Six to eight teams, one phone each, 60 to 120 minutes on foot. €5 per pupil, teachers free.
More than 3,000 classes and groups have played Questo together.
Playing in BucharestMore than 3,000 classes and groups have played Questo together.
We are a group of language students and we played the game with our teacher: a great and fun way to practise, and learn interesting stuff about our city that we didn't know.
Perfect with a group of A Level pupils. Loved it.
Quests for classes
A school day with Questo in Bucharest usually centres on the Old Town and the streets around University Square, with further options at Bellu Cemetery, the Village Museum on Șoseaua Kiseleff and the Grigore Antipa natural history museum by Piața Victoriei. For pupils aged 8 to 11, Secrets of Old Town Bucharest: The Lost Treasure Adventure links Stavropoleos Monastery, Pasajul Macca and Casa Capșa. Key Stage 3 classes suit Communism in Bucharest: One Absurd Day, which finishes at Revolution Square, and the indoor Antipa museum quest. Sixth formers can take on Haunted Bucharest 3 around Colțea. The quests cover ages 8 to 18.
79 min · 2.6 km · 11 stops
Starts at Str. Franceză 62
Old Bucharest's churches and monasteries, including Biserica Sfântul Nicolae dintr-o zi and Stavropoleos Monastery
80 min · 1 km · 11 stops
Starts at Tomb Mihai Eminescu
Notable Romanians and their achievements, from Mihai Eminescu and Nicolae Iorga to Henri Coandă and Ion Mincu
75 min · 4 km · 15 stops
Starts at Muzeul Satului, Intrarea A
Traditional rural houses and farmsteads from different Romanian regions, from Bordei Suceava to the winegrower's farm from Gorj
81 min · 17 stops
Starts at Marea Neagră, România
Fossils and extinct animals, starting with Deinotherium gigantissimum
60 min · 3.3 km · 12 stops
Starts at Revolution Square (Ceaușescu's last speech)
Communist Romania and December 1989 at Revolution Square, where Ceaușescu gave his last speech, and Sala Palatului
90 min · 4.1 km · 15 stops
Starts at Fântâna de la Universitate
Free to play: no tickets needed
55 min · 3.7 km · 11 stops
Starts at Manuc's Inn
102 min · 2.3 km · 10 stops
Starts at Bell and Clock Tower Silvestru
Romanian culture through the Romanian Athenaeum and the George Enescu and Ion Luca Caragiale monuments
85 min · 2.3 km · 15 stops
Starts at Muzeul Satului, Intrarea B
Teams of 3 to 5 pupils share one phone.
For under-14s, one adult per 2 to 3 teams with agreed checkpoints in the mostly pedestrian Old Town; 14 to 18 per school policy.
STB runs buses and trams, Metrorex the metro (line M2 via Piața Unirii, Universitate, Piața Romană); budget one ticket per pupil.
Piața Unirii to Piața Romană is roughly 2.5 km on foot.
Free public toilets are scarce in the centre.
Plan stops at the museums you visit, Unirea Shopping Center at Piața Unirii, or cafes, and ask pupils to go before setting off.
Cișmigiu Gardens, near Universitate, has benches and lawns for a packed lunch; Izvor Park beside the Palace of Parliament is a larger open alternative.
Take all litter away and keep noise down near churches.
Cărturești Carusel bookshop on Strada Lipscani is free to enter in small groups, and the National Museum of Art charges a modest fee.
If rain spoils the day, replay the quest free within 30 days.
Caution: Wide boulevards around Piața Unirii and Piața Universității carry fast multi-lane traffic, so cross only at signals or underpasses, and watch for cars parked on pavements forcing pupils into the road.
Ottoman-era and later Orthodox churches and monasteries such as Stavropoleos and the Sfântul Nicolae church in the Old Town; Communist Romania and the December 1989 revolution at Revolution Square, Sala Palatului and CEC Palace; the history of Bucharest's Jewish community at the Choral Temple, the Great Synagogue and the Jewish Museum.
Urban geography and orientation, following a phone map from the narrow Old Town streets to the wide communist-era boulevards. At the Village Museum, rural houses from regions such as Maramureș, Bihor, Gorj and Suceava show how building styles vary across Romania.
Teams read and follow written instructions and clues. The Old Town quest is also available in German, Italian, Spanish and Romanian, and the Communism quest in German. The Village Museum quests are in Romanian only, which suits classes learning Romanian.
Teams share roles (navigator, reader, puzzle solver) and decide together. They learn how people lived under a dictatorship in the Communism quest, and how to behave respectfully in places of worship and in a working cemetery.
Price and terms
No minimum group, no time slot.
A class of 30 on one quest: €150.
Choose a questTell us the quest or city, the class size and the dates. We send an invoice to the school.
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