Bratislava Day Trip from Vienna

Marvellous tour. The weather was as excellent as Eva our tour guide, full of knowledge and history facts. Time alone in the town after the drop by bus from Viena was enough to relax having some lunch, do some shopping and a relax with a cold bear given the plus 28 degrees we had. Trip back in the catamaran was a nice add. Recomended a 100

We started the day by being picked up at the City Opera house bus bus and transported to Bratislava from there a guide gave us a short walking tour. Everyone was offered a bus tour for an additional 9 euros. That was well worth the money. After we had several hours to sightsee and have lunch. Then we to the boat ride back to Vienna maybe the most fun. We were dropped off near the city center close to a U Bahn station.

Being short on time and not sure of the language, we opted to take this tour. Our guide Viera pointed out relevant sites and showed us others we might visit on our own. The tour lasted about an hour and the rest of the time was ours to wander around on our own. We rode the bus to Bratislava and took the catamaran back to Vienna. The boat trip back offered sights such as castles we might not have seen otherwise. Be aware, you find your own way back to your hotel on the U Bahn.

This tour started off well, but there was too much free time after a one hour guided walking tour if the old part of the city. Plan your activities in the 3-4 hours of spare time that you have in advance, so that you aren't left surprised at the end of the guided part of the tour. Luckily, I was able to do some walking around and went to see the little Blue Church, which was nice.

My hotel (le meridian) was very close to the meeting point. the driver come to pickup 12 minutes before the time (08:03 instead of 08:15) I left quikly the hotel and forget my phone. on the bus I see the problem and ask the guide to go back to bring my phone but she did not let me go and said that ther is just 10 minutes to go and its too short (the hotel was 2 minutes from the bus) so all day I have no camera and a bad filling about this trip

I won't repeat the praise of others regarding this quaint town and the high quality walking tour (2-2 1/2 hours) that it provides. I think it is a place many should visit, but to really appreciate it, people should plan ahead to decide what attractions they might want to see or do during the day, since you are given a huge amount of time on your own. (The local guide provides a map upon arrival.) The walking tour ended in time for lunch and then you hav the choice of going back by bus to Vienna at 2 pm. or waiting until 4 pm for the boat ride. I thought we might be given the chance to choose once we got to Bratislava, but were never offered the choice. I guess you can only do that when you book the tour. Overall, a pleasant day in a quaint city, but one that doesn't quite occupy one's time for a full day.

This was a good tour of the town with a look at its history. It was nice to be on the Danube boat to return.

Very well organised, Bratislava is a beautiful city, make sure you take the Catamaran option for your return to Vienna.

This is a good tour if you are simply looking for transportation between Vienna and Bratislava. I elected to take the bus to Bratislava and returned via boat. It's a large group, I counted close to 30 people. Once we arrived Bratislava, a guide met us and walked us around old town for about 30 minutes with some introductions then bid farewell. We had about 2.5 hours on our own to explore and reported to either the bus station or dock at the designated time. If you're OK traveling on your own, you consider booking your own transportation, which might be cheaper, it wouldn't be much different from this tour.

A really good trip and a very interesting city. The boat ride back was very pleasant. It was definitely worth it.