Krakow Old Town Mysteries: Exploration Game and Tour
Description
Step into a real-world adventure and explore Krakow’s ancient Old Town through myths, legends, and secrets. Play the role of a young artist guided by Krakow’s most famous citizen, uncovering fascinating stories hidden among the cobblestone streets and medieval squares. Using your smartphone, you’ll solve 15 interactive puzzles that lead you to iconic landmarks like St. Florian’s Gate, Wawel Royal Castle, and Rynek Główny - the largest medieval square in Europe. Along the way, you'll uncover fire-breathing dragons, ancient rituals, and tales of Krakow’s vibrant art scene. Discover the city’s hidden treasures at your own pace, no guide needed - just your curiosity and sense of wonder. What makes this tour unique? It’s a magical, puzzle-driven walking adventure that lets you live Krakow’s history firsthand through storytelling and real-world exploration. Perfect for families, couples, friends, and curious explorers who love legends, history, and fun.
Tour Options
Itinerary
The Kraków Barbican is a barbican – a fortified outpost once connected to the city walls. It is a historic gateway leading into the Old Town of Kraków, Poland. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
St. Florian's Gate or Florian Gate in Kraków, Poland, is one of the best-known Polish Gothic towers, and a focal point of Kraków's Old Town. It was built about the 14th century as a rectangular Gothic tower of "wild stone", part of the city fortifications against Turkish attack. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
Jama Michalika is a popular café with history spanning over a hundred years. It is located at Floriańska Street in Kraków, the capital of the Lesser Poland region. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
The permanent exhibition is housed in the family home of Jan Matejko (1838-1893), the greatest Polish artist working in the genre of history painting, a collector and an enthusiast for monuments, particularly those in Krakow. The old Krakow building (rebuilt in the 18th and 19th centuries) is the place where Jan Matejko was born, lived with his family, created his paintings and passed away. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
The Hipolits were a merchant family who lived in this fine building on Plac Mariacki around the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries, though the building dates back considerably further than that. The inside has been transformed into a series of recreations of typical Polish bourgeois living spaces from the 17th to early 20th century, and is interesting for the insights it gives into how the other half lived, as well as being a showcase for some truly remarkable furniture and antiques. Worth a visit. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
The monument - Żak's fountain is located on St. Mary's Square. It was designed by Jan Budziłło and unveiled in 1958. The pedestal is a tribute to Wit Stwosz made by Krakow craftsmen. The Żaczek figure is a copy of one of the figures in the altar of Wit Stwosz in St Mary's Church. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
Adam Mickiewicz Monument in Kraków, is one of the best known bronze monuments in Poland, and a favourite meeting place at the Main Market Square in the Old Town district of Kraków. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
Town Hall Tower in Kraków, Poland is one of the main focal points of the Main Market Square in the Old Town district of Kraków. The Tower is the only remaining part of the old Kraków Town Hall demolished in 1820 as part of the city plan to open up the Main Square. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
The Church of Saints Peter and Paul is a Roman Catholic Polish Baroque church located at 54 Grodzka Street in the Old Town district of Kraków, Poland. It was built between 1597–1619 by Giovanni Maria Bernardoni who perfected the original design of Józef Britius. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
On October 14, 2016, was the official presentation of the sculptures of Banach and Nikodym to the public. The Krakow mathematical community and the local media were present at this ceremony. The background information can be found on a plaque that one finds on the ground. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
The Zbruch Idol, Sviatovid is a 9th-century sculpture, more precisely an example of a bałwan, and one of the few monuments of pre-Christian Slavic beliefs, according to another interpretation was created by the Kipchaks/Cumans. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
Wawel Dragon Statue is a monument at the foot of the Wawel Hill in Kraków, Poland, in front of the Wawel Dragon's den, dedicated to the mythical Wawel Dragon. Here you will have to look around to find the answer to our challenge to advance to the new location and learn the story of this place.
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Important Information
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(4)
We had great fun doing the game. Was such a great way to find your way around the city playing the game. I would recommend it to anyone visiting Krakow.
Thrilled to hear you enjoyed the game and found it a fun way to explore Krakow! Thank you for sharing your experience—it means a lot!
Not bad, but some directions were not quite easy to understand and few questions were imppssible to solve without hint.
Thank you for playing with us, and for sharing your review. We appreciate your feedback, and would love to see you exploring more cities with Questo soon.
Really loved this Questo! Best to do it when you just arrive in the city. We stopped a few times for drinks and an ice cream and took out time and it took about 2hours to complete. Really good fun and it took us to parts of the city we may not have seen. Would definitely recommend.
Ella, thank you for playing with us and exploring Krakow. Happy to see you enjoyed exploring with us.
This was the second quest I tried from Questo while visiting Krakow (the Kazimierz one was amazing too) and after how much fun I had playing both of them, I am for sure going to be making it a regular part of my travels. This is seriously such a fun and unique way to explore the city, I am totally in love with this concept. The person who writes the story does such an awesome job of making it funny and exciting experience. I learned so much about Krakow and the Old Town too, and actual insteresting cool stuff, not boring typical stuff that you heard 1000x already. Cant tell you enough, if you're here just do it! App is easy to download, perfect way to explore during COVID times!!
Amazing. Thank you for sharing your feedback with us. We'd love to see you playing more games soon all over the world.
