London
Santa's Christmas Mystery
Can You Save Christmas?
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Breathtaking
London Displays -
Help Santa,
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Incredible
Christmas Lights
Santa's Immersive Adventure returns to London
Transforming London's Christmas lights into an interactive adventure, combining puzzle-solving, storytelling, and London's most spectacular festive displays. Follow a heartwarming story of Santa's modern midlife crisis in which you determine his fate. After last year's success, organisers bring the experience back to the heart of Christmas, the streets of London.
Santa needs your help...
Search for clues that guide you
Solve clues, make decisions and take on fun-filled challenges - as you journey through the delightful Christmas festivities in London. The perfect way to create lasting memories with your friends and loved ones this year.
Mesmerising Illuminations
Discover incredible window displays and jaw-dropping Christmas installations. Some of the places you'll swing by; Regent St, Carnaby St, New Bond St, Burlington & Piccadilly Arcade, Piccadilly, Waterloo Pl, Trafalgar Sq, Flicker Alley, St Martin's Courtyard, Covent Garden and more Christmas highlights!
Something for everyone
This unique experience brings joy to all those who attend, no matter your background or age - no prior knowledge of the lights or London is required. Discover amazing photo ops, fun puzzle solving and captivating Christmas lights.
How it works
- Solve a trail of clues sent to your phones, discover answers nearby and reply to unlock the next clue.
- The clues reveal your path to magical and scenic parts of London.
- Take breaks to grab food and drinks at recommendations on the way - or upgrade to include a delicious Pizza & Drink!
- Take it easy, hints are available to make the experience something for everyone.
The Experience
Fill your hearts with seasonal joy - not to be missed!
Find out what players are saying
Rated 4.88/5
Team Awesome
Great puzzle tour around the London Christmas lights. The puzzles were just the right to stay enjoyable and solvable. T…
The Sibleys
A great trail today - Christmas themed and took us along loads of areas with great Christmas lights and decorations! Wo…
Maliboobies
A great Christmas adventure, with hints, tips and pub stops! Find bits of London you've never been and see the everyday…
The J's
Great fun adventure.. Clues were very manageable, and the trail took us to some interesting places 😁.. You get choices …
Little tinkers
A wonderful trail showing us some wonderful Christmas lights and sights and roads I had never been down before! Definit…
Splendor friends
A great fun way to see the Christmas lights around London, while solving puzzles at the same time!
Owen the Campbelltition
A really fun and interactive experience. Taking us to areas we hadn’t explored before. Definitely recommend
Eggnog Squad
A brilliant way to spend an afternoon in London! Great clues and the trail took us around all the best sights - can’t w…
Teddy Bears
My wife and I thoroughly enjoyed the interactive experience. The combination of puzzle solving and strolling through th…
Pinagapany Pigs in Blankets
A really fun trail which saw us visiting places in London that we’d never been to before! The clues were just challengi…
Team Smith
We had a great time - found the clues sufficiently challenging to be fun but not too difficult, the gaps between clues …
Sisterslooseatxmas
Loved it, Christmas trail on Christmas day. Can't wait to do the rest
Charlotte & James
I’ve done 2 CityDays Scavenger Hunts and enjoyed them both. They’re really well planned and thought of, and sent us to …
Practical Information
Date and time
Opening hours: 7 days a week, start your experience anytime between 9am and 9pm. Running the whole festive season until 1st January.
Duration
The immersive experience will last for around 2-3 hours for most groups. Go at your own pace, or get competitive to set the fastest time!
Age recommendation
The experience is suitable for all age ranges, all guests participating require a ticket, regardless of age.
Price
Tickets from £17.50/person
Children 12 and under go free with accompanying adults.
Groups & private events
We offer special pricing for private events, groups or corporate team building events. Please contact us to learn more.
Location
Start at Oxford Circus and end near Covent Garden
How to get there
By Underground
By Bus
- 22/94/139/19 & N15/N18/N22/N109/N113/N136, Southbound, get off at Oxford Circus Station (Stop RG)
- 12/22/88/453 & N3, Southbound, get off at Oxford Circus Station/Margaret Street (Stop RF).
- N137, Southbound, get off at John prince's Street/Oxford Circus (Stop JC).
- 12/22/88/94 & N3/N15/N22, Northbound, get off at Oxford Circus Station (Stop RC).
- 94/98/139/390 & N98/N113/N207, North/East bound, get off at Oxford Circus Station /John Lewis (Stop OF).
- 98/390 & N98/N207, Westbound, get off at Great Titchfield St/Oxford Circus Station (Stop OP).
Ticket Packages
General Admission
£17.50/person
- Admission to the experience
- Children 12 & under can accompany an adult ticket holder
Premium Admission with Food + Drink
£35/person
- Admission to the experience
- Upgrade at checkout
- Delicious Pizza + Drink (Aperol Spritz/Beer/Soft Drink) included on the adventure
Gift Card
The perfect unique and experiential gift for anyone in your life! Get your gift card here.
FAQS
Do you have any questions? You'll find them here!
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- Click 'Book Now' and enter your details and select the number of tickets to match the number of participants.
- Once paid you'll receive an email with login credentials to your setup dashboard.
- On the dashboard find your booking, optionally split into teams, enter a team name and phone numbers.
- Receive the welcome message on your phone, you're all good to go!
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Of course! After purchasing you can login to your dashboard, where you can enter your number of teams followed by each team's name and member details. Set up within a couple of minutes.
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Once booked, and you've logged into the dashboard, you'll be able to choose how many teams you'd like for your booking - once submitted you'll then be able to fill in team names and member details straight away.
We recommend a team size around 5, with a minimum of 2 people and around 8 as a maximum. -
All international phone numbers work with our system, using WhatsApp or Telegram will only use data so make sure you can roam whilst away.
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Simply; If you don't have a great time on our trail, let us know why and we'll give you your money back in full. Easy!
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All the trails can be completed with out any prior knowledge without an issue, a perfect way to explore a new city!
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Although most trails have no age rating the usual break points are pubs/bars, usually children can accompany adults into these venues without a problem.
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After you've purchased your tickets, head to our dashboard where you'll see your order. Enter a team name and phone numbers for each player and press submit. The setup process might be disabled until a week before the event.
After submitting your team you'll receive an SMS message to each phone number with a pin code and link to the event hub page where you'll find extra setup information, an image feed from the day and the leaderboard.
On the hub page you'll find links to download the app. Once downloaded simply enter the username & pin code sent via SMS to login.
You're now good to go, head to the start zone with enough time to prepare for the game starting! -
After purchase you'll receive login credentials to enter your dashboard. There you can enter a team name and phone numbers, upon submission you'll receive a message to confirm the booking with us.
WhatsApp Setup Guide
Telegram Setup Guide -
Maybe. Depending on how busy the route is you might be on the tail of another group, overtaking or getting overtaken. It's a great way to meet other like minded adventurers on the way, don't forget to say hi to each other and get a bit competitive!
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Absolutely, when you're booking you can select to choose your date later. If you've already chosen a date and would like to change this, just reach out to the team and we can process this for you, completely free of charge.
