You can also contact us by email at touristinfo visitbratislava. Tickets for public transport are valid for a certain period of time and are available from ticket-machines or kiosks. Tickets are valid for all means of public transport in the city and remain valid when changing from one means of transport to another. Tickets have a minimum validity of 30 minutes and the longest is 7 days. Find schedules, journey planners, routes and tickets at www. If you plan to stay in the city for one, two or three days, there is nothing quite as practical and advantageous as the Bratislava CARD.
The card can be purchased from the Tourist information centre. Trams are the most popular and fastest form of public transport in the city. They are reliable and on time and generally run from 5 a. Buses also play a substantial role in the public transport system. Limited- stop services run on the longer routes through the city. After midnight, night buses operate in Bratislava at roughly one hour intervals. Some routes in the city centre, mainly in its hilly parts, are electrified and serviced by trolley- buses.
They have a long tradition in Bratislava and have been operating here for more than years. Excursion boats run on the Danube in Bratislava from April to October. They depart from the passenger port on the Danube bank 2 DB From the boat you can see how dynamically the city is developing and the role the Danube plays in it.
Driving in the city has become more and more difficult. Although there has been an increase in the number of motorways and bridges, there has also been an increase in the number of cars.
The worst periods are between and and to The speed limit in the city is 50 km per hour unless indicated otherwise. Bratislava has branches of international car-hire firms such as Hertz, Avis, Sixt, Europcar, etc. They have offices in the big hotels and at the airport. However, there are local car-hire firms offering comparable quality at competitive prices. The main roads in the city are provided with digital information displays showing the current number of vacant places in underground garages or in car parks.
