HOW TO GET TO NITRA

Nitra is one of the oldest cities of Slovakia, situated in the western part of the country, at the foot of Zobor Mountain and in the Nitra River valley. It is easily accessible by bus from the capital city Bratislava, which is situated only 50 km from Vienna international airport. The following is general information with relevant links on travelling to Nitra. 

There are no flights to Nitra, so all participants are advised to get to Bratislava or Vienna, first, from where they can get to Nitra by train or bus.

TO BRATISLAVA AND VIENNA

There are direct flights to Bratislava and Vienna from every main city in Europe.  For non-European participants we advise to get to Vienna airport. For low budget company, please see SKYEUROPE www.skyeurope.com or RYANAIR www.ryanair.com. You can also get to Vienna by AUSTRIAN AIRLINES www.aua.com or by LUFTHANSA www.lufthansa.com, etc.

For updated information about the flights and connections see Vienna airport in Schwechat www.viennaairport.com or Bratislava airport www.airportbratislava.sk.

 TO NITRA

There are direct connections every hour from Vienna airport to Bratislava main bus station (Autobusová stanica Mlynské Nivy) by SLOVAK LINES (http://www.slovaklines.sk/busPrint.asp?id=102806). You will find the bus stop just in front of the arrival terminal, but you have to buy a ticket in office, which is situated inside the arrival hall. It takes approx. 1 hour (50 km). From Bratislava you can catch a bus to Nitra (80 km) – the best one is a yellow express TURANCAR (http://www.turancar.sk/buslinky_new/403504.html), which leaves every hour and the travel takes approx. 70 mins.   

From Vienna airport you can also catch a train to Nitra train station, but it take much longer and you have to change a train several times. For more information see Austrian railways www.oebb.at.

If you fly to Bratislava airport, you can take a taxi to the Bratislava main bus station for approx. Eur.10.

Once you get to Nitra bus station, the best is to take a taxi to the direction of student’s campus BERNOLÁK (študentský domov BERNOLÁK).. From the train station in Nitra you can only take bus Nr. 19 going to the direction Akademická street. It takes approx. 25 minutes by walking from the bus/train station to the Congress Centre of the Slovak university of Agriculture, bus stop “AKADEMICKÁ”.

You can also rent a car. For more information, please see following web pages: Hertz –    www.hertz.sk, Avis – www.avis.sk, Eurocar – www.eurocar.sk, Abrix – www.abrix.sk, Autodanubius – www.autodanubius.sk.

Train Nitra-Vienna                                                    Train Vienna-Nitra

Bus Bratislava-Nitra                                                 Bus Vienna-Bratislava

Bus Bratislava-Nitra /Turancar/