Devin Castle

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Sunday, May 3, 2009

Today's highlight (and don't take this lightly, because the rest of it I spent waiting to leave) was a trip to Devin Castle. Marked in Lonely Planet as THE best thing about Bratislava, I figured it was a must see since the actual city is devoid of interesting stuff to do.
It was a lovely sunny day, and 22 degrees, extremely hot.

Devin Castle is actually a ruin of a castle, situated 20 minutes west of Bratislava on the number 29 bus. In the last 100 years a lot of excavations have taken place which have uncovered a graveyard, which they didn't leave alone; the skeletons are displayed in the exhibition room near the top of the hill. Recently a large crack, due to rainwater, was found in the upper tower of the castle, which means renovation works are taking place and it's off limits to the general public. At €3 entry price, you can spend a couple of hours here, which I did, getting covered in mosquito bites in the process. The views over the Danube and the valleys and hills are incredible, if you can stand the hike up the hill to get to them. See pictures for further evidence, I really don't want to write any more about Bratislava.
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michelleab
michelleab on May 4, 2009 at 11:57PM

Hot?
22 degrees? Hot?? Mwhahahahahahahaha! That's not hot. I'm in Darwin where it's 33 degrees. That's pretty hot!

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