Monet's Water Lilies
Messages hidden in the light
📱 1 to 10 phones · 1 team per phone · Independent codes
For 43 years, Claude Monet obsessively painted his Giverny garden — the water lilies, the Japanese bridge, the reflections in the water. What if these paintings contained more than light? What if the master of Impressionism encoded coordinates visible only from a certain angle?
The painter of light hid a secret in his reflections
Claude Monet settled in Giverny in 1883 and never left. For over four decades, he transformed a Norman garden into a living work of art — diverting the Epte river to create his water lily pond, importing plants from Japan, painting the same Japanese bridge under hundreds of different lights. The 250 water lily paintings are not merely paint — they are the pages of a diary coded in color. Your mission: decipher what Monet truly painted.
A game, a guided tour and a heritage guide — all in one
You're not just buying an escape game. You're carrying a living guide — historical anecdotes, forgotten legends, key monuments, hidden architecture — unfolding as you go.
At each stop, places ordinary guides miss — secret façades, sculpted crests, alleys steeped in history.
Every riddle is rooted in a real historical fact or local legend. You leave with dozens of stories to tell.
Learn to read buildings — flamboyant Gothic, Baroque, Art Deco — like a real art historian, while having fun.
Walk through the city like a novel's character — every alley becomes a stage, every square a theatre.
A voice walks with you at every step, tells the story of each place, reads clues, adds a cinematic feel.
Keep access to the guide & game for 1 year. Come back any time, share it with friends.
« You will not leave this city the way you entered it. »
How does it work?
Explore the city on foot solving puzzles based on real historical facts. No locked room — the city is your playground.
No app to download. Play directly from your browser. Guided step by step, at your own pace.
One purchase per phone is enough. Play with family, friends or as a couple — everyone participates.
Point your phone at the façade: a historical character appears and speaks to you in your language. Golden letters magically write themselves on the wall to reveal the puzzle answer.
Stuck? Progressive personalised hints. The character repeats the puzzle on demand — at your own pace.
French, English, German, Spanish, Italian + 27 other languages auto-translated by AI.
« "My finest masterpiece is my garden." »— — Claude Monet
Giverny — the garden that became a painting
When Claude Monet arrives in Giverny in 1883, he is 42 and Impressionism — the movement he launched with his painting Impression, Sunrise — is still mocked by critics. He rents a pink house with green shutters, facing a garden that will become the most famous in the world. For 43 years, Monet will paint this garden in every light, every season, every hour of the day.
In 1893, he purchases a marshy plot across the road and has a pond dug, fed by a branch of the Epte river. He plants water lilies, builds a wooden bridge inspired by the Japanese prints he collects, and surrounds it all with weeping willows, bamboo, and irises. This water garden becomes his ultimate obsession: he will paint over 250 versions of it, increasingly abstract, until his death in 1926.
Today, the Claude Monet Foundation has restored the house and gardens to their original state. The water lily pond, the Japanese bridge, the flower-lined paths — everything is as Monet painted it. The house preserves his collection of Japanese prints and his blue-tiled kitchen. The nearby Church of Sainte-Radegonde houses the Monet family tomb, in a small cemetery where irises still grow.
The Route
5 stages through the city
The gameplay: AR, camera, hidden clues
At each stop, open your phone camera: an augmented reality character appears on the façade and speaks your language. Hunt the clue — it materializes as golden letters on the real wall or floats in front of you. When you find it, the phone vibrates, an AR chest opens and reveals your answer fragment. 8 stops, 8 clues to find with the camera, 1 final code.
The stops on your route are a surprise. You'll discover them one by one, guided by your phone, starting from the meeting point.
How does it work with a group?
One phone = one team. Pick the number at checkout (1 to 10).
Solo, or a group sharing the screen. One team, one code.
Family, couple, or 2-3 teams competing. Each phone has its own code and its own score.
Friends, bachelor/bachelorette, small office outing — each their own code, each plays at their own pace. Tiered pricing then €6 flat per phone from the 6th.
- ✓All codes are independent — play at the same time OR separately, each team advances at its own pace.
- ✓Leaderboard between your teams + global game leaderboard — each score appears in the public ranking.
- ✓More than 10 phones or need a personalized quest? Discover custom tours.
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Practical info
Why this route?
Monet's gardens
Play in the heart of the world's most famous garden, among the water lilies and the Japanese bridge.
Art & puzzles
Decipher codes hidden in Monet's compositions, colors, and perspectives.
Living garden
Each season transforms the garden — play in spring for wisteria, in summer for water lilies.
Family-friendly
Accessible and poetic route, ideal for introducing children to Impressionism.
Look as Monet looked. See what no one sees.
A colorful investigation in the heart of the world's most painted garden.
9 features nobody else has
OddballTrip combines gamified play, augmented reality and AI. All our competitors deliver 1 or 2 of these angles. We deliver all 5.
AR treasure chest
A golden chest floats in front of the monument. Tap → opening animation → reveals a secret message.
AR narrator character
Point your phone at the façade: a knight, witch, monk, sailor, detective or ghost appears full-screen and speaks to you in your language with their dedicated ElevenLabs voice (each character has their own unique voice) — your living guide.
Magic golden letters
At the puzzle climax, golden letters magically write themselves on the real wall — that's the puzzle answer. An unforgettable visual effect.
Written + audio narration
Every puzzle available as text AND voice-over: read at your own pace or listen eyes-free while walking. Great in groups and for accessibility.
360° radar + vibration
A mini-radar shows the target even behind you, and the phone vibrates when you aim in the right direction.
Heritage storytelling
Every puzzle weaves in real historical facts (architecture, era, anecdotes). You learn by playing — like a gamified audioguide.
Progressive AI hints
3 levels of AI-generated help: vibe → where to look → answer format. You're never stuck.
AR selfie memento
At the end of the game, capture a selfie with OddballTrip banner + mascot, shareable on Instagram, WhatsApp, TikTok.
Zero app to install
PWA technology: open the link, it plays in your browser. Same quality as an app, no App Store hassle.
Frequently asked questions
Q01Do I need to download an app?
No, never. You get a link, you click, it plays in your browser. That's the point of a PWA: same as an app, without the hassle.
Q02Does it work offline?
GPS yes (handled by your phone). Maps yes (tiles cached). AI and hints need an intermittent 4G connection.
Q03How long does a game take?
1 h 30 to 2 h 30 depending on your pace. The timer runs but only for the leaderboard — you play at your own tempo.
Q04What happens if I'm stuck?
You get 3 levels of hints per puzzle (increasing penalty). If truly stuck, you can skip the step (45-min penalty but you keep going).
Q05What's the age range?
From 12 without an adult, from 6 with an adult reading puzzles. Works for families, couples, friend groups, companies.
Q06What if my city isn't in the catalogue?
Pre-register or contact us — we'll email you as soon as your city is live.
Q07What is augmented reality exactly?
Point your phone at the façade: a historical character appears full-screen and speaks to you in your language. At the puzzle climax, golden letters magically write themselves on the real wall — that's your answer. After each puzzle solved, a treasure chest floats in front of you. Seeing is believing.
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From the pink house to the water lily pond, from the Japanese bridge to the tomb of irises — decipher the secrets Monet painted in light in an outdoor escape game in the heart of Giverny.
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