Cordoba Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The Plaza de las Tendillas in Córdoba is the meeting point for this self-guided walking tour with a murder at the centre of it. From there the trail turns into the old streets past the Iglesia de San Miguel and the Templo Romano, and on to the arcades of the Plaza de la Corredera. The old centre of Córdoba is the playing field.

Córdoba is flat and the distances between clues are short, so the walking is easy for families with children, friends, couples and colleagues. In summer the shaded lanes near the Palacio de Viana are worth using. A team is up to four people on one phone, while larger groups take more tickets and play separately. Alone is also fine, with no guide involved and no departure to catch.

How to play

Four steps set the case in Córdoba going.

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. Evidence comes as coded messages, photo tasks and interviews with digital characters, and their versions of the evening differ. Between the Museo Arqueológico and the Iglesia de San Andrés the sequence of events finally settles, and the suspect list narrows.

With several teams playing, the score decides the outcome, which makes this straightforward to use for teambuilding. Break when you feel like it, return to the trail, and finish the case somewhere in Córdoba.