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 Munich is spent on foot between Marienplatz, the Residenz, Ludwigstraße and the Englischer Garten, with one history route taking older pupils to Königsplatz. Teams of three to five share one phone and solve puzzles at places such as the Mariensäule, the Siegestor, the Viktualienmarkt and the Eisbach wave. For Key Stage 3, Secret Society in Munich: Test of the Lion and Munich Minds: The Case of Sigmund Fraud are the strongest choices. For Key Stage 4 and sixth-form historians, The Inception of the Nazi Movement in Munich traces the party's early years from the Hofbräuhaus to the Braunes Haus. The quests suit pupils aged 11 to 18.
114 min · 2.9 km · 11 stops
Starts at Königsplatz
How the Nazi party grew in Munich, from meetings at the Hofbräuhaus to the failed 1923 putsch at the Feldherrnhalle
91 min · 2 km · 11 stops
Starts at Marienplatz
Munich's brewing and inn tradition, told outside the Hofbräuhaus, the Schneider Bräuhaus and Der Pschorr (moved up to 14-18 because of the theme)
90 min · 2.8 km · 10 stops
Starts at St. Ludwig München
King Ludwig I's planned Ludwigstraße: his monument, the Bavarian State Library and St. Ludwig's Church
150 min · 3.8 km · 10 stops
Starts at Siegestor
How the Englischer Garten was laid out as a landscape park, from the Japanese Teahouse and the Milchhäusl to the Eisbach wave
130 min · 3 km · 10 stops
Starts at Mariensäule
The Bavarian royal court at the Residenz, the Alter Hof and the Dianatempel in the Hofgarten
110 min · 3 km · 10 stops
Starts at Rotkäppchenbrunnen
The Isar and the city's monuments at the Friedensengel and the Luitpoldbrücke
90 min · 2 km · 12 stops
Starts at Point 1
Deductive reasoning: collecting and weighing evidence across 12 stops in about 2 km
Teams of 3 to 5 share one phone.
For under-14s, one adult per 2 to 3 teams with agreed checkpoints; for 14 to 18, follow school policy. Marienplatz is car-free but crowded.
The old town is walkable; for longer hops take MVV U-Bahn, S-Bahn or trams.
One MVV Group Day Ticket covers five adults, and two pupils up to Klasse 9 count as one.
Central public toilets are scarce and mostly paid (50 cents to 1 euro), for example below Marienplatz and at Viktualienmarkt.
Hauptbahnhof charges 1.50 euros; museums, department stores and the Mathäser cinema are fallbacks.
Classes picnic in the Hofgarten or the Englischer Garten, a short walk north of Marienplatz, or on the lawns of the Kunstareal by the Pinakotheken.
Park toilets are often free; take litter away.
The Alte Pinakothek, Pinakothek der Moderne and Museum Brandhorst admit under-18s free, so only adults pay.
If rain spoils the day, the quest can be replayed free within 30 days.
Caution: Marienplatz and Hauptbahnhof are Munich's main pickpocket spots, and crowds peak when the Glockenspiel plays at 11am and noon (also 5pm in summer). Teams should keep the phone and bags zipped away.
The Bavarian monarchy and the Wittelsbach court, seen at the Residenz, the Alter Hof, Max-Joseph-Platz, Wittelsbacherplatz, the Monument to King Ludwig I and the Siegestor.
Urban geography from the medieval old town around St. Peter's, the Viktualienmarkt and the Fischbrunnen to the planned 19th-century Ludwigstraße and the Englischer Garten along the Eisbach. Pupils also practise map reading and orientation as teams find each stop.
Six of the seven quests can be played in German as well as English, so German classes can play in the target language. Every quest involves careful reading of written instructions and clues.
How a city remembers its past at memorial sites such as the NS-Dokumentationszentrum, the war memorial and the White Rose memorial. Teams share one phone, divide up roles and agree answers before moving on.
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 Munich with Questo is a self-guided city quest. Pupils in teams of 3 to 5 follow a route of 10 to 12 stops on foot, solving a puzzle at each, in 90 to 150 minutes. 7 quests suit classes aged 11 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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