Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bratislava, Slovakia

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 5.7 km
Ascend 74 m
Descend 140 m

Explore Bratislava in Slovakia with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in BratislavaIndividual Sights in Bratislava

Sight 1: Kráľovský palác na Bratislavskom hrade

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The Royal Palace at Bratislava Castle is a Baroque building occupying the top of the castle acropolis of Bratislava Castle.

Wikipedia: Kráľovský palác na Bratislavskom hrade (SK), Url

280 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Bratislava Castle

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Bratislava Castle is the main castle of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The massive rectangular building with four corner towers stands on an isolated rocky hill of the Little Carpathians, directly above the Danube river, in the middle of Bratislava. Because of its size and location, it has been a dominant feature of the city for centuries.

Wikipedia: Bratislava Castle (EN), Url

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 3: Baroque garden

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Baroque garden Drone video / CC BY 3.0

The Baroque garden at Bratislava Castle is a garden in the area of Bratislava Castle, which was built in 2016.

Wikipedia: Baroková záhrada na Bratislavskom hrade (SK)

506 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: House at the Good Shepherd

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The House of the Good Shepherd is a narrow, Rococo-style building in Bratislava, Slovakia, located in the Old Town below Bratislava Castle. It was built in 1760–1765 by notable Bratislava master-mason Matej (Matthäus) Hollrigl. The townhouse was constructed for a local merchant and the lower part of the building was used for commercial purposes, the upper part for living. It is one of the few buildings in the area below Bratislava Castle to retain their original state, mostly due to the demolition of much of the Jewish quarter in the 20th century.

Wikipedia: House of the Good Shepherd (EN)

0 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 5: Museum of Clocks

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The Clock Museum in Bratislava is a museum documenting the history of clocks, watches and watchmaking in Bratislava from the late 17th century to the 19th century.

Wikipedia: Muzeum Zegarów w Bratysławie (PL)

44 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Bratislavské kultúrne a informačné stredisko

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Bratislava Culture and Information Centre (BKIS) is a contributory organization of the Capital City of the Slovak Republic Bratislava, located at Jewish Street no. 1. It was established by the merger of three municipal contributory organizations: the Municipal Cultural Centre, the Bratislava Information Service and the Park of Culture and Leisure.

Wikipedia: Bratislavské kultúrne a informačné stredisko (SK), Website

199 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 7: Pestilential column

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The plague column on Rybné Square is a Baroque triple column standing on Rybné Square in the historic zone of Bratislava.

Wikipedia: Morový stĺp na Rybnom námestí (SK)

75 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Maldeghemov palác

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Maldeghem Palace is a palace in Bratislava in the Old Town at Hviezdoslavovo námestie 12, next to Nester Palace.

Wikipedia: Maldeghemov palác (SK)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Keglevičov palác

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Keglevičov palác

Keglevich Palace is a Baroque mansion on Panska Street 27 in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is included among the National Monuments Reservation of the city and is also listed as a Cultural Real-estate Monument. The last reconstruction was in 1998, involving the roof and facade rendering. Following the reconstruction a new street was named Strakova Street. It is between Venturian Street and Hviezdoslavovo námestie (Bratislava).

Wikipedia: Keglevich Palace (EN)

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Balašov palác

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Balašov palác

Balašov Palace is a palace in Bratislava at Panská no. 15.

Wikipedia: Balašov palác (SK)

44 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Kaplnka Kristovho tela

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The Chapel of the Body of Christ is a small Baroque sacral building located on Panská Street no. 11 in the historical center of Bratislava in the Bratislava I district.

Wikipedia: Kaplnka Kristovho Tela (Bratislava) (SK)

175 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Ganymedova fontána

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Ganymedova fontána

Ganymede Fountain is a neo-baroque fountain located on Hviezdoslavovo námestie in Bratislava.

Wikipedia: Ganymedova fontána (SK)

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie

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The Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also called the Church of Canonists of Notre Dame in Bratislava, is part of the complex of the monastery and school of canons of Notre Dame in Bratislava in the Old Town, near the historical building of the Slovak National Theatre.

Wikipedia: Kostol Nanebovzatia Panny Márie (Notre Dame) (SK)

210 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: Dessewffy Palace

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Dežőfi Palace or (older) Dessewffy Palace is a palace and national cultural monument of the Slovak Republic under number 101-193/1 on Ľudovít Štúr Square number 2 in the Old Town district of Bratislava. In its neighborhood is the Esterházy Palace. Dežőfi Palace was built in the second half of the 19th century in neo-Renaissance style.

Wikipedia: Dežőfiho palác (SK), Website

569 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 15: Kačacia fontána

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The Duck Fountain is a national cultural monument located on Šafárikovo square in Bratislava. The fountain, together with its individual parts, is registered in the Central List of Monuments Fund. The buildings were declared a national cultural monument on October 23, 1963. According to some sources, it is the most popular fountain in Bratislava.

Wikipedia: Kačacia fontána (SK)

191 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 16: Faculty of Philosophy - Comenius University

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The Faculty of Arts at Comenius University in Bratislava in Slovakia was founded in 1921 and has several academic departments.

Wikipedia: Faculty of Arts, Comenius University (EN), Website

943 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 17: Aréna

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Arena Theatre is one of the oldest theatres in Bratislava. It was established in 1828 on the right bank of Danube. In the beginning it served as an open summer amphitheatre, hence the name Arena. The current building was built in 1898.

Wikipedia: Arena Theatre (EN)

791 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 18: UFO

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UFOPudelek (Marcin Szala) / CC BY-SA 3.0

Most SNP, commonly referred to as Most Slovenského národného povstania or the UFO Bridge, and named Nový most from 1993 to 2012, is a road bridge over the Danube in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It is the world's longest bridge to have one pylon and one cable-stayed plane.

Wikipedia: UFO (restaurant) (EN), Website

906 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 19: Bratislava meridian

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The Bratislava meridian was a meridian established by Samuel Mikovíni probably in 1733 as the zero meridian for his cartographic works, since at that time there was no general consensus on the universal zero meridian and various cartographers used their own zero meridians. The starting point A for the Bratislava meridian was the northeast tower of Bratislava Castle. The meridian passed approximately 17°06′ east longitude.

Wikipedia: Bratislavský poludník (SK)

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 20: Kostol Najsvätejšej Trojice

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The Holy Trinity Church is a Roman Catholic church in Podhradie, a historical part of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia situated underneath the Bratislava Castle next to the Danube riverbank.

Wikipedia: Holy Trinity Church, Podhradie (EN), Website

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