Crypticroom

• Indoors
• From 12
• No price published
• Booking required

Three escape rooms at Vale da Ajuda where a team of two to five has an hour to get out - and two of the three are horror.

This is a teenagers-and-up outing, not a children's activity: the rooms are a prison break, a cannibal called Hannibal, and an asylum called Insane Hospital, and the published floor is 12. Players take a role - prisoner, journalist - rather than only hunting padlocks, and the sets are well made for a small operation, but the aggregator ratings across the three rooms are poor and rest on very few reviews. It is out at Vale da Ajuda rather than in the old town, so it needs a taxi or a bus.

Worth knowing: Charging is per room rather than per head, so five players cost the same as two. Games run daily between 14:00 and 19:30; anything outside that is arranged by WhatsApp or Instagram on the same number.

Opening hours

Mon

14:00-19:00

Tue

14:00-19:00

Wed

14:00-19:00

Thu

14:00-19:00

Fri

14:00-19:00

Sat

12:00-20:00

Sun

12:00-20:00

Prices

The operator shows no price until a slot is chosen. An aggregator puts all three rooms in a 20 to 30 euro band per booking; the press reported 60 euros for two players rising to 100 for five, which no operator page confirms.

Getting there

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