Lisbon Escape Game: The Spy Room

Lisbon’s oldest escape game draws for inspiration on the city’s long time reputation as a centre for espionage, with the game’s aim being to sneak into, and then escape from, the apartment of a famous spy. It was built at a time when escape rooms were a strange novelty in Europe, with only a handful existing outside Budapest, and is stylistically close to the early Hungarian games.

Built inside an old apartment in Lisbon’s centre, it’s not easy to spot - the entrance looks like just another res...