Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #2 in Bratislava, Slovakia

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Number of sights 26 sights
Distance 5.5 km
Ascend 150 m
Descend 77 m

Experience Bratislava in Slovakia in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in BratislavaIndividual Sights in Bratislava

Sight 1: Pradiareň 1900

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Cvernovka is the popular name of a factory for thread and thread products in the Bratislava district of Ružinov. The official names of the factory were: Bratislava Cvern Factory, International Women's Day Plant, SOE, BCT – Bratislava Cvern Factory, Joint Stock Company.

Wikipedia: Cvernovka (Bratislava) (SK)

930 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 2: Chrám Povýšenia vznešeného a životodarného Kríža

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Chrám Povýšenia vznešeného a životodarného Kríža

The Church of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a cathedral in Bratislava, Slovakia. It was built in the year 1860 at the edge of St. Andrew's cemetery. Since 1972, the church belongs to Slovak Greek Catholic Church. It is the cathedral church of the Eparchy of Bratislava since 2008.

Wikipedia: Cathedral of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, Bratislava (EN)

280 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Medická záhrada

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Medical Garden is a public park in Bratislava, Slovakia. It is located in the Old Town near the American square and behind the Aspremont Summer Palace.

Wikipedia: Medical Garden (EN)

641 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 4: Kostol sv. Alžbety

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The Church of St. Elisabeth with the Elizabethan Monastery is a set of Baroque sacral buildings in the center of Bratislava.

Wikipedia: Kostol a kláštor svätej Alžbety (Bratislava) (SK), Website, Url

144 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Kostol sv. Ladislava

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The Church of St. Ladislaus is a classicist sacral building in the Bratislava district of Bratislava Old Town, on Špitálská Street. It is dedicated to the Hungarian king Ladislaus I of the Arpád family. The church is part of the four-wing city hospital.

Wikipedia: Kostol svätého Ladislava (Bratislava) (SK), Website, Url

269 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 6: Divadlo P. O. Hviezdoslava

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The Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav Theatre (DPOH) is an independent non-profit organization in Bratislava. While it was one of the three headquarters of the Drama Department of the Slovak National Theatre until March 2007, from 17 October 2009 to June 2022 it was the artistic stage of BKIS, then known as the Pavol Országh Hviezdoslav City Theatre (MDPOH). After its restructuring, it has been operating independently since June 2022 and under its historical abbreviation.

Wikipedia: Divadlo Pavla Országha Hviezdoslava (SK), Website

30 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 7: Laurinská brána

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Laurinc Gate was a medieval town gate in the historical Old Town of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It was built in the 14th century and demolished by the order of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria in the 18th century together with most of the city walls, because the inner walls were limiting the town's growth. It was named after Saint Lawrence.

Wikipedia: Laurinc Gate (EN)

81 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 8: Galéria Nedbalka

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Nedbalka Gallery is a non-profit organization founded in 2012. The gallery is located in a reconstructed historical building on Nedbalova Street in Bratislava. In accordance with the subtitle of the gallery – Slovak Modern Art, its representatives have set themselves the goal of gradually collecting, systematically processing and presenting works of art of the 20th century with an overlap to the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 21st century, which were created in Slovakia. The focus of the collection lies in painting, but sculpture and graphics are also represented in it.

Wikipedia: Galéria Nedbalka (SK), Website

168 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Kostol Loretánskej Panny Márie

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The Church of the Virgin Mary of Loreto, popularly known as the Ursuline Church, is a Renaissance sacral building of the Ursuline Order in the historical zone of Bratislava, in the district of Bratislava I. It is registered in the list of national cultural monuments.

Wikipedia: Kostol Loretánskej Panny Márie (Bratislava) (SK)

82 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: Kostol Zvestovania Pána

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The Franciscan Church is the oldest existing religious (sacral) building in the Old Town of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The church was consecrated in the year 1297 in the presence of King Andrew III of Hungary. In the past, the church building served for larger gatherings of townspeople or Hungarian nobles. In 1526 Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor was elected here to become the King of Hungary. During coronations, kings used to knight nobles as Knights of the Order of the Golden Spur in this church.

Wikipedia: Franciscan Church, Bratislava (EN), Website, Url

57 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 11: Františkánska záhrada

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The Franciscan Garden is a rectangular-shaped garden that is part of the Franciscan Church and Monastery in the Old Town of Bratislava.

Wikipedia: Františkánska záhrada (Bratislava) (SK)

107 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 12: Divadlo Astorka Korzo ´90

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Divadlo Astorka Korzo ´90

Astorka Korzo '90 Theatre is a theatre in the Slovak capital of Bratislava, founded on 1 April 1991.

Wikipedia: Astorka Korzo '90 Theatre (EN), Twitter, Facebook, Website

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: OD Dunaj

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The Dunaj Department Store, or the older Brouk and Babka Department Store, is a building on the SNP Square in Bratislava. It was designed by Christian Ludwig in 1935-1936 and has been a national cultural monument since 2000.

Wikipedia: Obchodný dom Dunaj (SK)

85 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 14: Kostol Navštívenia Panny Márie

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The Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary, popularly known as the Church of the Merciful Brothers, is a Baroque sacral building in Bratislava's Old Town, situated on the Square of the Slovak National Uprising. The church is part of the architectural complex of the hospital and monastery of the Hospitaller Order of the Merciful Brothers.

Wikipedia: Kostol Navštívenia Panny Márie a kláštor Milosrdných bratov (SK)

103 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 15: Kalvínsky kostol

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Kalvínsky kostol

The Church of the Christian Reformed Church is a church known as the Calvinist Church in Bratislava on SNP Square.

Wikipedia: Kostol kresťanskej reformovanej cirkvi (Bratislava) (SK), Website

234 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 16: Kostol svätého Jána z Mathy

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The Trinitarian Church or Trinity Church, full name Church of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois, is a Baroque-style church in Bratislava's Old Town borough, on the Župné námestie square.

Wikipedia: Old Cathedral of Saint John of Matha and Saint Felix of Valois (EN)

396 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: Malý evanjelický kostol

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A small evangelical church in Bratislava on Panenská Street. It belongs to the Evangelical Church a.v. In 1963 it was included in the register of immovable national cultural monuments under the number 173.

Wikipedia: Malý evanjelický kostol (Bratislava) (SK)

453 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 18: Kostol svätého Štefana

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Kostol svätého Štefana

The Church of St. Stephen with the Capuchin Monastery is a set of sacral buildings located on Župné Square in Bratislava, in the historical part of the Old Town.

Wikipedia: Kostol svätého Štefana (Bratislava) (SK), Website

360 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 19: Museum of Jewish Culture in Slovakia

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Museum of Jewish Culture in Slovakia

The Museum of Jewish Culture is a museum in Bratislava, Slovakia, which focuses on the history of the Jews in Slovakia. Opened in 1993, it is a component of the Slovak National Museum, and its director is Pavol Mešťan.

Wikipedia: Museum of Jewish Culture (EN), Website, Facebook

212 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: 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)

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 21: Bratislavské kultúrne a informačné stredisko

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The Bratislava Cultural and Information Centre (BKIS) is a contributory organization of the Capital City of the Slovak Republic Bratislava, which is located at Židovská Street No. 1. It was created by merging 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

29 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 22: Museum of Clocks

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Bratislava Clock Museum – 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), Website

133 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 23: St. Nicholas church

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St. Nicholas church

St. Nicholas Church in Bratislava is an Orthodox church situated on the castle hill next to the Bratislava Castle in Podhradie the historical part of Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The church was built in 1661 by Paul Pálffy's (1589–1655) widow Countess Frances, née Khuen. It is an early baroque building built on the place of original Gothic church below the Bratislava Castle. The church is consecrated to St. Nicholas, the patron of sailors. His statue is situated in the stone niche above the main entrance to the church. The church is a protected cultural monument.

Wikipedia: St. Nicholas Church, Bratislava (EN)

301 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 24: 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)

63 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 25: 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

292 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 26: 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

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