Travelling to Frankfurt?

Our routes, not a list of everything. Places that have been there for centuries: no opening times or prices, which go stale.

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   Frankfurt in a day

   8 hEverything fits in a mile-square and you do it on foot. With one detail that changes how you look at it: the old town was finished in 2018.The Römerberg, and what you’re actually looking at · The cathedral that never had a bishop · The Eiserner Steg and the line from the Odyssey · The Main Tower, the skyline’s only viewing deck · Sachsenhausen and the ribbed glassRead the full guide
2. 02

   A weekend in Frankfurt

   16 hYou’ll have time to spare, and that’s the point: enough for the whole Museumsufer, dinner in the station quarter, and a train to Heidelberg or the Rhine without packing a bag.Saturday morning: the Kleinmarkthalle · Saturday afternoon: the Museumsufer · Saturday night: the Bahnhofsviertel · Sunday: the Paulskirche and Goethe’s house · Sunday afternoon: the train to anywhereRead the full guide
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   What to see in Frankfurt

   A city that burned down in one night in 1944 and twice decided what it wanted to be: glass towers first, a rebuilt old town later. Both answers are there to look at.The Neue Altstadt, and the argument that took twenty years · The Kaiserdom · The Paulskirche · The Goethe House · The Städel · The towers, and why they’re hereRead the full guide
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   Where to eat in Frankfurt

   A cider nobody likes first time, a sauce with exactly seven herbs, and a cheese served “with music”. Plus the city’s best food, in its worst quarter.Apfelwein, and why the glass is ribbed · Grüne Soße and its seven herbs · Handkäs mit Musik · The Kleinmarkthalle · The Bahnhofsviertel: best food, worst quarterRead the full guide
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   Where to stay in Frankfurt

   The city is so small it barely matters, with one exception that isn’t minor: the station quarter is the handiest and the most startling to arrive at by night.Bahnhofsviertel · Altstadt and Römer · Sachsenhausen · Nordend and Bornheim · WestendRead the full guide
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   Day trips from Frankfurt

   This is where the city wins: Cologne an hour, Heidelberg fifty minutes, the Rhine thirty. The station is a funnel half the country leaves from.The Rhine valley · Heidelberg · Mainz and the printing press · Cologne · Wiesbaden and DarmstadtRead the full guide
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   From Frankfurt airport to the centre

   Thirteen kilometres and a quarter-hour on the S-Bahn. With two warnings: the airport has TWO stations that aren’t the same, and in 2026 there are works on the main line.The two stations, and which one is yours · The S8 and S9 into town, and the 2026 works · The ICE, and the city you can skip · The taxi, and when it makes senseRead the full guide
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   Frankfurt: practical tips

   Check the trade-fair dates before booking a hotel, don’t count on shops on Sunday, and carry cash. Do that and the city won’t catch you out.The Messe, and why your hotel costs triple · The German Sunday · Cash · The station quarter, without the drama · Mobile dataRead the full guide

The real options, with what actually decides it: which terminal it leaves from and where it drops you. Fares and timetables live with the operator, who keeps them current.

• TrainS8 / S9Hauptbahnhof · HauptwacheThe S-Bahn runs into the centre in a long quarter-hour. The regional station sits under Terminal 1.·Fares and timesRMV
• TrainFernbahnhof (ICE): estación aparte de la regionalCareful: the airport has two stations and they aren’t the same. The regional one, at level 0 of T1, is for the S-Bahn. The Fernbahnhof is the long-distance one, linking straight to Cologne, Stuttgart or Basel without touching the city.·Fares and timesDeutsche Bahn
• TaxiFrankfurt (~13 km)A short motorway run. With the S-Bahn this frequent, it’s for antisocial hours.·Fares and timesAeropuerto de Fráncfort

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• BerlinBER8 routes