Perched high on the Rock of Monaco, the Prince’s Palace originated as a twelfth-century Genoese fortress before transforming into the fortified, oceanfront residence of the Grimaldi dynasty.

Taking in the panoramic view of Monaco reveals a dazzling amphitheater of luxury high-rises and superyacht-filled harbors tucked between rugged limestone cliffs and the Mediterranean Sea.

Perched dramatically on the sheer cliff of the Rock of Monaco, the Musée océanographique de Monaco combines a majestic Belle Époque facade with a celebrated marine science sanctuary and aquarium founded by Prince Albert I.

Nestled on Place de la Mairie in Monaco-Ville, the seventeenth-century Chapel of Mercy charms visitors with its pastel Baroque facade and intimate sanctuary once reserved for the Brotherhood of Black Penitents.

Constructed in 1924 using porous sea tuff, the Palace of Justice in Monaco stands beside the cathedral with an elegant curved facade and sweeping twin staircases that house the principality's legal courts.

Monaco Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

Name: Monaco Scavenger Hunt & Self-Guided Tour
Brand: World City Trail
SKU: 80
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Rated 4.27 out of 5 based on 15 customer ratings

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Explore the city at your own pace with a self-guided experience.
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Everything you need for a flexible self-guided city experience

Explore the city at your own pace

✔ Discover hidden gems & highlights
✔ Enjoy a flexible self-guided experience
✔ Explore freely with no schedule
✔ Perfect for couples, students, companies, friends & families

How your city experience works

✔ Instant ticket purchase
✔ Easy access via the World City Trail app
✔ Quick setup with your booking details
✔ Start anytime and explore freely
✔ Pause and resume anytime

Why travelers choose this tour

✔ Instant access after purchase
✔ Optional AI voice narration — listen instead of read
✔ Discover top attractions & food spots
✔ Customize your route anytime

Princes, monks and a museum on a cliff: Monaco's Rock as a game

The Monaco scavenger hunt is a self-guided city game you play on your phone: you explore the old town on the Rock, solve a riddle at each landmark by looking closely at what is in front of you, and unlock the stories and legends behind it. On the Rock the 10 stops sit close together, so the 2 km add up to only about 24 minutes on foot, and most of the roughly 2 hours goes on riddles, stories and the sea views, beginning whenever you open the game.

Highlights include the Prince's Palace of the Grimaldi family, the cathedral where Princess Grace is buried, the Saint-Martin Gardens above the sea and the Oceanographic Museum founded by Prince Albert I. Monaco-Ville is compact and its lanes are largely free of traffic, so short walks link palace, churches, gardens and views over the port.

Durationabout 2 hours
Walkingabout 24 min · 2 km
Stops10
LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch

A riddle trail across Monaco-Ville, from the palace square to the edge of the Rock

Two monks with swords, one coat of arms

The riddles hide in what the Rock shows you: the Grimaldi arms above the palace gate, the white stone of the cathedral, the bronze sailor among the pines of the Saint-Martin Gardens. Sharp eyes and a little reasoning crack each one, with no history lesson needed beforehand.

A fortress taken in disguise

Solve a riddle and a story opens: how François Grimaldi is said to have slipped into the Genoese fortress in 1297 dressed as a Franciscan monk, why Monaco has printed its own stamps since 1885, and who ran the Oceanographic Museum for three decades. The audio narration can read them to you between the lanes.

2 km over a small plateau

Walking takes about 24 minutes in total, from the palace square through the old town lanes to the cathedral, along the cliff gardens to the museum and back across the Rock to a lookout over Port Hercule. Google Maps points you to each stop, and the distances on the Rock are short.

Ice cream in the lanes, a bench above the sea

No clock runs against you: sit down in the shade of the Saint-Martin Gardens or stop for an ice cream in the lanes of Monaco-Ville, then pick the game up again that day or on another visit. The app also suggests local places to eat and shop along the way.

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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.

Day trippers from the Riviera, cruise guests, families and teams

A day trip from Nice or a cruise call

About 2 hours covers the palace, the cathedral of Princess Grace, the clifftop gardens and the Oceanographic Museum, which leaves time for Monte-Carlo or the port on the same day. The riddles give the Rock a thread to follow instead of a crowd to follow.

Children who spot guards and statues

Young players watch for the Carabiniers at the palace gate, the girl sitting on her chair in a lane and Prince Albert I dressed as a sailor among the trees. With an adult in every team and only 24 minutes of walking, it is a manageable outing for families.

Colleagues on a Riviera incentive

Teams of up to 5 play side by side, each player on their own phone, and several teams can start at the palace square a few minutes apart. The panoramic terrace at the end gives everyone the same view of the yachts to regroup around, with nothing to reserve but the tickets.

Good to know

Bring a charged smartphone with mobile data; a power bank helps.
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.

The route: from the Prince's Palace through Monaco-Ville to a view over Port Hercule

10 stops · about 24 min walking · start: Prince's Palace of Monaco · finish: Panoramic view of Monaco

The hunt starts at the Prince's Palace and leads through the lanes of the old town past the Girl on a Chair sculpture to the Palace of Justice and Saint Nicholas Cathedral. You continue to the Chapel of Mercy and the post office, walk through the Saint-Martin Gardens to the Oceanographic Museum, then cross the Rock to the Chapel of the Visitation and finish at a panoramic view of Monaco. Every answer is found on a façade, a statue or a terrace above the sea, so the palace and the museum never ask you for a ticket, and if you come up from the port by the museum side, the app lets you open with the Oceanographic Museum and reorder the rest.

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1Prince's Palace of MonacoStart
The official residence of the Prince of Monaco stands on the Rock, where the Genoese built a fortress in 1191. In 1297 François Grimaldi is said to have captured it disguised as a Franciscan monk, which is why two monks holding swords appear on the Grimaldi coat of arms. The Prince's Carabiniers guard the entrance.
2Girl on a Chair sculpture
In the lanes of the old town you meet a sculpture of a girl sitting on a chair. It is one of the many works of public art that Monaco has placed in its streets and gardens, and its everyday pose makes a playful contrast with the palaces and churches around it.
3Palace of Justice
Monaco's law courts sit in this stone building on Rue Colonel Bellando de Castro, in the old town on the Rock. It was built in the early 20th century, and its solemn façade of dressed stone suits its role as the seat of justice of the Principality.
4Saint Nicholas Cathedral
Monaco Cathedral, officially dedicated to Our Lady Immaculate, was begun in 1875 in white stone from La Turbie on the site of a 13th-century church of Saint Nicholas, which still gives it its popular name. Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace, who married here in 1956, are buried inside.
5Chapel of Mercy
The Chapelle de la Miséricorde was built in the 17th century for the Brotherhood of the Black Penitents, a lay confraternity devoted to charity. It keeps a wooden statue of the dead Christ attributed to the Monaco-born sculptor François-Joseph Bosio, which is carried through the old town in the Good Friday procession.
6Post Office
The small post office of the old town is a reminder that Monaco, one of the smallest countries in the world, issues its own postage stamps, as it has done since 1885. Monegasque stamps, often showing the princely family and events in the Principality, are prized by collectors.
7Saint-Martin Gardens
These shady gardens cling to the cliffs on the seaward side of the Rock, with paths winding between pines, agaves and other Mediterranean plants. A bronze statue shows Prince Albert I, the seafaring prince who founded the Oceanographic Museum, dressed as a sailor.
8Oceanographic Museum
Prince Albert I, a pioneer of ocean science, founded this museum, which opened in 1910 in a monumental building rising straight out of the cliff above the sea. Its façade drops about 85 metres to the water, and Jacques-Yves Cousteau was its director from 1957 to 1988.
9Chapel of the Visitation
This small chapel on Place de la Visitation, a quiet square on the Rock, dates from the 17th century. Its name refers to the Visitation, the visit of the Virgin Mary to her cousin Elizabeth, and its baroque façade shows the style that reached Monaco from nearby Italy.
10Panoramic view of MonacoFinish
From the edge of the Rock you look down over Port Hercule, lined with yachts, and across to the buildings of Monte-Carlo climbing the hillside. The view shows how densely this small state, squeezed between the mountains and the sea, has been built.

15 reviews for Monaco Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

Rated 4 out of 5

United States – 15/08/2024

Collected on GetYourGuide
Rated 4 out of 5

Switzerland – 22/07/2024

Collected on GetYourGuide
Genauer Beschreibung des gewünschten Rätsels, zum Teil sind die Bezeichnungen oder Erklärung nicht immer ganz verständlich.
Rated 5 out of 5

Sandrine– France – 16/07/2024

Collected on GetYourGuide
Très sympa : parcours complet de la vieille ville avec explications historiques concises et claires. Cette formule permet de s’arrêter pour faire des visites (palais…), prendre son temps pour boire un verre… seul petit bémol sur un site erreur de guidage sur une question (musée historique au lieu du palais de justice). Très bonne expérience et belle balade !
Rated 4 out of 5

Netherlands – 13/06/2024

Collected on GetYourGuide
Erg leuk om de stad op deze manier te ontdekken. Je komt soms net even op wat andere plekjes dan dat je zelf de stad hadden bezichtigd. Voor ons gevoel hebben we alle grote attracties van Monaco gezien met deze speurtocht/stadswandeling.
Rated 5 out of 5

Finland – 30/03/2024

Collected on GetYourGuide
We had fun and the route was well-planned. The riddles were hard enough so the kids and us had to actually stop and think with s couple of them. This was the only way we saw all the old town sites with the kids (13 and 10) also wanting to finish the tour.
Rated 5 out of 5

France – 29/02/2024

Collected on GetYourGuide
Super activité pour découvrir Monaco en famille et à son rythme, je recommande sans hésitation. (Possibilité de se connecter au wifi de Monaco pour éviter les déconnexions)
Rated 4 out of 5

Koï– France – 18/08/2023

Collected on GetYourGuide
Très bonne matinée passé à Monaco grâce à l escape game qui nous a permis de visiter les sites important. Attention au réseau internet de Monaco qui ne permet pas de capter le réseau, nous n avons pas pu finir le jeu, dommage.
Rated 4 out of 5

Germany – 29/07/2023

Collected on GetYourGuide
Leuke speurtocht, wel alleen door het oude centrum. Dus aansluitend hebben we nog wel meer dingen bezocht, zoals Monte Carlo.
Rated 5 out of 5

Greece – 05/03/2023

Collected on GetYourGuide
An awesome and affordable way to discover Monaco!
Rated 5 out of 5

Switzerland – 01/03/2023

Collected on GetYourGuide
Very fun activity to explore the city in a different way. The app worked perfectly!
Rated 3 out of 5

Belgium – 14/11/2022

Collected on GetYourGuide
Google maps was toch niet zo interessant om de juiste locaties te vinden
Rated 5 out of 5

Netherlands – 11/09/2022

Collected on GetYourGuide
Op deze manier maak er er een mooie zoektocht/wandeling van.
Rated 4 out of 5

Netherlands – 04/08/2022

Collected on GetYourGuide
Simpele activiteit die je naar een aantal mooie gebouwen in het oude Monaco leidt. Kwaliteit-prijs verhouding was wat ons betreft onvoldoende. Er worden wat willekeurige feiten over Monaco gegeven, maar geen uitleg over de gebouwen die deel uit maken van de opdracht. Dat vonden we jammer. De opdrachten waren leuk. We waren er wel snel mee klaar.
Rated 3 out of 5

Germany – 11/07/2022

Collected on GetYourGuide
Ein bisschen mehr Geschichte und dazu passende Fragen, anstatt Bildfehlerrätsel
Rated 4 out of 5

Germany – 17/06/2022

Collected on GetYourGuide
Macht wirklich Spaß, die Schwere und Qualität der Rätsel ist sehr unterschiedlich. In Monaco (ohne EU Datenroaming) entstehen Kosten durch die Nutzung des mobilen Internets.

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Frequently asked questions

How much of the 2 hours do we spend walking on the Rock?

Very little: the game takes about 2 hours, but only some 24 minutes of that is walking, over 2 km and 10 stops on the plateau of Monaco-Ville. The rest belongs to the riddles, the stories and the views over the sea, and you can pause whenever you like.

Where on the Rock does the Monaco hunt begin and end?

The first riddle is set on the palace square, where the Carabiniers keep watch, and the last at a lookout on the rim of the Rock, with the yachts of Port Hercule below and Monte-Carlo rising on the far side of the harbour. If you reach the old town from the museum side, the app can start you at another stop instead.

Do we need to meet a guide or book a start time?

There is neither, so nobody waits for you at the palace gate and no slot has to be kept. Each player books online, the booking reference arrives by email, and once it is entered in the World City Trail app you choose the day and the hour, which suits a trip timed around trains from Nice or a ship's schedule. Everyone in the team follows the game on their own phone.

Are the palace, the cathedral or the Oceanographic Museum included?

Your hunt ticket is all the game asks for, because each riddle is read from a façade, a statue or a garden path. Visiting the State Apartments of the Prince's Palace or the Oceanographic Museum is a separate paid visit you can add, while the cathedral, the gardens and the lanes of the old town are open to walk through.

Will children enjoy a morning of riddles on Monaco's Rock?

Most do, as long as an adult plays in every team: they tend to like the guards in front of the palace, the sculpture of a girl on a chair, the bronze prince in sailor's clothes and the museum walls that drop some 85 metres to the water. Wheelchairs cannot manage the route, and the ramps climbing from the port to Monaco-Ville are tiring with a pushchair.

Can our group play the Monaco hunt in French or German?

Both are available, alongside English, Italian, Spanish and Dutch, which makes six versions of the Monaco game. The choice is personal and made in the World City Trail app before the palace riddle, so a Belgian couple could play in Dutch and French on the same walk.

Can a company group split into several teams on the Rock?

Yes. Book one ticket per person, form teams of up to five and send them off from the palace square at short intervals, then meet again at the viewpoint above the port. The lanes, gardens and terraces of the Rock are all public ground, so no room has to be booked for the event.

What should we bring for a game on the Rock of Monaco?

Bring a charged phone with mobile data for each player, a power bank if you have one, and shoes that cope with the climb from the port to the old town. On sunny days sunscreen, a hat and water help, as some of the squares and terraces offer little shade.

Monaco's opening riddle is on the palace square

Before you head up to the Rock, order one ticket per player online, and the booking reference lands in your inbox. Then pick your day, climb up to Monaco-Ville and open the first riddle on the palace square.

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