post-socialist tour

Bratislava Post-Socialist Tour - darkometer rating : 4 - A special-interest tour offered by an alternative operator in Bratislava that takes in socialist monuments and grand architecture as well as massive prefab housing blocks, bits of the Iron Curtain , abandoned factories and an unfinished metro depot, plus some reminiscing about the lifestyle of the olden days. It's both tongue-in-cheek fun and illuminating. > More background info > What there is to see > Location > Access and costs > Time required > Combinations with other dark destinations > Combinations with non-dark destinations > Photos More background info: The tour is a key part of the portfolio of the alternative tour operator “Authentic Slovakia” – see the sponsored page for them HERE ! And for more on the overall background see under Bratislava and Slovakia in general. What there is to see: lots of quirky stuff in good company providing local insights! Note that there are (at least) two versions of this tour – one short (2 hours), one longer (4 hours). Needless to say the longer tour covers more and is also better value for money (see below ). When I did it, I was given a tailored combined tour, the first half of which more or less corresponded to the regular off-the-peg 4-hour variant of the tour but also took in elements described elsewhere in the separate chapters on Devin , Devinska Kobyla and Iron Curtain relics . Some of the latter are part of the post-socialist tour. The order in which the various points of interest on this tour are visited will vary, e.g. according to your starting point, be it your hotel or one of the train stations. My tour started at Petržalka station , so we did everything south of the Danube first.