Sunday, October 9, 2011

SLOVAKIA

BRATISLAVA
Bars & Nightclubs
Bratislavsky Mestiansky Pivovar – 8 Drevena; 011-421-944-512-265; www.mestianskypivovar.sk; multileveled brew pub.
Elesko Wine Bar – 1 Ventúrska; 011-421-911-212-801; www.eleskorestaurant.sk; stylish, in Erdody Palace.
Flowers Restaurant & Wine Bar – 1 Ventúrska; 011-421-2-2092-2912; www.flowersrestaurant.sk.
Patronsky Pivovar – 57 Brnianska; 011-421-2-5441-0230; www.patronskypivovar.sk; brewery; bar and restaurant.
Richtar Jakub – 16 Moskovska; 011-421-9-4089-2019; www.richtarjakub.sk; brewpub.
Sky Bar – 7 Hviezdoslavovo námestie; 011-421-2-5441-1244; www.skybar.sk; on photogenic square, overlooking city.
Zamocky Pivovar – 13 Zamocka ulica; 011-421-2-2072-3868; www.zamockypivovar.sk; elegant beer and cocktail lounge.
Hotels
Kempinski Hotel River Bank – 6 Dvorakovo nabrezie; 011-421-2-3223-8222; www.kempinski.com/en/bratislava.
Restaurants
Flowers Restaurant & Wine Bar – 1 Ventúrska; 011-421-2-2092-2912; www.flowersrestaurant.sk; Mediterranean and Slovakian.
Lemontree – 7 Hviezdoslavovo námestie; 011-421-2-5441-1244; www.spicy.sk; Thai.
Patronsky Pivovar – 57 Brnianska; 011-421-2-5441-0230; www.patronskypivovar.sk; brewery; bar and restaurant; perhaps best in town for traditional Austro-Slovakian food.
Shtoor – 23 Panska ulica; 011-421-948-276-777; www.shtoor.sk; quality homemade products; hippie-ish lunch place.
Shtoor – 8 Sturova ulica; 011-421-948-777-403; www.shtoor.sk; quality homemade products; hippie-ish lunch place.
Shtoor – 26 Obchodna ulica; 011-421-948-611-092; www.shtoor.sk; quality homemade products; hippie-ish lunch place.
Services
Art of Your Travel – 520/4 Melounová (Prague); 011-420-603-481-556; www.artofyourtravel.com or martina@artofyourtravel.com; private tours; ask for Martina Gregorcova, who is fluent in English.
Sights & Sites
Bratislava Castle – Zamocka ulica; 011-421-2-5934-1626; www.slovakheritage.org/Castles/bratislava.htm; includes museum.
Bratislava City Museum – 1 Radničná ulica; 011-421-2-5910-0812; www.muzeum.bratislava.sk.
Erdody Palace – 1 Ventúrska; erdodypalace.sk; built in 1770; now houses several businesses.
Museum of Bee-Keeping – Skanzen (Kralova pri Senci); 011-421-3-3779-8049; www.vcelarskapaseka.sk; exhibition, installed outdoors on "Apicultural Glade" (1930) premises; includes 17th Century straw and wood hives.
Museum of Clocks – 1 Zidovska ulica (Good Shepherd House); 011-421-2-5441-1940; www.muzeumbratislava.sk; fascinating and in beautiful building.
Museum of Pharmacology – 26 Michalska ulica; 011-421-2-5413-1214; muzeum.bratislava.sk/en; originally called "Red Crayfish" pharmacy.
St. Martin's Cathedral – 1 Rudnayovo námestie; 011-421-2-5443-1359; dom.fara.sk; where Austro-Hungarian emperors crowned.
St. Michael's Tower – 22 Michalska ulica; 011-421-2-5443-3044; www.muzeumbratislava.sk; houses weapons' exhibit.
Stare Mesto – old town; includes old gates and ancient fortification walls (such as St. Michael's Tower).

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