Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and the country's largest city. Generally, Bratislava is a walking city. The center is quite small and you can easily walk from one side to another in little time.


by plane --> Bratislava's M. R. Stefanik International Airport has focused on attracting low-cost airlines recently and there are direct flight connections to Bratislava from many major cities around western Europe including London, Paris, Rome and Amsterdam. Check out Sky Europe Airlines for the greatest variety of flights from/to Bratislava. EasyJet and Ryanair also have regular flights.

by car --> Bratislava is very closeto thee border of two other countries and has a rather good road system although the maintenance is fair, especially in winter. You can use a highway when arriving from Hungary or the Czech republic. A highway connects the city until the Austrian border as well, but on the Austrian side there is not the connection with the main highway.

by train --> The easiest way to get to Bratislava by train is from central Vienna (the Südbahnhof station or less frequently the Westbahnhof station). Trains leave Vienna almost every 30 minutes. It takes 50 minutes to get from the Südbahnhof to Bratislava - Petržalka railway station situated in the southern residential area of the city, and some 70 minutes to get to the Bratislava - Hlavná stanica (main railway station) situated at the northern border of the city.
There are train connection from the Czech Republic (Prague), Poland (Krakov), Hungary (Budapest), Ukraine and Russia that usually end at the Hlavna stanica. To get to the Old Town, you can either take a bus or tram, or simply walk (it takes almost 10 minutes).

by bus --> The Central Coach Terminal is at Mlynske nivy, at the eastern border of the city centre. Coach lines connect Bratislava with all of Slovakia, a high number of Czech cities and a number of EU destinations, including Vienna, London and Paris. Daily buses also depart to Budapest.

by boat --> Tourist boat lines operate on the Danube from spring through fall on routes from Vienna and Budapest. Since June 2006 you can get to Vienna using a high speed ferry boat as well, yet the rates are rather high compared to other means of transport.


Timetables about ferries, trains and airplane will be update in the next days.