Bratislava and surroundings, tourist attractions

AnimeSHOW 2024 is the 17th year of the international pop culture festival. The festival is dedicated to Comics, Anime, Games, Japanese Culture, KPOP, Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror. The festival includes a rich offer of lectures, workshops, competitions, the latest films, fantastic literature, music and art. It offers meetings with writers, book launches and, of course, various creative competitions In 2024, the festival will be held on March 22 - 24, 2024 in DK Ružinov in Bratislava.

Csáky's castle in Prievoz (older Csákys manor house) is a manor house that Count Eugen Csáky had built as his summer residence near Bratislava, probably in 1902. The building is from a period of ripening romanticism, but shows elements of eclecticism and has an irregular disposition. In 1916, Pavol Žolnajov sold out individual parts of the french garden originally belonging to the manor house. In 1933 the building together with a small part of the park were bought by the nuns of the Congregation of the Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi, they established a monastery in the mansion and...

Danubiana Meulensteen Art Museum with an unusual location and impressive architecture is located on the edge of a peninsula on the mighty Danube in Bratislava, city district Čunovo, in the area of water sports. The museum of Modern Art is about 20 km from the centre of Bratislava. In the great hall of the museum exhibition of world artists take place. The building comes with a gallery selling of contemporary art, as well as space for smaller scale exhibitions, audio-visual centre and a lecture hall. There is also Art Shop with catalogues, art books, postcards, posters, prints of Slovak artists...

If you would like to try horseback riding in Bratislava, four horses and one pony are waiting for you in Darkona equestrian racing area in Petrzalka. The area offers also riding courses and hippo therapy or carrying children in the saddle horse.

The St. Martin's Cathedral (Slovak: Katedrála svätého Martina) is a cathedral in Slovakia's capital, Bratislava. It is situated at the western border of the historical city center below Bratislava Castle. It is the largest and finest, as well as one of the oldest churches in Bratislava, known especially for previously being the coronation church of the Kingdom of Hungary. Currently, it is the cathedral of the Archdiocese of Bratislava. From 1995 to February 2008 it was the concathedral of the Archdiocese of Bratislava-Trnava.

Dračí hrádok is a ruin on the Úboč hill above the valley of the Stupavský brook, located 2 km east of the village of Borinka at an altitude of 370 m above sea level. m. The castle was built in the 13th century, during the period when the owners of the royal castle on Pajštún were the counts of Svätý Jur and Pezinok. The royal origin is indicated by the similarity of the tower at Dračský hrádek with the towers at other royal castles (Plavecký hrad, Beckov, Pajštún). The castle complex consists of two parts. The first part is an elongated ridge (15 meters wide and 15 meters long),...

Erdödy Palace is a luxury building on Ventúrska Street 1 in Bratislava, which was built in the 18th century, at a time when several luxury palaces were built: Palffy, Grasalkovič, Mirbach and Esterházy Palace. Many world-famous artists and composers, such as Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Liszt, were frequent guests in these palaces ... The palace was built in 1770 by Count Juraj Erdödy de Monyökerek according to a project by Matej Walch. It was built on the site of three older houses. Originally it was a three-storey building, which was extended by two more floors in the first half of the 20th...

Come and try a thrilling live game in Bratislava, where you will have to escape from the room by solving several logical tasks. The game is called Escape Room. Escape Room in Bratislava is a unique opportunity to move your mind, test your skills and orient yourself in stressful situations. This interactive team entertainment is intended for a 2-5 member team. The task of the group is to solve the tasks within the set time limit in order to unlock the door and escape from the room. Two rooms are ready for you - Mysterious Office and Crazy Hugo Room. 60 minutes are available to escape from...

The Franciscan Church ranks among the oldest churches in the Old Town of Bratislava, Slovakia. It was constructed between 1280 and 1297 and consecrated by King Andrew III. It was turned into a Renaissance church in the 17th century and into a Baroque church in the 18th century. Selected persons were knighted here in the 16th - 19th centuries each time when kings of Royal Hungary/the Kingdom of Hungary were crowned in Pressburg.

The golf area is located in Bratislava, in the district of Záhorská Bystrica (at Polny Mlyn). Golf Range Country Club offers 300 m long practice tee, three practice greens for putting and chipping area and practice bunker for practicing the game from sand. Course serves for beginners to initiation into the mysteries of this wonderfully challenging game, but for more experienced golfers it is a new and interesting challenge due to its complexity and good gameplay certainly. For refreshment and relaxation there is a club house with comfortable seating in close proximity.

Golf Resort in Cierna Voda is situated near Bratislava, on the edge of the Šúrsky Forest Nature Reserve. Club and golf course area offer ideal conditions for golf learning and training for individual clients and groups. The golf area features 6-hole academic business course which is 7 days a week available. The lengths of the holes are shorter than on conventional big golf course, but they are perfect for the techniques and rules training for beginners and advanced.

Golf Area Green Resort Hrubá Borša with 27 holes is located in the village of Velka Borsa near Senec. This area is where the golf as a beautiful game does not only appeal but also capture your heart. There is currently available 18-hole championship course (par 72) + 9-hole public course (PAR 28). The course is a "fair playing field" with minimum high rafs. Golf players are not penalized for hitting a good play. With its total length of 6661 m and a lot of natural barriers the gol course creates favourable conditions for an interesting as well as challenging game for experienced...

The Grassalkovich Palace (in Slovak Grasalkovičov palác) or the Presidential Palace (Prezidentský palác) is a palace in Bratislava and the seat of the President of Slovakia. It is situated next to the Summer Archbishop's Palace. The building is a Rococo/late Baroque summer palace with a French garden. It was built in 1760 for Count Antal Grassalkovich, a Hungarian noble serving as the head of the Hungarian Chamber (a sort of ministry of economy and finance for the Kingdom of Hungary), by architect Anton Mayerhofer. It features many beautiful rooms and an impressive staircase. After its...

The Pajstun castle belongs in the system of border castles that took over, since the 13th century, the function of protection of the north-western borders of the Ugrian state in the Small Carpathians. The beginnings of the royal castle date back to the second half of the 13th century. It has been documented since 1273. The oldest owners used to have a shared lordship with Stupava where they returned in a later stage. Since the 14th century it belonged to counts from Svätý Jur and Pezinok continuously, up to the year 1526 when the family died out and the property got into the ownership of the...

Modern equestrian and riding centre along with three-star hotel is part of Rozálka Healthy Resort. It is situated on the outskirts of Pezinok below the Small Carpathians, 14 km from Bratislava, Rača. Various equestrian events of national and international importance are held every year in the area. Besides them, the resort does not forget families with children, for which an attractive program is prepared throughout the year. If you want to improve in your riding or try it for the first time in your life, there are available horse riding trainers in the area. They will provide teaching...

The Budmerice manor house is located in the Trnava Uplands near the edge of the Little Carpathians, in a park in front of the village of Budmerice, which in the past was a serf village of Červený Kameň Castle. It is 10 km from Modra and 15 km from Trnava. The manor is surrounded by an English park. It was built in 1889 in the pseudo-Gothic style by the Pálffy family as a hunting lodge. The Renaissance castles on the Loire were probably the inspiration for the construction. The architecture of the manor is a set of elements of several historical periods. The main façade with a receding risalit...

The largest baroque mansion in Slovakia is located in Veľký Biel, near the town of Senec, about 18 km from Bratislava. In 2012, the Baroque mansion of Count Cardinal Imrich Csaky wakes up to a new life, when talk began about the renovation of the manor house itself and the adjacent park. Since then, the castle has held various events and events. The collected voluntary entrance fee was postponed to the restoration of the manor house. The history of the manor house Veľký Biel began in 1719, when its construction was started. It was owned by Count Sigismund Csáky, but the manor was administered...

Chairlift from Studienka to Kamzik has an elevation of 186 meters and capacity of 342 persons peer hour. Its lower station is most easily reached by public transport bus line no. 43rd. It is the only attraction of its kind in a wide area of Bratislava. You can be transported not only to Kamzík - Koliba, but also back to Železná Studnička. It is possible to get in it on any station. The top station on Koliba can be reached by car. Also trolleybus 213 drives towards it. From the last bus stop to the station it will take about an hour by a pleasant walking. Here at the top station there...