As parents, we never tire of looking for fun options with which our children can develop their skills in addition to having a good time. What if a getaway to observe nature and breathe fresh air, what if a movie that enriches you culturally... but, when it comes to soft skills (usually called 'softs kills'), only activities, games and homemade crafts come to mind.
Luckily, we can also establish an outing with them and take advantage of it to work on teamwork, logic or reasoning. How? Letting them enjoy one of the many blunt escapes that we can find in the different cities of Spain. These activities, which are usually played in closed spaces and designed for the occasion, are nothing more than physical and mental adventure games in which the players are locked in a room and have to overcome riddles and puzzles to unravel a story and manage to get out before the available time runs out. Normally, the game is set in a specific setting and the puzzles follow the same theme.
Although this is the traditional game mode, lately there is talk of 'Hall Escape', a version that follows the same theme but this time the players are not locked in any room: they will simply have to solve riddles and puzzles until they reach the final objective.
This series of activities are designed to work in groups of several people, so they are considered a perfect option to promote teamwork. In addition, they are perfect for children to have a fun time.
Although they exist in all Spanish cities, Madrid is full of different and very attractive options. We have compiled some of the most interesting ones for you to write down. Some follow the common thread of well-known sequels such as Star Wars or Harry Potter. Others have characters like Alice in Wonderland or superheroes as protagonists and others will hook you because of their tremendous appeal. Are you interested in any of them?
Coco Room
Among the many proposals we find 'Cadet School' and 'Explorers in Cairo', both designed for children from eight years old. The first is a Hall escape in which different enigmas are proposed to save humanity. The second will also serve to learn different curiosities about Cairo.
- Address: Calle Moratines, 18
- Price per person: €15
MAD Escape Room
This room offers three options of activities differentiated by age. First we find 'El Zorro Félix' (7-9 years): children must look for the birthday gift of this fantastic fox who is the victim of a prank by his friends. To continue, they offer us 'Finding. The right planet' (10-12) years, in which players must look for the most beautiful planet to live on. And finally, 'STOP MAX' (12-14 years), an adventure in which they will have to solve challenges to obtain very important information.
- Address: Calle Donoso Cortés, 36
- Price per person: €14
Khaos Escape
In this Escape Rooms they have two activities specially designed for children: 'Operation Diamond' and 'Superpowers'. The common thread of the first revolves around a dangerous gang of thieves who have seized loot stored in a security camera. The little ones will have to recover it. In the second option, the children will have to save the city from a villain who threatens to unleash chaos. Both last one hour and are designed for 10-30 players.
- Address: Calle de Jerónimo de la Quintana, 10
- Price per person: €16
Spacescape
This room is especially interesting for Star Wars lovers, since everything revolves around elements inspired by the famous saga. The heroes of the 'Pichón Centenario' are victims of a space gastroenteritis epidemic and players will have to replace Juan Solo and the rest of the crew to change the course of the empire. It is focused on all types of audiences, since they adapt the difficulty of the game to the age of the players.
- Address: José Prat Boulevard, 13
- Price per person: €9-12
The magic library
Wizards, witches, potions, spells and books everywhere that the kids will have to look for to get to the 'Jouars' Bilingual Magic School. The organization guarantees that the activities admit a maximum of seven people in the case of the little ones and that the difficulty is adapted to their age (from 0 to 6 years, from 7 to 11 years and from 11 to 15 years).
- Address: José Prat Boulevard, 13
- Price per person: €9-12
Lostroom family and friends
This is not a typical escape room because instead of locks, they use magic, unexpected steps, lasers, virtual reality and much more to solve the mystery. In addition, the adventures revolve around the characters from Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and other characters well known to the little ones.
- Address: Calle Alejandro González, 3
- Price per person: €13-20
Marvel Escape Room
The world is in danger and SpiderMan and IronMan need the help of the little ones to save it. This is the mission offered by the Marvel Escape room, in intu Xanadú. It is a temporary activity: it can only be enjoyed until next February 16, but it promises adrenaline and a lot of logic. It consists of two rooms differentiated by the name of the superheroes and in each of them the children will have a different objective.
- Address: Madrid Xanadú Commercial Park
- Price per person: Free
express puzzle
It should be noted that this room is not suitable for children under eight years of age and that they must always be accompanied by an adult caregiver. Through puzzles, riddles, riddles and riddles, players must leave a room in less than 60 minutes. As? Managing with ingenuity, logic, imagination and, above all, teamwork.
- Address: Plaza de la Condesa de Gavia, 3
- Price per person: €59-79 (Groups of 4 to 6 people)
The secret of Madrid: escape room through the streets of the city
They define themselves on their website as 'the first outdoor escape room'. And this 'escape city' is played through the streets of the capital. In this activity, which mixes the basis of blunt escape with theater, children between 9 and 16 years old will have to solve puzzles and find people in the center of Madrid who can help them achieve their goal (there will be 7 actors provided by the organization itself). It has a 2019 Tripadvisor certificate of excellence. Are you in?
- Price per person: from €19.50
Golden Escape room
Designed for children between 5 and 9 years old, it is designed for them to use their logic and solve all types of puzzles appropriate to their age. In addition, birthdays can be celebrated.
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