Many of Bratislava’s interesting landmarks are located beyond the historic city centre. Discover some of the most notable ones on a bus tour and see the city from different perspectives – from the Danube riverfront and its modern urban districts to the historic centre and residential villa quarter. The tour also includes a visit to the grounds of Bratislava Castle and the Slavín War Memorial.
How to Book a Guided Tour
To book a guided tour, email us at guides@visitbratislava.com.
The Jewish community has been an integral part of life in Bratislava since the Middle Ages. You will see sites that bear witness to the religious and social life of Bratislava’s Jews, as well as the stories of individual people and families. You will learn how the status of the Jewish community evolved over the centuries, which historical sites have been preserved, and how Bratislava commemorates the victims of the Holocaust.
How to Book a Guided Tour
To book a guided tour, email us at guides@visitbratislava.com.
During the tour, you will discover the city’s most significant religious landmarks, learning about their history, architecture, and role in the lives of the local inhabitants. You will gain insight into the activities of religious orders, the periods of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation, the Lutheran tradition, and the Slovak National Revival.
How to Book a Guided Tour
To book a guided tour, email us at guides@visitbratislava.com.
Enjoy the unique atmosphere of the historic center of Bratislava and get to know its most important monuments, squares and picturesque streets. You will listen to interesting stories of the city’s rich history, you will learn interesting facts and you will not miss the current realities either.
How to Book a Guided Tour
To book a guided tour, email us at guides@visitbratislava.com.
What to expect
Swap the city for a slow afternoon in the vineyards. Winemaker Zuzana Barnáková walks you through the Vajnory vineyards on the edge of Bratislava or the historic vineyard landscape of Svätý Jur and talks about the land, life in the vineyards and her low-intervention wines – or leaves you to the view and the quiet.
It is made for small groups of two to six: couples, friends, or a gift for a bride-to-be.
Experience highlights
- a vineyard walk with the winemaker in Vajnory or Svätý Jur
- a picnic on blankets among the vines, with two bottles of her wines of your choice and water
- local food: sourdough bread, seasonal vegetables, local cheese, homemade spreads and olive oil
- views over the vineyards and the countryside
Before you go
Picnics are booked by e-mail: give your preferred place, the number of people, any dietary needs, the date and the wines you would like. Both meeting points can be reached by car, taxi or public transport (Vajnorský potok stop).
If you want more wine, choose it from the winery’s e-shop and it arrives chilled. The picnic season runs from spring.
What to expect
Go Bratislava Food Tours combine the city’s landmarks with stops at local restaurants, cafés and markets. A licensed local guide leads each walk, and every tour is a full meal rather than a few bites.
Groups are kept to eight people. Couples, families with children and solo travellers join the public tours, and private tours and company team-building are available too.
Experience highlights
- Traditional Food & City Tour: an Old Town walk with traditional Slovak dishes and local specialities
- Communist Era Food Tour: from the New Market Hall to the inverted pyramid of the Slovak Radio building, with socialist-era snacks and drinks
- Brunch and Cakes & Pastries: five stops each, including walnut and poppy seed pastries
- Vegan Food Tour: plant-based versions of Slovak dishes with non-alcoholic wine
- Christmas Markets Food Tour: Christmas soup, market specialities and mulled wine, from late November to early January
Before you go
Come hungry and skip a big meal beforehand. Brunch and pastry tours start at 10:00, the communist-era and vegan tours at 12:00, the traditional tour at 13:00 or 17:00, and the Christmas tour at 17:00.
The Vegan Food Tour is the one designed for plant-based diets.
What to expect
Zažite históriu runs guided walks with a professional guide dressed in period costume. You hear the history, stories and legends tied to well-known and lesser-known places in the Old Town.
Choose a general or themed tour, by day or in the evening, with interactive versions for children and adults. It works for families, groups of friends and visitors from abroad.
Experience highlights
- a professional guide in historical costume
- stories and legends of old Bratislava, its people and traditions
- well-known landmarks as well as quieter corners of the Old Town
- an optional finale with a fencing and dance performance or a period feast at a pre-arranged venue
Before you go
Tours run all year, in Slovak or English. The route and length are tailored to you, so say what interests you when booking – a family with children and a history-minded group can get quite different walks. The meeting point is agreed at the same time.
What to expect
A private drive through Bratislava’s socialist past with Authentic Slovakia. A local guide takes you in a 1970s–90s Czechoslovak Škoda, a standard car or a van, to the places the Old Town walking tours never reach.
There is plenty of time for questions, which makes it a good fit for history fans and anyone curious about life behind the Iron Curtain.
Route & highlights
- Petržalka, the socialist housing estate with its prefab blocks and murals, and the first prefab building in Slovakia
- communist-era architecture such as the Slovak Radio building and Freedom Square
- the 1980s market hall and post-industrial sites
- the Slavín war memorial and the villas of former communist leaders
- Second World War bunkers and the former Iron Curtain border zone
Before you go
Tours start at 10:00 or 14:00, or at a time you agree, from Námestie SNP, your accommodation, the train station or the bus station. The guide speaks English and a soft drink is included. The exact stops can change with conditions on the day.
Ask for the old Škoda when booking: it takes 1–3 guests and depends on repairs and the weather. You can extend the tour with Urban Explorer, Devín Castle or Local Taster, each for at least two people.
What to expect
ZaVínom.sk (GoGo.wine) is an online portal where you book wine tastings directly with Slovak winemakers. Some wineries are on the edge of Bratislava, others in wine regions further away, such as Strekov, Tekov or Tokaj.
Tastings near the city, in Svätý Jur or Limbach, fit into an afternoon. The portal suits couples and groups of friends, as well as company events and private celebrations.
Experience highlights
- tastings in wine cellars with the winemakers themselves
- blind tastings, tastings in the dark and wine dinners with food pairing
- vineyard picnics, wine route tours and stays with a tasting
- themes such as natural wines, small producers or historic venues
- wine festivals and gala events
Before you go
You choose a tasting, a date and a time slot online, and filter by place, group size or distance. You meet at the selected winery or event venue.
Some tastings are offered in English, so check the listing. Groups of more than ten send a group request instead of booking online, and gift vouchers are available.
What to expect
See how beer is made before you drink it. On this private tour with Taste Bratislava, a local beer guide takes you to a traditional microbrewery in the historic cellar of a former 17th-century Baroque monastery.
You talk to the brewer, taste beer straight from production and then compare it with other Slovak craft styles. It also works for company groups and team events.
Experience highlights
- a behind-the-scenes production tour of the microbrewery in its monastery cellar
- a chat with the brewer about how local beer is made
- freshly brewed pale and dark lager
- a guided tasting of four more Slovak craft beers, six in total, with a small beer snack
- local tips on what to see and do in Bratislava
Before you go
The tour runs every day at 14:00 or 15:00 and is on foot, with pick-up or a meeting point at the Radisson Blu Carlton Hotel. Groups of more than ten get a tailored proposal.
Bring a few questions for the brewer. Afterwards you can walk back to your hotel or carry on in one of the city’s brew pubs.
