Bratislava & Western Slovakia
52 lesser-known places in Bratislava & Western Slovakia, with history, curiosities, a map and tours nearby.
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52 places
Aspremont Palace
Bratislava · baroque summer palace in the Medical Garden
Beckov Castle
Beckov · rock ruin with a jester's legend above the Váh
Biely Kameň
Svätý Jur · Gothic castle ruin hidden in the forest
Čachtice Castle
Čachtice · hilltop ruins linked to Elizabeth Báthory
Castra Celemantia
Iža · largest known Roman fort in Slovakia, UNESCO Danube Limes
Castra Gerulata
Rusovce, Bratislava · Roman fort built with reused gravestones
Červený Kameň Castle
Častá · Renaissance fortress built by the Fuggers of Augsburg
Červený most
Bratislava · red steel bridge on the oldest steam railway
Chapel of Saint Rozália
Lamač, Bratislava · Baroque chapel built after the plague
Church and Monastery of St Catherine of Alexandria (Katarínka)
Dechtice · ruined monastery reached only on foot
Church of St Elisabeth (Blue Church)
Bratislava · the blue Art Nouveau church built like a jewel box
Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Kopčany
Kopčany · tiny pre-Romanesque church from Great Moravia
Church of St Stephen, Piešťany
Piešťany · Empire-style parish church of 1828–1832
City Tower (Trnava)
Trnava · Renaissance tower topped by a Madonna with two faces
Clarissine Church
Bratislava Old Town · Gothic church whose tower rests on the nave corner
Devín Castle
Bratislava-Devín · castle rock where the Danube meets the Morava
Dobrá Voda Castle
Dobrá Voda · Gothic ruin named after its springs
Dolná brána (City Tower)
Trenčín · last big relic of the medieval town walls
Esterházy Palace
Bratislava · Neo-Renaissance palace with stone atlantes
Great Moravian Basilica in Bratislava Castle
Bratislava · 9th-century church built from Roman bricks
Gýmeš Castle
Jelenec · ruined castle that lost its roof to a sugar factory
Holíč Sanctuary
Holíč · prehistoric menhirs nicknamed the Slovak Stonehenge
Holy Trinity Church, Podhradie
Bratislava · Baroque church that survived the Zuckermandel demolition
Johann Pálffy Palace
Bratislava · Classicist palace over Celtic and medieval remains
Kamzík TV Tower
Bratislava · Slovakia's tallest tower, a 1975 steel and concrete icon
Kolonádový most
Piešťany · Slovakia's longest covered bridge, with etched glass
Laurinc Gate
Bratislava · vanished medieval gate marked by a hanging portcullis
Leopoldov Prison
Leopoldov · star-shaped Baroque fortress, a prison since 1855
Mausoleum of Milan Rastislav Štefánik
Bradlo · Jurkovič's white travertine tomb with four obelisks
Michael's Gate
Bratislava · the only surviving gate of the old city walls
Mirbach Palace
Bratislava · Rococo palace built by a brewer, now a gallery
Monostor Bridge
Komárno · steel cable-stayed bridge over the Danube, opened 2020
Nitra Castle
Nitra · Bronze Age hill that became a bishop's seat
Oponice Castle
Oponice · ruined castle of the Apponyi family
Ostrý Kameň Castle
Buková · ruined fort on the old trade road to Prague
Pajštún Castle
Borinka · ruined castle near Bratislava, blown up in 1809
Pálffy Palace (Ventúrska)
Bratislava Old Town · Baroque palace, mint and Mozart legend
Plavecký Castle
Plavecké Podhradie · ruin that once housed a printing press
Primate's Palace
Bratislava · palace where the 1805 peace was signed
Prístavný most
Bratislava · steel bridge with a motorway above the railway
Roland Fountain
Bratislava · the 1572 fountain where a king plays the knight
Rotunda of St George in Skalica
Skalica · early Romanesque rotunda with a dragon-slayer fresco
St. Emmeram's Cathedral, Nitra
Nitra · Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque on the castle hill
St Michael the Archangel Church, Dražovce
Dražovce, Nitra · one of Slovakia's oldest churches, once on a banknote
Starý most
Bratislava · Danube bridge that changed names and shape
Summer Archbishop's Palace
Bratislava · archbishops' summer seat that now houses the government
Tematín Castle
Lúka · ruined castle on a forested ridge, reached only on foot
Topoľčany Castle
Podhradie · tower ruin on a rock, where the Hussites never came
Zobor Transmitter
Nitra · a 1993 broadcasting tower on a hill full of history
Trenčín Castle
Trenčín · rock fortress of Matthew Csák and a legendary well
Vršatec Castle
Vršatské Podhradie · ruined rock castle above the Váh valley
Zobor Abbey
Nitra · ruined monastery of the oldest charters in Slovakia