Guidebook for Bratislava

Erich
Guidebook for Bratislava

Food Scene

Nice place with typical Slovak food and drinks. You can buy there as well as local dairy products.
7 locals recommend
Starosloviensky Pivovar
15 Vysoká
7 locals recommend
Nice place with typical Slovak food and drinks. You can buy there as well as local dairy products.
The 1st Slovak pub in the whole universe. Several rooms, each decorated in a different style. Lovely place with kitchen using their own farm products.
72 locals recommend
1. Slovak Pub
Obchodná
72 locals recommend
The 1st Slovak pub in the whole universe. Several rooms, each decorated in a different style. Lovely place with kitchen using their own farm products.
Good place for coffee with a special morning breakfast menu.
20 locals recommend
Rannô Ptáča
6 Štefanovičova
20 locals recommend
Good place for coffee with a special morning breakfast menu.
Self service vegetarian restaurant open from 11h00 to 17h00 on weekdays. You combine your plate and pay according to its total weight.
Veg life - Vegetariánska reštaurácia
2256/18 Mickiewiczova
Self service vegetarian restaurant open from 11h00 to 17h00 on weekdays. You combine your plate and pay according to its total weight.
Vegetarian restaurant but opened just during the day.
Obchodná 534/60
60 Obchodná
Vegetarian restaurant but opened just during the day.
Vegetarian restaurant but opened just during the day.
9 locals recommend
Veggie
594/66 Obchodná
9 locals recommend
Vegetarian restaurant but opened just during the day.
Old Bratislavian food.
Bastion Restaurant
6 Smrečianska
Old Bratislavian food.
Right in the city center, owned by the same proprietors as the 1st Slovak Pub but not so crowded by students or travellers.
61 locals recommend
Bratislava Flag Ship Restaurant
8 Nám. SNP
61 locals recommend
Right in the city center, owned by the same proprietors as the 1st Slovak Pub but not so crowded by students or travellers.
Nice, quiet place right in the centre but not really visited by tourists.
49 locals recommend
Cafe Verne
175/18 Hviezdoslavovo námestie
49 locals recommend
Nice, quiet place right in the centre but not really visited by tourists.
Really nice escape to the nature just 23 km away. Slovak cottage restaurant with small ZOO of domestic animals. You can buy fresh cheese, home made bread. Small surprise for every cycling visitor.
17 locals recommend
Biofarma Príroda Salaš Stupava
17 locals recommend
Really nice escape to the nature just 23 km away. Slovak cottage restaurant with small ZOO of domestic animals. You can buy fresh cheese, home made bread. Small surprise for every cycling visitor.
Nice place at the entrance to the nearby park. You can enjoy beer or Kofola from tap and some simple pub dishes under the large chestnut trees. No smoking inside. I have taken my first beers here. :-)
15 locals recommend
FUNUS Pub
1 Prokopa Veľkého
15 locals recommend
Nice place at the entrance to the nearby park. You can enjoy beer or Kofola from tap and some simple pub dishes under the large chestnut trees. No smoking inside. I have taken my first beers here. :-)
French restaurant and bar on the Danube river bank. A place worth to stop when visiting Eurovea shopping mall. Great food, friendly staff.
19 locals recommend
Brasserie La Marine
8 Pribinova
19 locals recommend
French restaurant and bar on the Danube river bank. A place worth to stop when visiting Eurovea shopping mall. Great food, friendly staff.
One of the largest selection of beers plus good food.
Bastion pub
19 Mýtna
One of the largest selection of beers plus good food.
Large variety of meals to satisfy even the vegetarians. A very good price and convenient location as well as good beer, wrap everything up in a neat package.
72 locals recommend
Bratislavský meštiansky pivovar
21 Dunajská
72 locals recommend
Large variety of meals to satisfy even the vegetarians. A very good price and convenient location as well as good beer, wrap everything up in a neat package.
LAURENT PATISSERIE = "Laurent cukráreň" is a traditional patisserie with own production. Their team of skilled and creative masters confectioners produces daily a wide variety of cakes, teacakes, tarts conventional, unconventional and artistic only from traditional butter and cream.
Špitálska 2199/41
41 Špitálska
LAURENT PATISSERIE = "Laurent cukráreň" is a traditional patisserie with own production. Their team of skilled and creative masters confectioners produces daily a wide variety of cakes, teacakes, tarts conventional, unconventional and artistic only from traditional butter and cream.
Each time I pass by, I do not resist to take one or two "pirôžky" pastry. Their typical smell and taste remind me of my youth in the socialist times. Every day there is a different filling. :-)
Pirôžky
Obchodná
Each time I pass by, I do not resist to take one or two "pirôžky" pastry. Their typical smell and taste remind me of my youth in the socialist times. Every day there is a different filling. :-)

Parks & Nature

Garden/Park called according to the neigbouring Medical faculty. Plce to relax, jogg, read a book or just to watch the life around you.
169 locals recommend
Medická záhrada
2181 Špitálska
169 locals recommend
Garden/Park called according to the neigbouring Medical faculty. Plce to relax, jogg, read a book or just to watch the life around you.
Nice place to do jogging (4065 m circle in the park), running in the steps (242 steps, 38 elevation gain) or to relax when walking in the nice forested area .
49 locals recommend
Mountain Park
5381 Búdková
49 locals recommend
Nice place to do jogging (4065 m circle in the park), running in the steps (242 steps, 38 elevation gain) or to relax when walking in the nice forested area .
Lake in the east part of Bratislava. An excellent place to relax in a hot summer days. Main entrance on the north west is payed, beach on the east coast is free. There is also unofician nude beach.
23 locals recommend
Zlaté Piesky
23 locals recommend
Lake in the east part of Bratislava. An excellent place to relax in a hot summer days. Main entrance on the north west is payed, beach on the east coast is free. There is also unofician nude beach.
My favourite place to relax in the nature, to walk with dog, to hike or cycle... Special tea sweatened with syrop is served in the oldest wooden booth. All year round bobsleight facily is there as well.
29 locals recommend
Kamzík
29 locals recommend
My favourite place to relax in the nature, to walk with dog, to hike or cycle... Special tea sweatened with syrop is served in the oldest wooden booth. All year round bobsleight facily is there as well.

Getting Around

Bus station for regional and international buses.
38 locals recommend
Bratislava Central Bus Station
38 locals recommend
Bus station for regional and international buses.
Boat trips on the river Danube start here. Destinations - eather Bratislava tour, Devin castle + Hainburg tour, Gabčíkovo water dam, Vienna or Budapest.
10 locals recommend
LOD
2 Fajnorovo nábrežie
10 locals recommend
Boat trips on the river Danube start here. Destinations - eather Bratislava tour, Devin castle + Hainburg tour, Gabčíkovo water dam, Vienna or Budapest.

Arts & Culture

Disco bar + alternative cinema (european and international films)
Charlie Centrum
Disco bar + alternative cinema (european and international films)
Modern art museum on a semi-island on the Danube river. Bus departs every hour from the new SND building - http://imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/cestovny-poriadok/linka/90.html
95 locals recommend
Danubiana
95 locals recommend
Modern art museum on a semi-island on the Danube river. Bus departs every hour from the new SND building - http://imhd.zoznam.sk/ba/cestovny-poriadok/linka/90.html
Museum of transport
11 locals recommend
Museum of transport
1B Šancová
11 locals recommend
Museum of transport
Fairly priced tickets to opera nad ballet. Several performances of drama with english subtitles. Performance are in the Historical or New buildings. I can help you get the tickets for you.
108 locals recommend
Slovak National Theatre
17 Pribinova
108 locals recommend
Fairly priced tickets to opera nad ballet. Several performances of drama with english subtitles. Performance are in the Historical or New buildings. I can help you get the tickets for you.

Shopping

Old market building with "hipster" food/vegetable market every Saturday.
41 locals recommend
Old Market Hall
25 Nám. SNP
41 locals recommend
Old market building with "hipster" food/vegetable market every Saturday.
Market building from 1981. Fruits, vegeables, cakes, typical Slovak fast-food (mayonese salads) as well as lunch for 3,5 € in the canteen as from the socialist era. Bonus-1 liter of wine for 1,2 eur.
9 locals recommend
Tržnica
112 Šancová
9 locals recommend
Market building from 1981. Fruits, vegeables, cakes, typical Slovak fast-food (mayonese salads) as well as lunch for 3,5 € in the canteen as from the socialist era. Bonus-1 liter of wine for 1,2 eur.
Department store. The largest in Bratislava in the socialist era. :-)
129 locals recommend
Tesco
1/A Kamenné Námestie
129 locals recommend
Department store. The largest in Bratislava in the socialist era. :-)
One of the nicest places recently built in Bratislava. Succesful developers´ project. Attractive promenade near the Danube, several bars and restaurants, near new building of the National theatre.
304 locals recommend
Eurovea Galleria
8 Pribinova
304 locals recommend
One of the nicest places recently built in Bratislava. Succesful developers´ project. Attractive promenade near the Danube, several bars and restaurants, near new building of the National theatre.
Shopping mall easily accessible by tram.
103 locals recommend
Central
6 Metodova
103 locals recommend
Shopping mall easily accessible by tram.
The name tells it all. Just half an hour by car from Bratislava you will find a paradise for lovers of fashion marks with outlet prices. The trains run from Bratislava-Petržalka to Parndorf-Ort every hour.
26 locals recommend
Parndorf Outletcenter station
26 locals recommend
The name tells it all. Just half an hour by car from Bratislava you will find a paradise for lovers of fashion marks with outlet prices. The trains run from Bratislava-Petržalka to Parndorf-Ort every hour.

Entertainment & Activities

I am one of five guides organising special "Post Socialist City Tour" in Bratislava. Visit places that are not promoted by standard guides but makes Bratislava really special place to visit. :-)
29 locals recommend
Authentic Slovakia Ltd.
9 Drotárska cesta
29 locals recommend
I am one of five guides organising special "Post Socialist City Tour" in Bratislava. Visit places that are not promoted by standard guides but makes Bratislava really special place to visit. :-)
Aquapark
20 locals recommend
AQUAPARK Senec
Slnečné jazerá - sever
20 locals recommend
Aquapark
A place for a good massage
SABAI Holiday Inn
25 Bajkalská
A place for a good massage

Sightseeing

What about having a day trip to the Castle Čachtice, famous by its 17th century resident, Mrs. Elisabeth Bathory?
12 locals recommend
Čachtice Castle
12 locals recommend
What about having a day trip to the Castle Čachtice, famous by its 17th century resident, Mrs. Elisabeth Bathory?
What about a small hiking trip to clean your head from civilisation?
9 locals recommend
Pajštún
9 locals recommend
What about a small hiking trip to clean your head from civilisation?
450 m walking path in the underground treasure of Small Carpathian mountains.
8 locals recommend
Driny
8 locals recommend
450 m walking path in the underground treasure of Small Carpathian mountains.
Why not to make a trip in the surroundings of Bratislava? "Red Stone Castle" is a good option.
19 locals recommend
Červený Kameň Castle
19 locals recommend
Why not to make a trip in the surroundings of Bratislava? "Red Stone Castle" is a good option.
Turning restaurant and bar on TV tower. Very reasonable prices.
21 locals recommend
Kamzík TV Tower
21 locals recommend
Turning restaurant and bar on TV tower. Very reasonable prices.
City escape for nature and plants lovers.
Botanická
Botanická
City escape for nature and plants lovers.
The ruins of castle Devín on the confluent of Danube and Morava rivers. Nice view to Austria. Memorial of the Iron curtain just under the castle near Morava river.
15 locals recommend
Hrad Devín
1050 Muránská
15 locals recommend
The ruins of castle Devín on the confluent of Danube and Morava rivers. Nice view to Austria. Memorial of the Iron curtain just under the castle near Morava river.
During the socialist era "the must see" in Bratislava. Now not so frequently visited landmark in Bratislava with nic view on New Town and Castle.
107 locals recommend
Slavín
107 locals recommend
During the socialist era "the must see" in Bratislava. Now not so frequently visited landmark in Bratislava with nic view on New Town and Castle.