The Underground of the Imperial City
Beneath Toledo's cobblestones, another city awaits
📱 1 to 10 phones · 1 team per phone · Independent codes
Toledo is built on a labyrinth. Roman cisterns, Arab passages, Visigothic crypts, escape tunnels — beneath every street, beneath every square, another world exists. And it has not finished giving up its secrets.
The real Toledo is not the one you see. It is below.
Toledo is perched on a rocky spur encircled by the Tagus. This natural defensive position drove every civilisation that occupied it to dig rather than spread. The Romans built aqueducts and underground cisterns. The Visigoths added crypts. The Arabs dug passages between palaces and baths. The Jews created hiding places. The Christians built catacombs beneath their churches. The result is an underground network of extraordinary complexity, only part of which has been explored.
« "In Toledo, when you dig to lay a pipe, you find an Arab bath. When you dig deeper, you find a Roman cistern. We stopped digging." »— — A Toledo town planner, 21st century
The city beneath the city
Toledo's underground history begins with the Romans, who founded Toletum in the 2nd century BC. To supply water to this city perched on a rock, they built a sophisticated hydraulic system including aqueducts, cisterns and channels carved into the bedrock. The Cuevas de Hércules, beneath the present-day church of San Ginés, are among the most impressive remains of this underground engineering.
The Visigoths, who made Toledo their capital in 554, added crypts and royal tombs. The Arabs, masters of hydraulics, perfected the cistern network and dug the hammams whose remains regularly emerge during road works. Beneath the Jewish quarter, secret passages allowed escape during pogroms — some led directly to the Tagus.
Discoveries continue. In 2019, renovation works in a restaurant uncovered perfectly preserved 11th-century Arab baths. In 2021, a road collapse revealed an unknown Visigothic gallery. Archaeologists estimate that less than thirty per cent of Toledo's underground network has been mapped. The rest waits — beneath your feet.
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.
Want to go deeper?
Places tied to your adventure — optional entries, totally up to you · per person
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?
Invisible Toledo
This route reveals what visitors never see: the city beneath the city, the cisterns, the passages, the crypts.
Archaeology in progress
Less than 30% of the underground network is mapped. The game shows you the most recent discoveries.
Hydraulic engineering
From Roman cisterns to Arab hammams, you will discover how three civilisations solved the same problem: water on a rock.
The longest route
Our most ambitious Toledo scenario: 3.5 km, 3 hours, and a high difficulty level.
The city you see is only half the story.
Descend beneath the cobblestones of the imperial city.
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, 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
Q01Is this an outdoor escape game in Toledo · From the surface to the depths or a classic scavenger hunt?
Both at once: it's an outdoor escape game — team puzzles, narration, clues, final code — but in the streets of Toledo · From the surface to the depths, at your pace. The classic scavenger hunt mechanic plus augmented reality through the camera.
Q02How long does it take to finish The Underground of the Imperial City?
Plan 1 h 30 to 2 h 30 depending on your pace. Some finish in 1 h 10, others take 3 h in slow-mode. No pressure: the clock only counts for the leaderboard, you play at your tempo.
Q03Is The Underground of the Imperial City good for a hen / stag party?
Great fit: no costume required, the team really collaborates (it's not a linear path), and the final code earns you a souvenir photo. Pick a calm time slot — early afternoon usually.
Q04What happens if it rains in Toledo · From the surface to the depths?
The game is playable in light rain — just keep your phone under a hood. For heavy thunderstorms, your code stays valid, you can postpone to another day at no cost.
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Descend into Roman cisterns, Arab hammams and cathedral crypts to read the city no one sees above ground. Our most ambitious route — 3.5 km, three civilisations, one underground city.
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