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Mostly, using the bus is the best way of transportation in slovakia. Ubers are also a good form of transportation. I would recommend arriving by plane in the Bratislava Airport.

Basic Facts About Slovakia

  • Name of the country: Slovak Republic (Slovakia)

  • Form of government: parliamentary democracy

  • Member of the European Union and NATO since mid-2004

  • Land area: 49,035 km2

  • Mountainous: almost 80% is 720 m above sea level

  • Population: 5.4 million

  • Currency: 1 euro = 100 cents

  • Location: Central Europe, bordering with Poland, Ukraine, Hungary, Czech Republic and Austria

  • Capital city: Bratislava, population 452,288, including about 60,000 university students

  • Language: Slovak, which belongs to the Slavic group of languages (includes Polish, Czech, Croatian and others). In Slovakia many people also speak Hungarian, German, Czech.

  • Religion: most are Roman Catholic(60%), with minorities of Protestants, Greek Catholic, Jews

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