Treasure hunt and trail game in Carcassonne
Create an interactive GPS route in Carcassonne. Your participants explore Cité médiévale, château comtal, Canal du Midi and Bastide Saint-Louis with riddles on their phones.
Playing in Carcassonne
Carcassonne is played in two parts: above, the medieval Cité ringed with ramparts and towers; below, the Bastide Saint-Louis, laid out in straight lines, and the Canal du Midi running beside its port. The contrast is sharp: stone lanes on one side, straight streets on the other, fortress against tree-lined promenades. Each part benefits from this relief and from a history readable in the walls, which teams decipher step by step.
The Cité is covered on foot, over cobblestones and climbs: plan comfortable shoes. In summer, the heat there is strong, so play early or at the end of the day.
Three route ideas in Carcassonne
In the Cité, from gate to tower
A route in the medieval Cité between ramparts, gates and the Comtal castle: teams spot defensive details and openings, then reach Saint-Nazaire basilica following a historical thread.
Along the Canal du Midi
A calmer game in the Bastide Saint-Louis and beside the canal: locks, barges, plane trees and bridges form the setting for the riddles. Suited to families with pushchairs or groups of seniors.
Team evening in the Bastide
An evening game among friends: a short route in the Bastide, the place Carnot and the shopping streets, with a final meeting in a brasserie to share a regional dish.
4 activities to create in Carcassonne
Treasure hunt
GPS route with riddles
Trail game
clue route through the city
Outdoor team building
team cohesion activity
Discovery rally
interactive heritage route
Places for your route
A few ideas for stops on a route in Carcassonne:
Images from Wikimedia Commons, under a free licence. coat of arms: Manassas, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Cité médiévale: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0 · château comtal: Inferno986return, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Canal du Midi: Michiel1972, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bastide Saint-Louis: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Each place can become a stop of your treasure hunt: add a riddle, a multiple-choice question, or ask for a photo.
How to create a route in Carcassonne?
- Create an account on LiveQuest (2 minutes)
- Place your stops on the map of Carcassonne, or let the AI Oracle build everything
- Add your riddles: questions, multiple choice, photos, observations
- Share the link: your participants play on their phones, nothing to install
Nearby cities
Frequently asked questions
- Which places in Carcassonne can serve as stops?
- Among the places listed in Carcassonne: Cité médiévale, château comtal, Canal du Midi, Bastide Saint-Louis. Each can become a stop, with a riddle, a multiple-choice question or a photo to take.
- What should I plan before playing in Carcassonne?
- The Cité is covered on foot, over cobblestones and climbs: plan comfortable shoes. In summer, the heat there is strong, so play early or at the end of the day.
- And in the nearby cities?
- Nearby, other pages give route ideas: Narbonne (53 km away), Perpignan (73 km away), Toulouse (85 km away).