Munich Hidden Gems Self-Guided City Exploration Game

Explore Munich's historic center through a self-guided city exploration game on the Questo app, available 24/7 with flexible pacing.

Getting started

Download the Questo app in advance, create your account using the same email as your purchase, and ensure your smartphone has at least 50% battery and an internet connection. On the day, open the app to access the city exploration game and start the route whenever you like. You can head out from a location of your choice in Munich's historic center and follow the on-screen directions.

What to expect

Bavarian State Library

This experience takes you to the Bavarian State Library area, an important institution in Munich's cultural landscape and one of the key stops on your route. The surroundings set the scene for both the story-based puzzles and the historical layer of the game.

Features

• During this stage, the Questo app reveals historical facts and local legends linked to the Bavarian State Library and nearby streets, helping you see this part of Munich as more than just a backdrop.
• Interactive, story-based puzzles to save Anna appear on your screen, and solving them unlocks the next chapter of the city exploration game via the Questo app.
• Thanks to the self-guided, open-air exploration format that avoids crowds, you move at your own pace, pause for a break, then resume the route right where you left off.

Munich City Museum

The route continues around the Munich City Museum, in the historic center, where the storyline and clues use the city fabric as your playing field. This stop ties the game more closely to Munich's past.

Features

• As you play near the Munich City Museum, the app shares more historical facts and local legends that connect the museum's surroundings with the wider story of Munich.
• New story-based puzzles to save Anna appear here, each one linked to details in the streetscape, so you need to observe your environment carefully to progress.
• Your access to the city exploration game via the Questo app remains active 24/7, every day of the year, so you can choose a quiet time that suits you.

King Ludwig I monument

Another highlight on your city route is the King Ludwig I monument, where the narrative focuses on this figure from Bavarian history. The monument area becomes a key setting in your mission to rescue Anna from the malicious AI.

Features

• Around the King Ludwig I monument, the Questo app prompts you with location-based challenges that reveal more historical facts and local legends tied to Bavaria's royal past.
• Solving the puzzles at this stop advances the central storyline about saving Anna, blending the monument's real-world setting with the in-app narrative.
• Throughout the route, 24/7 customer support is available if you run into any issues with the city exploration game, app access, or progression.

Hidden gems in Munich's historic center

Across all stops, you navigate through Munich's historic center, using your phone as both map and game console. The city itself becomes the board for your adventure.

Features

• As you explore, the app highlights hidden gems tucked between well-known sights, so you discover corners of Munich that are easy to miss on a standard walk.
• The experience is designed as a self-guided, open-air exploration that avoids crowds, giving you control over the pace, direction, and timing of each segment of your route.
• With 24/7 availability and daily year-round access, you can start, pause, and resume anytime, fitting the city exploration game around your schedule and energy level.