Pasadena Highlights: Solve Challenges & Unlock Stories

Embark on an outdoor escape game in Pasadena and uncover the city’s hidden gems. Solve challenges, unlock stories, and explore iconic locations. Book now!

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes
Cancellation: 24 hours
Highlights
  • Vroman’s Bookstore - You will begin at Vroman’s Bookstore. Here you will be given your first clue to solve the challenge that awaits you, which will unlock the next part of the story and give you the directions to the next stop.
What's Included
  • 24/7 customer support.
  • A city exploration game available on your phone (Questo app).
What's Not Included
  • A tour guide.
  • Entry tickets to attractions (not needed to complete the tour)
Additional Information

Uncover the treasures of Pasadena by completing tasks and unlocking tales on your mobile device. Engage in an interactive discovery game, where you step into the shoes of a custodian at Caltech who stumbles upon a curiously deserted laboratory.
As you tackle the challenges, the narrative unravels and precise instructions on your phone direct you to the…

Location
East Colorado Boulevard & North Oak Knoll Avenue
• Go to East Colorado Boulevard & North Oak Knoll Avenue (game starting point). • Bring a charged phone. • Open the Questo app and follow the instructions. • You must have downloaded the app and created an account first, using the same email you made the purchase with.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Renee_b
Sep 30, 2024
Fun informative exercise - We found ourselves with extra time in a city we didnt know anything about. The game showed us places we never would have seen and added a lot of historical information.
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X5539pfsharonp
Mar 5, 2025
Ok, but flawed - The game was mostly fun. Once we figured out the level of the puzzles/clues (easier than we had been making it), they were quick solves. (Seriously, we're talking on the level of "look and spot the answer," made to look slightly more challenging by having a couple words in the clue upside-down or scrambled.) I enjoyed a clock one, because it actually involved a tiny bit of thought. The good news: I've played other scavenger hunts where things are not there anymore. This is not the case; this hunt depends on historic things that aren't going to move. The bad news: Two maps are wrong. Like, objectively wrong. One directs you to an address on the wrong street (a couple blocks from your actual destination); another sends to the current site for a particular structure when the quest wants you to go to the historic site blocks away. (Also, one puzzle is wrong, asking for the number of "rows" of a certain thing, when the answer is the number of things.) I sent both of these complaints to the company (in response to their request for a review). Several days went by, but no response. I had expected a "thanks for your input; we'll look into that" - none of these things would've been a difficult fix. But I guess they'd rather have future players running in the wrong direction and getting angry when their correct answer is rejected than actually fix the game.
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Wanderer33186202968
Feb 11, 2024
Buggy App - The app was buggy. It was fun but frustrating at times. The point on the map was not the actual location. This frustrated my family and took away from the fun.
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Esther_c
Oct 16, 2024
What you see is not what you get. - I googled looking for a tour of city hall and didn't realize that's not what the image represented. I didn't use the tickets
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up to 15 guests
1 - Adult
Cancellation: Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start of your experience (local time).