It's quite high up but we walked there from the centre of bratislava and didn't take all that long. It has nice views over the city and looked very nice in the snow. Be careful if it's icey though, my friend slipped on the steps and seriously injured her elbow...
Altough Slavin is in a public park, no dogs are allowed. For this reason we didn't see the statue properly, but se scenery and landscape are amazing from top of the hill where Slavin is located. Much embassys in the neighbourhood, if you like the see different kinds of architecture.
This place is dedicated to fallen Soviet soldiers who died during 2nd WW. Its a really nice and quiet place, good for a walk during the day. In this area there are their graves as well.Slavin is situated on the hill but its easy to reach the place. From Hodzovo namestie (square) you can take trolleybus n. 207 or 203 then get off on Budkova stop. From there turn to the right (go back a bit) and just go to the first wide street. At the end you will find it.You can also go by walk if you are visiting the castle, its the same way.You might need half an hour - 1 hour to walk around the place, depends on you :)
If you can get the bus, get the bus....as the hike isn't the easiest. However, it gave a gorgeous view of the city and was a lovely walk up.
It is a war memorial built in honour of Slovak soldiers who fell during World war - 2. The location around that area is scenic and gives you an aerial view of Bratislava capital.Closet bus stop: SavTipsThere are no sign posts to direct you to Slavin. But from the city (Sav stop) there are about 200 odd steps to climb to reach Slavin. It shouldn't take more than 15 - 20 min to reach on the top
We spent thirty minutes at this interesting monument which honors nearly 7'000 Soviet soldiers who were killed during 1944/45. Weather was great so we enjoyed a great view onto Bratislava.
First class views of the city, The monument is very much of the 'Soviet' ie large but not aesthetically pleasing. I was travelling at the beginning of March, so not much there really.
In winter the site was very quiet and solemn, very appropriate and conducive to appreciating history and the sacrifice of those buried there. The monument is on top of a hill providing good views of the city, though there are plenty of more central places to do this as well (Old Town Hall, St. Michael's Tower, etc).
It is a monument devoted to 2nd WW. It is situated on the hilll o Bratislava with amazing view on all sides. It feels like you have Bratislava on the palm of your hand. It give you totaly different perspective on the city.Tha monument is nothing unique but gives you an overview of dates when different Slovak cities have been freed from Nacis.
We walked to the peak of Slavin memorial from the castle & it probably took 20-30 minutes - just be sure to know where you're going as we didn't see many signs.A trick we used is to use our mobiles to look at google maps using free Wifi in our hotel to load the area up & have a look round. Then, whilst we were walking there, we would load google maps back up & the GPS would pin point our location. The fact that we'd already opened the map up earlier that day meant it was in the cache of our phone so we weren't charged for roaming.Anyway, onto the memorial itself, it's set high up with some good views over the city. There's a few signs where you can read how the 6500 Soviets lost their lives liberating Bratislava during WW2 in a number of languages (including English).Number of statues make up the memorial & there's some individual graves as well as the mass graves on the sight.Well worth the trek to see it all & glad we did it.