{{ :projekte:frankfurt-tour:frankfurttour.png?800 |} 4-5 km walking distance - rough estimate! At the airport go to Terminal 1, Regionalbahnhof, take the S-Bahn (sign: white S on green background; trains: usually red) S8 or S9 in the direction Offenbach or Hanau; every 15 minutes; on track 1 most of the time The route of the S8/S9 for your orientation: Frankfurt (Main) Flughafen Regionalbahnhof Frankfurt (Main) Stadion Frankfurt (Main) Niederrad Bahnhof Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof tief Frankfurt (Main) Taunusanlage
Exit the S-Bahn after ~14 minutes at „Frankfurt (Main) Taunusanlage“.
#1 Viewing platform at the top (185 meters) of „Maintower“ „Main“ like the river here in Frankfurt. Small entrance fee, security check. Nice views over Frankfurt.
#2 European Central Bank, €-sign in front
#3 Goetheplatz, statue of the famous german writer, born 1749 in Frankfurt
#4 St Paul's Church, an important place in germans democratic history
#5 „Römer“ - city hall, important place for tourists take S8/S9 (s-bahn, follow the green „S“ signs or ask for S-bahn) then you have different options: get out at „hauptwache“ that would be the old part of town, and wander around there. But another guy recommended a short walk, along the european central bank as well: Hauptausgang Hbf, Münchner Straße (wenn ihn das Rotlichtviertel nicht irritiert), Willy-Brandt-Platz (EZB), weiter zur Hauptwache, runter zum Römer, Dom über die U-Bahn zurück (oder evtl. fährt der ebbelwoi-Express) wenn Zeit ist, kann man von da aus auch noch zum Main runter oder von Hauptwache aus mit der U-Bahn zum Willy-Brandt-Platz, EZB und dann die Route Translation: Main exit Hauptbahnhof (main station), take Münchner Strasse (if the red light district wont irritate you), go Willy-Brandt-Platz (there is the Eurpean Central Bank, EZB), go on to Hauptwache, go down along Römer and Dom (big church) and then take the U-Bahn to get back (or maybe you can take the ebbelwoi-Express). If time, you can go to the Main (river) as well. Another Option would be from Hauptwache with U-Bahn to Willy-Brandt-Platz and then following the route above. Alternative proposal I wrote in the past for someone else: https://kuix.de/blog/index.php?entry=Exploring-Frankfurt/Main-during-a-FRA-airport-stopover |