Accommodation

Ask your future employer if he can provide you with accommodation. Some universities and research institutes have their own accommodation facilities for their employees.

If your future employer cannot provide you with accommodation, ask him/her for other possibilities or recommendations.

 

You can find accommodation yourself, too – properties for rent are advertised in specialised advertising publications, daily newspapers, the regional press and on the internet.You can rent a flat directly from an owner or through a real estate agency.

 

When renting a flat, enquire whether the price covers just the rent or if it also includes utility costs (electricity, gas, heating, water, phone bills, etc.). Rents are normally paid monthly and deposits of a few month´s rent are common. It is, of course, necessary to sign a lease.

 

Rental prices depend on several factors:

• City/ town (in the capital city and university towns rents are usually higher)
• Locality within a city/town (centre/outskirts)
• Type of flat/house (tower block, brick house, new building, flat/house that has or has not been renovated, etc.)
• Furnishing
• Size of flat (number of bedrooms, surface area etc.)

 

 

Useful links

Long-term accommodation

• www.reality.sk –  a nationwide search database (also in English), regularly updated rental offers by more than 400 real estate agencies, a list of real estate agencies with contact phone numbers, websites and E-mails
• www.realityserver.sk – search database (in Slovak only)
• www.greenpages.sk – a webportal “Green Pages“ providing information and contact phone numbers, websites and E-mails of several firms and organisations in Slovakia, including  sections like: Real estate agencies (Realitné kancelárie); Hotels in Bratislava (Hotely v Bratislave); Hotels outside Bratislava (Hotely mimo Bratislavy)
• www.slovakspectator.sk – see the advertising part of the newpaper also providing information in English on renting property.

 

Short-term accommodation

• www.ubytujsa.sk – nationwide search database providing information on hotels, boarding houses and other accommodation facilities (also private) across Slovakia. Many of them offer a discount if booked online.
• www.greenpages.sk – see the following sections: Hotels in Bratislava  (Hotely v Bratislave) and Hotels outside Bratislava (Hotely mimo Bratislavy)
• www.slovakia-accommodation.net – accommodationn search in Slovakia for hotels, cottages, family pensions, spas with on-line booking
• www.limba.sk - accommodationn search in Slovakia for hotels, cottages, family pensions, spas with on-line booking
• www.travelguide.sk – Travel guide to Slovakia with accommodation information included with various serching options and on-line booking
• www.hotels-slovakia.com – accommodation in selected towns and areas of Slovakia, the databese includes hotels, hostels, bed & breakfasts, lodges, botels, cottages, and campsites

Last modified: 2012-01-10