  Escaping from a complex maze, by exploring different paths with several
decision-making branches in order to reach the exit, has always been a very
challenging and fascinating task. Wave field and quantum objects may explore a
complex structure in parallel by interference effects, but without necessarily
leading to more efficient transport. Here, inspired by recent observations in
biological energy transport phenomena, we demonstrate how a quantum walker can
efficiently reach the output of a maze by partially suppressing the presence of
interference. In particular, we show theoretically an unprecedented improvement
in transport efficiency for increasing maze size with respect to purely quantum
and classical approaches. In addition, we investigate experimentally these
hybrid transport phenomena, by mapping the maze problem in an integrated
waveguide array, probed by coherent light, hence successfully testing our
theoretical results. These achievements may lead towards future bio-inspired
photonics technologies for more efficient transport and computation.
