Illustrated with colour photographs & detailed maps, this guide presents Bratislava's attractions & landmarks in an easy, accessible way. Introductory chapters cover general themes of culture, history & factual information, while useful telephone numbers & addresses are listed at the end for information offices & recommended hotels, restaurants & shops, museums & galleries. The main part concentrates on the Old Town, but there is also a section with suggested short trips from the Old Town to the rest of the city & its surroundings. On the inside covers there is also a very brief dictionary with essential words & phrases. Slovakian publication in English. ...

Street of Bratislava at 1:16, 000 from Freytag & Berndt, with an enlargement of the city’s historic centre conveniently placed in the index booklet, plus on the reverse a road map of Slovakia at 1:500, 000 with enlargements showing through roads across the capital, Banská Bystrica, Košice & Žilina. On one side is a street plan covering Bratislava with its outer suburbs at 1:16, 000. Bus, tram & trolleybus routes are shown with line numbers & stops. For drivers, traffic arteries are highlighted & the map indicates one way streets, car parks & locations of petrol stations. Symbols mark locations of various facilities & places of interest including campsites, selected hotels & restaurants, museums, etc. The index is in a booklet attached to the map cover, together with an enlargement showing Bratislava’s historic centre at 1:8, 000 with its main sights highlighted by small drawings. On the reverse is a road map of Slovakia at 1:500, 000, with its index also included in the booklet. Topography is presented by relief shading with names of mountain ranges, peaks, etc, & boundaries of national parks. The map shows the network of main & secondary roads, annotated with driving distances & locations of petrol stations, plus a selection of smaller local roads. Small symbols indicate various places of interest. The map has latitude & longitude lines at 1º intervals. Also provided are city maps highlighting main traffic routes to & across Bratislava, Banská Bystrica, Košice & Žilina, also indicating locations of petrol stations. ...

This Bradt guide to Bratislava combines history with hedonism. Maps, walking tours, historical perspectives & hotels, restaurants, cafes & pubs are all covered. In addition, it features detailed information on shopping, sports, gardens & parks. Not only does it include out-of-town ideas, it is written in an engaging & colourful style that sets out very deliberately to entertain as well as inform. This edition is thoroughly updated to include the vast number of new first class & boutique hotels, restaurants, bars & cafes. It also offers an innovative tram map & guidance on city transport, an updated event calendar, & objective & practical advice on buying property in Bratislava. Straying out of the city itself, it also covers Kosice, 2013 European City of Culture. ...

This is the savvy city breakers' pocket guide to seeing & doing more in the Slovakian capital
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Central Bratislava in a series of handy pocket street plans from Freytag & Berndt. Each map is laminated, so waterproof & tear-resistant, & highlights the publishers’ recommendations of five best choices in five categories: shopping, restaurants & cafes, culture, nightlife & sights. On one side is an indexed street plan annotated with colour-coded markers highlighting the publishers’ recommendations, all listed on the reverse of the map with brief notes in several languages. In larger cities the plans cover only the central districts. Also provided are a small road map of the city’s environs, if appropriate a diagram of the metro network, & a Fact Box with phone numbers for tourist offices, car hire & emergency services. Map legend & notes on the recommendations include English. To see other titles is this series please click on the series link. ...

Bratislava on an indexed street plan at 1:16, 000 with an enlargement of its historic centre highlighting important buildings by small drawings, a map of the capital’s environs, plus brief descriptions of main sights. Cartography is by Shocart
- Slovak subsidiary of Freytag & Berndt. On one side is a street plan of Bratislava with its outer suburbs, including the city’s M. R. Štefánik International Airport. Tram, trolleybus & bus lines are shown with stops & line numbers. For divers the plan indicates one way & pedestrinized streets, car parks & locations of petrol stations. Symbols mark various facilities & places of interest. Street index is on the reverse, together with an inset presenting the city’s historic centre in much greater detail, highlighting main sights, selected hotels & restaurants, etc. The reverse side also provides a contoured map at 1:100, 000 of Bratislava’s environs, highlighting numerous hiking trails in the Male Karpaty hills north of the city. Also provided are brief descriptions of main sights in the city. Map legend & the descriptions include English.
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This town plan of London & Westminster was first produced in 1572 by Braun & Hogenberg as part of their atlas of city views called ` Civitates Orbis Terrarum`. This six volume work was issued between 1572 & 1618 & contained more than 500 city plans. Reproduced by Wychwood Editions. ...

Talk of the town: A landmark in urban mapping More than four centuries on from its first publication, discover one of the jewels of urban cartography & civic studies. This quality reprint

Includes:: all 363 colour plates from the Civitates orbis terrarum, a magnificent collection of town map engravings, produced between 1572 & 1617. Featuring plans, bird`s-eye views, & maps for all major cities in Europe, plus important urban centers in Asia, Africa, & Latin America, this masterwork in urban mapping gives us a comprehensive view of city life at the turn of the 17th century. It was edited & annotated by theologian & publisher Georg Braun & largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, but also involved over a hundred different artists & cartographers who contributed not only town views, but additional elements, such as figures in local dress, courtroom scenes, & topographical details, to help convey the situation, commercial power, & political influence of each city. Taschen`s reprint contextualises the plates with selected extracts from Braun`s original texts on the history & significance of each urban center as well as detailed commentaries to place each city map in its cartographical & cultural context.

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More than four centuries on from its first publication, discover one of the jewels of urban cartography & civic studies. This quality reprint

Includes:: the most enchanting color plates from the Civitates orbis terrarum, a magnificent collection of town map engravings, produced between 1572 & 1617. Featuring plans, bird`s-eye views, & maps for all major cities in Europe, plus important urban centers in Asia, Africa, & Latin America, this masterwork in urban mapping gives us a comprehensive view of city life at the turn of the 17th century. It was edited & annotated by theologian & publisher Georg Braun & largely engraved by Franz Hogenberg, but also involved over a hundred different artists & cartographers who contributed not only town views, but additional elements, such as figures in local dress, courtroom scenes, & topographical details, to help convey the situation, commercial power, & political influence of each city.TASCHEN`s reprint contextualizes the plates with selected extracts from Braun`s original texts on the history & significance of each urban center as well as detailed commentaries to place each city map in its cartographical & cultural context.

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ADAC, Germany's equivalent of the British Automobile Association publishes an extensive series of street plans which provide detailed high-quality mapping of all the major towns & cities, including their outer suburbs. The plans name all the individual streets & indicate all the main landmarks & public buildings. All public transport facilities are shown: buses, trams, underground & overland rail lines. One way streets & car parks are indicated. Plans of larger cities include an enlargement for the city centre. The plans also show the administrative & postal divisions & have an extensive street index which, where appropriate, shows individual postal codes for each street. On the reverse, each plan has a road map at 1:100, 000, covering a very wide area around the city. Map legend

Includes:: English.

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