Holiday Inn Bratislava, Bratislava

Advantages: It's a floating hotel! And it's cheap
Disadvantages: You're not going to write home about the decor or service

...for Slovakia. The restaurant is very cheap, £2 for a main meal, 70p for a beer, £2.50 for a bottle of wine, and there are loads of bars and restaurants nearby to explore. There aren't many other facilities, no internet access or laundry, so it's maybe not ideal for backpacking, but for a cheap weekend break, I'd recommend it. Find out more (well see some pictures) by putting botel gracia sk into google. In all it's worth it for the different experience of sleeping on a boat in the middle of the city. The radisson and the holiday inn in Bratislava are just like the ones in Leeds or Manchester, but we're painfully short of Botels like this one.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Clean, Location, Price, Staff
Disadvantages: Breakfast not included in price of room

...Good location at the edge of Old Town pedestrian area and infront of the beautiful grounds of Bratislava Castle. The staff were helpful and friendly and spoke good English. Not a luxury hotel by any means, but location, cleanliness, more than make up for this. Rooms basic but more than adequate, nice fresh clean bathrooms with good shower. One tip i would give is to avoid the breakfast at the hotel. Theres nothing wrong with it at all, in fact it was quite good but at 8 Euro is was very pricey in my opinion. There is much better value to be found in the town centre. Overall, a good choice and it does exactly what it needs to do. Good option for a weekend visit to Bratislava.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Cheap, pleasant city
Disadvantages:

...Bratislava is only about an hour and a half from Vienna, and is well worth a detour to, or a stopover via if you are en route to Budapest. If you are staying for a couple of days or more then I would recommend the Slovak Spectator, a fortnightly publication in English, which has details of events in Bratislava, although the style is dreary. For great views, climb up to the castle and look down over the Danube, or take the lift up the SNP - looks like one of The Tripods... and there are great views other the city. For a weekend trip some hotels offer discoutned rooms and in any case prices are cheap so Bratislava is a budget destination. The hydrofoil from Vienna takes 90 minutes to get to Bratislava and costs about GBP 12, leaving from the Reichsbrücke on the Danube Canal in Vienna, running from mid-April to the end of October. Otherwise... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful