Beer Lovers’ Day Trip: Vienna To Bratislava

this might be fine if your with a group, especially someone who knows the language. The tour, food and beer were great, but only the tour was guided. You're on your own the rest of the time. The bus trips especially were stressful, and I ended up buying a ticket back to Vienna.

Well this was a great experience. We travelled from Vienna to Bratislava for this experience. FYI, if you do this, the bus is not part of the tour company but the normal Slovakialines bus between Bratislava and Vienna. Two things to remember is, 1. Do not forget your passport! They will not allow you on the bus. This happened to another passenger. 2. Make sure you have your QR code readily available. Again, they will not allow you on without it. The bus ride is very short, about 1.5 hours. One thing to remember, again very important, is that there are two stops in Bratislava. The first is under a bridge and you should be able to see the Flag Inn Hotel nearby. THIS is the one you want. If you miss this one, you will end up at the second stop (Part of a shopping centre). You will then have to catch a taxi to get to the Flag Inn Hotel. If you read the attached instructions, it says to get off at the second bus stop. NO! Just look for the bus stop under the bridge and you will be ok! What was also not mentioned is that the group actually meets up at the front of the Flag Inn Hotel, so just be aware that is where you may have to meet up. The hotel is just across the road so no problems there. As for the tour itself, it was great. Bratislava is absolutely stunning and full of history. The tour guide we had was great and full of information so 10/10 for her. This brings me to another point to remember. The tour guide is seperate from the company you booked this experience through. Therefore, he/she is more than likely unable to help if you have any major problems with the booking company. Just something to keep in the back of your mind. After the tour, you will end up at a cafe where you have the option of having a cake and coffee or a two course lunch. We had the two course lunch. It consisted of a chicken soup with vegetables as the first course and a local dish, potato dumplings with sheep's cheese sauce. The food was excellent and we loved it. 10/10 for the quality. Another thing to keep in mind is if you don't want to take your time at the cafe, choose the cake and coffee option. If you want a more relaxed experience choose the lunch. They do take a bit of time to serve lunch. We also chose to do the beer tasting at the Beer Factory. This is a a really nice European style pub, lots of character and very comfortable. You get three beers (Pretty decent sized for samples). One was a lager, one a strong beer and one was grapefruit beer. This was very unusual and absolutely delicious. They also give you a freshly baked pretzel which goes down well with the beer. So, in conclusion, this is a really great way to experience another European country. It is definitely different to Austria (In a good way) . We really enjoyed the experience. If you keep in mind the few pointers I mentioned, I am sure you will enjoy the experience too.

Lunch is very poor, without Sweet and drink. Only one soup and pasta ( the cheapest dishes of the restaurant). The guide is helpful, but not join the lunch and testing.

Bratislava is a really cool city, and the amount of time given during day is enough to see everything. The beer was really good and had some awesome old buildings - definitely recommend

Interesting and enjoyable. The only negative aspect was that my family was split up in two on the return trip. One was in seat 20 and two in 12. This was very unpleasant.

You're taking a chance on this experience as you may not get the full tour as we experienced ourselves. The tour started off great until we were left for lunch. No instructions provided by the guide, in fact we were told along the tour that this was a particular restaurant that we would be eating lunch at, and told on the side while walking that the others in the tour didn't have the same package as us. We were then dropped off at a different restaurant and the tour guide was very quick to leave and didn't give any other details, even though we were supposed to be having a beer tasting along the way of this tour. I ended up having to send an email that was eventually responded to saying we were told by the tour guide where we needed to be for the beer tasting as I requested a partial refund because we only received half of the tour. We never found the place and this experience was a complete rip off for the price and what we actually received. It was great to hear about the history of Bratslavia, but for the walking tour, we should have paid about 1/4 of our entire price, even half is a stretch. Simply put, do not waste your time on this experience, as you'll be disappointed and you will not receive a partial refund!

Was a very easy tour to take from Vienna. Directions for catching the bus was very clear. Met with our walking tour guide easily but was a lot of information to try and take in being only a one hour tour. Food at lunch was good but by the time we made it to the restaurant, they had only 1 option for the main course, which was good. But would have liked to have more options. Beer tasting was good.

The tour and the city of Bratislava were both enjoyable. The location for the beer tasting has shut down, so the restaurant for lunch provided us three beers for tasting, so I guess that was ok. However, the directions for the unguided bus transportation were not clear enough. Everyone on the tour (over 12 of us) ended up stranded in Bratislava without any help from the tour company to help us find a way back to Vienna. If the company provides clearer instructions on where to meet the bus, this would be a 5 star experience.

We thoroughly enjoyed this excursion and would recommend it. It was organised, informative and our guide was excellent!

The day tour was awesome even we came late because we go down to bus station. The driver did not announced that those will have a day tour will go down to that location. I called Viator up because we came late and they responded right away. The old town tour was lovely and Suzzana was great. Highly recommend tour once you stay in Vienna.

Our time with our guide Lucy was the highlight, don’t bother booking this tour with the added lunch. We walked past a million traditional Slovakian restaurants and heard how great they were, only to be taken to a restaurant outside of old town where we were given crumbed fried chicken pieces and chips ! We didn’t fly all the way from Australia for that, it was beyond disappointing, the waitress said she hoped it was as good as kfc ! Don’t waste the money, stick with just the tour guide then find your own lunch, we wish we knew it was going to be non traditional we would have left.

Food was good. Beer tasting is OK. Bus drive is short and pick-up and drops are on time. 3 hrs is more than adequate for the sightseeing.

Bratislava is a fantastic day trip from Vienna. The bus is easy and let's you off right in the old town. Our guide was wonderful. I would skip the lunch and beer tasting option. There are far better restaurants and micro breweries in Old Town than the ones included in the tour option. Bratislava overall was a lovely surprise.

The tour guide was a little bit late arriving but more than made up for it with a very good tour of a charming European town that is unexpected for travelers used to Western Europe. Part history lesson, part food tour, part sight seeing it was a perfect blend for first time visitors to Bratislava. The weather was chilly and rainy and she also made sure to keep us undercover as much as possible.

Actividad muy completa. Una lastima que no gestionen también el autobús. Guia muy bueno. Genial la cata de cervezas. La comida correcta pero sin mas

Lovely. Everything really magical... Very good beer, affordable prices... There's more to visit beyond the center