Guidebook for Frankfurt

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Guidebook for Frankfurt

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For arrivals to the city, central location makes it ideal for visitors. A 25 minute walk.
134 locals recommend
Hauptbahnhof station
134 locals recommend
For arrivals to the city, central location makes it ideal for visitors. A 25 minute walk.
Entrance to exhibition halls, 15 minutes distant when walking.
15 locals recommend
Messeturm
49 Friedrich-Ebert-Anlage
15 locals recommend
Entrance to exhibition halls, 15 minutes distant when walking.
An easy, fast suburban train ride to the main railway station.
110 locals recommend
Frankfurt Airport
110 locals recommend
An easy, fast suburban train ride to the main railway station.
An excellent and friendly massage parlour. Traditional Chinese acupressure, foot-reflex and herbal methods are practiced. A personal tip as Winnie sorted out my "frozen-shoulder" very quickly.
Blütengarten Chinesische Massagepraxis Yao-Hofmann
98 Schloßstraße
An excellent and friendly massage parlour. Traditional Chinese acupressure, foot-reflex and herbal methods are practiced. A personal tip as Winnie sorted out my "frozen-shoulder" very quickly.

Shopping

Local shopping street easily reached within a 10 minutes walk.
32 locals recommend
Leipziger Straße
32 locals recommend
Local shopping street easily reached within a 10 minutes walk.
Large, new shopping mall, an easy 20 minute walk away. About 170 shops so plenty of choice.
164 locals recommend
Skyline Plaza
6 Europa-Allee
164 locals recommend
Large, new shopping mall, an easy 20 minute walk away. About 170 shops so plenty of choice.
Between Hauptwache and Konstablerwache is Frankfurt's most well known shopping street.
212 locals recommend
Zeil
Zeil
212 locals recommend
Between Hauptwache and Konstablerwache is Frankfurt's most well known shopping street.
Excellent butcher, midday meals and snacks available at a very reasonable price.
Metzgerei Waibel
15 Leipziger Str.
Excellent butcher, midday meals and snacks available at a very reasonable price.

Essentials

Over 50 market stands offering a full range of high quality produce, wine bars and cafés are also to be found. 4 stops away with underground train (U4).
85 locals recommend
Kleinmarkthalle
5-7 Hasengasse
85 locals recommend
Over 50 market stands offering a full range of high quality produce, wine bars and cafés are also to be found. 4 stops away with underground train (U4).
Vegan shop and restaurant. In Bornheim, easily reached with underground train (U4).
6 locals recommend
Veganz Frankfurt
2 Spessartstraße
6 locals recommend
Vegan shop and restaurant. In Bornheim, easily reached with underground train (U4).

Sightseeing

Weekly market on Thursdays, hire bikes, transport centre and shopping in the Leipziger Strasse starts here. Also buses, trams and underground stops.Less than 10 minutes walk.
19 locals recommend
Bockenheimer Warte station
19 locals recommend
Weekly market on Thursdays, hire bikes, transport centre and shopping in the Leipziger Strasse starts here. Also buses, trams and underground stops.Less than 10 minutes walk.
City centre starts here. If walking a gentle 30 minutes.
32 locals recommend
Frankfurt(M)Hauptwache station
Zeil
32 locals recommend
City centre starts here. If walking a gentle 30 minutes.
Picturesque city square, location for many events such as the Christmas market and many other festivals and occasions. This where Frankfurt on Foot guided tours in English start.
131 locals recommend
Römer
23 Römerberg
131 locals recommend
Picturesque city square, location for many events such as the Christmas market and many other festivals and occasions. This where Frankfurt on Foot guided tours in English start.
Ancient cathedral, climb the tower if you are brave enough! Nearby is the Kleinmarkthalle.
13 locals recommend
Domplatz
Domplatz
13 locals recommend
Ancient cathedral, climb the tower if you are brave enough! Nearby is the Kleinmarkthalle.
A skyscraper view of the city and beyond from over 60 storeys up, not at all expensive at €6.50
129 locals recommend
Main Tower
52-58 Neue Mainzer Str.
129 locals recommend
A skyscraper view of the city and beyond from over 60 storeys up, not at all expensive at €6.50
A quiet corner of Frankfurt, of interest to gardeners and nature lovers alike.
176 locals recommend
Palmengarten
63 Siesmayerstraße
176 locals recommend
A quiet corner of Frankfurt, of interest to gardeners and nature lovers alike.
A lot of Frankfurt's famous museums along the south bank. Easy to reach with the 17 tram.
73 locals recommend
Museum Embankment
73 locals recommend
A lot of Frankfurt's famous museums along the south bank. Easy to reach with the 17 tram.

Food Scene

Old style pubs, restaurants, cafés. Famous for Schweinshaxe, apple-wine, green-sauce and other local specialities.
Affentorplatz
Affentorplatz
Old style pubs, restaurants, cafés. Famous for Schweinshaxe, apple-wine, green-sauce and other local specialities.
Vegan café in Rödelheim, take the train S3, S4 or S5.
savory
2 Burgfriedenstraße
Vegan café in Rödelheim, take the train S3, S4 or S5.
Italian restaurant, pleasant atmosphere, well prepared and affordable meals. Take-away available too. A 5 minute walk maximum.
Mario & Lino
37-39 Adalbertstraße
Italian restaurant, pleasant atmosphere, well prepared and affordable meals. Take-away available too. A 5 minute walk maximum.
Great place for a breakfast, lunch or just a coffee. All-you-can-eat breakfasts on Sundays at a price you can afford!
9 locals recommend
Café Albatros
27 Kiesstraße
9 locals recommend
Great place for a breakfast, lunch or just a coffee. All-you-can-eat breakfasts on Sundays at a price you can afford!
Great Thai restaurant, family owned and very friendly. Just around the corner.
Restaurant Mai Vien
92 Schloßstraße
Great Thai restaurant, family owned and very friendly. Just around the corner.
Great sushi, well patronised by discerning customers. Less than 5 minutes on foot away.
Japanisches Bistro T-Style
37-39 Adalbertstraße
Great sushi, well patronised by discerning customers. Less than 5 minutes on foot away.
An excellent pizzeria. Friendly, cosy atmosphere and very close.
Ristorante u. Pizzeria Elba
113 Schloßstraße
An excellent pizzeria. Friendly, cosy atmosphere and very close.
Burger bar, very tasty and nicely served.
12 locals recommend
Bullys Burger
12 Am Weingarten
12 locals recommend
Burger bar, very tasty and nicely served.
Coffee and filled rolls from 6 o'clock every day of the week. Very convenient for breakfast, about 60 meters away, on the route to the exhibition grounds.
Dietmar Supp
95 Schloßstraße
Coffee and filled rolls from 6 o'clock every day of the week. Very convenient for breakfast, about 60 meters away, on the route to the exhibition grounds.
Frankfurt's only kosher restaurant, I have never been there but it gets very good reviews.
Sohar's
66 Savignystraße
Frankfurt's only kosher restaurant, I have never been there but it gets very good reviews.

Entertainment & Activities

Huge open air lido for Summer days. Stay all day there are restaurants and other facilities. U6 to Fischstein.
11 locals recommend
Brentanobad
Rödelheimer Parkweg
11 locals recommend
Huge open air lido for Summer days. Stay all day there are restaurants and other facilities. U6 to Fischstein.
Excellent swimming pool experience, indoors and out, sauna, whirlpools and kiddies pool, a wave machine rounds off the fun. Easily reached by tram (17).
46 locals recommend
Rebstockbad
7 Zum Rebstockbad
46 locals recommend
Excellent swimming pool experience, indoors and out, sauna, whirlpools and kiddies pool, a wave machine rounds off the fun. Easily reached by tram (17).
If you enjoy zoos, this is a good one. Easily reached by underground train (U6 and U7).
100 locals recommend
Zoo Frankfurt
100 locals recommend
If you enjoy zoos, this is a good one. Easily reached by underground train (U6 and U7).

Drinks & Nightlife

On the next corner is a bar that serves typical German meals at an affordable price and is also has a pleasant atmosphere.
Bockenheimer Stubb
63 Robert-Mayer-Straße
On the next corner is a bar that serves typical German meals at an affordable price and is also has a pleasant atmosphere.