Zaragoza scavenger hunt
The Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Zaragoza is a magnificent Baroque landmark rising beside the Ebro River, renowned for its grand domes, soaring towers, richly decorated interior, and deep religious significance.
The Plaza de Toros de La Misericordia in Zaragoza is a historic bullring distinguished by its circular design, elegant arcades, and centuries-old connection to the city’s cultural traditions.
The Mercado Central is a historic landmark in Zaragoza that showcases impressive Art Nouveau architecture while serving as a vibrant hub for local fresh produce.
The Aljafería Palace is a breathtaking 11th-century fortified Islamic palace that stands as one of the finest examples of Hispano-Muslim architecture in northern Spain.
The Cathedral of the Savior is a stunning UNESCO World Heritage site in Zaragoza renowned for its unique fusion of Mudéjar, Gothic, and Baroque architecture.
Zaragoza scavenger hunt
The Basílica de Nuestra Señora del Pilar in Zaragoza is a magnificent Baroque landmark rising beside the Ebro River, renowned for its grand domes, soaring towers, richly decorated interior, and deep religious significance.
The Plaza de Toros de La Misericordia in Zaragoza is a historic bullring distinguished by its circular design, elegant arcades, and centuries-old connection to the city’s cultural traditions.
The Mercado Central is a historic landmark in Zaragoza that showcases impressive Art Nouveau architecture while serving as a vibrant hub for local fresh produce.
The Aljafería Palace is a breathtaking 11th-century fortified Islamic palace that stands as one of the finest examples of Hispano-Muslim architecture in northern Spain.
The Cathedral of the Savior is a stunning UNESCO World Heritage site in Zaragoza renowned for its unique fusion of Mudéjar, Gothic, and Baroque architecture.

Zaragoza Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

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Your own guide to Zaragoza on your phone: hand-picked places, each with why to go, what to order and a practical tip.

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Explore the city at your own pace

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Two thousand years of Zaragoza, read from its walls, bridges and squares

The Zaragoza scavenger hunt is a self-guided city game you play on your phone: you walk from landmark to landmark, solve a riddle at each one by looking closely at what is in front of you, and unlock the stories and legends behind it. Allow about 3 hours: the 3.8 km between the palace and the final square take only some 48 minutes on foot, spread over 10 stops, and the riddles, stories and pauses fill the rest.

Highlights include the Aljafería Palace of the city's Islamic rulers, the Roman walls of Caesaraugusta, the tiled domes of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, the Puente de Piedra over the Ebro, La Seo cathedral and the Goya Museum. The old town is flat and compact, so one walk links two thousand years of history, from Roman stones to Mudéjar brickwork and Baroque squares.

  • Durationabout 3 hours
  • Walkingabout 48 min · 3.8 km
  • Stops10
  • LanguagesEnglish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch

How the game plays out between the Aljafería and the Ebro

Arches, lions and a missing tower

Every one of the 10 stops holds a riddle you crack with your eyes: the round towers of the Roman wall, the bronze lions on their columns at the Puente de Piedra, the outline of a vanished tower set into the paving of Plaza San Felipe. Nothing needs to be learned beforehand, and no Spanish is required.

Emperors, apparitions and a beheaded judge

Correct answers unlock the stories behind each place: how the Roman colony of Caesaraugusta gave Zaragoza its name, the tradition of the Virgin Mary appearing to the apostle James on a jasper pillar, and why Philip II had the Justicia Juan de Lanuza executed in 1591. The audio narration can read every one of them aloud as you go.

3.8 km from Islamic palace to Renaissance square

About 48 minutes of walking takes you from the walled Aljafería east to the market, along the Ebro and into the lanes of the old town. The longest stretch comes first, after which the stops sit close together, with Google Maps pointing the way.

A market break, a riverside pause

Nobody is timing you, so step into the iron-and-glass Mercado Central for a bite of Aragonese ham or cheese, or rest by the river with the basilica's domes in view. You can also stop altogether and finish the game another day.

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How it works

  1. Book online Choose the number of players. Your booking reference arrives by email straight away.
  2. Get the app Download the World City Trail app from the App Store or Google Play and enter your booking reference.
  3. Play when you like Start whenever you are ready, walk at your own pace and pause any time. No guide, no fixed schedule.

Weekend visitors, families and colleagues in Aragon's capital

A first day in Zaragoza

Whether you have come for a weekend or stepped off the train for a day, about 3 hours give you the Aljafería, the Roman walls, the Pillar, La Seo and the Goya Museum. The riddles make you stop and look closely, so the city's Roman, Islamic and Baroque layers fall into place.

Kids who like lions and bronze figures

Children enjoy finding the lions guarding both ends of the Stone Bridge, the Emperor Augustus standing in bronze beside the Roman wall and the bronze boy in Plaza San Felipe gazing up at a tower that is no longer there. Every team includes a grown-up, and once you reach the old town, the next stop is never more than a short stroll away.

Company outings and clubs

Teams of up to 5 players, each following the game on their own phone, can leave the Aljafería a few minutes apart and gather again at Plaza San Felipe. Since the route runs through public streets and squares, a ticket per person is all the organising it needs.

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.

Route through Zaragoza: from the Aljafería past the Pillar and La Seo to Plaza San Felipe

10 stops · about 48 min walking · start: Aljafería Palace · finish: Plaza San Felipe

The hunt starts at the Aljafería Palace west of the centre and passes the bullring of La Misericordia on the way to the Mercado Central and the Roman walls. Along the Ebro you reach the Basilica of the Pillar and the Puente de Piedra, then La Seo cathedral. Through the lanes of the old town you continue to the Goya Museum and Plaza del Justicia and finish at Plaza San Felipe. The palace, the basilica and the cathedral all give up their clues from the outside, so nobody in the team needs an entry ticket, and if you are staying by the Pillar rather than out at the Aljafería, the app will open the game there and rearrange the remaining stops.

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  1. Aljafería Palace

    1Aljafería PalaceStart

    This fortified palace was built in the 11th century for the Muslim Banu Hud rulers of Zaragoza, and after the Christian conquest of 1118 it became a residence of the kings of Aragon. Behind its sturdy walls and towers, among them the Troubadour Tower, lie delicate interlaced Islamic arches. Today it also houses the Cortes de Aragón, the regional parliament.

  2. Plaza de Toros de La Misericordia

    2Plaza de Toros de La Misericordia

    Opened in 1764, this is one of the oldest bullrings in Spain. It was built on the initiative of Ramón de Pignatelli so that its income would support the Casa de Misericordia, a charity hospice, which gave the arena its name. Today a modern roof covers the ring.

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  3. Mercado Central

    3Mercado Central

    Zaragoza's central market opened in 1903 in a modernist building of iron and glass designed by Félix Navarro. It stands on the site of the city's old market square, right next to the Roman walls. Inside, stalls sell Aragonese produce such as ham, cheese and fresh vegetables.

  4. Roman Walls

    4Roman Walls

    Zaragoza began as the Roman colony of Caesaraugusta, founded under Emperor Augustus, and the city's name comes from it. This stretch of the Roman wall, with its massive round towers, is one of the main surviving sections. Beside it stands a bronze statue of Augustus, a copy of the famous Augustus of Prima Porta.

  5. Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar

    5Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar

    According to tradition, the Virgin Mary appeared here in AD 40 to the apostle James, standing on a pillar of jasper by the river Ebro. The Baroque basilica that honours her was begun in 1681, and its four towers and tiled domes rise above the riverside. Francisco de Goya painted one of its domes.

  6. Puente de Piedra

    6Puente de Piedra

    The Stone Bridge has crossed the Ebro since the 15th century, replacing earlier bridges on the same spot. Bronze lions, the symbol of Zaragoza, sit on tall columns at both ends. From the middle you get one of the classic views of the Basilica of the Pillar reflected in the river.

  7. Cathedral of the Saviour (La Seo)

    7Cathedral of the Saviour (La Seo)

    Zaragoza's cathedral, known as La Seo, stands where the Roman forum and later the city's main mosque once stood. Its walls combine Romanesque, Gothic, Mudéjar and Baroque styles. Look for the outer wall of the Parroquieta chapel, covered in Mudéjar brickwork and green and white ceramics and part of the UNESCO-listed Mudéjar architecture of Aragon.

  8. Goya Museum

    8Goya Museum

    Francisco de Goya was born in 1746 in Fuendetodos, a village near Zaragoza, and trained as a painter in the city. This museum, set in a 16th-century Renaissance palace, shows paintings by Goya together with his famous series of prints, such as Los Caprichos and The Disasters of War.

  9. Plaza del Justicia

    9Plaza del Justicia

    The square is named after the Justicia de Aragón, a medieval high judge whose task was to protect the laws and liberties of Aragon, even against the king. In 1591 the Justicia Juan de Lanuza was beheaded in Zaragoza on the orders of Philip II. Look at the Baroque façade of the Church of Santa Isabel de Portugal, known locally as San Cayetano.

  10. Plaza San Felipe

    10Plaza San FelipeFinish

    This small square was home to the Torre Nueva, a leaning Mudéjar clock tower begun in 1504 and pulled down in the 1890s. Its outline is marked in the paving, and a bronze boy sits looking up at where it once stood. The Renaissance Argillo palace on the square houses the Pablo Gargallo Museum.

37 reviews for Zaragoza Scavenger Hunt and Self-Guided Tour

  1. Rated 5 out of 5

    Australia –

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  2. Rated 4 out of 5

    Francesco– Italy –

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    Super –

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    Super

  4. Rated 5 out of 5

    Italy –

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  5. Rated 5 out of 5

    Riccardo– Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Un giro turistico per la città e i più bei luoghi e posti scoprire, trovare e analizzare. Molto interessante e soprattutto molto utile!!!👍🏻

  6. Rated 4 out of 5

    Italy –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Attività molto carina e divertente. Ottima per conoscere la città, i principali luoghi di interesse storico-culturale e scoprire vietate carine dove mangiare e bere.

  7. Rated 5 out of 5

    Sabine Smit– Netherlands –

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    Je maakt op een ludieke en gezellige manier kennis van de stad!

  8. Rated 5 out of 5

    Lou– Australia –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    I recently did the Zaragoza scavenger hunt with my daughter, and we had an absolute blast! It was so much fun hunting for clues and learning about the city’s history along the way. If you’re short on time but still want to explore, this is a fantastic, portable way to see the sights.

  9. Rated 5 out of 5

    France –

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  10. Rated 4 out of 5

    Isabella– United States –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    We really enjoyed the self-paced style and the following clues and solving puzzles bit. If you are looking for a more cohesive narrative of the story of Zaragoza though and want more details, it might not be the right fit.

  11. Rated 5 out of 5

    Miriam– Italy –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Un modo alternativo e divertente per visitare la città! è stato bello passeggiare per le strade di Saragozza e scoprirne storia e curiosità. Durante le diverse tappe poi abbiamo approfittato per visitare anche all’interno alcuni edifici tappa del percorso, per poi tornare i giorni seguenti ad approfondire gli altri. Molto carini anche gli enigmi (poco chiaro solo quello su Goya)

  12. Rated 5 out of 5

    Pietro– Italy –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    ottima, un esperienza divertente e formativa

  13. Rated 5 out of 5

    Vigdis– Iceland –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Super fun, should be available in every city!

  14. Rated 5 out of 5

    Karoline– United Kingdom –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Great way go explore Zaragoza, with the potential to stop at any of the locations to go in and see more

  15. Rated 4 out of 5

    Philippines –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    I didnt get to finish as we had limited time in Zaragoza but the activity was fun. I would have appreciated if there were more info about the sites visited. Maybe you can add a link to other pages/websites about the specific location.

  16. Rated 4 out of 5

    Gerry– Belgium –

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    Leuk en handig. Op een chille manier door de stad

  17. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jazz– Australia –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Great! Would be a lot of fun with kids to get them all excited about the location – easy to use app i liked it!

  18. Rated 5 out of 5

    Karina– Spain –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Excelente guía. Muy explícita

  19. Rated 5 out of 5

    Spain –

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    Me ha gustado realizar la visita de esa manera, se la recomiendo

  20. Rated 5 out of 5

    Jekaterina– Lithuania –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Good game with a lot of information. I like it

  21. Rated 5 out of 5

    Slovenia –

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    Verry good.

  22. Rated 4 out of 5

    Spain –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Neat, well organized. And fun.

  23. Rated 5 out of 5

    Israel –

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    traveling

  24. Rated 5 out of 5

    Nancy– United States –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    A ton of fun! An informative and helpful guide to the main city attractions.

  25. Rated 5 out of 5

    sonia– France –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Une façon amusante de découvrir la ville en famille

  26. Rated 5 out of 5

    Michael– Belgium –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Super leuk voor het gezin

  27. Rated 4 out of 5

    mathias –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Good, informative tour and a fun way to discover the city and learn something about it. The game took us places that we might have missed otherwise. App works well enough, internet connection required of course. The riddles are of a varying degree of difficulty. Most of them are pretty easy but one or two took us a minute to solve. We (2 persons) bought 2 “tickets” but ended up doing it on one phone. I don’t think there’s an added value to paying for more than one if you’re a small group. Overall very good value for money, we liked it a lot!

  28. Rated 5 out of 5

    Patrick– Italy –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Uns hat die Tour sehr gut gefallen!

  29. Rated 4 out of 5

    Martina– Italy –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    l’attività è molto curiosa è bella, si potrebbe fare in modo da rendere i luoghi flessibili, senza dover per forza seguire un percorso.

  30. Rated 4 out of 5

    Angela– Germany –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Eine schöne Idee für eine kleine Sightseeing Tour. Auch wenn ich nicht alle Fragen beantworten konnte, hat es mir viel Spaß gemacht und war ein guter Start für meinen 1ten Tag in der Stadt. Es waren ca. 10 Stationen und ein guter Spaziergang mit allen wichtigen Sehenswürdigkeiten. Ich glaub ich hatte am Ende nur 63%, aber war trotzdem mit dem Ergebnis zufrieden. Schön wäre am Ende eine Zusammenfassung der Tour als Email oder Download, damit man sich alles nochmal in Ruhe durchlesen kann. Würde es in einer anderen Stadtauch wieder buchen.

  31. Rated 5 out of 5

    Tony– United Kingdom –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Our guide was a final year History student teacher who had a wealth of interesting facts and very good English.

  32. Rated 5 out of 5

    Pascal– France –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Découvrir Saragosse par ce biais est très amusant et instructif

  33. Rated 5 out of 5

    Laura Ferrari (verified owner) –

    Durante il nostro viaggio a Saragozza ho giocato al gioco dell’esplorazione, ho imparato così tante cose che ho letto e riletto! Gli enigmi erano intelligenti, perfetti.

  34. Rated 4 out of 5

    Grant– United Kingdom –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Some of the clues were challenging! However, you can skip a question if you get really stuck. A nice route and a great way to find out about the city and its history.

  35. Rated 4 out of 5

    United Kingdom –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    Great way of seeing the city. A real fun way to learn about the city and have fun at the same time. Our teenagers really liked it and didn’t realise how much of the city they had covered as they were so busy solving the clues. Great value for money!

  36. Rated 5 out of 5

    Walaa– United Arab Emirates –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    It was fun and cover all the touristic and historical places .

  37. Rated 5 out of 5

    Switzerland –

    Collected on GetYourGuide

    So much fun, such interesting sites included in the game, such a good way to get the historic knowledge of Zaragoza. Totally worth the experience!

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Frequently asked questions

Can we fit the riddles from the Aljafería to Plaza San Felipe into one morning?

Yes, at about 3 hours the game fits comfortably into a morning. Roughly 48 minutes of that is walking, covering 3.8 km and 10 stops from the Aljafería to Plaza San Felipe, and the rest belongs to riddles, stories and a look at the Ebro from the Stone Bridge.

Why does the game begin at the Aljafería and end in Plaza San Felipe?

The 11th-century palace of the Banu Hud rulers is the city's great Islamic monument, so the story starts there, west of the centre, and works east through Roman, medieval and Baroque Zaragoza to the little square where the leaning Torre Nueva once stood. Guests staying close to the Basilica of the Pillar can pick a different opening stop in the app.

Do we have to book a slot or wait for a guide outside the palace?

Neither, because the game has no guide and no set start. The booking reference arrives by email, you enter it in the World City Trail app, and from then on the day and the hour are up to you, even if your plans change at short notice. Every player holds a ticket and can follow the riddles about palaces, bridges and judges on their own phone.

Is entry to the Aljafería, La Seo or the Goya Museum included?

No, and the game does not need it, since every riddle is answered from the street or the square outside. Going inside the Aljafería, La Seo or the Goya Museum is a separate paid visit you can add before or after playing.

What will kids look for along the way?

Plenty, as long as an adult plays in their team: the bronze lions on tall columns at both ends of the Puente de Piedra, the statue of Augustus beside the Roman wall and the bronze boy staring up at the vanished Torre Nueva in Plaza San Felipe. Wheelchair users will find the route unsuitable, and anyone pushing a buggy should bear in mind that the first leg, out to the market, is the longest.

Can our group play in Spanish, Dutch or English?

All three work: Zaragoza's riddles come in six languages, namely English, German, French, Italian, Spanish and Dutch. At the Aljafería, before the opening riddle, everyone picks their own language in the World City Trail app, which lets a mixed group play together.

Can we run the hunt as a company outing with several teams?

Yes: buy one ticket per person, divide into teams of five at most and start them from the Aljafería at intervals, then meet up in Plaza San Felipe at the end. The game runs entirely through public streets, so no room or venue has to be hired.

What should we pack for Zaragoza's sun and wind?

A phone with full battery and mobile data does for each team; add a power bank and walking shoes for the 3.8 km between the Aljafería and the old centre. Summer afternoons are hot, so bring water and a hat, while in winter a windproof layer helps against the cierzo, the strong north-westerly wind the city is known for.

The first riddle waits at the walls of the Aljafería

Pick up a ticket online for every player and look out for the booking reference in your email, then choose your day, go to the Aljafería Palace west of the centre and start the first riddle in the app.

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