La Rochelle Self-Guided City Exploration Game: Lost Treasure

Explore La Rochelle with a self-guided city game in the Questo app, following flexible clues past waterfront landmarks at your own pace.

Getting started

Download the Questo app using the provided link and unlock your self-guided city game before you set out. With your smartphone charged to at least 50% and a mobile internet connection, head to the starting point indicated in the app. When you are ready, press start in the app to begin solving clues around La Rochelle on foot.

What to expect

Tour de l’Horloge

The city game leads you to Tour de l’Horloge, one of La Rochelle’s key historical landmarks. You arrive here by following in-app directions and solving clues that gradually reveal the tower’s role in the city.

Features

• Follow the self-guided city game in the Questo app to reach Tour de l’Horloge, using on-screen instructions instead of a physical tour guide.
• Unlock story snippets and tasks that highlight Tour de l’Horloge as a gateway between the port and the old town, while you move entirely at your own pace.
• Use the game’s full flexibility to start anytime, pause your progress if you want to explore nearby streets, and resume when you are ready.

Saint Saviour Church

Your route continues to Saint Saviour Church, another highlighted stop in the city game. Clues guide you through surrounding streets so you arrive with context about the building and its past.

Features

• Let the Questo app direct you step by step to Saint Saviour Church, where in-game prompts invite you to observe details of the church and its setting.
• Engage with challenges that reference La Rochelle’s history, including its controversial role in slavery, as part of the storyline you follow around this area.
• Benefit from booking available 24/7, so you can schedule your visit to Saint Saviour Church at a time of day that suits you.

Quays and port area

The game then takes you along the quays, encouraging you to slow down by the water. As you walk, the app nudges you to imagine boat rides and notice views across the harbor.

Features

• Stroll the quays following the app’s route, with clues that prompt you to daydream about boat rides while you look over the water and the boats in the port.
• Use the city game’s approximate 2-hour structure as a reference, knowing there is no time limit, so you can extend your walk, take breaks, or explore side streets.
• Enjoy the fact that the experience is free for kids, making this section of the walk an easy addition to a family outing by the harbor.

Red Lighthouse

One of your final key locations is the Red Lighthouse in the port. The Questo app points you toward this harbor marker and frames it as part of the narrative that ties your previous stops together.

Features

• Navigate with the self-guided city game in the Questo app to reach the Red Lighthouse, where you complete more tasks tied to the port and its maritime setting.
• Observe the Red Lighthouse from different angles around the port as the game asks you to match details or answer questions based on what you see.
• Take advantage of full flexibility to pause here for photos or a rest, then resume the adventure in the app without losing your progress.

Wrapping up

Once you have completed the final tasks in the app, the city game ends in La Rochelle’s central area, leaving you free to continue exploring nearby streets or the waterfront on your own. Since booking is available 24/7, you can always choose another time or day to replay sections or let different members of your group lead the way.