Getting to Bratislava
Tips on how to arrive to Bratislava by airplane, car, bus or train. We provide list of both normal and low cost airlines flying to Bratislava and travel routes from all important directions.
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To Bratislava by Air
Bratislava airport (Bratislava Ivanka Airport - M.R.Stefanik airport) is only 9 km from city center. Taxi transfer are available with travel time of 15 minutes.
Airlines operating to Bratislava:
Sky Europe
Sky Europe is first Central European low cost airline. This low price carrier is providing also Bus Shuttle Service between Vienna city center, Vienna airport and Bratislava airport.
Austrian Airlines
Official Austrian carrier is offering direct flights from Bratislava.
- London
- Paris
- Brussels
CSA Czech Airlines
- Prague
Lufthansa
- Munich
To Bratislava by Car
Bratislava is perfectly accessible from Western Europe through Prague or Vienna. The route from Prague takes around three hours. The route from Vienna takes 50 minutes from city center and 40 minutes from Schwechat (Vienna International Airport), even there is still a short part, where you have to use local Austrian roads, as the highway is partly in construction. The Prague route is very convenient from travelers from Northern and Eastern Germany and Scandinavia, the Vienna route is ideal for Italians and South-Germans.
When arriving to Bratislava from Poland or Ukraine, you should take the route from Zilina and Trencin, where new highways allow you to travel very fast.
To travel from or to Budapest it is recommended to take west Hungarian highway.
The border cross to Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary still exists but the checks there are very rare and waiting time is under 10 minutes.
To Bratislava by Train
Direct train connections to Bratislava exist from and to Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Hamburg, Budapest, Bucharest, Moscow, Warsaw, Krakow, Kiev, Lviv, Vilnius and St. Petersburg.
