Interactive Scavenger Hunt in Lisbon & Porto
A scavenger hunt.
Rebuilt from the ground up.
This is not a generic treasure hunt with printed maps and laminated clue cards. This is a fully commissioned, app-based city experience – built specifically for your group, in your company’s colours and house style, designed around your objectives, and delivered with a team of professional facilitators on location.
Teams explore Lisbon or Porto through a custom web-based application on their phones – following routes on an interactive map, unlocking challenges at each location, competing against each other in real time. The city becomes your venue. The app becomes your game master.
Available for groups of 50 to 500+ in Lisbon and Porto, and nationwide on request. It is one of the formats in our team building collection in Portugal.
One app. Six types of challenge. One city.
The app takes teams on a journey through the city using an interactive map with pre-set locations and routes. At each stop, a new challenge unlocks. Every challenge type tests something different – keeping energy high and competition real throughout.
Video Challenges
Teams record short video responses at locations across the city – judged for creativity, accuracy and teamwork.
Music Challenges
Identify tracks, recreate sounds or collaborate on musical tasks – breaking the ice and raising the energy.
Puzzles
Logic, observation and lateral thinking – using the city’s architecture, history and landmarks as the backdrop.
Riddles
Written clues that lead teams deeper into the city, connecting culture, language and local knowledge.
Quizzes
Time-pressured multiple choice and open questions on culture, history and company knowledge – fully customisable.
Team Collaboration
Challenges that require the whole team to work together – building real connections while competing across the city.
The app is built specifically for each client – in their brand colours, fonts and house style (more on our custom app challenges). Challenge content can be aligned to company values, product knowledge, onboarding objectives or simply designed for maximum fun. Every route is mapped to the city, every location chosen for its visual and cultural impact.
A team of professional facilitators from Go Discover Portugal and Synergized Events is on location throughout – briefing teams, managing the flow, handling logistics and ensuring the experience runs flawlessly from start to finish.
220 real estate professionals. One afternoon. Downtown Lisbon.
Headbox commissioned Go Discover Portugal and Synergized Events to design and deliver a fully bespoke app-based city challenge in Lisbon for a large international real estate company expanding its operations across Iberia.
We built a custom web application from scratch – in the client’s brand colours and house style – that took 220 sales professionals on a two-hour journey through downtown Lisbon. The app featured interactive maps with real-time routing, video challenges, music tasks, puzzles, riddles and team collaboration moments at iconic locations across the city.
Nine facilitators from our team were deployed on location to manage briefing, flow and logistics. The event ran for two hours – a demanding but highly energising format for a group of that size. Client satisfaction was exceptional.
See the app
in the wild.
Footage from the live event in downtown Lisbon: 220 participants moving through the city, a custom-built web application in the client’s brand colours, interactive routing on every phone, and nine facilitators keeping the whole thing running.
This is what an app-based scavenger hunt actually looks like on the ground – not a mock-up, not a stock reel.
Lisbon, 2026 · Delivered with Synergized Events
Built around your group.
Priced accordingly.
Every app-based scavenger hunt is commissioned from scratch. Pricing depends on group size, duration, number of challenge types and the level of brand customisation required. The figures below give a starting point.
Scavenger hunt
questions, answered.
How does an app-based scavenger hunt work?
Teams open a web app on their phones, with no download from an app store needed. An interactive map guides them through Lisbon or Porto, and at each location a new challenge unlocks: video, music, puzzles, riddles, quizzes and team tasks. Teams compete in real time while our facilitators run the event on location.
How many people can take part?
From 50 to 500+ participants. Our largest app-based scavenger hunt so far had 220 participants in downtown Lisbon, run by nine facilitators. Larger groups get extra facilitators and more routes through the city, so the experience stays smooth for every team.
How much does an app-based scavenger hunt cost?
From €55 per person. The final price depends on group size, duration, the number of challenge types and how much brand customisation you want. There is no planning fee, and every proposal is free.
Can the app be branded with our company content?
Yes. Every app is built for the client, in your brand colours, fonts and house style. Challenges can be built around your company values, product knowledge or onboarding goals, or simply designed for maximum fun.
What happens if it rains?
The hunt goes ahead. Thanks to Portugal’s mild temperatures, rain rarely stops a city challenge, and showers tend to pass quickly. If you prefer an indoor alternative for your group, we plan one with you on request.
Do you also run scavenger hunts without an app?
Yes. Our city treasure hunts can run on paper with riddles, map clues and photo tasks, on foot or by tuk-tuk. See all our city challenges.
Ready to bring your team to Lisbon?
Tell us your group size, date and objectives and we come back within 24 to 48 hours with a tailored proposal. No fees, no obligation.
Request a proposalOther City Challenges We Provide
Prefer a paper-based or live-guided format instead of an app? Here are a few more of our most requested city challenges.
City Treasure Hunt
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Tapas Challenge
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Outdoor Murder Mystery
Teams pursue clues through historic streets while professional actors appear at every corner. Indoor, outdoor, or hybrid.
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Photo Challenge
Teams get an Instax camera and playful city challenges, capturing landmarks and local traditions on real, physical prints.
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Share your group size, dates and objectives, and we come back with a tailored proposal. No fees, no obligation.
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- From 50 to 500+ participants
- Branded app for your group
- No planning fee