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 tatra-shinkansen LOL by Skipka
Especially in High Tatras there can be seen improvement, if you're lucky going from Tatranska Lomnica to other points you can go by train we jokingly call Shinkansen. ;) It has all the comfort you need plus good music and if you're tired after too much hiking you can easily have a nap there ;)
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Air transport - from outside Europe - through the Austrian international airport Schwechat, which is 50 km from Bratislava; international airports in Slovakia - Bratislava, Sliač, Poprad-Tatry and Košice; smaller aeroplanes can also land in Prešov, Pieš?any, Trenčín, Žilina and Ružomberok; Bratislava has regular air-links with Budapest, Prague, Leipzig, Warsaw, Zurich, Sofia, Kiev, Moscow, Tel Aviv and Palma del Mallorca. In Bratislava there are representatives of Austrian Airlines, British Airways, LOT, Balkan, Aeroflot, Czech Airlines, Lufthansa, Lauda Air, Finnair, KLM, Delta Airlines, Air France, Swissair, Singapore Airlines and other airline companies; among the most important Slovak airline companies are Air Slovakia, Tatra Air and Air Transport Europe.
Railway transport - direct connections to Rome, Berlin, Hamburg, Malmö, Stockholm, Oslo, Rostock, Copenhagen, Szcecin, Warsaw, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Bucharest, Belgrade, Athens, Istanbul, Rijeka; via Vienna station, Slovakia is connected with Amsterdam, Ostende, Strasbourg, Paris, Brussels, Zürich, Barcelona, Zagreb, Ljubljana and other European cities.
Water transport - it is possible to get to Bratislava from Passau, through Linz, Krems and Vienna and from Belgrade, through Novi Sad and Budapest.
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You can also get here by Eurolines buses from all around the Europe.
Or you can also come by train from Berlin, Warsaw, Prague, Budapest...
I think that for those of you who want to see 'the more the better', the best way how to get around is to rent a car.
But, if you dont want to spend much money, travel around by local buses and trains...
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The Bratislava airport is about 20 minutes by car from the city centre, depending on the traffic. A taxi to the centre should cost 350-500 Kronen. If you pay more, you`ve been cheated.
If you stay only in Bratislava, you don`t need a car as all sights are in walking distance. If you plan to go elsewhere, a rental car is recommended. The motorways are well-signed and well-maintained.
Beware: If you try to reach the airport by car on your way BACK, the turnoff itself is not well signposted. You can easily overlook it. From Bratislava, you have to take the motorway to Nitra and leave at the turnoff "Ivanska Cesta".
To reach the High Tatra by car, it will take ca. 4 hours from Bratislava. Theme: Airplane
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 SLOVAK LOCAL TRAIN by matcrazy1
Classification of trains (from the best and fastest) and prices hmm... in 2000:
1. EuroCity (EC);
2. Intercity (IC)
- kind of express trains with some snacks/coffee served - extra fare + 70 Sk for compulsory reservation;
3. Express (Ex);
4. Fast train (R, rychlik);
- they costed the same, extra fare + 40 Sk for compulsory reservation;
5. "Accelerated" trains (zrychlene, ZR);
6. "Normal" trains (osobne);
- they costed the same but "normal" trains were slower as they stopped at each railway stop/station. Fare was about 7 Sk/km (50% more in more comfortable 1st class), reservation of seat ("miestenka") costed 10 - 40 Sk, sleeping bed - 70 Sk, seat in sleeping room - 130 Sk.
TICKETS
Ticket ("cestovny listok") maybe one-way ("jednosmerny") or two-way (there and back: "spiatocny") and was purchased at cashier at railway stations. Tickets in domestic trains (from a conductor/guard) were extra 70 Sk paid. Warning: 700 Sk in international trains!
VOCABULARY
Railway staff can't speak English (usually), so some basic words in Slovak:
informacia - information
vlak - train
vozen - carriage/coach
peron - platform
odchody - departures
prichody - arrivals
kazdy den - each day
dni pracovneho volna - except business days
pracovne dni - business days
pon.-pt. - from Monday to Friday
sviatky - holidays
priamy spoj - direct train/connection
hod. - time/hour
meska - delay
DISCOUNTS
Children up to 6yo - free unless take seperate seat,
Children 6-15: 50%
Groups of 6 and over: 33%
Youths 15-26yo with "Junior" card (available in each railway station: 1 photo + 389 Sk): 25 - 50%,
students with ISIC card: 20 - 50%
Holders of Euro Domino tickets: 25 - 50%. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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 SLOVAK TRAIN by matcrazy1
For both buses and trains (domestic) in Slovakia check your connection online (in Slovak, English and German):
Trains and buses Slovakia
For scheduled buses to Bratislava from abroad check your connection: Eurolines - page in English, German and Slovak. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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