Jardim de Santa Bárbara Braga: walk and solve

Jardim de Santa Bárbara is a garden on Rua Dr. Justino Cruz in Braga that you can see during both featured games. It gives your group a different setting from looking at the church buildings and other landmarks along the routes. Pause to take in the place before returning to the phone, and compare what catches different companions' attention. The game supplies a shared activity across several places, while those places can also be enjoyed for themselves. If you want a separate garden visit, plan that independently and allow extra time around the walk. Your group remains in charge of the pace.

Secrets of Braga and Sherlock Holmes murder mystery in Braga both pass the garden. The exploration story asks you to help Frei Bartolomeu dos Mártires recover his lost cross. You see Igreja de São Marcos, Casa dos Crivos and Capela dos Coimbras along its route. The detective route takes you past Museu Nogueira da Silva and Torre de Menagem before Jardim de Santa Bárbara. Choose the recovery mission if that fictional goal appeals to your companions, or the detective case if you prefer a continuing investigation to discuss. Both connect the real places around Braga through something your group can work on together.

Secrets of Braga works in the browser on your own phone without an app, while the detective game uses the free Loquiz app. Both cost €19.95 per team, last 1.5 to 2 hours and allow at most 4 players sharing one phone. Choose the story and device before beginning, then make room for everyone's ideas even when one person reads the screen. You can start whenever you want, every day, with validity for 12 months. Leave separate time for other Braga visits, keeping the self-guided game a flexible part of the outing you arrange with friends, family or colleagues.