Jerez de la Frontera Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The file is handed to you at the cathedral of Jerez de la Frontera, with the walls of the Alcázar a short walk uphill. The first clues lead around the fortress and then down into the shopping streets towards the Plaza del Arenal. You are on foot the whole way, working a murder mystery game in which Jerez de la Frontera itself provides the crime scene.

The centre is compact and mostly flat, though the stretch beside the Alcázar rises a little and the squares can be hot in the afternoon; teams with children usually plan a break in the shade. One ticket covers a team of up to four sharing a phone, larger parties simply take more tickets and play against each other, and going alone works too. No guide, no fixed departure, no group waiting on you.

How to play

Four steps to get the case moving:

1. Book the City Game
2. Check the instructions email
3. Download the Loquiz app
4. Start playing whenever you like

The case is the murder of Balthasar. Codes have to be broken, photo tasks completed where you stand, and the statements of digital characters weighed against one another. Outside the Palacio del Virrey Laserna a witness gives a time that cannot be right, and the walk on to the Museo Arqueológico turns that slip into something usable.

With two or more teams playing at once it becomes a race to name the killer first, which is why groups take it on as a teambuilding activity. You can stop for a long lunch and resume afterwards, closing the case in Jerez whenever the day allows.