Tagged With "Bratislava"

Thanks for the great pics! I've only ever seen Bratislava from the river while on a Budapest to Vienna ferry...but now you've put it on the menu for our next time in Vienna. Worth noting: since Ryanair flights to "Vienna" actually land at Bratislava, it's a good opportunity for budget flyers to pay a visit before or after their time in Vienna.

Thanks, Ready2Go! I didn't know about Ryanair landing there. Bratislava has the benefit of being much cheaper than Vienna, so if you want to spend time in the region, your budget will go much further here than in Austria. Also, it's much less heavily touristed, and in some of the side streets you'll feel like you've got the place to yourself.

(Bratislava's Slovak National Theater) Bratislava, capitol of land-locked Slovakia, was not what I expected.  It’s an old city whose history goes back to well before the time of Christ, including envelopment into the Hungarian and...

 I've previously described what a great travel destination Bratislava is (click here for that link).   Clean, historic, vibrant --  in a healthy recovery after decades of repression under the Soviet regime. As we were...

Christmas in Europe is always special and these images will either bring back happy memories or stoke the imagination.

I relish memories of those festive Christmas markets in the bitter cold and often snow that get you in the holiday mood. The warm glühwein and grilled sausages on a roll with senf (mustard) helped warm you up. My favorite market was Baden-Baden.

Sorry about the pun, but it appears that FlyNiki, an AirBerlin subsidiary, has cancelled plans to move part of its operation from Vienna to Bratislava and connect the two bases with an air shuttle.