Journeyed to Bratislava, Slovakia for a day to get a taste of a country not very renowned for its tourism compared to its neighbours. Lonely Planet doesn’t even have a guidebook that covers it and they’ve practically covered the entire European continent except for inaccessible regions right now. I found it so incredibly pleasant. Food was really cheap and the city feels incredibly cozy and small. There are no excellent museums or anything really to see except for walks around the city and just soaking in the Slovak atmosphere.
I’m still not used to how small European cities are. I still can’t believe that Bratislava is the capital of an entire country, I’m used to high rise galore in Asia. It’s a blessing to be uncrowded. One day I’ll visit the Tatras and Nitra and Kosice and the rest of the country, is it worth a trip?
1 - Stefanikova Street’s venerable facades.
2 - St. Michael’s Bridge
3 - Fountain and the National Theatre
4 - Street leading up the St. Michael’s Tower
5 - View downwards from Castle Hill
6 - St. Martin’s Cathedral
7 - What I presume to be a statue of St. George in the courtyard of the Primate’s Palace
8 - The Danube strolls quietly
9 - The National Council of the Slovak Republic is protected by a statue of what I presume to be a virtue
10 - Lady of the pitcher
11 - Bratislava’s roadside draw, maybe there’s a story
12 - Grassalkovich Palace’s stalwart gate
13 - Architecture next to Grassalkovich Palace
14 - The UFO viewing platform from Castle Hill
15 - Holocaust Memorial Monument
16 - Old Town Hall
17 - Primate’s Palace
18 - Collage of buildings composing the Town Hall
19 - Slovak Philharmonic
20 - Bratislava Castle looks like the Alcazar of Toledo