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 Timișoara stays in the old Cetate district, between the Opera, Piața Victoriei, Piața Libertății and Piața Unirii. There is one school-ready quest here, Murder Mystery: Death in the Shadows in Timisoara, a 90-minute, 12-stop case for pupils aged 14 to 18 (Key Stage 4 and sixth form). Teams walk 2.7 km from the Opera and back, past the Teatrul Național, the Fish Fountain and Parcul Castelului. The route crosses the square where Timișoara was declared Romania's first city free of communism in December 1989, so it pairs well with the Revolution Memorial.
90 min · 2.7 km · 12 stops
Starts at Opera Națională Română din Timișoara
Recent European history: the case runs through Piața Victoriei and the Opera, the setting of Timișoara's December 1989 revolution.
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. The pedestrian old town squares suit regrouping.
The old town is compact and walkable.
STPT runs trams, trolleybuses and buses; each pupil needs a 5 lei 60-minute ticket or 18 lei day pass from STPT kiosks, validated on boarding.
Public toilets in the centre are scarce and not reliably open.
Plan stops at museums, cafes around Piața Unirii and Piața Victoriei, or the Iulius Town shopping centre north of the Bega.
Classes picnic in Parcul Central, Parcul Rozelor or Parcul Catedralei, or on benches along the Bega.
Use the bins, keep cathedral steps clear and do not sit on fountains or monuments.
The Orthodox Metropolitan Cathedral is free to enter quietly, the Art Museum in the Baroque Palace is low cost, and Bastionul Theresia offers cover.
Quests can be replayed free within 30 days.
Caution: Trams and heavy traffic ring the old town, notably at the crossings beside the Orthodox Cathedral and Opera. Cyclists also use the Bega riverside paths, so keep teams to one side.
The route passes Piața Victoriei and the Opera, where Timișoara was proclaimed the first city free of communism in Romania on 20 December 1989; a natural link to the Cold War and the 1989 revolutions in Eastern Europe, especially with a follow-up visit to the Revolution Memorial.
Urban geography and orientation in a historic city centre, following a 2.7 km route by phone map through squares, parks and boulevards, and keeping track of position relative to fixed landmarks such as the Opera.
Teams read and act on written clues and instructions in English; the quest is also available in Romanian for language learners or Romanian-speaking groups.
A murder-mystery case built over 12 stops, where teams collect evidence, test theories and agree a solution, sharing roles such as navigator, reader and note-taker.
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 Timișoara with Questo is a self-guided city quest. Pupils in teams of 3 to 5 follow a route of 12 to 12 stops on foot, solving a puzzle at each, in 90 to 90 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 |
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