What is the Granada outdoor escape game?
The Granada outdoor escape game takes an escape room out into the open air: you follow the puzzle route on your phone, and at each of the 10 stops a riddle asks you to read the surroundings and reason your way to the answer. Set aside about 2 hours, 33 minutes of which are spent walking roughly 2.5 km, and start whenever the day suits you.
The puzzles are tied to places such as the Basílica de las Angustias, Plaza Nueva, Plaza de Bib-Rambla, the cathedral, the Madraza and the Columbus monument. Each puzzle stands alone, so no story runs through the stops. The historic centre is compact, which makes the route feel like one long stroll, and the final stretch climbs toward the Alhambra.
- Durationabout 2 hours
- Walkingabout 33 min · 2.5 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
What you do on the escape game
Solve
Work out each riddle from what you can see around you. Prior knowledge of Granada is not required.
Observe
The clues sit in the surroundings: in façades, fountains and the layout of each square.
Walk
Google Maps guides you across about 2.5 km from stop to stop, which comes to 33 minutes on foot.
Set your pace
No countdown runs. Up to three hint levels are there when you need them, and you can pause and pick up 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
The puzzles give everyone something to argue about at the next landmark, and nobody has to know the city first.
Couples
A shared challenge that keeps you talking as you walk between monuments, with no clock ticking.
Team building
Groups split into teams, each playing on its own phone, a practical idea for colleagues who want to head out together.
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 Fuente de las Granadas to the Pilar de Carlos V
10 stops · about 33 min walking · start: Fuente de las Granadas · finish: Pilar de Carlos V
The first puzzle waits at the Fuente de las Granadas and the last at the Pilar de Carlos V beside the Alhambra. Between them come the Basílica de las Angustias, the fountain on Plaza Nueva, Granada City Hall, Plaza de Bib-Rambla, Granada Cathedral, Palacio de la Madraza, Plaza Isabel la Católica and the Puerta de las Granadas. Starting in daylight makes sense, since the whole game runs outdoors and wind or rain slow everything down. Google Maps handles the walking, the app lets you change the order of the stops, and the puzzles need no entry tickets.
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1Fuente de las GranadasStart
This fountain takes its name from the pomegranates, granadas in Spanish, that decorate it. The pomegranate shares its Spanish name with the city and appears on Granada's coat of arms, so you will spot it on fountains, gates and street details all over town.
2Basílica de las Angustias
The Basílica de Nuestra Señora de las Angustias on Carrera de la Virgen is dedicated to the patron saint of Granada. It was built in the second half of the 17th century, with a baroque façade between two towers, and the image of the Virgin is carried through the city every year in a large procession.
3Fuente de Plaza Nueva
Plaza Nueva was laid out in the 16th century over the covered course of the river Darro and is one of the oldest squares in Granada. Its fountain stands in front of the Real Chancillería, the former royal court of justice, with the Alhambra hill rising behind.
4Granada City Hall
Granada's City Hall stands on Plaza del Carmen and occupies a former Carmelite convent. Its long façade with balconies faces the square, where official ceremonies and city events take place.
5Plaza de Bib-Rambla
The name of this square comes from the Arabic Bab al-Ramla, the Gate of the Sand, one of the gates of the Moorish city. Today it is lined with flower stalls and café terraces, and in the middle stands the Fountain of the Giants, with grotesque faces supporting its basin.
6Granada Cathedral
Granada Cathedral was begun in 1523 on the site of the city's main mosque and continued by Diego de Siloé, who gave it its Renaissance form. The main façade, designed by the painter and architect Alonso Cano in the 17th century, looks like a huge triumphal arch, and next door the Royal Chapel holds the tombs of the Catholic Monarchs.
7Palacio de la Madraza
The Madraza was founded in 1349 by the Nasrid sultan Yusuf I as Granada's Islamic university. Behind its later baroque façade a richly decorated prayer hall survives, and the building now belongs to the University of Granada.
8Plaza Isabel la Católica
This square where Gran Vía de Colón meets Calle Reyes Católicos is named after Queen Isabella I of Castile. Its monument by the sculptor Mariano Benlliure, unveiled in 1892, shows Christopher Columbus presenting his plans to the queen, recalling the agreement signed at Santa Fe near Granada in 1492.
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9Puerta de las Granadas
This Renaissance gate at the top of the Cuesta de Gomérez marks the entrance to the Alhambra woods. It was built in the 16th century under Emperor Charles V and is crowned by three split-open pomegranates, the symbol of the city.
10Pilar de Carlos VFinish
This Renaissance wall fountain stands near the Puerta de la Justicia, one of the gates of the Alhambra. It was built in the 16th century in honour of Emperor Charles V and carries his coat of arms, while its carved faces are said to symbolise the rivers of Granada.
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ruizV –
smart riddles and idea. Thank you