By Car

Slovakia is easily accessible by car due to its location in the Central Europe and advanced road network. Entrance gate to Slovakia from the west is Bratislava, which is directly accessible by highways from the Czech Republic, Austria and Hungary.

Approximate distance and travel time from selected European cities to Bratislava:

Vienna: 70 km, 1 hour
Budapest: 200 km, 2 hours 15 minutes
Prague: 340 km, 3 hours 30 minutes
Zagreb: 420 km, 4 hours 50 minutes
Krakow: 420 km, 5 hours 30 minutes
Munich: 490 km, 5 hours 30 minutes
Belgrade: 570 km, 6 hours 10 minutes
Berlin: 690 km, 7 hours 30 minutes
Warsaw : 675 km, 7 hours 30 minutes
Rome: 1150 km, 12 hours
Brussels: 1200 km, 12 hours
Paris: 1330 km, 13 hours
Kiev: 1330 km, 18 hours
London: 1560 km, 16 hours

Main road connections you might be interested in:

From the Czech Republic:

to Bratislava: D2 motorway Prague – Brno – Bratislava
to the Central Slovakia: E50 Brno – Uherské Hradište – Trenčín
to the north of Slovakia: E75 Ostrava – Čadca – Žilina

From Austria:

A6 – D4 motorway Vienna – Bratislava

From Hungary:

to Bratislava: E65 Budapest – Győr – Bratislava (D2 motorway)
to the Central Slovakia: E77 Budapest – Šahy – Zvolen (road No. 66)
to the Eastern Slovakia: E71 Miškolc – Košice

From Ukraine:

E50 Užgorod – Michalovce

From Poland:

to the west of Slovakia: S69 Bielsko Biała – Żywiec – Čadca
to the Central Slovakia, to Tatras: E77 Kraków – Ružomberok
to to Eastern Slovakia: E371 Rzeszów – Svidník - Prešov