[Bratislava-pm] OT: non-Perl visit to Bratislava

[Jonathan Worthington]

Hi,

Thomas Klausner wrote:
> My girlfriend and me will visit Bratislava this Monday/Tuesday (on a 
> "strict non-perl, only the two of us" basis :-)
>
> But it still would be nice to get some insider tips on some nice 
> locations to hang out (cafes, restaurants, clubs) and to visit (sights 
> etc). So if you want to share one or two tips (until Monday morning...), we'd appreciate it!
>   
The castle is pretty and worth a look, and on the hill there are nice 
views over the old city. If you like castles, you can take a bus out to 
Devin too, which is another castle that apparently has good views, but I 
didn't make it there yet. You can walk over the New Bridge and towards 
the Old Bridge to get a view of the old city from the other side, but 
generally that side of the river is I think residential, so there's not 
so much that I know of to do there.

The promenade by the river also extends some way west, and if you go 
just a little way beyond the end of it, continuing by the river, there 
is quite a nice area by the river that maybe is good for a picnic (I 
walked this way yesterday and took some photos[1]).

The old city center is very nice to walk around and packed with 
beautiful buildings (I love the main square), but is also an expensive 
place to eat, so I suggest trying to find something outside the center 
for food. I haven't many suggestions for this, but if you like pizza, 
the one by the (aptly named!) Blue Church (on Grosslingova Ulica) serves 
(IMO) delicious pizzas at OK prices and fairly cheap beer, plus they 
have a menu in German too. And a warning: the Indian restaurant Ashoka 
on Zivnostenska (certainly not cheap, but very good) has dishes marked 
"hot" that really, really are. Even by I'm-a-spicy-food-eating-Brit 
standards!

You're coming to a lovely city! Enjoy! :-)

Jonathan

[1] http://www.jnthn.net/cgi-bin/photos.pl?albumid=34