Discover Frankfurt am Main

Frankfurt am Main can be explored for trip planning through a range of interests: museums, the River Main and gardens, views across the region, and culinary traditions each offer a different focus. If you’re looking for a hotel, it may help to consider which of these themes you want to shape your trip. The places and distinctive features below range from cultural attractions to green spaces and Frankfurt cuisine.

Culture between museums and the city’s history

Frankfurt am Main has around 60 large and small museums and exhibition venues; this approximate figure may change gradually. Museumsufer Frankfurt represents a European cultural ensemble with nationally and internationally significant museums and art institutions. A total of 39 institutions are presented under the Museumsufer Frankfurt umbrella; participation may also change over time. The two figures reflect different perspectives: one gives an approximate total for Frankfurt’s museums and exhibition venues, while the other covers the institutions under the Museumsufer umbrella. This makes it possible to distinguish the city’s broad cultural offering from this particular cultural grouping.

The Archaeological Garden in the New Old Town adds a distinctive historical note: the site displays traces of a Roman settlement. Alongside the extensive museum landscape, it offers a specific place focused on the evidence of that settlement.

Green spaces along the Main and botanical gardens

The banks of the Main form an urban park and recreation area with a natural character. A stretch of parkland around seven kilometres long extends along both banks of the Main; both sides are suitable for walking. Frankfurt also has 45 larger parks and around 350 green spaces; these figures may change gradually. The banks of the Main are therefore part of a broader range of urban green spaces.

The Palmengarten covers around 19 hectares. Its outdoor areas and historic greenhouses are home to around 9,000 plant species. The outdoor grounds and greenhouses provide different settings for this diversity of plants. Throughout the year, the Palmengarten offers exhibitions, guided tours and music events; programme dates may change. If a particular offering is important to you, check the current events calendar before your visit.

The Frankfurt Botanical Garden has a different focus: it is the city’s first and oldest scientific garden, with a history dating back to 1763. Numerous free guided tours are also available. As tours may change, check the current programme if you have a specific date in mind.

Panoramic views and Frankfurt cuisine

The Main Tower’s visitor platform offers panoramic views across the region and is located above Frankfurt’s modern banking district. Access conditions may change; check in advance if you’re planning a visit to the platform.

Frankfurt Green Sauce is served cold and made with seven herbs. Traditional apple wine taverns, known as Ebbelwei-Wirtschaften, are a central part of the city’s culinary heritage. Green Sauce offers a specific impression of the ingredients and preparation, while the Ebbelwei-Wirtschaften represent the apple wine tradition. Together, these distinctive features of Frankfurt cuisine offer two different starting points for planning your trip.

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