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Chania: Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Tour

Activity provider: World City Trail
Other experience

Chania: Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt and City Highlights Tour

Activity provider: World City Trail

From US$ 7.04 per person

Explore Chania on a self-guided walking tour while completing challenges on your smartphone. Solve riddles, see some of the most popular sights, and learn some interesting things about the city.

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Experience

Highlights
  • Explore Chania while solving riddles and puzzles
  • Learn about the city
  • Move at your own pace and take a break at any time
Full description

Move between different attractions in Chania as you solve riddles during this interactive scavenger hunt and self-guided walking tour. Go at your own pace as you spot sights such as Firkas Fortress, the Church of Agios Nikolaos, and Chania Old Town.

To get started, simply download the app on your mobile device (download instructions received via email after booking) and go to the Aviation Memorial Monument to begin your adventure.

Navigate between attractions using the map, follow the clues to complete each challenge, and unlock the next location as you go. Explore your way by pausing the app at any point to do some sightseeing or take a break.

Start your tour of the Memorial to the Fallen with a meaningful punch to the stomach. Explore the Gate of Sand and admire its view. Marvel at the architecture and unique location of Yali Jamisi. Then, head to the Maritime Museum of Crete to learn about the history of Crete and Hellenism at sea.

Next, be enchanted by the old castle of Chania with its unique history. Admire Talos Square, named after the mythical hero. Learn about the historic Synagogue and the intriguing history of the old Archaeological Museum of Chania. Take tons of photos of the miraculous Metropolitan Church of Chania.

The icing on the cake is Saint Nicholas with its incredible architecture as it is the only functioning Christian church with a Mosque.

Includes
  • Mobile app and login credentials
  • Self-guided tour
  • Navigation
  • Guide
  • Hotel pickup and drop-off
  • Entrance fees
Not suitable for
  • People with mobility impairments
  • Wheelchair users

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Participants

Date

Meeting point

Start your tour at Aviation Monument (Mnhmeio Aeroporias). Log in to the app and find the exact location of the first step. There will be no one waiting for you at the starting point and you can begin your tour at any time. The activity time below is indicative.

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Important information

What to bring

  • Comfortable shoes
  • Camera
  • Food
  • Water
  • Comfortable clothes
  • Weather-appropriate clothing
  • Charged Smartphone

Not allowed

  • Unaccompanied minors

Know before you go

  • This activity requires internet access.
  • Please download World City Trail app from App store or Playstore.
  • Use your booking reference for serial number. (GYGXXXXXXXXX)
  • Read carefully the information included in the blue field of the confirmation email of your purchase.
  • The ticket and the app from GetYourGuide are not needed for this activity.
  • There is no time limit for this activity. You can complete it at your own pace.
  • The puzzles are related to the outdoor areas of the attractions, you do not need to enter or pay a ticket. Entrance is purely your choice.
  • Minimum charge of 2 persons applied
Customer reviews

Overall rating

4 /5

based on 40 reviews

Review summary

  • Value for money
    4.1/5

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While it helped to know the significant places of interest, the map was not accurate in providing directions.

November 26, 2022

Het was een leuke manier om een (klein) gedeelte van de stad te zien, waar je anders misschien niet was gekomen.

November 4, 2022

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Très sympathique pour visiter la ville et se laisser guider avec une animation pour les enfants et les parents simple et ludique

November 1, 2022

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Product ID: 407918