Bratislava is the latest hot destination for lads' holidays. With an awesome reputation for partying, it's surprisingly still undiscovered. Great-looking women and eastern Europe's cheapest food and beer mean that it won't stay this way for long. Get here and enjoy it before the 'big weekend' crowd arrive.
Bratislava Pissup's operation is based in Bratislava and owned by a British travel company specialising in lads' holidays all over eastern Europe. We are eastern Europe's biggest party organisers - and that experience guarantees you and your mates the holiday of a lifetime!!
UK OPERATOR PROTECTION FOR ALL CUSTOMERS
All the Pissup cities are owned by a British company called e-Blok Ltd., (http://e-blok.com) so customers from any country can benefit from knowing that they are covered by the UK Package Travel Regulations. All holidays booked through us include free 'Travel Protection Insurance'. This covers every person in your group to up to £11,000 per person (or currency equivalent) in the event that either we or any of our suppliers are unable to fulfil our obligations. In addition, all your money is held in a bond account administered by an independent UK Chartered Accountant until your event has been completed. In laymen terms, this means that whatever happens, your money is totally safe when you book with us! And this coverage applies to citizens of any country, not just people from the UK.
Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is a city of some 450,000 inhabitants located on the river Danube, around 60 km from Vienna. The old town is on the north side of the river, and is on a small scale with the castle the focal point, built on a hill to the western side of the old town. The old town is the lively part of town but good bars and clubs are spread all over the city. The city south of the river is a large communist housing estate and of no interest, unless you like this type of thing, though the new bridge (SNP) that connects it to the old town is like something out of Star Trek. The old town is the main destination for visitors and contains many of Bratislava's most important monuments and museums. It's not got many great sights like Prague, but because of this has been spared the ravages that tourism brings and has a more relaxed atmosphere as a result. For a bit of exercise, a climb up to the odd-looking castle gives great views across the Danube to what is reputedly the biggest housing estate in Europe. Finally, it's possible to reach Vienna easily by either boat or train if you want something more grand. Places to look for include Charlie's pub (by Tesco) which is packed with 20somethings, the Harley Davidson pub in the dead centre of town - not really, it's by a graveyard on the outskirts - for it's mud wrestling and the B+ centre by the Holiday Inn for the biggest mainstream disco.
Some of Bratislava's best clubs are hidden in old bomb shelters where blasting music bothers no one. Try the Galarie Duna at the Technical University for hardcore house in a tinfoil bunker surrounded by staff in radioactive suits.
TOURIST INFORMATION
The official site of Bratislava's Tourist Information Guide and Office is www.bratislava.sk
TELEPHONE The country code for Slovakia is +421, the city
code for Bratislava is 2 (or 02 if calling from within
Slovakia). There is a toll free Emergency number is 112 and
some operators speak English.
VOLTAGE 220 V (same as UK)
