Live escape games have hit the capital. A quick look at Tripadvisor will show three live escape games in the top ten in their activities section right here in Edinburgh.

That’s quite remarkable considering two of them , Escape Hour and Can You Escape have only been open for a couple of months.

The recent surge in poularity has led to Escape Edinburgh , expanding to Glasgow and Newcastle as well as franchising at a location in Tours, France.

Escape games involve teams of friends, families and work colleagues being locked and trying to the room or escape with something within a 60 minute time period. In Edinburgh you can be challenged to find the Holy Grail in the DaVinci room at Escape, steal the worlds most expensive Diamond in Escape Hour’s Diamond Heist or thwart the evil Dr Herr Kutz at Can You Escape.

The games have are receiving rave reviews on Tripadvisor both from locals and and tourists alike. Even the All Blacks had a go at Escape in November.

Check out the activities section of Tripadvisor in Edinburgh or http://www.escape-edinburgh.co.uk, http://www.escapehour.co.uk or canyouescape.co.uk

Submitted by Steve Nicoll

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