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Turn Rome into an adventure.
Tell us where you are. Pick your kind of adventure. We'll give you something unexpected to do. No account. No app. Just go.
Start a side questPlay anywhere · Complete quests · Earn points · Screenshot your wins · Challenge your friends
Step 1
Tell us what city you're exploring.
Step 2
Choose a category or let us surprise you.
Step 3
Finish the challenge, earn points and screenshot your achievement.
Rome hands you ruins in the middle of ordinary streets. These quests keep you out of the ticket queues and inside the neighbourhoods where Romans eat, argue and drink from public fountains.
No location access needed — just tell us the city.
0 points
0 all-time
100 points to Explorer
Scores are saved in this browser on this device only. No account, no email, nothing sent anywhere. Clearing your browser data clears your score.
These challenges only work here. Play them in any order — the game will mix them with quests that work anywhere in Italy.
Food & Drink · Adventure · 200 points · 45–60 min
Find a locally owned bakery, market stall or food shop you had not heard of.
The catch: €5 maximum, and nowhere you researched in advance.
Bonus +50: Learn to say "that was delicious" in Italian and say it before leaving.
Explore · Bold · 300 points · 2 hrs
Find one street in Rome where you can see three different centuries at once.
The catch: It must all be visible without moving your feet.
Bonus +75: Find a column or stone clearly recycled from an older building.
Hidden Gems · Quick · 50 points · 15 min
Find a public drinking fountain and refill your bottle from it.
The catch: Only fountains clearly intended for drinking.
Bonus +25: Learn what Romans call them.
Food & Drink · Quick · 50 points · 15 min
Drink an espresso standing at the bar, the Roman way.
The catch: No sitting down, no takeaway cup.
Bonus +25: Order a cornetto with it before 11am.
Local Culture · Adventure · 200 points · 1–2 hrs
Find one place in Rome where three different eras are visible at once.
The catch: You must find it by walking, not searching.
Bonus +75: Explain it out loud to whoever you are with.
Hidden Gems · Quick · 50 points · 20 min
Drink from three of Rome's public nose fountains.
The catch: No bottled water for the rest of the day.
Bonus +25: Refill a bottle and carry it.
Photo Quest · Quick · 50 points · 30 min
Photograph Roman courtyards visible through open street doors.
The catch: Never step inside a private courtyard.
Bonus +25: Find one with a fountain or orange tree.
Food & Drink · Easy · 100 points · 1 hr
Shop a Roman neighbourhood market where nobody is selling souvenirs.
The catch: No market with fridge magnets.
Bonus +50: Ask which cheese to buy and buy it.
Local Culture · Easy · 100 points · 45 min
Find a world-class artwork inside a Roman church and pay nothing.
The catch: Dress respectfully; cover shoulders.
Bonus +50: Find a Caravaggio, a Bernini or a mosaic.
Explore · Easy · 100 points · 1 hr
Get lost in Rome's cobbled backstreets on purpose, then find your way out unaided.
The catch: No map until you are genuinely stuck.
Bonus +50: Find a piazza you did not know existed.
Outdoors · Easy · 100 points · 1 hr
Watch sunset from a Roman hill or terrace instead of a monument.
The catch: Nothing with an entry fee.
Bonus +50: Count the domes you can see.
Local Culture · Bold · 300 points · 1 hr
Ask a Roman restaurant which of the four classic pastas they do best, then order it.
The catch: You must order their answer.
Bonus +75: Ask what makes theirs different.
Museums · Adventure · 200 points · 2 hrs
Be first in line at a major Roman site at opening.
The catch: No arriving mid-morning.
Bonus +75: Get one photo with nobody else in it.
Hidden Gems · Easy · 100 points · 45 min
Find a Roman view that is framed by something — a keyhole, an arch, a gate.
The catch: The view must be framed by architecture.
Bonus +25: Find a second one nobody is queuing for.
Must-Do · Epic · 500 points · 4 hrs
Walk a long stretch of the old Roman road out of the city.
The catch: You must walk the old stones, not the modern verge.
Bonus +150: Find a tomb marker older than your country.
Share your Side Quest
Send Rome side quests to whoever you're travelling with. The link opens this city ready to play.
https://buybeforeyoufly.com/fr/side-quest/rome
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A side quest is a small, self-contained challenge you can complete wherever you happen to be standing. Side Quest is a free browser-based travel game from Buy Before You Fly: you tell it which city you are exploring, choose the kind of adventure you are in the mood for, and it hands you something unexpected to do. Every quest is built from an objective, a constraint that makes it interesting, and an optional bonus — so instead of another list of the same twenty attractions, you get a reason to walk down a different street, order something you cannot pronounce, or look at one painting for twenty minutes.
There is nothing to install and nothing to sign up for. It works on the phone in your pocket, in the gap between a late checkout and an evening flight, or on a full free day in a city you have never visited.
Markets, bakeries, street food and the dish locals order without looking at the menu.
One room, one object, one story — museum challenges that beat drifting past everything.
The landmark experiences, with a twist that stops them feeling like a checklist.
Neighbourhood walks, wrong turns on purpose and streets guidebooks skip.
Small photo missions that train you to notice details other travellers walk past.
Language, music, craft, ritual and everyday life where you happen to be standing.
Parks, water, viewpoints and green detours between the busy bits.
The small, quiet, odd and overlooked corners of a city.
Side Quest has no accounts, no friend lists and no leaderboards to join — which is exactly what makes it easy to play together. Everyone opens the page on their own phone, plays the same city, and compares screenshots at dinner. Agree on a target before you split up: first to 500 points, most quests completed before sunset, or one epic quest each. Points are kept in your own browser, so the only scoreboard is the one you keep between you.
Side Quest is free and always will be. When you want the rest of the trip sorted, the same site covers it:
Country-by-country guides, things to do and short itineraries.
Arrivals, transport, wi-fi, food and connections for major hubs.
Mobile data in 200+ destinations, installed before you land.
A downloadable plan built around your pace, interests and budget.