It is a self guided tour / scavenger hunt that is a fun way to start your visit in QC. I just wish it was longer....it was really a neat experience!
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 Monument Samuel-De Champlain beside the Frontenac stairway, you'll open the Explorial app, enter the 6-digit game code that you received by text and Viator chat message, and take in the St. Lawrence before the descent. The tour is fully self-guided — no guide, no fixed start time, just your group and the city. The Champlain monument opens the story: the navigator who founded the city in 1608 watches over the Dufferin Terrace with the Château Frontenac looming behind. Riddles set sail from here. Down the Breakneck Steps, the Quartier Petit-Champlain unfolds — stone facades, hanging signs and the famous mural where trivia hides in the painted crowd. Then Place Royale completes the journey to the beginning: the square where New France took root, anchored by its little stone church. Around two hours between upper and lower town, funicular optional. The leaderboard renders its verdict — en français ou en anglais.
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Reviews
It was easy to navigate, learnt some things. Enjoyed the walk at our pace. Would recommend trying this.
This was a fun, engaging tour. We let the kids be our guides and navigate us around the old city. We got a bit of history mixed with modern information and the game was interesting and kept us engaged. We saw things we otherwise would have missed or didn't even know about which was wonderful. I think the game can be further expanded to include the Citadel and Plains of Abraham. It wasn't too much walking and kept the kids (13, 13 and 10) engaged. Highly recommend!
We had 2 young teens on one team, mom on one team, dad on one team. We saw parts of the city we wouldn’t have seen otherwise. Loved this.
You need data on your phone. We paid for 2 tickets but once we got there, my husband couldn't play because he didn't have data. We paid for him to play and couldn't play. It was disappointing.
A great way of hitting all the attractions and the must see places without being bound to a tour guide who might have been less appropriate for young children. We completed this tour at our own pace. The information was great and the tasks were engaging for the kids.
This was a complete waste of money. You had to solve “tasks” at sights that were very difficult to find. There was little information about each sight. Spend you money on a guided tour, not this!!!!
The tour was really fun, we loved the challenges and the photo tasks! It was a really cool way to visit the city!
Very nice idea to have a good time outside while staying active. We also learned about the city! We recommend for families and friends.
This scavenger hunt was fun from start to finish. We learned a lot and saw many historical landmarks.
You can do it at any time and any day! You simply buy a trail, download the app and insert the code. I am in love with this concept, so practical!
If you want to know about the city but still being able to stop and do whatever you want, this is the way to go. Besides that it’s so much more funnier with the questions and challenges.
Great time with family. My kids loved the fact that they could use their phones to know about the city, it was like a game for them. We recommend this!
Excellent for group excursion with friends or team building to a company. For more fun and competitiveness do it in groups.
The maps were not very precise. Some images no longer matched, were no longer current.
The city is really charming, we loved walking through the small alleys, discovering the highlights and enjoying the terraces to eat. I was a little disappointed by the aquarium, because I had high expectations. I thought it would be as big as Barcelona's, but in reality it was only two small buildings and not varied enough. Montmorency Falls was a great activity. It is best to go early in the morning to avoid the overwhelming heat of the afternoon. We chose to go up by cable car and down on foot to live the full adventure, but the 400 steps at 2pm were not easy.
Nous avons vraiment aimé ça! Nous le recommandons!! Malheureusement la température n’était pas de notre côté donc nous avons dû le faire rapidement. Nous aurions probablement pris plus notre temps s’il n’avait pas mouillé.
Super drôle ! Un super moyen de découvrir la ville et ses secrets inattendus 😁 Nous le referons dans une autre ville
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