The interior remains rather plain – few documents exist to give planners an idea of how it would have previously looked – but the castle was opened to the public for the first time in 1968. Since then ...

SOME sections of Bratislava Castle will soon – before the summer season – be opened to the public, two years after renovations began. The Yard of Honour in front of the castle, which had been in a ...

The cathedral itself has a stunning baroque interior. In front of the castle, you will find the opulent, gilded Marian Column ...

But the castle's fortunes are looking up: Vladimir Putin and George Bush held a summit here in 2005, and the castle interior is out-of-bounds as restoration work begins to return the rooms to ...

The imposing Bratislava Castle is the city's most prominent landmark. Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa transformed the castle in the 18th century from a military fortress to a royal residence.

Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia and once nearly a ghost town, is one of the big surprises of my recent travels. Its compact old town bursts with colorfully restored facades, lively outdoor ...