Six to eight teams, one phone each, 60 to 120 minutes on foot. €5 per pupil, teachers free.
More than 3,000 classes and groups have played Questo together.
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We are a group of language students and we played the game with our teacher: a great and fun way to practise, and learn interesting stuff about our city that we didn't know.
Perfect with a group of A Level pupils. Loved it.
Quests for classes
A school day with Questo in Dresden takes place in the baroque Altstadt on the south bank of the Elbe, with one short crossing of the Augustusbrücke to the Goldener Reiter. The one school-ready quest, Dresden’s Royal Ghost: The Legacy of August the Strong, starts at the Neues Rathaus. It follows the Saxon ruler’s ghost through 15 stops in about two hours, including the Canaletto view, the Cathedral, the Semperoper, the Zwinger’s Crown Gate, the Residenzschloss, the Fürstenzug and the Coselpalais, and finishes at the Frauenkirche. Because of its ghost theme it suits pupils aged 14 to 18 (Key Stage 4 and sixth form). It plays in English or German.
124 min · 3.3 km · 15 stops
Starts at Rathaus Dresden (New town hall)
The court of August the Strong and his successors through the Goldener Reiter, the Zwinger’s Crown Gate, the Residenzschloss and the Friedrich August II statue.
Teams of 3 to 5 share one phone.
Under-14s: one adult per 2 to 3 teams with agreed checkpoints; 14 to 18 per school policy. In Advent, avoid checkpoints on the crowded Altmarkt.
The VVO SchülergruppenTicket covers DVB trams, buses and ferries all day for groups of 15 or more, including two adults (three from 25), at 1.30 euros each.
The Altstadt is compact and walkable.
Most public toilets in the Altstadt cost 0.50 to 1 euro and sit near the Frauenkirche, Zwinger, Semperoper and Brühlsche Terrasse.
The city is adding free accessible units; cafes and museums are fallbacks.
Picnicking is banned on the Brühlsche Terrasse, so plan packed lunches in the Großer Garten, the city's largest park, or on the Elbe meadows, away from monuments.
The Zentralbibliothek in the Kulturpalast is free to enter and the Stadtmuseum is free on Friday afternoons.
If rain spoils the day, the quest can be replayed free within 30 days.
Caution: Riverside paths are part of the busy Elberadweg, shared with fast cyclists and inline skaters, and police report too many accidents there in summer. Keep teams to the edge and together.
Baroque Saxony and the court of August the Strong. The stops include the Goldener Reiter, the Zwinger, the Residenzschloss, the Coselpalais and the statue of Friedrich August II, so pupils can follow the rulers and the buildings they left behind.
Urban geography of a river city, covering about 3.3 km of the Altstadt with a crossing of the Elbe on the Augustusbrücke. Pupils navigate between 15 stops and orient themselves using landmarks and the map.
The quest is available in German as well as English, so German classes can read the story and solve the puzzles in German.
Teams share one phone, divide roles such as navigator, reader and puzzle-solver, make decisions together, and behave appropriately in busy public squares and at a place of worship.
Price and terms
No minimum group, no time slot.
A class of 30 on one quest: €150.
Choose a questTell us the quest or city, the class size and the dates. We send an invoice to the school.
In short
A school trip to Dresden with Questo is a self-guided city quest. Pupils in teams of 3 to 5 follow a route of 15 to 15 stops on foot, solving a puzzle at each, in 120 to 125 minutes. 1 quests suit classes aged 14 to 18. There is no guide and no time slot: the class starts when it arrives. The price is €5 per pupil, and teachers play free.
Pupils are an estimate: groups of four or more teams starting one quest together, at about four pupils a team, across all cities since 2018. Ratings are from players of these quests.
In a randomised study of 10,912 students, a single cultural trip raised critical thinking, tolerance and interest in culture weeks later.
458 Amsterdam pupils walked the medieval city in teams, solving tasks on phones at real locations. They learned more than classmates taught the same topic in lessons.
Source: Huizenga et al., Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2009
Across hundreds of studies, game-based learning beats non-game teaching on knowledge and retention; story and playing together are what make the difference.
Source: Sailer and Homner, Educational Psychology Review, 2020
| A Questo quest | A guided walking tour | |
|---|---|---|
| Who is active | Every pupil, in a team | 30 pupils listening to one guide |
| Start | When you arrive | 10:00 sharp |
| Pace | Each team at its own, pause for lunch | The group moves on |
| What the teacher gets before | Plays the whole route free | A confirmation email |
| Price | €5 per pupil, teachers free | €12–€25 per pupil, teachers often charged |
Teacher FAQ
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