Istanbul Fatih Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

The trail starts at Sultanahmet, the heart of the historic peninsula, and runs through Fatih, the old imperial quarter. In roughly two hours on foot you take in the Hagia Sophia, the Basilica Cistern, the Blue Mosque, the Hippodrome with its German Fountain, the Column of Constantine, the Nuruosmaniye Mosque, the Grand Bazaar and the Cağaloğlu Hamamı. It is a self-guided walking tour built around a murder investigation. Fatih is dense, historic and walkable, with shade and a tea house on almost every corner, which suits families with children as much as a group of colleagues or two people on a weekend away. A team is at most four people sharing one phone, and a larger group simply forms more teams. Nobody guides you and no departure time is set for you. How to playGetting under way in Istanbul Fatih is a matter of four steps. Book the City Game Check the instructions email Download the Loquiz app Start playing whenever you like The murder of Balthasar is the case. Clues arrive as codes to break, photographs to take and interviews with digital characters whose accounts of the evening do not agree. Between the Hagia Sophia and the Grand Bazaar, every answer you work out cuts the list of suspects down. More than one team on the route turns it into a competition, which is why groups use it for teambuilding as well as a day out. Break for coffee in one of the courtyards off the bazaar, pick the trail up again, and close the case in Istanbul Fatih when it suits you.