About this experience
Flatiron facades, concert halls and cathedral spires — downtown Toronto is a puzzle stacked in glass and brick.
This app-led scavenger hunt takes you through Toronto on foot, using phone-based riddles to guide you from one landmark to the next. No guide, no fixed start time.
• Catch the curves of Roy Thomson Hall, home of the Toronto Symphony
• Snap the Gooderham Building, Toronto's photogenic flatiron
• Look up at the Cathedral Church of St. James and its soaring spire
Available in 24 languages including English, French, German, Spanish, Italian — see the full list when booking and choose yours when you start the game in the app.
Around 2 hours - any group size.
The 6ix, solved block by block.
At a glance
- Duration: 2 hr
- Private experience
Plan your experience
Set aside 2 hr for the experience itself, with additional time to reach your meeting or pickup point.
Before you go
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Smartphone required: Bring your own fully charged smartphone with an active mobile data connection to the start of the tour. Please disable any VPN and avoid city Wi-Fi, as these will cause the app to malfunction or disconnect.
- Recommended attire: It’s best to wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes — approx. 2 hours of light walking
What is included
- Free download of the Explorial App from your appstore (iOS or Android smartphone required)
- Points and scoring system: Compete between players of your group and beat the cities high score.
- Live Location: navigate within the map with marked locations. Always know where you are.
- Learn about the cities stories, history, and local legends
- Total flexibility: no waiting, start anytime, walk at own pace and do as many breaks as you want.
- Self-guided walking tour with interactive riddles, trivia challenges and photo tasks.
Not included
- Live-Guide: 100% self-guided; no one will meet you or join your group. Start anytime you want.
- Entrance fees are not required for this game. All puzzles relate to the public areas of the sights
- This is not an audio guide but an sightseeing, gaming and learning experience
Itinerary and highlights
Starting at St. James Park on King Street East, you'll open the Explorial app, enter the 6-digit game code that you received by text and Viator chat message, and head into downtown's mix of old and new. The tour is fully self-guided — no guide, no fixed start time, just your group and the city.
Roy Thomson Hall anchors one end of the route — the glass-skirted home of the Toronto Symphony. Riddles play on acoustics, architecture and famous premieres.
The Gooderham Building steals the show next: the 1892 flatiron wedged into its corner like a ship's prow, with a trompe-l'oeil mural riddles adore.
Then the Cathedral Church of St. James rises over its leafy square, holding the tallest church spire in Canada and plenty of Victorian secrets.
Around two hours of skyscraper canyons and heritage corners later, the leaderboard names Toronto's top explorer.
See the overview, available options and booking details for the experience schedule.
Meeting and pickup information
- Book your Explorial tour today. Start whenever you want. *** After booking, you’ll receive your game code via text message and a Viator message. *** Download the Explorial app for free. *** Head to the meeting point and enter the game code provided (6 digits) to start the tour.
Languages and tickets
- no — Guide
- German — Guide
- hi — Guide
- sv — Guide
- fi — Guide
- ru — Guide
- Korean — Guide
- Portuguese — Guide
- cmn — Guide
- el — Guide
- yue — Guide
- English — Guide
- Italian — Guide
- French — Guide
- hu — Guide
- Spanish — Guide
- cs — Guide
- uk — Guide
- Japanese — Guide
- zh-CN — Guide
- pl — Guide
- da — Guide
- ro — Guide
- Dutch — Guide
- tr — Guide
- Mobile Only
Tour operator
- Explorial
Accessibility and practical details
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- Max 15 people per booking. For larger groups, make multiple bookings.
- After booking you receive a text message and a Viator message with your game code. Download the Explorial app from your appstore. Open the app, enter your 6 digit game code
- Weather & Health Guarantee: If bad weather or illness prevents you from starting the tour, you can simply reschedule it for another day. You can also rebook to a different city or request a refund
- Smartphone required: Bring your own fully charged smartphone with an active mobile data connection to the start of the tour. Please disable any VPN and avoid city Wi-Fi, as these will cause the app to malfunction or disconnect.
- Recommended attire: It’s best to wear weather-appropriate clothing and comfortable walking shoes — approx. 2 hours of light walking
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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