Bratislava’s charm comes out in this delightful historic centre on the north bank of the Danube. It’s fun to stroll through its little pedestrian streets dotted with shady squares, pretty churches and Baroque and Rococo palaces housing the city’s mai..

The medieval castle of Bratislava overlooking the city was the seat of the Hungarian royal family. It houses the Historical Museum and the Moravany Venus, a mammoth ivory figurine sculpted 25,000 years ago, as well as the Music Museum . Breathtaking..

The Church of St. Elizabeth, or Blue Church, named after a Hungarian princess, is an amazing Art Nouveau sanctuary from the 1910s. Be sure to take a look at its mosaics, particularly the one on the door recounting a miracle performed by the saint.

Like its two exhibition spaces, an 18C palace and a Soviet-style building, the collections in the largest Slovak museum cover five centuries of European artist production from the 16C to the 20C. An opportunity to discover works by well-known Slovak ..