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Getting There By Air:

M R Stefanik (BTS)
Tel: (02) 3303 3353.
Website: www.letiskobratislava.sk

Bratislava’s principal airport is located 9km (5.5 miles) northeast of the city center.

Facilities include a post office, several 24-hour bureaux de change and an ATM, located in the customs building some distance from the main entrance, as well as left-luggage facilities, children’s play area, medical services, bars, fast-food outlets and car hire from Avis and Hertz. A Business Club with computers, Internet and fax, is available, as well as a VIP lounge.

Public transport bus 61 runs regularly between MR Stefanik and the main railway station. There is also a door to door shuttle service (tel: (02) 4363 2305; website: www.airportshuttle.sk) between the airport and the city center.

Getting There By Water:

The Danube runs from west to east through the city center, and there are luxury cruise liners running up the Danube from Budapest and down from Vienna, as well as a 75 minute hydrofoil with regular service to and from Vienna from the port at Fajnorovo nabrezie 2 (next to the Slovakian National Museum), with others that can be arranged from Budapest and other desinations. The main Slovak operator for hydrofoils is Lod (tel: (02) 529 32 226 or 529 63 518; website: www.lod.sk/old/_en/index.php).

Getting There By Road:

Bratislava is linked to international transport routes and motorways through the motorway E65 to the Czech Republic, D-2 to Hungary and international transport routes E75 and E58 to Austria. International transport route E 58 connects Bratislava to the Schwechat Airport in Vienna, while route E75 crosses Slovakia to Poland and Ukraine.

The National Automobile Club of Slovakia (NAMK) (tel: 18123; website: www.kmtt.sk) has a reciprocal agreement with the AA and can provide drivers with additional information about driving in Slovakia.

Emergency breakdown service:
SBA 146
State Police (for emergencies): 112, free from any call box

Eurolines (tel: (02) 5542 2919; website: www.eurolines.sk), which run from the Central Bus Station, Mlynske nivy 31, provides service to numerous European cities, and it is advisable to book well in advance. Tickets are available at the central ticket office or from the Eurolines office, also in the station. Tickets for national lines can be bought from the driver when you board the bus.

Getting There By Rail:

The services of the Railways of the Slovak Republic (ýSR) (tel: (02) 2029 1111; website: www.zsr.sk) are for the most part modern and fast, with good connections to Berlin, Prague, Budapest, Warsaw and Vienna as well as to larger Slovak cities from the recently built Petrzalka Station, Kopcianska Ul south of the Old Town and across the Danube (website: www.petrzalka.sk). Hlavna stanica (Central Station) is located close to the city center at Predstanicne namestie 1.

Getting Around:

Public Transport
The Bratislava Transport Company (tel: 16186; website: www.dpb.sk, with more complete information in English at www.imhd.sk) runs a thorough network through the city, with a choice of more than 90 trolley-bus, trams and bus lines. Most operate from 0500 to midnight, with a few infrequent night lines. Tickets are available from machines at every stop, and must be validated in the machine on the vehicle. Ticket price includes all connecting services in one journey direction based on time (10, 30 and 60 minutes) and tariff zones 1 and 2. Special daily or weekly tourist tickets are available. There are penalties for traveling without a ticket, and a special ticket is needed for luggage greater than 30 x 40 x 60 cm.

Taxis
Taxis in Bratislava are rather less likely to cheat you than in some other parts of world, and prices are reasonable. Fun Taxi (tel: 16777; website: www.funtaxi.sk) and MB Taxi (tel: 16916; website: www.mbtaxi.sk), slightly more expensive, are both reputable companies.

Car Hire
Providers include Avis (tel: (02) 5341 6111; website: www.avis.sk), Hertz, from MR Stefanik airport (tel: (02) 5720 1261; website: www.hertz.sk), Europcar (tel: (02) 4926 2637; website: www.europcar.sk) and Rent Point (tel: (02) 6825 0222, website: www.rentpoint.sk).

Bicycle Hire
There are currently no bike rental shops in Bratislava. Some hostels rent them, but only as part of organized bike trips. Slovakia generally is superb for biking, but everyone has their own bike, hence the lack of rental shops.

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