Tourist office Bratislava
The Bratislava Tourist Board, the destination management organisation of the Slovak capital, runs 1 Tourist Info Centre, in the historic city centre on Klobučnícka street and open every day of the week. The centre gives tourist information in person, hands out free maps and brochures of the city and the Bratislava Region, and books guided tours in 22 languages. Bratislava Airport also has information kiosks of the board in its arrival hall, and the Devínska Nová Ves borough runs a local tourist information office of its own.
Find the nearest tourist office
Tourist Info Centre on Klobučnícka street
Location: Klobučnícka 2, 811 01 Bratislava, in the city centre
Opening hours: Monday to Wednesday 09:00 to 16:30, Thursday to Saturday 09:00 to 17:30, Sunday 09:00 to 15:30, with a break from 12:30 to 13:00 every day
Gives tourist information, free maps and brochures, and sells the Bratislava CARD and single public transport tickets.
Tourist information office in Devínska Nová Ves
Location: Istrijská 49, 841 07 Bratislava, in the Devínska Nová Ves borough
Opening hours: 1 May to 30 September daily 10:00 to 18:00; 1 October to 30 April Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00, closed Saturday and Sunday; break 12:00 to 13:00
Not run by the Bratislava Tourist Board: a local office of the Devínska Nová Ves borough, with tourist maps, brochures and souvenirs.
Discover Bratislava in detail
Discover Bratislava in detail
The Bratislava guide on Tourist Office gathers top things to see in Bratislava in one place: a one day walk that starts at Bratislava Castle, drops to St Martin's Cathedral and Michael's Gate, passes the Old Town Hall and the SNP Bridge and ends at the Blue Church.
It also picks out what costs nothing, from the castle grounds and the Slavín Memorial to the garden of Grassalkovich Palace, and adds Devín Castle, at the meeting point of the Danube and the Morava, for a half day beyond the centre.
Keep the city and national holiday calendar in mind
Public holidays can change how a visit works: offices, museums and shops may close or switch to holiday hours. Slovakia sets its calendar in Act 241/1993 on state holidays, days of rest and memorial days, and the Slov-Lex legal portal publishes the version in force. The act separates two things. It names 6 state holidays, and it lists the days of rest, when offices and shops may close. Three of the state holidays, 1 September, 28 October and 17 November, are not days of rest, and for 2026 the same applies to 8 May and 15 September. That gives 11 days of rest in 2026, apart from Sundays. Easter Sunday falls on 5 April 2026, so Good Friday is on 3 April and Easter Monday on 6 April, and the three Christmas days run from Thursday 24 December to Saturday 26 December.
National holidays in Slovakia 2026
Days of rest, 11 dates:
- 1 January Day of the Establishment of the Slovak Republic (Deň vzniku Slovenskej republiky), state holiday
- 6 January Epiphany (Zjavenie Pána)
- 3 April Good Friday (Veľký piatok)
- 6 April Easter Monday (Veľkonočný pondelok)
- 1 May Labour Day (Sviatok práce)
- 5 July Saints Cyril and Methodius Day (sviatok svätého Cyrila a svätého Metoda), state holiday
- 29 August Anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising (výročie Slovenského národného povstania), state holiday
- 1 November All Saints' Day (sviatok Všetkých svätých)
- 24 December Christmas Eve (Štedrý deň)
- 25 December Christmas Day (prvý sviatok vianočný)
- 26 December Second day of Christmas (druhý sviatok vianočný)
Holidays that are not days of rest in 2026, 5 dates:
- 8 May Victory over Fascism Day (Deň víťazstva nad fašizmom)
- 1 September Constitution Day of the Slovak Republic (Deň Ústavy Slovenskej republiky), state holiday
- 15 September Our Lady of Sorrows (Sedembolestná Panna Mária)
- 28 October Day of the Establishment of the Independent Czecho-Slovak State (Deň vzniku samostatného česko-slovenského štátu), state holiday
- 17 November Struggle for Freedom and Democracy Day (Deň boja za slobodu a demokraciu), state holiday
Local holidays in Bratislava 2026
The act names no holidays for individual cities, so Bratislava keeps the national calendar.