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Tag Archives: bratislava
The Best of Bratislava’s Antiques
One can rush through Bratislava – see only its ugly outskirts – and come away thinking there is nothing there. Even should one find one’s way to the maze of cobbled Old Town alleys, one can come away not glimpsing … Continue reading
The Greatest Boutique Hotel in Bratislava
Travel up above the city centre into Koliba, or the neighbourhoods around Slavin, and you enter wealthy Bratislava – where city intellectuals attend piano concerts and abodes are designed by fashionable architects. With its maze of steep leafy streets, this … Continue reading
The Forgotten Bank of the Danube
That last post reminded me of another I meant to write a few months ago. I’d been shopping, as I remember (not at one of the big malls because I detest them) and fancied a stroll near the city centre. … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Hikes, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc)
Tagged austria, bratislava, bratislava cycling trail, bratislava danube, bratislava hikes, bratislava parks, bratislava water museum, bungee jumping, danube, danube bratislava, danube bridge, danubiana art museum, lafranconi, most snp, pressburg, stefanikova magistrala, vodarenske muzeum
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Canoeing Down the Morava and Danube into Bratislava
Approach is everything. With Bratislava, you have several means at your disposal. By road from Vienna isn’t bad: after all, out of the flat eastern Austrian farmland rears the forested hills of Devínska Kobyla and the otherworldly Communist-era tower blocks … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Getting To/Around Slovakia, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc)
Tagged bratislava, bratislava danube, bratislava hainburg, bratislava hikes, canoeing, communism, communist slovakia, danube, danube boat, danube bratislava, danube bridge, devin bratislava, Devin castle, devinska kobyla, Devinska nova ves, devinske jazero, devinsky hrad, eastern europe, eurovea, hainburg, karloveske rameno, Marianka, morava, nationalpark Donau Auen, pilgrimage trail, vienna bratislava boat, vienna to bratislava
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Waiting
I’m waiting in the concrete starkness of the Most SNP Bus Station; eyes dimly fixed on the rather fetching new digital departure screen; realisation slowly dawning that I have indeed missed the hourly bus to Devín. As it’s early, and … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Slovakia (General)
Tagged bratislava, Devin castle, most snp, Slovak tourism
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The Štefánikova Magistrála (Štefánik’s Trail)
When I heard there was a path themed around one of Slovakia’s greatest all-time heroes, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, running from the Austrian border at Hrad Devín through the entirety of the Small Carpathians to Bradlo, where the man is buried, my … Continue reading
Posted in Accommodation in the Wilderness, BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Hikes, WESTERN SLOVAKIA
Tagged best western hotel west, bratislava, bratislava castles, bratislava hotel west, cesta hrdinov snp, devin bratislava, Devin castle, devinska kobyla, devinsky hrad, kamzik, kamzik bratislava, kamzik tv tower, Male Karpaty, most snp, most snp bratislava, Slovakia castles, Small Carpathians, stefanik, stefanikova magistrala, tatranska magistrala, western slovakia castles
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Cognac Express…
I don’t, generally, get enthusiastic about getting from A to B in style (read: luxury cruise, first-class train, business-class flight). If it does happen, fine. But if not, no matter, such modes of travel are in any case too often … Continue reading
Štefánik’s Stomping Ground
On a surreally misty grey morning the other weekend we drove up into the northeast portion of the Small Carpathians (Malé Karpaty) not far from Trenčin to find out a little more about the most famous Slovak personality of the last … Continue reading
Posted in Hikes, History, Museums/Galleries, WESTERN SLOVAKIA
Tagged Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austro-Hungarian Empire Slovakia, bradlo, bratislava, bratislava airport, brezova pod bradlom, cesta hrdinov snp, czechoslovakia, dusan jurkovic, hungarian empire, kosiarska, lomnicky stit cable car, masaryk, mohyla, MR Stefanik Airport, Piestany, Piestany spa, stefanik, stefanikova magistrala, svidnik
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Bratislava Castle Restaurant
Slovak cuisine tastebud-tickling time. And this, primarily, for a friend who is Bratislava-bound soon after a lengthy time away, and has been asking me about classic places to eat really good Slovak food in Bratislava Old Town. On first examination, … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Food & Drink - Restaurants
Tagged bratislava, bratislava castle, bratislava castle restaurant, bratislava old town, bratislava restaurants, bratislava wine, hradna hviezda, Male Karpaty, mangalica, modra hviezda, slovak food, slovak wine, Small Carpathians, Small Carpathians Wine Route, strapacky, traditional slovak food
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Bratislava Clock Museum
Back in the 19th century, it turns out, Bratislava (aka Pressburg to German speakers or Pozsony to Hungarian speakers) was one of Europe’s foremost manufacturers of clocks – and the Hungarian Empire’s go-to destination for purchasing high-quality timepieces. It was … Continue reading
Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Culture, History, Museums/Galleries
Tagged beblaveho, bratislava, bratislava attractions, bratislava castle, bratislava clock museum, bratislava jewish quarter, bratislava museums, bratislava old town, clock museum, dom u dobreho pastiera, house of the good shepherd, hungarian empire, mikulasska, Pozsony, prague, prague astronomical clock, pressburg, zidovska
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