by The X-Door Valencia (website)
Carrer del Literat Gabriel Miró, 25, 46008 València, Valencia
2-6 players
Languages: EN, ES
90 minsOverall rating
based on ratings from 4 users
combined with 3 pro reviews
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Just brilliant. Fun and immersive, lots of puzzles, crazy storyline. Don't miss. Contender for my favourite ever room.
Fun, original storyline with some great acting to set the scene. Felt like an old school puzzle room with good variety of scenes, lots of puzzles and a storyline that flowed throughout. The only negatives - parts of the set showed their age, there were a LOT of locks and it sometimes wasn’t easy to establish which one was for which puzzle, one particular scene (using a real phone) is a unique task but in our opinion takes you out of the moment and probably works better for local players who don’t need to worry about time differences.
Let’s start by saying that I can see why this game has many accolades. The start is hilarious and somewhat menacing. The acting throughout is great, even if they have limited English. Much better than our Spanish!
Some of the puzzles are very clever, fun to complete and makes you feel like a kid again.
The only gripes for me, which I think is due to its age, is the number of padlocks and signposting. The padlocks are old and there are a lot of them. It’s hard to know which clue works with which puzzle. That led to some frustration.
For any non Spanish players, one tip, try to memorise a phone number for someone not in the room. In may come in handy.
Would still highly recommend.
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For me, La Peluquería perhaps suffered a bit from all of the hype we encountered for it both in Barcelona and Valencia, but even with that, it was still a ridiculously fun time. Irreverent, full of puzzles, and more adventure than I’ve ever had at a hairdresser’s before, this is definitely a game that’s worth a visit.
“La Peluquería” (The Hairdresser) was the winner at this year’s Escape Room Awards in Spain. Nominated in 7 of 8 categories, it ended up with 3 first places (best escape game, best experience, best riddles) and a third place (most original game). Of course, I couldn’t miss it when I was in Valencia.
X-Door also runs two other rooms, “The Last Dragon” (a humorous GoT theme) and the horror game “The Dark Years”, which we had already played on our last visit.
Forget the Barber of Seville, because the only thing that’s hot right now is the Star Hairdresser of Valencia. Stars and starlets from all over the world, politicians, actors and musicians come to Remigio to be styled.
Pictures with thank-you notes from his most famous clients adorn the walls of the tranquil salon in droves and bear witness to the genius of the Majestro.
From Elvis, who regularly had his quiff styled here, to Hugh Jackman, whose beard and distinctive wolf’s quiff need to be brought into shape before the next X-Men film, to absolute trendsetters like Boris Johnson or Donald Trump.
Lists
These are the 20 Best Escape Games out of a total of 450 that we have played in 2023* in 15 different countries.
Top Live Escape Games 2023: https://escaperoomers.de/best-of-2023-live/
*) Note: Rooms that we played a second (or third) time in 2023, and t...