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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Kamzík

Posted on March 7, 2015 by lwaterson

Like the Tower of London, like the Eiffel Tower, the thing that puts you off wanting to go to Kamzík, the big TV tower/mast standing sentinel over the hills above Bratislava is that it is, perhaps, too obvious. There is admittedly not much … Continue reading →

Posted in Accommodation in the Wilderness, BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Business Travel, Cool buildings/castles, Food & Drink - Cafes, Food & Drink - Pubs and Bars, Food & Drink - Restaurants, Hikes, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc) | Tagged altitude restaurant, best western hotel west, bradlo, brasserie, bratislava, bratislava attractions, bratislava best western, bratislava cable car, bratislava castle, bratislava danube, bratislava hikes, bratislava local city forest, bratislava running routes, bratislava station, bus 43, cross-country skiing, danube, danubiana art museum, Devin castle, devinska kobyla, dubravka, hainburg, hlavna stanica, hodzovo namestie, kamzik, kamzik bratislava, kamzik slovakia, kamzik tv tower, karpatska, koliba expo restaurant, krasnanska kuria, krasnany, kuty, lanovky, Male Karpaty, Marianka, mestske lesy, mlada garda, nove mesto, patronka, pilgrimage site, pilgrimage trail, Raca, skiing, slovakia austria, slovakia austria border, Small Carpathians, Small Carpathians Wine Route, snowshoeing, stefanik, stefanikova magistrala, trolleybus 203, trolleybus 204, vojenska nemocnica, zelezna studnicka | Leave a comment

Krasňanská Kúria

Posted on February 21, 2015 by lwaterson

If you were to ask me what was the best restaurant in Bratislava outside of the Old Town, my unequivocal answer would be the title of this post. If you were to ask me what the best restaurant in Bratislava … Continue reading →

Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Food & Drink - Restaurants | Tagged bratislava, bratislava restaurants, krasnany, Pekna Cesta, Raca, slovak food, traditional slovak food, tram 3, tram 5 | Leave a comment

Mapping My Run (in the Small Carpathians)

Posted on August 29, 2014 by lwaterson

A weekday night in a typical Andean hostel; salsa filtering in from a bar across the way; the smell of engine oil and fried guinea pig and crisp wintry mountains wafting in. Incredibly this room has a desk and I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc) | Tagged bears, bratislava, Bratislava Forest, bratislava vineyards, modra, Pekna Cesta, pezinok, Raca, Small Carpathians | Leave a comment

The Pajštún Castle Hike

Posted on March 30, 2014 by lwaterson

The sultry March weather in Bratislava continues, and the yearning for countryside escapes grows in proportion. Last Friday we yet again found ourselves heading out to explore one of the many outdoor adventures in close proximity to the city. This … Continue reading →

Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Cool buildings/castles, Culture, Hikes, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc), Wildlife | Tagged borinka slovakia, bratislava, bratislava castles, bratislava hikes, bratislava local city forest, bus 37, Devin castle, hikes, Marianka, mestske lesy, mlynske nivy, most snp, mouflon slovakia, pajstun bratislava, pajstun castle, Pekna Cesta, Raca, Slovakia castles, slovakia myths, Small Carpathians, stupava, stupava bratislava, zamocky park | Leave a comment

Mastering Bratislava’s Public Transport Part One: From the Airport to the City Centre

Posted on February 9, 2014 by lwaterson

After the confusion I have had myself over the years, I thought a few notes on Bratislava’s actually very good but initially flummoxing public transport system might come in handy. There is very little thorough info in English on the … Continue reading →

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Bratislava Mestské Lesy (Local City Forest)

Posted on January 9, 2014 by lwaterson

Bratislava Mestské Lesy on Traja Krali (Three Kings’ Day) (January 6th) IT IS BY NO MEANS the first time I have raved about, nor the last time I will write about, Bratislava’s Mestské Lesy: the wonderful forest that rises up above the … Continue reading →

Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Culture, Hikes | Tagged bratislava, bratislava attractions, bratislava bookshop, Bratislava Day Trips, Bratislava Forest, bratislava hikes, bratislava local city forest, kamzik, Male Karpaty, Marianka, mestske lesy, Pekna Cesta, Raca, Small Carpathians, Traja Králi | Leave a comment

Bratislava Day Trip: Svätý Jur

Posted on December 10, 2012 by lwaterson

An icy, but brilliantly sunny winter’s day: and where to roam from Bratislava when you wake up, well, reasonably late? You want to get out into the countryside, but you also don’t have so many hours before darkness falls again, … Continue reading →