Six to eight teams, one phone each, 60 to 120 minutes on foot. €5 per pupil, teachers free.
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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 Naples is spent on foot in the old centre around Via dei Tribunali and Via San Gregorio Armeno, the Spanish Quarter off Via Toledo, the market district by Piazza Mercato and the royal streets near Castel Nuovo. For Key Stage 2, Old Town Naples: The Story of Real Pizza starts at L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele and follows the city's historic pizzerias. In search of "Cazzimma" through Naples loops from Via San Gregorio Armeno past the Maradona mural and Toledo metro station. Older pupils can take Haunted Naples: The Alchemist Prince to Cappella Sansevero and Napoli Sotterranea. The quests cover ages 8 to 18.
104 min · 3.3 km · 13 stops
Starts at L'Antica Pizzeria da Michele
Food heritage: how pizza grew up in Naples, told through historic pizzerias from Da Michele to Port'Alba and Brandi
90 min · 2 km · 10 stops
Starts at Via S. Gregorio Armeno, 12
How the Spanish Quarter differs from the old centre, from Vico Tre Re to Piazza Carita
84 min · 3 km · 12 stops
Starts at Arco di Sant'Eligio
Organised crime and its effect on a city, discussed through the quest's story (moved up for its subject)
91 min · 2.4 km · 13 stops
Starts at Chiesa Museo di Santa Luciella ai Librai
Legends of the alchemist prince at Palazzo di Sangro and the Cappella Sansevero
89 min · 3.7 km · 13 stops
Starts at Porta Capuana
Royal and medieval Naples: Castel Nuovo, the Royal Palace, the Basilica of San Francesco da Paola and Castel Capuano
90 min · 2 km · 12 stops
Starts at Point 1 - Chiesa dei Girolamini
Deduction and reasoning from clues gathered around Via dei Tribunali, starting at the Chiesa dei Girolamini
Teams of 3 to 5 share one phone.
For under-14s, one adult per 2 to 3 teams with agreed checkpoints; 14 to 18 per school policy. Spaccanapoli's narrow lanes split groups quickly.
The centre is walkable.
ANM runs Metro Line 1 and four funiculars; each pupil needs a ticket (€1.50 metro single, €4.50 ANM day pass) unless ANM confirms a group fare.
Public toilets are scarce.
Paid options include Se ti scappa on Via Atri (€1) and Napoli Centrale (€1); otherwise use museums or buy something in a bar or cafe. Carry coins.
Classes eat packed lunches on the Lungomare Caracciolo seafront or in the Villa Comunale park beside it.
Keep off church steps and fountains, and take all litter away.
Galleria Umberto I is covered and free at all hours, and the Archaeological Museum is free for under-18s (closed Tuesdays).
If rain spoils the day, replay the quest free within 30 days.
Caution: Scooters squeeze through Spaccanapoli's narrow lanes, and phone snatching from scooters happens near the kerb. Hold the team phone away from the road; keep bags zipped around Piazza Garibaldi.
Greek and Roman Neapolis beneath the streets (Napoli Sotterranea), medieval and royal Naples at Castel Nuovo, the Royal Palace, Castel Capuano, the Duomo and San Lorenzo Maggiore, and Baroque churches and spires such as Gesu Nuovo and the Guglia dell'Immacolata.
The urban geography of a dense historic city, comparing the old centre, the Spanish Quarter, the market district around Piazza Mercato and Porta Nolana, and the royal waterfront. Pupils follow a route, read street names and orient themselves between squares and metro stations.
Pupils read and act on written instructions in English. Italian classes can play the Pizza, Cazzimma, Haunted Naples and Death in the Shadows quests in Italian and meet Neapolitan words such as cazzimma.
Teams share roles (navigator, reader, puzzle solver), make decisions together and keep to agreed checkpoints. Older pupils discuss organised crime and the legal economy on Curse of Naples: Mafia Secrets.
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 Naples with Questo is a self-guided city quest. Pupils in teams of 3 to 5 follow a route of 10 to 13 stops on foot, solving a puzzle at each, in 80 to 105 minutes. 6 quests suit classes aged 8 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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