Frankfurt, Germany Travel Guide - Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights (Illustrated)

It won’t take you very long in Frankfurt-am-Main (pronounced mine) to see why Germans refer to their financial capital as “Mainhattan”. Its landscape of towering skyscrapers is unlike any other city in Germany.

Frankfurt continues to parallel New York when you add to this the fact that the population nearly doubles during working hours, and that more than a third of Frankfurt’s inhabitants don’t hold German passports. Such a diverse population means that the city has much to offer the traveler in the way of different cuisines and cultural offerings – again, not unlike Manhattan.

And yet, despite the fact that this is clearly a booming cosmopolitan city, Frankfurt can boast a quality that New York will never touch: its unique German character. This stems from its 1000+ years of architecture and historical relevance. A quick walk around the Römerberg city center will reveal this, as medieval church spires line up against the skyscrapers in the distance. It becomes instantly clear that this city has a long past, full of stories.

From the Holy Roman Emperors who were crowned here, to the banking industry’s CEOs who today make decisions that affect the whole of the European Union, Frankfurt is – and has always been – a seat of power. No surprise, then, that it is a top-notch commercial center of great interest to the visitor.

Table of Contents:

Introduction to Frankfurt
Overview
Culture
Location & Orientation
Climate & When to Visit
Sightseeing Highlights
Römerberg (City Center)
Römer
Archaeological Museum and Garden
Historisches Museum Frankfurt
Frankfurt Cathedral (Kaiserdom)
St. Paul’s Church
Goethe House
Museum Embankment (Museumsufer)
Städel Museum
Museum Giersch
Deutsches Architektur Museum
Senckenberg Museum (Naturmuseum)
Money Museum (Geldmuseum der Deutschen Bundesbank)
Parks & Greenery
Grüneberg Park
Botanischer Garten
Palmengarten
Frankfurt Zoo
Theater & Opera
Alte Oper
Frankfurt Operahouse
English Theatre
Zeil Shopping District
Sachsenhausen
Skyscrapers
River Main
Primus-Linie Boat Trip
Recommendations for the Budget Traveler
Places to Stay
Manhattan Hotel
Le Meridien
Alexander am Zoo
Roomers
Innside Frankfurt Niederrad
Hamburger Hof
Hotel Concorde
NH Frankfurt Messe
25hrs Hotels (The Goldman)
25hrs Hotels (Levis)
Places to Eat & Drink
Römer Pils Brunnen
Apfelwein Solzer
San San
Im Herzen Afrikas
Salzkammer
Zum Rad
Block House
Ristorante Leon D’Oro
Places to Shop
Dippemarkt
Goethestraße
Freßgass
Bergerstraße