Small teams. A cash allowance. No smartphones, no maps, no plan — just your wits and the open road, racing east across the continent from a secret start line to a secret finish.
Wed – Tue·Race Thurs–Mon·Date TBCPay in one hit — or spread it over 3 payments of £165
You and your team are flown into northern Italy, then handed a cash allowance and a sealed envelope. Inside: directions to your secret start line, and your first checkpoint. From there it's down to you — buses, trains, your own two feet, and the kindness of strangers. Reach each checkpoint in order, take on challenges along the way, and race east across the continent to be first to the finish.
You genuinely don't know the route. Every decision — fast train or slow bus, push on or rest — is yours to make, for real, on the day.
Phones sealed away at the start. You navigate by map, by timetable, and by asking actual humans. Just like the old days.
A bed every night, transport covered, GPS-tracked throughout. The adventure feels raw — but you're never on your own out there.
Fly into Venice on Wednesday and transfer to the start. Race Thursday to Monday. Fly home from Romania on Tuesday morning. Everything in between — checkpoints, challenges, beds — is handled. You just bring yourself and your nerve.
Fly into Venice, then a bus transfer to base for night zero. Meet the teams, get briefed.
Allowances handed out, phones sealed, envelope one opened. The race begins.
Checkpoint to checkpoint, challenge to challenge. New city, new bed each night.
Race into the finish city. First team home takes the crown. Celebration dinner.
Fly home Tuesday morning from Romania. Sleep on the plane — you'll have earned it.
Each checkpoint is revealed only on arrival — a clue to a region, never a pin. Here's the shape of what's coming as you cross five countries' worth of borders, languages and alphabets. The names? You'll have to earn those.
Out of Italy and into the unknown. There's no clean direct route — you'll have to work out the change yourself.
The long one. A cross-border haul where the obvious route isn't the smart one. Read the timetable, not the herd.
A short hop that still makes you change trains in a place you've never heard of. Cheap — if you find it.
Fewer departures, fewer English signs. This is where talking to locals — and nerve — pays off.
The direct way home is a trap that'll cost you hours. Spot the clever reroute and dash for the line. First team in wins.
One payment, and almost everything is taken care of. You only need to sort your own flights in and out.
Handed back to you in cash at the start of the adventure to spend on the road.
Your buses and trains across Europe are covered — you only sort flights in and out.
A bed sorted for you every night from Wednesday to Tuesday — a mix of hostels and Airbnbs — throughout the adventure.
Tracked by Race Control throughout, with regular check-ins and an emergency fund in place.
Extra challenges along the way to earn time, points and prizes. The more you take on, the better.
You book your own inbound and outbound flights. See the flights section below — it's cheaper than you'd think.
You're responsible for arranging your own travel insurance for the trip. Sort it before you travel.
Simple rules, fiercely enforced. Break them and you'll pay in time. Live by them and you're in with a shout.
All phones sealed at the start. Breaking the seal outside an emergency costs you.
Air travel is banned for the whole race. Ground transport and your own legs only.
No Uber or Bolt. Licensed taxis hailed in person are allowed — but they'll wreck your budget.
Teammates travel together at all times. No splitting up to cover more ground.
Open each envelope only on arrival at the previous checkpoint. No peeking, no skipping.
Your allowance is your allowance. Run out and you walk, work, or charm your way onward.
Check in with Race Control at each checkpoint so we always know where you are.
Asking strangers for directions, lifts, or a phone to call Control is encouraged. That's the spirit.
Skip any you like — but you forfeit the time, points and prizes on offer. Choose wisely.
Respect locals, laws, and each other. No trespassing, no dodging fares, no being a nuisance.
Lowest total time across all legs, minus your earned credits, wins. Simple as that.
Reaching the finish first is only half the game. Scattered across the route are optional challenges — complete them to claw back time, rack up points, and win prizes. Skip them if you're racing hard, or chase them if you're playing the long game. How you play is up to you.
Optional challenges at every stage. The bold are rewarded. The cautious play it safe. Both can win — if they're fast enough.
You sort your own flights in and out. Fly into Venice on Wednesday — it has frequent, often cheap flights from airports right across the UK — then it's a short, scenic bus hop to the start, revealed nearer the time. We'll cover your bus transfer. Fly home on Tuesday from Cluj-Napoca, in the heart of Transylvania.
Wide UK choice and good value. From the airport, a short bus transfer gets you to the secret start line — we'll cover it and send the details before you travel.
Direct flights to the UK (Luton & Stansted) — book a Tuesday flight.
The no-phones rule is the whole point — so safety runs quietly in the background, just like the real thing.
Every team is tracked by Race Control throughout the adventure, start to finish.
You'll check in with Control at regular points along the way so we always know you're good.
An emergency fund is in place for the unexpected, so nobody's ever truly stuck.
Accommodation is sorted and booked for you each evening — no scrambling at midnight.
Grab your team, claim your spot, and find out what you're made of. The continent's waiting.
Express Your Interest — £495pp£495 in one payment, or 3 payments of £165
*£495 per person includes your travel & food allowance, all in-race transport, and accommodation every night from Wednesday to Tuesday. Flights and travel insurance not included — you're responsible for arranging these.
