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Bratislava Hotels
Bratislava Hotels
Hotel Dukla
Hotel Dukla **** Bratislava
Hotel Dukla is our most popular choice
for our groups. The completely reconstructed Hotel
Dukla is situated close to the centre of the capital
of Slovakia - Bratislava and is only a 10-15 Min walk
to the main attractions in the centre. The rooms are
spacious and bright. Free mini-bar is offered but only
soft drinks!!
Our Opinion: A
good choice for the quaility and the price and only a
short walk to the centre
£30 per person per night
£30 per person per night
including Breakfast & all Taxes
The Hotel Danube is an international
standard hotel managed by the French company MEYDAN
HOTELS and offers a charming, friendly and pleasant
atmosphere. All 280 rooms are perfectly soundproofed,
air-conditioned and several rooms have a beautiful
view of the Danube river and castle All of the rooms
are centrally air-conditioned, equipped with satellite
and movie TV, ISDN telephone line and mini bar.
Our Opinion: Class
and luxury comes to mind if you choose your stay here.
This hotel is right in the centre of Bratislava so no
long walks to find the best places! Ideal for Hen
& Stag groups who are more refined and looking for
an extra special touch to their weekend.
£38 per person per night
including Breakfast & all Taxes
The historical building dating
back to 1850 has been fully reconstructed and
renovated to the highest standards maintaining
the glory of the old days -The hotel is located
in the very heart of the city right opposite the
State Opera and Philharmony -Most of the 168
bedrooms overlook the Opera -The hotel's
"Mirror Bar" is a masterpiece of turn
of the century -Art Nouveau -architecture -The
all day restaurant with floor to ceiling windows
will offer local and international cuisine.
Our Opinion: Quality
accommodation the Hotel Radisson SAS Carlton is
the best address in Town. If you are looking for
the best accommodation in Bratislava then this
is the hotel for you.
£46 per person per night
including Breakfast & all Taxes
Hotel Holiday Inn is located 10
minutes from the city center. The rooms are
furnished to the Holiday Inn standard, all rooms
are fully air-conditioned.
The Bratislava Holiday Inn Hotel offers a
swimming pool, a sizable lobby bar, pizza
restaurant and a brasserie.
Our Opinion: An ideal Stag
Hotel if you don't mind getting a cab into the
centre. A short 10 minute taxi ride will see
you in the centre of Bratislava. For the price
it is great value
£34 per person per night
including Breakfast & all Taxes
For the more cosmopolitan and
mixed crowd, try the downtown/city centre - you will find many places and try
one of the ones advertising Slovak beers such as Zlaty Bazant or Kelt.
Alternatively go for a great Czech beer on tap - lagers such as Budvar or
Pilsner Urquell, Kozel, Radegast, Starobrno...
Try 17s Bar on Hviezdoslavovo
square 17 for great Czech beer (and good pizza served until 1 am). The
Dubliner's Irish Pub on Sedlárska Street is popular with the ex-pat crowd and
serves Irish, as well as Slovak beers, along with pub food.
For a non-traditional presentation of Slovak traditions, visit 1st
Slovak Pub on Obchodna street, composed of 14 separate rooms representing
various periods in Slovakia's history that fit 650 people.
Students also crowd into the Hysteria
Pub near the stadium in the evenings.
Bars
In the centre, try People's
in the Hviezdoslav square across from the Opera of the National Theatre (also
rated as 2nd Best Restaurant in Slovakia overall by Trend Top 2004), Paparazzi
right around the corner (both serve modern international cuisine and serve a
cosmopolitan, yuppieish crowd). The Coctail Bar on Panska is of the same flavour,
as is the Greenwich Pub on Zelena, known to the locals as the Coctail Bar (sic),
but neither serves food. Cocoloco Cocktailbar
on top of the SNP square (near the Michael's Tower) is a stylish hangout for the
young and beautiful. The recently opened Sparx
in the building of the former largest beerhall in central Europe on Cintorinska
draws large party crowds, with qeues building up especially on weekend nights.
Here are a few popular spots
outside of the centre but well worth a taxi ride: Harley
Davidson is a large and popular bar not only for bikers playing mainly rock
and oldies located on Rebarborova (20 minutes by taxi). Coyote
Ugly on Roznavska is a new bar, with the barmaids dancing on the bar like in
the eponymous film.
If you want to opt for more
of a local flavour, be careful. Avoid tourist traps and nasty local dives. Use
your best judgment, you will learn fast.
Restaurants
If you would like to sample
the traditional Slovak fare or Pressburg specialties (not really what most
people eat these days), try the Slovak Restaurant on Hviezdoslavovo namestie (if
you can afford it), Traja
musketieri styled as "the taste of 1625" on Sladkovicova (not far
from the Presidential Palace). The taste of traditional Pressburg drawing on
Austrian and Hungarian culinary traditions is offered in Leberfinger,
across the Danube from the Old Town (a pleasant, 10-minute walk across the
bridge and a taxi ride back, as you will be too full to walk).
Another highly recommended
restaurant with traditional Old Bratislava fare is Modra Hviezda (The Blue Star)
located in a narrow street on the way to the castle, serving meals in the
Slovak, Austrian and Hungarian traditions and great Slovak wines complemented
with a little bit of history written onto the menu.
Staroslovenska krcma (the Old
Slovak Pub) in the pedestrian zone on Michalska is another solid choice, both in
the winter when you eat in a tastefully decorated cellar and in the summer at
one of the two outdoor seating areas.
Do try Prasna basta,
it's been around for a long time and is featured in many travel guides. Try
Archa around the corner from the Archbishop's Palace in Primaciálne Square, A-Klub
on Panska. Also on Laurinska, wonderful crepes and pancakes with savoury and
sweet fillings of all kinds can be had and the Creperie. Bagl's
Wine Bar on SNP Square serves both a great selection of food and a variety
of wines.
A vegetarian restaurant
Elixir 14 is located on Stefanikova. For cheap vegetarian food, you will find
the Vegetarianska jedalen on Laurinska (featured in Let's Go, offering a choice
of about 10 meals at around SKK 60 (EUR 1.56)).
In the same category, to eat what the locals eat, visit Lahodky
u Sherlocka on the corner of Mileticova and Prievozska or one of the
slightly more upmarket (but still very reasonably priced) restaurants on
Mileticova such as Leguan or Steam & Coffee (a local chain, now also at the Radisson
SAS Carlton Hotel having replaced an unsuccessful Friday's, near Pollus City
Center and at the Slovak Radio upside down pyramid building).
If you are interested in the more exotic restaurant offerings (Chinese, Indian,
Japanese, Middle Eastern...), see our Ethnic
Restaurants in Bratislava listings.
Cafés
Bratislava has a long café
tradition. Some traditional cafés are still around and many Slovaks love to go
for coffee. You order an espresso (called presso - comes in small - piccolo and
large), most places also serve cappuccinos, lattes and the like. You usually get
a small cookie or piece of chocolate and sometimes a glass of water with your
coffee. To name but a few, try Café Mayer in the Hlavne namestie (Main Square),
Roland, Café Korzo
near the New Bridge, Antik near Hlavne namestie.
A young and trendy crowd can be found sipping lattes at the Cafe
Central on Obchodna street, but do not miss other nice cafes along that
street either. If you would like to watch or join and artsy crowd, try Café
Verne with wild decorations based on sci-fi by Jules Verne in Hviezdoslavovo
Square (frequented by students of the Academy of Arts located next door) or the
cosy Café Kút
hidden in a courtyard next to the Prasna Basta restaurant.
For a change of pace, visit the non-smoking Radnicka Café in the City Museum
Courtyard of the Old Town Hall's tower in the Main Square, a protected workpace
with waiters with disabilities.
Two charming cafes focus on
hot chocolate: literally dozens of delicious types of hot or cold chocolate are
served at Maximilian on Main Square and Chocolate at Michalska (both are
smoke-free).
If you prefer tea to coffee,
you should visit one of the growing number of Bratislava tea-rooms. Most are
non-smoking and offer a variety of premium teas. For a change of pace, try the
esoteric and hip Cajovna on
Zamocka street, a few minutes walk from the Hotel
Ibis Bratislava Centrum, offering premium teas from around the world.
Clubs
For Jazz and 80s, the top
spot is Metro Club, right near the Forum
Hotel. You may also try Cafe Studio Club on Laurinska, which offers live
music many nights of the week. The Flamenco
Music Club on Stefanikova is a very popular spot with hot latino rhythms
into the early morning hours. We highly recommend the cozy, really chill, mostly
downtempo Nu Spirit Bar
(our favorite formerly knows as Buddha Bar) on Medena - the soothing nu jazz
draws a sophisticated crowd of different age groups.
A hugely popular spot is the Cirkus
Barok, a dance club and bar with several floors in a ship anchored on the
Danube bank just across the road from the Devin
Hotel, near the New Bridge. For something more glitzy and discoish try La
Verna on the SNP Square by the Old Town Market. For a younger in-crowd, Unique
Club at the university dormitories in Mlynská dolina is a sought after
hang-out (also popular with students are the nearby Elam
and Casey).
For the more modern, up-to-date electronic styles try Radost,
an underground chill-out bar and club on Obchodna, the recently refurbished Duna
on Obchodna is popular with the young underground crowd. A young crowd also
chills at Hlbocina with two underground floors of varied electronica on Zupne
namestie. Spojka just behind
the Slovak National Museum by the river is usually only open on weekend nights
and is popular with the in-crowd. U-Club,
a former nuclear fall-out shelter on the river side of the castle hill just
behind the New Bridge is a unique experience, mainly for techno fans.
The once famous Charlie's Pub has reopened recently across from the Kyjev
Hotel behind Tesco, connecting to its tradition of 90s tunes and hot
dancing. For dance party listings see booom.sk
and for electronic club scene party listings see gregi.sk.
Do try 