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Bratislava sightseeing tour (3 hours) |
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 The sightseeing tour begins with a bus tour. We use the 30-years old orange bus “KAROSA-ŠKODA”. At first we pass the Danube promenade and then St. Martin’s Cathedral, the former coronation church of kings and queens of Hungary. We continue along the medieval city walls and pass the Grassalkovich Palace – now the Presidential Palace. We also pass the archbishops’ summer palace – now seat of the government. The Palisade Street will lead us to the castle hill, with a marvelous panoramic view of the city and its surrounding, up to the Soviet war memorial Slavín. Afterwards it is possible to have a closer look at the Castle and its courtyards and then we drive back to the city.
During the comfortable walk in the pedestrian zone of the historical city centre, you discover the most beautiful part of the Old Town. The medieval streets will lead you also to the St. Martin’s Cathedral. Along renaissance burgher-houses and baroque palaces and the oldest university in Bratislava – Academia Istropolitana and the Michael’s Gate we come to the Main Square, to the very center of the town Bratislava. Also the Old Town Hall, the Maximilian Fountain and the hospitable Art Nouveau cafés, just like the historical Mayer Pastries, are standing on this former marketplace. From the Main Square, the streets are leading to the Danube. This way will take us also to the Opera House which is standing on the beginning of a very nice boulevard. The beautiful Ganymede’s Fountain is standing right in front of the Opera House. Then we pass the Concert Hall, called Reduta, and there we end our sightseeing tour.
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Oldtimer Ride to the Castle (1,5 hours) |
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The sightseeing tour begins at the Danube and then the Oldtimer passes the Concert Hall, the seat of the Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra. It passes also the Slovak National Theater and it reaches the Square of the Slovak National Uprising with the Old Market Hall and the Monastery of the Merciful Brothers.
It continues by the Church of the Trinitarian Order to the Grassalkovich Palace – now Presidential Palace and then the Palisade Street up to the Castle.  Through the Vienna Gate, the Oldtimer enters the Honor Courtyard of the Castle. After 20 to 25 minutes break, it is riding to the eastern castle terrace with a nice view of the Old Town and also of the St. Martin´s Cathedral, the former coronation church of the rulers of Hungary, then we are leaving the Castle through the Leopold Gate and we take the Castle Street and Old Town Street down. We pass the western city walls on the way to the Old Town to the Slovak National Theater, the best starting point for the walk in the pedestrian zone of the historical city centre of Bratislava.
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Prešporáčik-Oldtimer Ride in the Old Town (1 hour) |
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 This trip begins at the Danube too. At the New Bridge the Oldtimer turns in to the Old Town. On the Rudnay Square and the Panská Street it passes the Csáky Palace and Keglevich Palace. It continues on the Ventúrska Street, where we pass the Academia Istropolitana and then the Chapter Street up to the St. Martin´s Cathedral.
We continue along the Church of the Poor Claire through some very narrow streets to the Michael's Gate and then through the Franciscan Square with the oldest church of this town - the Franciscan Church to the Main Square with the Old Town Hall and the Maximilian Fountain - the oldest one in the town. From the Main Square returns the Oldtimer back to the starting point at the Danube.
During the one hour ride, the history of the town and additional information to the visited sites are being given with the help of CD audio systems. This kind of sightseeing is predominantly suitable for guests with walking difficulties. During this trip it is not necessary to get off an on. The slow ride offers opportunity to take pictures or video sequences, and in nice weather is the retractable roof down.
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Sightseeing Walk (2 hours) |
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The sightseeing walk begins on the Danube promenade. On the way to the Slovak National Theater on the Hviezdoslav Square we cross the Ľudovít Štúr Square – the former coronation square.
Along the promenade we come to the St. Martin´s Cathedral, the former coronation church of kings and queens of Hungary. The historical streets are leading through the Old Town along numerous palaces from the 18th century and the oldest university of Bratislava - Academia Istropolitana and the Michael's Gate from the 13th century. We get then to the Main Square, which offers many attractive sites: the Old Town Hall, the Maximilian Fountain and hospitable Art Nouveau cafés, just like the historical Mayer Pastries. From the Main Square the streets are leading along the Opera House with the Ganymede´s Fountain and the Concert Hall back again to the Danube.
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