Things to Do in Frankfurt am Main
• Explore the 13 stops on the Express Tour or upgrade your ticket and ride on both the Express Tour and the Skyline Tour (with 16 stops).
• Become a Frankfurt expert with the multilingual audio guides. Available in nine languages, they're your personal storyteller as you tour the city's iconic sights.
• From literary landmarks to lively nightspots, the route's got you covered. Visit Goethe House, Main Tower, Frankfurt Zoo, and more.
We love Frankfurt, a city with all its facets and hidden gems. Frankfurt has much more to offer than its reputation as a banking city suggests.
Through the donation-based tour, we want to allow everyone to experience this city in different ways, regardless of the size of their wallet.
In addition to the city's extensive cultural history, we would also like to shed light on the various factors that have shaped Frankfurt on a social, economic, and political level.
We want you to EXPERIENCE Frankfurt and we want to offer you a good time in an entertaining way, during which you will learn a lot about Frankfurt and see our city with different eyes.
Each of us has our own point of view and our own experiences with the city; these flow into the tours, therefore
that each journey is an individual experience.
These are the points of interest we will visit:
- Museum of Caricature (meeting point)
- Romans/ Römerberg
- the church of San Nicolai
- Wertheim's house
- Iron bridge
- Church of St. Paul
- City hall
- Goethe's House
- Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew
- new old town
The following attractions may vary depending on the guide and the weather:
- station district
- Former European Central Bank
- Euro sign
- Imperial Hall
- Old Bridge
- Skyline/ Mainhattan
- Ratskeller
- Old Jewish Cemetery
- Kleinmarkthalle
- Staufer Wall
- Kaiserpfalz
• Towering skyscrapers like the MesseTurm and the Commerzbank Tower pierce the clouds, their glass surfaces reflecting the sunlight.
• Don't miss the Paulskirche, a church that played a pivotal role in German democracy, and the Museumsufer, a string of museums lining the riverbank.
• Sip on a cool drink as the city unfolds before you, or grab a light bite to energize everyone throughout the adventure, available to purchase on board.
• Fun Fact: Frankfurt is often called ‘‘The Manhattan of Germany’ because of its lively social scene, culture, entertainment, and late-night atmosphere.
WELCOME TO FRANKFURT!
Frankfurt is a unique, complicated and often overlooked city and therefore it takes a unique tour to truly understand the city.
On the guided visit we look up at modern skyscrapers and travel through time viewing the "medieval" old town. We talk about the different cultural influences that make our city so colorful and how they affect society.
We learn how Frankfurt connects and changes the world, from Germany's largest airport to the European Central Bank, but also how this city has always been a center for literature, from Goethe and the annual book fair to Frankfurt as the center of German hip-hop.
This tour is for those who want a fun walk through all the best places in Frankfurt, while learning about the city’s immense history in an amusing and memorable way!
All the main tourist destinations are visited on this tour, but also our personal insider tips that are often forgotten. These include, among others:
- The Old Opera House
- "The Food Alley"
- The Goethe House
- St. Paul's Church
- The Old Town
- The Love Bridge
Thank you for your interest in our tour and we look forward to showing you around soon!
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• Stay connected with free WiFi, power up devices with onboard power supply, and enjoy the comfortable air-conditioned journey.
• Flibco offers frequent services throughout the day, 7 days a week, and your ticket remains valid for the next available bus if you missed yours.
• Discover Frankfurt's vibrant city life with easy access to attractions, local cuisine at Sachsenhausen, and shopping at Zeil Street.
We are (mainly) a group of students who love Frankfurt, a city with all its facets and hidden treasures. Frankfurt has so much more to offer than its reputation as a banking city suggests.
Through our donation-based tours, we want to enable everyone to get to know our city in various ways, regardless of the size of their wallet.
Sachsenhausen is one of the most charming neighborhoods in Frankfurt. We will explore its picturesque streets on this free tour in Spanish.
At the indicated time, we will meet at the meeting point to start the free tour.
From there, we will take a walk to the Eiserner Steg bridge. On the other side of the Main River awaits Sachsenhausen: one of the most beautiful neighborhoods in Frankfurt. We will stop in front of the Städel Museum, a true artistic reference in the region. After learning about its origins, we will admire the Gothic architecture of the Dreikönigskirche church.
We will continue the free tour in front of the oldest house in Frankfurt. When would you say it was built? The next stop will be on Brückenstrasse, the most famous street in Sachsenhausen. Its shop windows will catch your attention!
Next, we will take a break so that those who wish can enjoy an Apfelwein on their own. This popular apple wine is part of Frankfurt's culinary identity. We will explain some of its gastronomic customs to you! Then we will set our sights on the Kuhhirten Tower, which has a legendary past.
Welcome to Frankfurt's Old Town!
Frankfurt is a fascinating city. There are contrasts here that you can rarely experience in such compactness in such a small space in other cities. It is a diverse, tolerant and cosmopolitan city with everything that goes with it.
Frankfurt was a center of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation. This is where the German emperors were elected and crowned. It is also the city where the first German parliament met, the cradle of German democracy.
Immerse yourself in the history of this fascinating city and follow in the footsteps of emperors, poets, thinkers, saints and democrats.
Below are some of the highlights we will visit on our tour:
- Römerberg
- Imperial Hall
- New old town
- Chicken market
- House at Golden Scales
- Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew
- Hall Alley
- House Werthym
- Iron Bridge
- Paul's Church
I look forward to seeing you and hope you enjoy the tour.
Best regards
Holger
Welcome to Frankfurt! I'll accompany you to discover some of the city's most important attractions. We'll meet at St. Bartholomew's Cathedral , then visit the Town Hall Square and the Town Hall. Then, we'll see St. Paul's Church , the seat of the first German Democratic Parliament. A few steps away is the house where one of Europe's most important writers lived: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; today, the house is a museum open to the public. Continuing, you'll see one of Frankfurt's oldest buildings, the Hauptwache , and then, a little further, visit the building that houses the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.
The tour will conclude with a visit to the Alte Oper , a concert hall that was once used as an opera house.
In this tour, I'll provide information and legends about monuments and buildings around Frankfurt.
It starts at Operaplatz, continues to Hauptwache.
We will guide you to fullfill the 'Prophecy of Money' (mini video game included), the story of 'Gilded Beard's Bankruptcy' and the Legend of the Ninth Shot'(mini video game included). Then we walk to "New Old Town" of Frankfurt. We will provide info about Chicken Market and all buildings surrounding it. Then we arrive in Römerberg, or as mostly known: Old Town Frankfurt. Here we need to fullfill the prophecy called the 'walk of Power'. We talk about the history of Town Hall, 'Ostzeile' medieval buildings and some interesting historical facts and rumors. A walk alongside river Rhein and the Legends of Charmelange. The person who founded Frankfurt. Last stops is the original medieval house of Frankfurt (including a mini game 'save the burning house') and the bridge of Love.
Its rich history as the capital of the Holy Roman Empire and its wonderful present as the main financial center of the European Union , make Frankfurt one of the most interesting cities to visit in central Europe.
We will begin our tour at the door of the Imperial Cathedral of Saint Bartholomew , “Kaiserdom” , and we will visit different places of interest in the old town, such as the Town Hall, the Church of Saint Nicholas, the Church of Saint Paul or the birthplace of Goethe. .
Each of these places will help us to discover and link the history of the city from its origin with topics such as the importance of the Holy German Empire , its development and its fall, the influence of Goethe and Romanticism in the city and of course the World War II , the role of Frankfurt within Nazism , as well as the bombings and reconstruction of the city.
In the second part of the tour, we will visit the financial district , revealing the most interesting details of the main skyscrapers of the Skyline , we will visit the headquarters of the ECB and we will talk about its impact on the development of modern Frankfurt as one of the most important financial centers of the world.
We will finish the tour on the Untermainbrücke bridge , with a beautiful panoramic view of the two banks of the city.
On the tour, you will also get all the necessary information about typical foods and the best restaurants where to eat them, nightlife, shopping, entertainment and shows , so that your stay in Frankfurt is a 360-degree experience🗘 .
