Guide22 turns a walk through a city or a national park into a small adventure — part self-guided walking tour, part scavenger hunt.

Every stop tells you a short story about the place you are standing in, then asks you one question. The answer is somewhere around you: on a plaque, in a window, carved above a door. Look up, find it, walk on.

No guide, no group, no departure time. Start when you feel like it, walk at your own pace, and stop for coffee whenever you want.

MORE THAN 50 WALKS, IN CITIES AND IN THE WILD

Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Naples, Pompeii and Herculaneum. New York, San Francisco and Las Vegas. Yosemite, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Arches, Capitol Reef, Rocky Mountain and Death Valley. Cyprus from coast to mountains, and the Czech mountains — with new routes added as they are written. Every walk is available in 8 languages: English, Czech, German, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese and Japanese.

A STORY AT EVERY STOP

Each stop is written for that exact spot — what happened here, who lived here, what the thing you are looking at was originally for. Then one question you can only answer by looking around you.

A FAMILY WALK WITHOUT "ARE WE THERE YET?"

Read the story out loud, then let the kids race to find the answer. A walk through an old town becomes a treasure hunt, and there is always a next stop to reach. Pause whenever someone needs a break — the walk waits for you.

ANSWER IT YOUR WAY

Type your answer, or switch to multiple choice if you would rather just tap. Stuck on one? Skip it and keep walking — the walk never traps you at a stop.

BE THERE, OR DON'T

Answer while you are actually standing at the stop and your badge records it. Answer from your sofa and you get the online edition instead — a good way to plan a trip, or to relive one. Same walk, different medal, and your profile knows which is which.

BUILT FOR BEING OUTSIDE

The map shows the route to your next stop and where you are on it. Download a walk before you go and play it with no signal at all. Lose connection halfway up a hill and nothing stops: your answers are kept on the phone and sent as soon as you are back in range. Pause or end the walk straight from the notification, and come back tomorrow to find it exactly where you left it.

READ UP ON THE PLACE

Short articles on the history behind the places — legends, disasters, odd characters — to read before you go or after you get back.

COLLECT AND COMPARE

A badge for every walk you finish, kilometres counted as you go, and a leaderboard for finished walks, badges earned on the spot, and distance walked.

FREE, AND NO ACCOUNT NEEDED TO START

Open the app and walk. Sign in only when you want to keep your badges, join the leaderboard and add up your kilometres over time.

GOOD TO KNOW

Guide22 uses your location to show you on the map and to check that you are at the stop. The app is free and supported by ads.

Pick a walk, put the phone in your pocket, and go and look at something properly.