World Travel Guide Search for a City   Destination Guides > Europe & Russia > Europe > Slovakia > Bratislava Bratislava -- Neighborhoods -- Along the waterfront From the Cathedral to the Castle  Travel Options Flights Hotels Vacation Rentals Cars .  Bratislava   · The City .  Arrival And Information .  City Transport .  Eating And Drinking .  Nightlife And Entertainment .  Listings .  Best Of .  Explore Bratislava .  Hotels in Bratislava BRATISLAVA Hotels in Bratislava   .  Radisson Sas Carlton Hotel Bratislava from  $109.53  USD     .  Holiday Inn Bratislava Bratislava from  $89.52  USD     .  Bw Hotel West Bratislava from  $97.27  USD   More Hotels in Bratislava >> BRATISLAVA has two distinct sides: the old quarter is an attractive slice of Habsburg Baroque, while the rest of the city has the brash and butchered feel of the average East European metropolis. More buildings have been destroyed here since the war than were bombed out during it, the whole Jewish quarter having been bulldozed to make way for a colossal suspension bridge and highway. Yet, even though the multicultural atmosphere of the prewar days has gone, there is a certain Central European cosmopolitanism here, at the meeting of three nations - boosted by a thriving café culture.   The City Trams from the main train station offload their shoppers and sightseers behind the Hotel Fórum in Obchodná - literally Shop Street - which descends into Hurbanovo námestie, a busy junction on the northern edge of the old town (staré mesto).... read more >>