Ottawa Street Art Exploration Game and Self-Guided Tour
Description
Discover Ottawa’s street art by following clues and solving puzzles on your phone, which lead to new places and amazing stories. Play our engaging exploration game, reenacting the role of EgoNibi, a legendary street artist from Tunam. As you solve challenges, the story unfolds and exact directions on your phone will guide you to the next location. Up for a fun challenge? Highlights include: • Explore Ottawa Mural, Rideau Mural and other lesser-known places. • Enjoy a uniquely crafted story brought to you by our top-notch writers. • Learn about the fascinating story of the largest murals in Eastern Ontario. • Try a new type of experience, the perfect mix between a tour, outdoor escape game, and treasure hunt. After your booking you will receive an email with instructions on how to download and play the game on your phone. We recommend that each user purchases a ticket for an optimal experience, although several people can share a phone.
Tour Options
Itinerary
You will begin at Ottawa Mural. Here you will be given your first clue to solve the challenge that awaits you, which will unlock the next part of the story and give you the directions to the next stop.
Here you will find your first clue to solve the challenge that awaits you, which will unlock the next part of the story and give you the directions to the next stop.
Study your next clue on The Living Room.
To unlock the next part of the story you will be given your next clue to solve the challenge that awaits you around Faith in Our Community.
You will be given a new clue to solve the challenge that awaits you at Pink Flamingo Project Tribute. You can stop for as long as you like and continue exploring at your own pace.
Receive your next clue. You can stop for as long as you like and continue exploring at your own pace around Arlington 5 Art Court.
Explore at your own pace while admiring the BLM mural around you.
Enjoy the view and continue exploring at your own pace at DaVinci mural.
To solve the challenge that awaits you at Lion Dance you will be given the next clue.
See the We demand Mural art and get your next clue to solve the challenge and get new directions.
Enjoy the view and continue exploring at your own pace.
You will finish at KindComments. Here is where both the story and the city exploration games end.
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What's included
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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(21)
Good but we wasted time looking for the beginning point when it is useless.
Merci pour votre retour ! Je suis content que le jeu vous ait plu dans l'ensemble, mais je suis désolé que vous ayez eu le sentiment de perdre du temps à chercher le point de départ. Je souhaite apporter une petite précision à ce sujet. Se rendre au point de départ n'est en fait pas inutile : c'est même une étape essentielle ! Notre application utilise votre position GPS pour déclencher la première étape de l'histoire et s'assurer que le reste de votre parcours et de vos énigmes se déroule dans le bon ordre. Cela dit, nous voulons que le début de l'aventure soit aussi simple et rapide que possible. Pour vos prochaines explorations, n'hésitez pas à utiliser notre support client disponible 24h/24 et 7j/7 directement dans l'application si vous avez du mal à trouver le lieu exact du départ. Nous serions ravis de vous aider en temps réel pour que vous puissiez commencer à jouer immédiatement !
In the end I paid and did nothing I went to the address indicated but there was no one. I had not seen that this activity was free, i.e. without accompanying person, which was not indicated at the beginning
Merci pour votre retour, et désolé pour la confusion. Cette expérience est en effet un jeu d'exploration autonome, sans guide sur place. Nous allons clarifier cette information pour qu’elle soit encore plus visible avant la réservation. Si vous souhaitez l'essayer ou préférez un autre format, contactez-nous et nous serons ravis de vous aider.
I'd say this activity is best done by bicycle or scooter, unless you want a very long walk. The estimated time given is definitely for bicycle or scooter, not for walking time. We walked it, and it took about four hours. Lovely way to explore some neighborhoods we would not otherwise have seen as tourists, and the murals are amazing!
Thank you for your thoughtful review! We're glad you enjoyed discovering Ottawa’s neighborhoods and murals. You’re right—the experience does cover quite a bit of ground, and using a bike or scooter can make it more manageable. We'll review the time estimate to better reflect the walking option.
It looked well done unfortunate with the cold in winter and the GPS location we did not have time to realize the experience, hardly the first fresco! To do in summer preferably!
Thanks for your feedback! It’s great to hear you liked the experience. We understand that colder weather can make it a bit challenging, and we hope you’ll be able to enjoy it fully when the conditions are better. Looking forward to having you back for another adventure!
We had a lot of fun playing this scavenger quest. The directions were easy to follow and we saw some amazing street art. We also learned about the message behind the art and something about the artists.
We're glad you enjoyed the experience and discovering the amazing street art! Thanks for choosing Questo and sharing your positive experience! Can't wait to welcome you back for another adventure!
This experience was awesome! I went to visit Canada solo and this experience took up a good part of my afternoon in Ottawa! It allowed me to visit several neighborhoods while being guided so it was really great, I recommend it if you like street art, it’s great! There are just a few works that appear in the photos of other comments that I unfortunately haven't seen and that I would have liked to see :/!
We're thrilled to hear you had a great experience exploring Ottawa through our street art quest! Your feedback is valuable, and we appreciate you recommending it. If you have any more adventures or if there's anything else you'd like to share, feel free to reach out. Happy exploring! 😊
I loved it! The 80min is definitely by bike though and NOT on foot. On foot I would count on 3h or so. Because it was much longer than expected, I didn't manage to finish it on scene, but I completed it by using Google street view xD The support was really good, it is difficult to go from the support back to the game though.
Thank you for your positive feedback! We're glad you enjoyed the adventure. Your note about the duration being more suitable for biking is helpful for others to know. We appreciate your creativity in completing it with Google Street View. If you have any more insights or comments, feel free to share. We're here to enhance your Questo experiences!
Such a unique experience for our monthly date night. My husband and I are always looking for inexpensive and out side the box outings and this treasure hunt style your of the down town Ottawa street art brought us around to a quaint cafe we had never seen and some off the path art installations. We enjoyed the scenery the puzzles and the app format. We hope to have more added in our city so we can take advantage of more nights out exploring and discovering.
We're delighted to hear that you and your husband had such a fantastic date night exploring Ottawa with our experience! Your enthusiasm is what keeps us going, and we're working hard to bring more adventures to your city. Cheers to many more fun outings! 🗺️
A very fun way to explore the city! Plenty of art and cardio... Killing 2 birds with 1 stone :) Tip: Wear comfortable shoes.
Thrilled you enjoyed the city adventure! Feel free to share more about your experience or suggest what you'd like to see in future quests. We're here to make exploration fun for you. Cheers to more adventures! 🌆🗺️
Unfortunately we did not have time to finish the game, it said it would take just over an hour to complete, but after over 2 hours, and having walked miles, we were still only up to stop 8 of 11, and we ran out of time. The street art on the tour is of variable quality and very spread out with long walks between stops. Also one of the stops no longer exists but we were able to guess the puzzle answer. I like the premise of the game but it's a bit too spread out to do on foot in a short time. At least we got to see plenty of the city!
Thank you for sharing your experience! We appreciate your feedback and will consider your suggestions for improvement. Happy adventuring, and we hope your next Questo journey is even better!
