Perugia Scavenger Hunt and Sights Self-Guided Tour

About this tour

Navigate Perugia's medieval streets by solving riddles that unlock the city's main attractions. This two-hour self-guided hunt uses your smartphone to weave between landmarks, piecing together clues about the city's history and hidden corners. Rather than following a guide's script, you'll crack puzzles that reveal why each piazza, palazzo and passageway matters. Available in English and Italian, it's a walking tour that feels more like detective work than sightseeing.

Highlights

• Riddle-based navigation through Perugia's historic centre
• Smartphone app guides you between major landmarks
• Uncover stories about palazzos, piazzas, and side streets
• Move at your own pace, stop where you want
• Two hours of active exploration and puzzle-solving
• Learn through play rather than a guide's monologue

What to expect

You'll start with the app loaded on your phone and a cluster of clues. Each puzzle points to the next location—sometimes a landmark, sometimes a tucked-away corner most tourists miss. As you arrive at each spot, another riddle waits. The walking itself is straightforward; the thinking is the challenge. Expect to pause regularly to decode clues, photograph details, and absorb the building or street you've just found. Two hours covers the essentials, though you can stretch it if you linger. The terrain is typical medieval Perugia: cobbled streets, some hills, occasional steps.

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