It's a city very easy to reach from many places in Europe, as I stated in the Bratislava Cheap guide:
There are many transport options from almost everywhere,, it features it's own airport which is also an important Ryanair hub (17 destinations: Palma, Madrid, Edimburg, Dublin, Girona, Alghero, Trapani, Liverpool, London Luton & Stansted, Málaga, Bergamo, Brussels, Rome, Paris, Birmingham and Athens), is also just 40 min from Vienna airport (it usually works as the second airport of Bratislava, it has a bus to both cities for 7€) Is reachable by bus or train for a very good price from Prague (10.8 €) and Budapest (8€) also by Warsaw (from 8€ but bus takes 11 hours). Most buses will leave you in bus station (Autobusova Stianica), where you can get a taxi, bus or walk a little, and by 5 minutes you will be in the Old Town, similar situation can be applied to the Train Station (Hlavna Stianica). If you come by Blaguss bus from Viena airport, it will leave you in Most SNP, the main bridge of Bratislava which points the begining of the Old Town. Finally if you come by plane directly to the city, there is a direct line Airport (Letisko)-Train Station, the bus number 61, but before going to the train station is better to get off in the stop called Trnavske Myto and from there take the tram that better suits you. Bear in mind that taking a taxi won't be cheap and expect to pay around 25 € if you come from airport and 10€ inside the city, if you speak Slovak, pretend to be a local since taxis are the most obvious tourist rip-off here and will try to cheat you if you are not aware, use them as emergency resource. Finally you can come also by tourist boat from Vienna from 25 € (not recommended for first time).
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First, let's start with the basic information: Bratislava is the capital and the biggest city of Slovakia, a European Union country which is also part of the Schegen Area and Eurozone, meaning free borders and Euro as currency. The city has around 500.000 inhabitants and according to certain polls, the average age of the city is 36, making it one of the youngest capitals in Europe. The country population is 5.5 million. The city makes direct border with Austria and Hungarian border is just 7 km away. The national language is Slovak, but there is a wide knowledge of Czech and German, as well as English. You can also find Russian speakers among the older population. If you want more basic information, click here. A lot of people, both locals and friends of mine back in Spain ask me this question and many other statements as "OMG is so far away" "You should have chosen France or Italy" "It is an ex-comunist country" "They will beat you" and so on. So... why I chose it? The easier way is to write down the advantages and drawbacks of it:
But it also has some drawbacks
So imagine the big ammount of things you can do if your compulsory monthly spent money is 250€ (including food, dorm and transport), just compare it to France or Italy where dormitory alone can be up to 500€. This is the second best starting point for traveling in Europe after Budapest! If you worry about the lenguage, simply don't, I don't know more than 10 basic words and the numbers and didn't had any problem so far, many young people speaks English. |
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