What is the Antalya outdoor escape game?
The Antalya outdoor escape game is an escape room moved into the old town: every puzzle is attached to a landmark in Kaleiçi and solved on your phone by looking carefully and reasoning it out. Plan on about 2 hours, 49 minutes of them walking the 3 km that tie the 10 stops together, and start on whatever day you like.
Puzzles are waiting on Republic Square above the old harbour, at the fluted Yivli Minare, beside the statue of Attalos II, under the Clock Tower at Kalekapısı, at the marble arches of Hadrian's Gate and out at the Roman Hıdırlık Tower on the cliffs. Each one stands alone, so there is no storyline to carry, and three levels of hints step in when one refuses to open. Antalya suits the format: the Roman, Seljuk and Ottoman city sit within a few lanes of each other around the harbour.
- Durationabout 2 hours
- Walkingabout 49 min · 3 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish
What you do on the escape game
Solve
One puzzle at each attraction, cracked with observation and logic. No prior knowledge of the city is needed.
Look at the stone
Clues hide in the flutes of a minaret, in carved marble, in tower masonry and in grooves worn by cart wheels.
Walk Kaleiçi
Google Maps links the stops: 49 minutes on foot over 3 km, through the lanes of the walled old town.
No countdown
Time is yours, not an opponent. Take a hint, drink tea in the shade and continue later or on another day.
See the route and attractions →
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
Every stop gives the group something to argue over, and nobody needs to have seen Antalya before.
Couples
A shared puzzle gives the walk through the old town a thread, at whatever pace suits the two of you.
Team building
Teams of up to 5 play on their own phones, which makes it easy to organise for colleagues.
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 Republic Square to Hıdırlık Tower
10 stops · about 49 min walking · start: Republic Square · finish: Hıdırlık Tower
Republic Square, on the rim above the old harbour, holds the first puzzle, and the route drops into Kaleiçi to the Toy Museum and the İskele Mosque down by the water. Hadrian's Gate, the Yenikapı Greek Church and the Atatürk House Museum follow once you are back uphill, past the Yivli Minare, the statue of Attalos II and the Clock Tower at Kalekapısı; the last puzzle sits at Hıdırlık Tower on the cliffs. Begin in daylight, since everything is solved outdoors and rain or strong sun slows the walk. Another opening stop and a different order can be set in the app, and the puzzles call for no entry tickets.
Open the route map ↗
1Republic SquareStart
Republic Square (Cumhuriyet Meydanı) on the edge of the old town is Antalya's main ceremonial square, dominated by a large monument to Atatürk, the founder of the Turkish Republic. From its terrace you look down over the old harbour and across the Gulf of Antalya to the Beydağları mountains.
2Antalya Toy Museum
This small museum in Kaleiçi, Antalya's old town, is dedicated to toys from different periods and countries, from dolls to model vehicles and old games. It is a light-hearted stop between the lanes of the old quarter and a reminder of how children played generations ago.
3İskele Mosque
The İskele Mosque is a small stone mosque close to the old harbour of Kaleiçi, built in the late Ottoman period. Its name means harbour or pier mosque, and it is known for standing above a natural spring whose water collects in a pool beneath it.
4Yivli Minare Mosque
The fluted minaret was built in the early 13th century under the Seljuk sultan Alaeddin Keykubad I and has become the symbol of Antalya. Its brick shaft, about 38 metres high, is divided into eight half-round flutes, and you can still spot traces of turquoise tiles on it.
5Statue of Attalos II
This statue honours Attalos II, king of Pergamon, who founded the city in the 2nd century BC and named it Attaleia, the origin of the name Antalya. It stands near Kalekapısı, the old main entrance to the walled town, looking out over the modern city.
6Clock Tower (Saat Kulesi)
The Clock Tower at Kalekapısı is a stone tower of the old walls that once ringed Kaleiçi. It received its clock in the late Ottoman period, and today it marks the busy meeting point between the old town and the modern city centre.
7Hadrian's Gate
Antalya built this marble triumphal gate to honour the Roman emperor Hadrian, who visited the city in 130 AD. Its three arches are framed by two towers, and the ancient paving beneath still shows grooves worn by cart wheels, visible from the walkway above them.
8Yenikapı Greek Church
This 19th-century Greek Orthodox church stands in the Yenikapı area on the eastern side of Kaleiçi. It recalls the Greek Orthodox community that lived in Antalya until the population exchange between Greece and Turkey in 1923, and the building has since been restored.
9Atatürk House Museum
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey, stayed in this house during his visit to Antalya in 1930. Today it is a museum with photographs, documents and personal items that recall his life and his ties to the city.
10Hıdırlık TowerFinish
This round stone tower on a square base was built by the Romans in the 2nd century AD at the edge of the cliffs above the sea. Its original purpose is still debated, with a tomb, a lighthouse or a watchtower among the ideas. Beside it, Karaalioğlu Park looks out over the Gulf of Antalya.
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