Eastern and Central Europe (Eyewitness Travel Guides)

SLOVAKIA 325

DIRECTORY

TRAVELLING BY COACH

Visitors can travel to Slovakia

by coaches operated by inter-

national carriers. These run

scheduled services between

Autobusová Stanica Bratislava

and major European cities.

Travelling by coach is gener-

ally less expensive than by air,

but it may be less comfortable,

and takes much longer. The

coaches on inter national

routes are well equip ped

with air condition ing.

DOCUMENTATION

http://www.slovakia.org

http://www.ec.europa.eu

VISITOR

INFORMATION

http://www.slovakia.travel

Asociácia

Informačných

Centier Slovenska

http://www.aices.sk

Bratislavská

Informačná Služba

http://www.bkis.sk

EMBASSIES

United Kingdom

Panská 16, 814 99,

Bratislava.

Tel (02) 5998 2000.

United States

Hviezdoslavovo námestie

4, 811 02, Bratislava.

Tel (02) 5443 3338.

EMERGENCY

NUMBERS

Ambulance

Tel 155, 112.

Fire

Tel 150, 112.

Police

Tel 158, 112.

BANKING AND

CURRENCY

Slovenská

Sporitel’ňa

Suché Mýto 6, Bratislava.

http://www.slsp.sk

Tatra Banka

Hodžovo námestie 3,

Bratislava.

http://www.tatrabanka.sk

VÚB

Mlynské Nivy, 1829 90,

Bratislava. http://www.vub.sk

ARRIVING BY AIR

Air Slovakia

http://www.airslovakia.sk

Aeroflot

http://www.aeroflot.ru

Austrian Airlines

http://www.aua.com

Czech Airlines

http://www.czechairlines.com

KLM

http://www.klm.com

Lufthansa

http://www.lufthansa.com

M R Štefánika

Airport

http://www.letiskobratislava.sk

RyanAir

http://www.ryanair.com

Schwechat

International

Airport

http://www.viennaairport.com

RAIL TRAVEL

Bratislava Main

Train Station

Predstaničné námestie 1,

Bratislava.

Tel (02) 5341 3173.

ŽSR

http://www.zsr.sk

TRAVELLING BY

COACH

Autobusová Stanica

Bratislava

Mlynské Nivy 31,

821 09, Bratislava.

Tel (972) 222 222.

http://www.slovaklines.sk

RAIL TRAVEL

Trains in Slovakia are run

by ŽSR (Želenice Slovenskej

Republiky). Travelling by train

is more comfortable than

by coach, but it should be

stressed that stand ard fares

on international train routes

are usually very high – so

travelling by air might not

cost much more. Discounted

fares may be available on

advance bookings or with

concessions. The main train

station in Slovakia is the

Bratislava Main Train Station.

COMMUNICATIONS

Slovak telephone and postal
services are widely available
and efficient and are usually
open from 8am to 5pm. Public
phones are mostly in good
working order, and making a
local or international call is
fairly easy. Payphones in
Slovakia are both coin- and
card-operated. The service is

BANKING AND CURRENCY

The national currency of
Slovakia is the euro. Most
Slovak banks are open from
8am to 5pm and accept trav-
eller’s cheques, which can
also be cashed in exchange
bureaus. An increasing
number of services and retail
outlets now accept credit card
payments. It is easy to find a
bank for exchang ing or with-
drawing money in towns and
tourist resorts. The most
common are branches of
large banks such as Slovenská
Sporitel’ňa, VÚB and Tatra
Banka. Slovak banks are gen-
erally open from 8am to 5pm.

ARRIVING BY AIR

Bratislava’s M R Štefánika

Airport is served by airlines

from all over Europe, but

the most popular are Air

Slovakia, Czech Airlines,

Austrian Airlines, RyanAir,

Aeroflot, Lufthansa and KLM.

Visitors to southern Slovakia

can fly to Vienna’s Schwechat

International Airport, less

than 50 km (30 miles) from

the border, while those

heading for north ern Slovakia

can consider taking a flight to

Cracow in Poland, which is

closer than Bratislava, and

head south from there.

Low-cost airlines offer a

good range of deals on flights

to Prague, Brno, Bratislava

and Cracow in Poland, and

the number of routes is

steadily increasing.

Bratislava’s airport is 12 km

(7 miles) from the city centre.

Vienna’s airport also operates

a bus service to Bratislava.

quick and efficient, but not

all public telephones allow

inter national calls. Those that

do not allow outgoing calls

to international and mobile

numbers are marked with

an orange sticker. Post offices

can be found in all towns and

larger villages. A poste restante

service is available in the main

post office in every major

town and city.

wheelchair access to at least
one carriage, but it is often
difficult to get through the
station to reach the carriage.