What is the Cagliari outdoor escape game?
The Cagliari outdoor escape game is an escape room taken out onto the streets: you play on your phone, and at each of the 10 stops a puzzle waits that you solve by studying the surroundings and thinking it through. Set aside about 2 hours, of which 58 minutes are spent walking across 3 km.
Puzzles sit at the Roman Amphitheatre, Porta Cristina, the National Archaeological Museum, the cathedral, the Torre dell'Elefante and Bastion Saint Remy, among others. Cagliari is built on hills, so the walk moves between Roman remains, medieval towers and old ramparts, with wide views opening up in between. Stuck? Nobody has to abandon a puzzle, since up to three levels of hints can be unlocked.
- Durationabout 2 hours
- Walkingabout 58 min · 3 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
What you do on the escape game
Solve
At each stop, work out the puzzle from what you can see. No prior knowledge is needed, just observation and logic.
Look closer
The clues sit in the details of walls, doorways and squares, so keep your eyes on the monument in front of you.
Walk
Google Maps guides you from puzzle to puzzle: about 58 minutes of walking across 3.0 km in total.
Take your time
No countdown runs. Take a hint when you need one, stop for a coffee, and carry on 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 on a day out
The puzzles give the group something to chew over before every stop, and nobody needs to know Cagliari in advance.
Couples
A shared challenge that keeps you talking as you climb and descend between monuments, with no clock running in the background.
Team building
Teams of up to 5 each play on their own phone, an easy option for colleagues on a shared day out.
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 Public Gardens to Piazza Matteotti
10 stops · about 58 min walking · start: Public Gardens (Giardini Pubblici) · finish: Piazza Matteotti
The sequence runs from the Roman past up into the medieval walls and down again. It opens with the Public Gardens, then the amphitheatre comes into view before Porta Cristina admits you into Castello. Inside the ramparts the museum on Piazza Arsenale, the cathedral, Bastione di Santa Croce and the Torre dell'Elefante follow, and the descent passes Bastion Saint Remy on the way to Piazza Yenne. Piazza Matteotti by the port closes the trail. Stops can be reordered in the app, Google Maps covers the legs, and no entry tickets are needed.
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1Public Gardens (Giardini Pubblici)Start
The city of Cagliari bought these gardens in 1840 and laid them out for strolling in 19th-century style, with old jacaranda trees, palms and two giant fig trees. A tree-lined avenue leads to the Galleria Comunale d'Arte, housed in a former royal gunpowder magazine.
2Roman Amphitheatre
The Roman amphitheatre was built around the turn of the 1st and 2nd centuries AD, largely carved out of the rock at the foot of the Buon Cammino hill. It could hold up to 10,000 spectators, seated by social rank, and was rediscovered in the 19th century through excavations led by the canon Giovanni Spano.
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3Porta Cristina
Porta Cristina was completed in 1825 and named after Maria Cristina of Bourbon, wife of King Charles Felix of Savoy. The neoclassical gate, modelled on Porta Angelica in Rome, leads into Piazza Arsenale and links the Castello district with the area of the old royal arsenal.
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4National Archaeological Museum
Sardinia's most important archaeological museum is part of the Cittadella dei Musei on Piazza Arsenale, created by restoring the old Royal Arsenal and the medieval walls. Its collection spans about 7,000 years and includes Nuragic bronze figurines and the large stone statues of Mont'e Prama, known as the Giants.
5Cagliari Cathedral (Santa Maria)
The cathedral of Santa Maria stands on Piazza Palazzo in the walled Castello district and goes back to the Middle Ages, when Pisa ruled the town. Its white Romanesque-style façade is a 20th-century reconstruction, while inside you find carved medieval pulpits and a crypt dedicated to the island's martyrs.
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6Bastione di Santa Croce
This bastion on the western edge of the Castello district is a broad terrace on the old city walls with wide views over the lower town towards the lagoon and the hills. It takes its name from the church of Santa Croce beside it, which stands on the site of the synagogue of Castello's medieval Jewish quarter.
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7Torre dell'Elefante
This medieval tower was built by the Pisans in the early 14th century as one of the gates of the Castello district. It is named after the small marble elephant on a ledge on its outer wall, and its side facing the old town is open, so you can see the floors inside.
8Bastione di Saint Remy
The Bastione di Saint Remy was built around the turn of the 20th century on the old walls of Castello, with a monumental staircase and a broad promenade, the Terrazza Umberto I. It is named after the first Piedmontese viceroy of Sardinia, and from the top you look over the rooftops of Marina and Villanova to the port.
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9Piazza Yenne
Piazza Yenne lies below Castello, where the Stampace and Marina districts meet, and is one of the city's favourite meeting points. In the middle stands a statue of King Charles Felix of Savoy, which marks the symbolic start of the main road across Sardinia named after him.
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10Piazza MatteottiFinish
Piazza Matteotti is a garden square near the port, between the railway station and Via Roma. It is overlooked by the Palazzo Civico, Cagliari's white stone town hall, built in the early 20th century with turrets and Gothic Revival details.
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