It was our first time participating in a self-guided tour like this, but it certainly won't be out last after how enjoyable this was in Lausanne!
About Activity
What's Included
Includes
- Free download of the Explorial App from your appstore (iOS or Android smartphone required)
- Points and scoring system: Compete between players of your group and beat the cities high score.
- Live Location: navigate within the map with marked locations. Always know where you are.
- Learn about the cities stories, history, and local legends
- Total flexibility: no waiting, start anytime, walk at own pace and do as many breaks as you want.
- Self-guided walking tour with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks.
Excludes
- Live-Guide: 100% self-guided; no one will meet you or join your group. Start anytime you want.
- Entrance fees are not required for this game. All puzzles relate to the public areas of the sights
- This is not an audio guide but an sightseeing, gaming and learning experience
Departure & Return
Departure Point
- Book your Explorial tour today. Start whenever you want. *** After booking, you’ll receive your game code via text message and a Viator message. *** Download the Explorial app for free. *** Head to the meeting point and enter the game code provided (6 digits) to start the tour.
Return
- Book your Explorial tour today. Start whenever you want. *** After booking, you’ll receive your game code via text message and a Viator message. *** Download the Explorial app for free. *** Head to the meeting point and enter the game code provided (6 digits) to start the tour.
Itinerary
Starting at the Château St-Maire on Rue de la Barre. The tour is fully self-guided — no guide, no fixed start time, just your group and the city. The Place de la Cathédrale comes first, wrapped around Switzerland's finest Gothic cathedral — where a night watchman still calls the hours from the tower, every single night. Riddles keep the tradition company. Downhill, the Tour Bel-Air marks the 1930s moment Lausanne went vertical — the country's first high-rise, still dividing opinion. Trivia takes a side. Then the Esplanade de Montbenon spreads out its lawns, casino and postcard view across Lake Geneva to the Alps. Around two hours of slopes and staircases — Lausanne is honest about its hills. The leaderboard takes the podium at the finish.
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Reviews
We did not go on the self guided tour. We could not find the place to go and did not know the time. Wasted money.
I have done a few trail in different cities. Normally I go with friends, but this time I went alone. I just enjoy it all.
Explored Lausanne with this self-guided tour. Loved the flexibility & interactive features. Highly recommend for solo travelers! 🌍📱👍
I generally find apps and self-guided tours to be pretty boring, but this was fun, interactive and showed me a few details which I shared with my local host and she had never seen them. A fun way to explore for 90 minutes or so.
Lausanne has more charm with Explorial! So much history and beautiful places we discovered about Lausanne! Perfect getaway for a couple trip, and this app helped a lot. 10/10
We didn't have many expectations when we bought the tickets, we had never done a self-guided tour using an app so we didn't know what it would be like, but we loved it! The Laussane tour was great, so much fun, and entertaining, with different challenges to complete and tasks to do as a team. We got to see many of the important landmarks in the city and learn about their history in a fun way! This was an interesting, fun, and affordable way to get to know the city! We are definitely trying again in different places we visit!
Using a game to guide you in the city is a fun way to know the city and some historical facts. If you have only 2 hours to visit Lausanne and you like challenges I would recommend the game. Attention that the games does not end in the starting point - for me was not a problem but have that in consideration ;)
Oh Switzerland, you have conquered my heart with your beauty. My Kids are thrilled to have discovered this app.
You are flexible with your time, you see the most beautiful places, and you learn a lot about the city.
Enttäuschend! Beim angegebenen Startpunkt fanden sich keinerlei Hinweise, wie die Schnitzeljagd starten könnte. Der Veranstalter war weder telefonisch noch per E - Mail erreichbar.
Disfrutarlo en familia mientras que íbamos jugando y conociendo sobre diferentes lugares importantes de Lausanne
Ein sehr Lehrreicher, interessanter und abwechslungsreicher Trail. Hat unserer ganzen Famillie Spass gemacht!
I tried it for the first time here in Lausanne and I loved it. Very fun to play in group, we will use again
I loved it. Finally a guide tour that can be done on our own phone without needing someone else.
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