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Beirut Self-Guided Detective Murder Mystery Game

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1.5–2 hours
1–4 players per team
In the free Loquiz app on your phone
Start any time within 12 months
Free cancellation until you start

Work a detective murder case on foot through downtown Beirut, from Place de l'Étoile to the Beirut Souks, at your own pace.

Balthasar is dead in Beirut, and whoever closes the case is going to have to walk it.

A self-guided murder mystery game for people who would rather walk than sit. Beirut holds the evidence, the app holds the file, and the puzzles, codes and photo tasks in between are what narrow a long suspect list down to one name.

Names that turn up in the case notes: Beirut Souks, Al Allenby Street; Saint George's Maronite Cathedral, Place de l'Etoile; and Martyrs' Square.

Where the Case Takes You in Beirut

Add Lebanese Parliament, Place de l'Etoile; and Grand Serail (Government Palace) to that. The whole thing measures 3 to 4 km, which is a comfortable afternoon rather than a hike.

How the Murder Mystery Game Works in Beirut

You walk and the case reaches you in pieces. Digital characters wait along the way, each with part of the truth and each wanting something first: a puzzle, a code, a photograph. Whatever you solve crosses a name off the list. Allow 1.5 to 2 hours over 3 to 4 km, though nobody is timing you - stop for an hour and the case waits. The habit is the one the Sherlock Holmes stories are built on: notice the thing nobody else bothered to look at, then say out loud what it means.

Who Plays This in Beirut

With friends. Four of you on one phone and everybody gets a say. Somebody always commits to a theory early, loudly, and wrongly - that is half of what you will talk about afterwards.

With your team. Buy a ticket per four, put every team on the same murder, compare the answers over lunch. Nothing to hire and nobody to brief, so a company outing in Beirut survives people turning up late.

With kids. The puzzles work from about eight years old. Younger ones walk along and help, older ones take over the phone, and the whole thing survives being interrupted by ice cream.

Questions People Ask First

How does the murder mystery game work?

Everything sits in the Loquiz app. Start it wherever you like in Beirut, follow what the case tells you, solve what each location puts in front of you, and hand in a name when you are sure.

How long does it take?

About two hours of playing and 3 to 4 km of walking. How long the whole outing takes is up to you, because you can stop for as long as you like and carry on after.

How many people can play on one ticket?

One €19.95 ticket covers four players on a single phone. Past four, take a second ticket: two teams chasing the same killer beats six people squinting at one screen.

Do we need to book a time?

You pick a date, not a slot. Start at nine or start at four; nothing in Beirut is waiting on you and no guide is standing anywhere.

Is it suitable for children?

Yes, from about eight. The difficulty is easy, the walking is gentle, and children tend to be the fastest in the group at the photo tasks.

What happens if it rains?

Rain is an interruption, not a problem: you choose the moment to start and you can stop as long as you like. Plenty of groups split the case over a morning and an afternoon.

Is this a detective game or a walking tour of Beirut?

You get the walk either way. The difference is that you arrive at each place with a question, and a question makes people look at a building far harder than a plaque ever does.

What else is there to do in Beirut?

There are other city games in Beirut built on the same idea and a different story, and Lebanon has plenty more where this came from.

Keep going: all murder mystery city games · city games across Lebanon

Beirut Souks, Al Allenby Street
Saint George's Maronite Cathedral, Place de l'Etoile
Martyrs' Square
Lebanese Parliament, Place de l'Etoile
Grand Serail (Government Palace)
Roman Baths Beirut
Saint George Greek Orthodox Cathedral
St. Elias Maronite Church

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Berytus Cardo & Decumanus Maximus
El Omari Mosque
Riad Al Solh Square
Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque
Foch Street
Al Majidieh Mosque
The Egg (The Dome) Beirut

How it works

BookYour ticket arrives by email.
Go to the startThe start point is in your email. Any day within 12 months.
PlayOpen the link on one phone per team and press start.

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