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Our most recommended Wales Family-friendly activities

Liverpool: Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt & City Highlights Tour

1. Liverpool: Self-Guided Scavenger Hunt & City Highlights Tour

Get to know Liverpool at your own pace on this interactive scavenger hunt walking tour played on your phone. Decipher riddles, interact with the most important attractions of the city, and unlock interesting facts and legends. An ideal outdoor activity for first time visitors, couples, groups, families, and children. Can be used as a great team-building activity. After downloading your tour app (download instructions received via email after booking), begin your adventure to 10 of the most important attractions of the city. With maximum flexibility, you can start the activity at any time, stopping and going as you please. At each stop, learn about the attraction and solve a location-based riddle that can only be solved if you reach the specific location. Use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to unlock the correct code and reveal the next destination of the city sightseeing game. Start your tour at the beautiful World Museum. Once you start, you'll uncover clues at each attraction to reveal your next destination. Use logic, imagination, observation, and team spirit to solve a puzzle at the exterior of each attraction and work toward finishing the game. Along the way, take in the sights at your own pace while learning information and facts about Liverpool. Visit the iconic St. George's Hall. Photograph St. Johns Beacon climb to see its view and admire the famous and historic the Cavern Club. Admire the architecture of Tate Liverpool and then continue on to Chinatown and last, but certainly not least, the Liverpool Cathedral. Choose to take a lunch break, stop to fully enjoy the sights, and capture as many pictures as you want.

Cardiff: Private Doctor Who Walking Tour

2. Cardiff: Private Doctor Who Walking Tour

Walk through the world of Doctor Who in Cardiff as you encounter the show's most iconic filming locations. See how Cardiff has featured in the modern show from the first the episode to the most recent stories. On this tour you will discover 30 filming locations that reference up to a 100 different episodes all over central Cardiff. Your guide will reveal all of Cardiff's major geographic landmarks and notable buildings that are used in the show. Head to the glamorous Civic Centre area and stroll through the old city center towards the modern Cardiff Bay area. Finish your tour at the home of the Doctor Who spinoff "Torchwood" in Cardiff Bay.

Liverpool: City Highlights Exploration Game

3. Liverpool: City Highlights Exploration Game

Explore Liverpool and learn about the city in this exploration game played on your phone. As you progress, see sights like the Anglican Cathedral, the Central Library, and more. Travel to the Liverpool Central Library to start the game. You’ll take on the role of an avid geocaching fan set on winning the grand prize. As you solve challenges, the story will unfold and directions on your phone will take you to the next location and puzzle to solve. It will take you between 1-1.5 hours but you should explore at your own pace: simply pause the game and resume when you want from the location where you paused it. You can play on your own, in a large group, or in several smaller groups that compete against each other before meeting at the final stop of the game, Liverpool Town Hall.

Cardiff Bay: Self Guided Walk & Interactive Treasure Hunt

4. Cardiff Bay: Self Guided Walk & Interactive Treasure Hunt

Go Quest Adventures is turning Cardiff Bay into an Adventure Playground! Croeso i fae caerdydd! Welcome to Cardiff Bay – where those in the know come to play! What used to be a thriving tidal dockland, famous for exporting Welsh coal is now a spectacular waterfront destination that rivals some of the best UK destinations. Explore the Mermaid Quay area of Cardiff Bay and unlock a hidden trail by finding clues, solving puzzles & completing challenges, earning points along the way all self-guided through the Go Quest Adventures app. See the area's highlights, explore it's hidden gems and learn some insider history and fun facts along the way (even locals will discover something new!). As the Quest is self guided you can: * Start your Quest whenever you want, get instant access with nothing to print off from home * Go as fast as you want and try to top the leaderboard, or go at your own pace, stopping for rest breaks along the way. Your Quest will start at the Water Tower sculpture in front of the Roald Dahl Plass and wind you around the bay, through Mermaid Quay and end you back at your original location. During your Quest see some beautiful artwork, learn about the history of the area and discover a famous chef. And fans of the series Torchwood won’t be disappointed either as you leave a memento to one of TV shows most loved characters. Along the way, you and your team will be involved in solving puzzles and completing challenges as you discover what makes Cardiff Bay one of Wales’ best cultural and entertainment hotspots. So grab some Welsh cakes (you may need a snack), put on some comfy shoes and get ready to explore the sights, discover hidden gems and ultimately, conquer your Cardiff Bay Quest! PLEASE NOTE: This Quest does not cover Cardiff Castle or the city centre. Please check out our other Cardiff City Centre Quest which covers these areas. This is an ideal outdoor activity for couples, families, groups of friends, school groups and can be the perfect team building or corpoorate activity. Customised Quests and group packages are available by emailing hello@goquestadventures.com Get Questing today!

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What people are saying about Wales

Nice, interesting way to get to know the city. Translations not always fully understandable.

We got to see places we wouldn’t normally visit and had fun as a family solving the clues.

It was excellent!! I would definitely play it again in another city!!!