Palermo Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

Piazza Pretoria, with its fountain full of marble figures, is where the case begins in Palermo, and the trail runs west from there along the old spine of the city. You pass Palazzo Sclafani and the gardens of Villa Bonanno on the way to the Palazzo dei Normanni and the Cappella Palatina inside it. It is a detective game on foot, with the centre of Palermo standing in for the crime scene. The city is loud and the pavements are crowded, which is exactly why teams stay small: up to four people around one phone, with bigger groups spread across several tickets so nobody is left following at the back. The route is flat and short enough for families with children, and it works as well for friends, couples, colleagues or a single player. No guide comes with you, and you decide when to start. How to playIt takes four steps to get going. Book the City Game Check the instructions email Download the Loquiz app Start playing whenever you like The case is the murder of Balthasar. Coded messages, photo tasks and the statements of digital characters come in one after another, and the versions do not match. A cipher waits near Porta Nuova, a photograph is asked for at San Giovanni degli Eremiti with its red domes, and somewhere between the two the alibis begin to fall apart, leaving fewer names on the list. More than one team on the same case turns the walk into a competition, which makes this a straightforward teambuilding option as well as an afternoon out. Stop for something to eat, come back to the evidence, and close the case in Palermo when it suits you.