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.
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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 Questo school day in Kraków keeps your class on foot between the Barbakan, the Old Town streets around Rynek Główny and the Planty, and the old Jewish district of Kazimierz down towards the Vistula. For Key Stage 3, Legends of Krakow: The Artist's Gamble is the strongest choice: about 70 minutes from the Barbakan, past the Wawel Dragon, the Town Hall Tower and Jan Matejko's house. Jewish District Krakow: Magic of Past & Present fits the afternoon, from Plac Nowy to the Old Synagogue and Remuh Cemetery. Key Stage 4 and sixth form groups can try the Murder Mystery from the Mickiewicz Monument. Quests suit ages 11 to 18.
69 min · 3.2 km · 14 stops
Starts at Krakow Barbakan fortifications
The legend of the Wawel Dragon at the Smok Wawelski statue, and how a legend becomes part of a city's identity
78 min · 4.7 km · 12 stops
Starts at Plac Nowy Okrąglak Rotunda
Jewish life in Kazimierz at the Old Synagogue, Remuh Cemetery and the memorial plaque at the former Hebrew school. Staff should preview it first to prepare pupils for the cemetery and memorial
90 min · 2.1 km · 12 stops
Starts at Adam Mickiewicz Monument, Kraków
Collecting and weighing clues as a team to reach a reasoned conclusion
Teams of 3 to 5 share one phone.
Under-14s: one adult per 2 to 3 teams, with checkpoints such as the Cloth Hall's north end; 14 to 18: your school's policy.
The Old Town, ringed by the 4 km Planty, is walkable.
On MPK trams and buses, a single-trip group ticket covers up to 20 people (50 PLN, zone I), so 30 pupils need two.
Paid public toilets (a few zloty, pay the attendant, carry coins) sit under the Cloth Hall, entered at its north end, and underground around the Planty.
Fallbacks are museums, for ticket holders, and Galeria Krakowska.
Planty, the park ring around the Old Town, has many shaded benches for packed lunches, though they fill up in season.
Restaurants on the Main Market Square itself are pricey, so bring food.
The National Museum's Main Building (pupils 1 PLN) and Czartoryski Museum are free on Tuesdays, as is the Rynek Underground (limited tickets).
Quests replay free within 30 days.
Caution: Pickpocketing is the main risk on the Main Market Square, Floriańska Street and crowded trams. Teams should keep the phone in a front pocket and not stop for people with clipboards or petitions.
Medieval and early modern Kraków, from the Barbakan fortifications (around 1498) to the Town Hall Tower, the Cloth Hall, the Romanesque Church of St Andrew and the Baroque Church of Saints Peter and Paul.
Urban geography and orientation. Pupils follow the Planty, a park laid out on the line of the demolished city walls, read the street pattern of the Old Town and Kazimierz, and cross the Vistula by footbridge, navigating from stop to stop as a team.
Pupils read and follow instructions and stories in English. The Artist's Gamble is also available in German, Polish and Ukrainian, and the Jewish District quest in German, so a German class can play in the language it is learning.
Teams share one phone, divide roles and agree answers. The Murder Mystery asks Key Stage 4 and sixth form pupils to weigh evidence and reach a reasoned conclusion together.
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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