What is the Annecy outdoor escape game?
The Annecy outdoor escape game is an escape room played on the streets: you follow the clues on your phone and, at each of the 10 stops, work out a puzzle by reading the scene around you. Allow about 2 hours, of which around 18 minutes is walking over 2 km, and begin whenever suits you.
The puzzles sit at landmarks such as the Claude Louis Berthollet statue, the Palais de l'Île and Saint-Pierre Cathedral. Each one stands alone, so no storyline ties them together. Stuck? Three hint levels are there for you. Annecy suits this format: it is compact and flat, and its canals and old streets keep the route easy to follow.
- Durationabout 2 hours
- Walkingabout 18 min · 2 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
What you do during the escape game
Solve
Work out each puzzle by observing the scene and reasoning it through. You need no prior knowledge of the city.
Look around
The clues hide in the details of each place, from the façades to the layout of a square.
Navigate
Google Maps guides you from stop to stop, covering roughly 2 km in total.
Set the pace
Nothing counts down. Ask for a hint when you need one, take a break, and resume later or on another day.
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How it works
- Book online Choose the number of players. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
- Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
- Play when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.
Who it suits
Friends
Everyone gets a puzzle to argue over at the next stop, and nobody needs to know Annecy beforehand.
Couples
A shared challenge that keeps you talking as you wander from one landmark to the next, with no clock running.
Team building
A practical outing for colleagues, with a puzzle to tackle at every stop.
Good to know
- Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
- Best started in daylight, so you can see the details the puzzles ask about.
- No entry tickets needed: everything happens outside the buildings. Going inside is optional and paid separately.
- Family friendly; children must be accompanied by an adult.
- Not suitable for wheelchair users and difficult with strollers.
- Teams of up to 5 work best; bigger groups split into several teams, one ticket per player.
- Every purchase helps support stray cats and dogs in Greece.
Puzzle route: from the Pont des Amours to the Pont Morens
10 stops · about 18 min walking · start: Pont des Amours · finish: Pont Morens
The game starts at the Pont des Amours by the lake and ends at the Pont Morens over the Thiou. In between come eight landmarks: the Claude Louis Berthollet statue, the Panorama du lac, the Hôtel de Ville d'Annecy, the Église Saint-François-de-Sales, the Palais de l'Île, the Église Notre-Dame-de-Liesse, Place Notre-Dame and Saint-Pierre Cathedral. Plan the outing for daylight, since the puzzles are solved outdoors and rain or wind will slow you down. Google Maps handles the navigation, the app lets you change the order, and the puzzles need no entry tickets.
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1Pont des AmoursStart
The Lovers' Bridge is a slender footbridge over the Vassé canal, linking the Jardins de l'Europe with the lakeside lawns of the Pâquier. From the middle you look straight out onto Lake Annecy and the mountains. Local tradition says that couples who kiss on the bridge will stay together forever.
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2Claude Louis Berthollet
This statue honours the chemist Claude Louis Berthollet, who was born in 1748 in Talloires on the shore of Lake Annecy and died in 1822. He discovered that chlorine could bleach fabrics, which led to the bleach still called eau de Javel in French, and he accompanied Napoleon's expedition to Egypt in 1798.
3Panorama du lac
From this viewpoint you look along Lake Annecy towards the mountains that frame it, among them Mont Veyrier, the Semnoz and La Tournette. Annecy lies at the northern tip of the lake, about 35 kilometres south of Geneva.
4Hôtel de Ville d'Annecy
Annecy's town hall stands on the lakeshore beside the Jardins de l'Europe. It was completed in 1851, when Annecy still belonged to the Kingdom of Sardinia, before Savoy became part of France in 1860.
5Église Saint-François-de-Sales
This church on the bank of the Thiou, facing the Palais de l'Île, is dedicated to Francis de Sales. Born in 1567, he led the diocese of Geneva from Annecy as bishop from 1602 to 1622, after the bishops had left Calvinist Geneva, and was later made a saint.
6Palais de l'Île
This 12th-century stronghold stands on an island in the Thiou river in the old town. Until the French Revolution it served mainly as a prison and courthouse, it was a prison again during the Second World War, and today it houses a museum of local history.
7Église Notre-Dame-de-Liesse
This church stands on Place Notre-Dame in the old town and has drawn pilgrims for centuries. Its name comes from liesse, an old French word for joy.
8Place Notre-Dame
This square in the old town opens in front of the church of Notre-Dame-de-Liesse, which gives it its name. Surrounded by old houses, it lies a short walk from the arcaded streets and the canals of the Thiou that shape the old town.
9Saint-Pierre Cathedral
Annecy's cathedral is dedicated to Saint Peter and stands in the old town. Annecy became a Catholic stronghold after the bishop of Geneva took refuge here during the Calvinist Reformation of the 1530s, and the town is still the seat of a bishop.
10Pont MorensFinish
This small bridge crosses the Thiou in the middle of the old town. From it you see old houses rising straight from the water, flower boxes and the reflections of the facades in the canal.
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