What is the Rhodes outdoor escape game?
The Rhodes outdoor escape game is an escape room played inside a real fortress town: the puzzles are built into the Old Town's gates, walls and façades, and you solve each one on your phone through observation and plain logic. Set aside about 2 hours, 45 minutes of which is walking the 2 km between the 10 stops, and begin whenever the day suits you.
Puzzles are set at the d'Amboise Gate and its stone bridge, at the Palace of the Grand Master, on the cobbles of the Street of the Knights, at the Gothic Hospital of the Knights that now holds the Archaeological Museum, on Hippocrates Square beside the Castellania, and at the Ibrahim Pasha and Suleiman mosques. No puzzle depends on another, so there is no plot to keep hold of, and hints come in three levels. Within the walls almost everything is closed to traffic, and a few hundred metres take you from the Order's fortress to Ottoman minarets.
- Durationabout 2 hours
- Walkingabout 45 min · 2 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Greek
What you do on the escape game
Solve
One puzzle at each attraction, opened with observation and logic. No prior knowledge of the island is needed.
Read the walls
Clues sit in coats of arms, gateway arches, minarets, inscriptions and the worn cobbles under your feet.
Walk the Old Town
Google Maps links the stops: 45 minutes on foot over 2 km, almost all of it inside the walls.
No countdown
Nothing is ticking. Take a hint, drink something cold in the shade and continue 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
Every gate and square gives the group something to argue about, and nobody needs to know Rhodes beforehand.
Couples
Two kilometres of lanes and a shared puzzle at every stop, at whatever pace the two of you choose.
Team building
Teams of up to 5 play on their own phones, which is practical for colleagues on a short visit.
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 d'Amboise Gate to the Clock Tower
10 stops · about 45 min walking · start: D'Amboise Gate · finish: Clock Tower
The d'Amboise Gate opens the game, and beyond Saint Anthony's Gate the route reaches the Palace of the Grand Master and runs down the Street of the Knights to the Archaeological Museum in the old Hospital. In the lower town come Hippocrates Square and the Square of the Jewish Martyrs, which stands in memory of the Jews of Rhodes deported in 1944, then the Ibrahim Pasha Mosque, before the climb to the Mosque of Suleiman and the final puzzle at the Clock Tower. Daylight is the better choice, since every answer is read off the buildings and rain or strong sun slows the walk. The app lets you start elsewhere and change the order, and the puzzles need no entry tickets.
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1D'Amboise GateStart
This gate in the north-west of the walls was built in 1512 under Grand Master Emery d'Amboise, and his coat of arms is set above the entrance. You cross the wide dry moat on a stone bridge and follow a bending passage, designed to slow down attackers, towards the Palace of the Grand Master.
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2Saint Anthony's Gate
Saint Anthony's Gate is the inner gate on the way from the d'Amboise Gate to the Palace of the Grand Master. It belongs to the layered defences the Knights of St John built on the landward side, where attackers who broke through the outer gate still faced walls, a narrow passage and another gate.
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3Palace of the Grand Master
The Knights of St John built this fortress-palace in the 14th century as the seat of their Grand Master. It was badly damaged by a gunpowder explosion in 1856, and the Italian authorities rebuilt it in the late 1930s, so its medieval look is largely a reconstruction.
4Street of the Knights
This straight cobbled street, about 200 metres long, runs from the Palace down towards the harbour along the line of an ancient road. Here stood the inns of the Order's national groups, the Tongues, and you can still spot coats of arms on façades such as the Inn of France.
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5Archaeological Museum
The museum is housed in the Hospital of the Knights, a large Gothic building of the 15th century with an arcaded courtyard where the Order cared for sick pilgrims. Its best-known exhibit is a Hellenistic marble statue of Aphrodite kneeling as she bathes.
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6Hippocrates Square
Hippocrates Square, at the lower end of Sokratous Street, is one of the busiest meeting points in the Old Town. On one side stands the Castellania, built by the Knights in the early 16th century as a commercial court and exchange, with an outside staircase leading to its upper floor.
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7Square of the Jewish Martyrs
This square lies in the old Jewish quarter, La Juderia, and is named in memory of the Jews of Rhodes deported by the Nazis in 1944, most of whom died in Auschwitz. A memorial stands at one corner, and in the middle of the square a fountain is decorated with bronze seahorses.
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8Ibrahim Pasha Mosque
This mosque dates from the 16th century, soon after the Ottomans took Rhodes in 1522, and is named after Ibrahim Pasha, grand vizier of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent. It is one of the oldest mosques in the town, and its slim minaret rises above the surrounding houses.
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9Mosque of Suleiman
The pink-plastered mosque at the top of Sokratous Street is named after Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, who took Rhodes from the Knights in 1522. The present building dates from the early 19th century, and its minaret is a landmark of the Old Town skyline.
10Clock TowerFinish
The Clock Tower, or Roloi, was built in the mid-19th century during Ottoman rule on the site of an older tower of the fortifications. It stands on one of the highest points of the Old Town, close to the Mosque of Suleiman, and its clock rises above the rooftops.
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Nikita (verified owner) –
Might be good if you had kids to keep them engaged, but too expensive for what it was – should be €5-10 maximum
Germany –
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Wir haben Sehenswürdigkeiten gesehen, die hätten wir sonst gar nich wahr genommen
Germany –
Collected on GetYourGuide
Meinem Sohn 13 Jahre hat es gut gefallen. Teilweise waren die Rätsel aber nicht für ihn lösbar ohne Hilfe. Man sollte auf jedenfall Zeit und Ruhe mitbringen. Dann gibt es einiges zu entdecken und auch zu lernen.
Thomas– Austria –
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Mit Spaß die schöne Stadt erkunden 👏🏻👌
Taylor– United Kingdom –
Collected on GetYourGuide
Bit boring to be honest, some of the answers are given to you on your screen rather than finding the answer at the destination. Worth £2 at most
United Kingdom –
Collected on GetYourGuide
Very intresting 👌
Austria –
Collected on GetYourGuide
The activity was really cool and you get to know some facts about the old town. The walking distance was also really good to achieve by foot. The riddles are sometimes a little bit tricky to solve, especially without any tips.
Germany –
Collected on GetYourGuide
An sich ganz gut, schöne Tour durch die Stadt, nur manchmal war das Rätsel sehr weit weg und man wusste nicht wie man es lösen kann. Die Anweisungen in der App waren sehr oberflächlich.
Agata– Poland –
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Świetny i niedrogi pomysł na zwiedzanie zwlaszcza z dziećmi czy młodzieżą. Zagadki dodają smaku, są całkiem ciekawe. Podczas naszej gry jedna zagadka z dziesieciu była chyba nizaktualizowana.
Christophe– Belgium –
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Très bon expérience pour découvrir la ville
Nathanael– United Kingdom –
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Well worth doing, great walking and good puzzles
Colo– Switzerland –
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Es war mega cool! Der Guide war sehr freundlich, entspannt und ging gut auf uns ein.