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
The great things you say about CityDays
Detectives PeekAtChu
Fun day out exploring g the city!
ZweiMausensundOtto
Nice, it was so much fun. We would absolutely do it again.
AussieDane
We loved the day, but we flagged a bit as it got hotter and the day wore on (we did do a bit of shopping in there, so …
Birthday Puzzlers
Well considered clues that weren't too difficult but still challenging - with smatterings of humour.Introduced to new i…
Misfits
OMG! What a brilliant day. We saw parts of London we hadn't seen and learnt information about Jack the Ripper we didn't…
Team PR
We live close to London so are regular visitors. With our children we wanted something different as we had done most th…
Nat&Shell
We’ve completed the 2 Melbourne trails this week! New addiction and cannot wait for the next releases around Melbourne
hot toddies
The scavenger hunt was quite fun, encouraging us to take note of buildings and monuments with new eyes and learn fun fa…
Massive Hunt
Great way to explore Oxford without following a conventional walking tour. Made it more engaging for us and a great way…
MATTHEWS
We had a fantastic few hours being guided around Harrogate. There were a couple of tricky clues and remarkably satisfyi…
The new year 8
We had the best time. Got to see some beautiful places around Kensington we’d never have seen if we hadn’t booked this …
The Howards
Great trail . Explored loads of the city we have never seen before. Took us 3 or 4 hours with the breaks and we all enj…
Keam Team
Brilliant fun!! As a Londoner, I thought I knew most things but I certainly learnt a lot more!!
M&M
Great, adventure of the City.
TWOPANDAS
Really nice and fun experience roaming around the city and finding new places that are easily missed during normal rout…
Roy Bass
Brilliant! Really enjoyed it and learnt such a lot about Kensington
The Ways
Very accurate and easy to follow.
Obamacair
It was such a fun adventure!!! Would definitely do again, great way to get steps in too haha!
Octonaughts
Great adventure. Very kid friendly.
Morgan & co
Great day out with the family and friend, took us places you’d never go normally, great fun and so interesting.
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