different ways to play it.
As a scavenger hunt
Solve clues and puzzles at real Athens landmarks. Race against the clock or take it at your own pace · and bring a group to compete for a spot on the leaderboard.
See all Athens scavenger huntsAs a self-guided walking tour
A GPS-guided walking route with stories along the way. Play on your own schedule, stop and resume anytime · and once you've downloaded a quest, it works fully offline.
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Walk through Athens with Questo's outdoor city games. Follow clues through the lanes of Plaka beneath the Acropolis, into the island-like houses of Anafiotika, and across the flea markets of Monastiraki. Myths, philosophers, and 2,500 years of stories underfoot, explore at your own pace, no guide needed.
About Athens
The city rewards wandering. Quests pass the so-called Prison of Socrates carved into the rock, the Areopagus hill where ancient Athenians held court, the Propylaea gateway to the Acropolis, and the buzz of Monastiraki and its flea market. Climb a little above the crowds and the whole city opens up below you.
There's a quest for every mood. Some send you chasing a Minotaur code through ancient myth, others hunt for stolen treasures, follow the Parthenon's footsteps, or trace the cats and gods of Athens. Each one mixes real sightseeing with puzzles and story, so you get to know the city by playing in it.
It suits couples, families, groups of friends, and solo explorers. Take it at a Greek pace: grab a souvlaki from O Kostas, a tiny spot grilling since 1950 that often sells out by mid-afternoon, order a frappé, the iced coffee Greeks invented and sip for hours, and climb Areopagus Hill for a free sunset view over the city. Start whenever you're ready.
