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 in Sibiu stays inside a compact Saxon old town. Teams walk the Upper Town around Piața Mare, Piața Mică and the Bridge of Lies, then follow the guild towers and bastions along the city wall. For Key Stage 3, Medieval Old Town Sibiu: Hidden Stories of the 7 Towers is the most played route, starting in Parcul Astra. The Battle of Sibiu follows the fortifications from the Potters' Tower. Younger pupils can play Country Life at Astra Museum among the farmhouses and mills of the open-air museum at Dumbrava. Quests cover ages 8 to 18, so the city suits groups from Key Stage 2 to sixth form.
125 min · 2.7 km · 15 stops
Starts at Statuia lui Gheorghe Barițiu (Parcul Astra)
Medieval town layout from Piața Mare across the Bridge of Lies to the Goldsmiths' gate
87 min · 3.3 km · 11 stops
Starts at Turnul Olarilor
How the city wall, guild towers and the Soldisch and Haller bastions defended the town
62 min · 1.2 km · 10 stops
Starts at Piața Mică (Little Square)
Spotting symbols and details on building fronts around Piața Mare and Piața Mică
94 min · 1.7 km · 13 stops
Starts at ASTRA Museum. The panel
Rural homes from different regions, such as the Mahmudia fisherman's house, a Rășinari shepherd homestead and Desești in Maramureș
150 min · 1.7 km · 15 stops
Starts at Old city view
Map reading between the Upper Town, the Big Square and the Bridge of Lies
90 min · 1.9 km · 12 stops
Starts at Piata Mare next to City Hall
Observation work at Brukenthal Palace, the Reformed Church and the Prima Ardeleană Palace
90 min · 2.5 km · 15 stops
Starts at 3 Colegiul Medicilor Sibiu
Romanian cultural history at the ASTRA Association palace and the Octavian Goga bust
Free to play: no tickets needed
90 min · 1.9 km · 12 stops
Starts at Thalia Hall
Teams of 3 to 5 pupils share one phone.
For under-14s, one adult per 2 to 3 teams with agreed checkpoints; 14 to 18 per the school's policy. Piața Mare, Piața Mică and Piața Huet are linked, mostly pedestrian meeting points.
Sibiu's centre is compact and walkable; Sibiu railway station to Piața Mare is about 15 to 20 minutes uphill on foot.
Tursib buses cover longer hops; visiting pupils need ordinary paid tickets, as free travel is for local pupils only.
Public toilets in the old town are few, so plan stops in advance.
Rely on museum facilities during a paid visit, the railway station, or cafés on Strada Nicolae Bălcescu, which usually expect a purchase.
Classes eat packed lunches in Parcul Astra beside the old town or in the larger Parcul Sub Arini, about 15 minutes south on foot.
Keep pupils off fountains and church steps in the squares and take all litter away.
The Brukenthal National Museum on Piața Mare (reduced pupil tickets), the Evangelical Cathedral on Piața Huet and the Council Tower charge small fees and suit groups.
If rain spoils the day, the quest can be replayed free within 30 days.
Caution: Stairways and steep cobbled lanes link the upper and lower town, such as Pasajul Scărilor near the Bridge of Lies, and turn slippery when wet. Piața Mare gets very crowded during the Christmas market and June theatre festival.
Pupils see the guild towers (Potters', Carpenters' and Arquebusiers'), the Soldisch and Haller bastions, the city wall, the Council Tower and the Goldsmiths' gate. The Journeymen's House shows how craft guilds shaped and defended a Transylvanian Saxon town.
Pupils read a route through the Upper and Lower Town, find their way between squares, passages and towers, and estimate distances of 1 to 3 km. At the Astra Museum they compare rural homes and mills from different regions of Romania, such as Mahmudia, Rășinari and Desești in Maramureș.
Pupils read instructions and solve text puzzles in teams. The 7 Towers quest is also available in German, Italian and Spanish, and The Battle of Sibiu in German. The Kid Quest runs in French and Spanish, so it suits a language class.
Teams share one phone and split the roles of reading, navigating and answering. They agree answers together and keep to the meeting times and road-safety rules set by staff.
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 Sibiu with Questo is a self-guided city quest. Pupils in teams of 3 to 5 follow a route of 10 to 15 stops on foot, solving a puzzle at each, in 60 to 150 minutes. 8 quests suit classes aged 8 to 14. 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 |
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