A Heart of Gas & Gold, Vancouver
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Highlights
- Solve puzzles and challenges spread across Gastown and Chinatown
- Explore some of the city's oldest streets
- Uncover strange and interesting stories from the city's past, learning how it became what it is today
- A mix of outdoor escape room, treasure/scavenger hunt, walking tour
- Clues sent to your phones, with help available, the perfect difficulty for all
- Burrard to Art Gallery
Description
This puzzle-filled tour of Gastown and beyond takes you into the area's past, revealing how the arrival of European colonists, the 1858 goldrush, two world wars and more have shaped it. Along the way discover fascinating architecture, great statues and sculptures and surprising historical facts, all while playing an interactive game through the city streets.
Expect to see: the Gastown Steam Clock, the Chinatown Millenium Gate, Victory Square, the Vancouver Art Gallery, an iconic bell and much more. All this plus puzzles, pubs and cafes, and plenty of surprises. This is the perfect trail for anyone looking to explore the oldest parts of the city, delving deeper into the events that helped it become the crowning jewel of British Columbia.
How It Works
Your team will receive clues on your phones that, once deciphered, will guide you to interesting and scenic parts of the city.The route is walking distance and features optional breaks at great pubs, bars and cafes along the way. The clues require no prior knowledge and come with hints to make the experience something everyone can enjoy.
Plan your day
Timings
Start anytime, daylight recommended!
2 hours on average across 4.0 km / 2.5 miles
Start Location
Burrard Station
End Location
Vancouver Art Gallery
Communication Methods
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Reviews
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The Rivertonians
Great fun. Really enjoyed the puzzles at the stop off locations. Some directions could have been a little clearer in so…

3 RD’s and a Heyhey
Great afternoon out running round the city on a hot sunny summer bank holiday! Brilliant fun and well worth having a go…

Jaz & Go
Fab day out! Will do again, in another city. Not as easy as you think, which is a good thing.

3 sisters
We had a great time on Race Across the World. We were at team of 3 adults and 2 teenagers and there was something for …

Corbach
Amazing experience!! Very fun as always

Titans
A really fun day exploring new bits of Manchester and undertaking challenges pitched just right. Instructions were supe…

Deb & Franck
A lot of fun, new snippets of history learnt, and just enough historical background to put the snippets into a wider co…

Team Bee
A really enjoyable tour, very engaging.

Rastrick Racers
Fantastic experience! We've had the best day! The clues were challenging but not impossible and it was good to be racin…

The WiCKEd Ones
Enjoyed it immensely. We had a great team! We think you should be rewarded for not using hints or lost clues so that …

Aeylean
Such a great way to see a city we have been to before ‘with fresh eyes’! Great fun, easy to follow and so easy to follo…

Desi Drifters
What a fabulous experience, finding hidden gems walking the streets of London speaking out loud and getting strange loo…

Doherty
Good way to explore the city, taking in lots of landmarks. Really enjoyed the money element to start, felt like a true …

DNA Divas
Fab adventure exploring parts of London I have not been to

Villains on Tour
Great way to see parts of London we didn't even know about

Ian and Christine
An excellent day out - challenging & taking us to parts of the city we hadn’t been to for over 40 years!

Jammy Dodgers
Had an amazing day! Lots of fun and brain teasing questions. Happy that this can be run at our own pace. Also liked …

Bobby & Bayoub's in London City
Great day out, really enjoy it. Only criticism is that we chose the cheaper/longer routes thinking this gives us more …

Lincolnshire Lasses
Such a great experience really well done. The clues make you think but you don’t have to be glued to your phone like so…

Burnettis
A great afternoon out with some really interesting parts of London to see which otherwise you’d never see
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