Lisbon Belém Self-Guided City Walking Tour & Scavenger Hunt

Where the caravels left and the pastries stayed — Belém is Portugal's age of discovery in one riverside district. This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Lisbon's Belém on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time. • Salute the Torre de Belém, the fortress that waved the explorers off • Read the crew list on the Padrão dos Descobrimentos • Marvel at the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos and its Manueline lacework Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app. Around 2 hours - any group size. Set sail — the riddles chart the course.

Starting at the National Coach Museum on Avenida da Índia, you'll open the Explorial app, enter the 6-digit game code that you received by text and Viator chat message, and head for the riverfront where empires were launched. The tour is fully self-guided — no guide, no fixed start time, just your group and the city. The Mosteiro dos Jerónimos rises first, paid for with pepper money and carved like a stone ship's rigging — Vasco da Gama rests inside. Riddles trace the Manueline knots. The Padrão dos Descobrimentos juts into the Tagus next, a concrete caravel crewed by navigators, kings and one map-loving prince. Trivia checks who's aboard. Then the Torre de Belém floats on the water's edge, the fortress-lighthouse that said goodbye to the great voyages. Around two hours along the river of departures. The leaderboard docks last — pastéis de Belém, warm with cinnamon, are the true trophy.

• Service animals allowed
• Public transportation options are available nearby
• Suitable for all physical fitness levels
• Max 15 people per booking. For larger groups, make multiple bookings.
• After booking you receive a text message and a Viator message with your game code. Download the Explorial app from your appstore. Open the app, enter your 6 digit game code
• Weather & Health Guarantee: If bad weather or illness prevents you from starting the tour, you can simply reschedule it for another day. You can also rebook to a different city or request a refund

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.