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Treasure hunt: A spy at Esseillon
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Call for volunteers! The French General Staff recruits spies to unlock the secrets of the fortress and free the imprisoned lieutenant colonel.
New family treasure hunt scenario at the forts of Esseillon.
Routes to share with family or friends, the Savoyard Discovery Walk of the Forts of Esseillon will allow you to apprehend the heritage in a fun way.
This year, Aussois offers you a new scenario plunging you into 1840, through the mazes of the imposing fortress where spies swarm.
Call for volunteer French soldiers! Infiltrate the enemy fort Victor-Emmanuel to shed light on its organization and the life of the Sardinian garrison. Collect your road book to get into the fort and solve the puzzles that will also allow you to free Lieutenant-Colonel Desgranges. The giant sheets scattered on the course will bring you the information obtained and transmitted to the French general staff by the lieutenant-colonel before he was imprisoned.
To each visitor his discovery:
- Route of the spies: follow the markup
Duration: about 2h30
Elevation: 100 meters (stairs)
- Comfort walk: part of the fort accessible to all, without play (families with strollers, seniors, people with reduced mobility accompanied).
Services
Rates
7 € game book sold at the Tourist Office, the Arche d'Oé museum and the Guinguette de l'Esseillon.
Period(s) of use
From 01/01 to 31/12
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