What is the Rimini outdoor escape game?
The Rimini outdoor escape game is a puzzle trail you follow on your smartphone through the town: at each of the 10 sites a puzzle waits, and you solve it by studying your surroundings and reasoning it through. Plan on about 2 hours, with 30 minutes of walking over 2.8 km, and start on a day that suits you.
The puzzles rest on Roman and Renaissance layers that lie close together: the Arch of Augustus, the Tempio Malatestiano and the Domus del Chirurgo are within easy reach of one another, and the Tiberius Bridge leads to the murals of Borgo San Giuliano. Each puzzle stands alone with no storyline behind it, and up to three hint levels are there if a riddle stumps you.
- Durationabout 2 hours
- Walkingabout 30 min · 2.8 km
- Stops10
- LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
What you do on the escape game
Decode
Work out each puzzle from the stonework, the inscriptions and the details around you. No prior knowledge is needed.
Look closer
Ornaments, medallions and old brickwork hold the clues, and sometimes the smallest detail decides the answer.
Walk
Google Maps moves you from site to site: about 30 minutes on foot covering 2.8 km.
Stay relaxed
No clock counts down. Ask for a hint when you need one, sit on a step 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
Each site gives the group a fresh problem to chew over, and nobody has to know the history beforehand.
Couples
Puzzling over a riddle together makes a relaxed afternoon, with no clock running in the background.
Team building
Teams of up to 5 use their own phones, so colleagues can share out the puzzles or tackle each one 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 Arch of Augustus to the Madonna della Scala
10 stops · about 30 min walking · start: Arch of Augustus · finish: Madonna della Scala
The first puzzle waits at the Arch of Augustus and the last at the Madonna della Scala, with eight sites in between: the Tempio Malatestiano, Piazza Tre Martiri, Castel Sismondo, the Teatro Amintore Galli, the Domus del Chirurgo, the City Museum, the Tiberius Bridge and the murals of Borgo San Giuliano. Start in daylight if you can, because rain and wind slow outdoor play. Google Maps guides you between sites, the app lets you reorder them, and the puzzles need no entry tickets.
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1Arch of AugustusStart
The Roman Senate erected this gate in 27 BC in honour of Emperor Augustus, where the Via Flaminia from Rome reached Rimini. It is one of the oldest surviving Roman arches. Look for the medallions with the heads of gods on both sides and the battlements added on top in the Middle Ages.
2Tempio Malatestiano
Around 1450 Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, lord of Rimini, had Leon Battista Alberti wrap the Gothic church of San Francesco in a new marble shell inspired by Roman arches. The façade was never finished, and the building is now Rimini's cathedral. Look for the intertwined letters S and I, for Sigismondo and Isotta degli Atti.
3Piazza Tre Martiri
This square stands on the site of the Roman forum and is named after three young partisans hanged here in August 1944. According to tradition, a stone base marks the spot where Julius Caesar spoke to his troops after crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC. The small octagonal temple recalls a miracle of St Anthony of Padua.
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4Castel Sismondo
Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta began this fortress in 1437 as his residence and stronghold, and Filippo Brunelleschi is said to have advised on its design. Only the central core survives, with its thick sloping walls and square towers, while the moat and outer walls disappeared over the centuries.
5Teatro Amintore Galli
Rimini's theatre on Piazza Cavour was designed by Luigi Poletti and opened in 1857 with the first performance of Giuseppe Verdi's opera Aroldo. Bombs in the Second World War left it a ruin for decades, and it reopened in 2018 after a long reconstruction. It is named after the composer Amintore Galli.
6Domus del Chirurgo
In 1989 works in Piazza Ferrari uncovered this Roman house, destroyed by fire in the 3rd century AD. It belonged to a doctor, and more than 150 surgical and medical instruments were found inside, one of the largest such sets known from the Roman world. A modern glass structure now protects its mosaic floors.
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7City Museum
The Museo della Città fills a large 18th-century former Jesuit college right next to the Domus del Chirurgo. Its collections run from prehistoric and Roman finds to medieval and Renaissance art, and they include the instruments found in the surgeon's house next door.
8Ponte di Tiberio
Begun under Augustus in 14 AD and completed under Tiberius in 21 AD, this bridge of Istrian stone still stands on its five arches over the old bed of the Marecchia. It marked the start of the Via Aemilia towards Piacenza. Legend says the devil helped to build it, and people point out his footprints on the stone.
9Murals of Borgo San Giuliano
Borgo San Giuliano, the old fishermen's quarter just across the Tiberius Bridge, is known for its colourful houses and painted walls. Many of the murals honour the film director Federico Fellini, who was born in Rimini in 1920, and show characters and scenes from his films.
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10Madonna della ScalaFinish
This small place of Marian devotion, dedicated to the Madonna della Scala, lies at the end of the route near Borgo San Giuliano. Sacred images and little shrines like this one are part of everyday life in Italian neighbourhoods, and local people still look after them with flowers and candles.
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