Frankfurt, Germany

The fifth largest city of Germany, Frankfurt is the largest in the state of Hesse and is located in the center of Frankfurt Rhine Main Area. Frankfurt am

Main, more popularly known as Frankfurt is said to be the financial and business center of Germany and even the largest financial center of entire Europe.

Frankfurt is the noted for the presence of some of the largest German business centers and banks in the city. European Central Bank, the German Federal Bank, the Frankfurt Stock Exchange are few names among the list of banks and organizations present in Frankfurt.

The city is famous for the the array of skyscrapers strewn across the city. The city is the home to Commerzbank Tower and Messeturm which are the second and third tallest skyscrapers of European Union respectively. But there are many more facets and colors of the city that has made it a popular tourist destination of Germany.

The best time to visit Frankfurt is between late spring to early autumn. Tourist can expect warm sunny days with occasional rain and the winters are can very cold. Also, avoid going there when various trade shows and fair held in Frankfurt as it would be difficult to get affordable accommodation.

Frankfurt, being an important commercial center of Europe, has got excellent railway, airline network and many highways criss cross the city. Frankfurt airport is one of the busiest European airport where flights from almost every major cities of the world arrive and the airport is easily accessible from the center of the city by bus and train.

The three major stations of the city are the Hauptbahnhof or the main station, Sí¼dbahnhof (South Station) and Flughafen Fernbahnhof (station at Airport).

Frankfurt is connected by railway to most of the German cities and even to some of the international places via Intercity Express. One can reach by car and if a tourist has tight budget, then bus service will be ideal. There are many trans- European bus service and the main terminus is Hauptbahnhof.

For sightseeing around the city, visitors can access subway system(U Bahn), tram, bus, taxi or even bikes. The city has number of bike lanes and bike rentals are available quiet easily.

You can start your sightseeing of Frankfurt from Cathedral (Dom) situated at heart of city. The thousand year old building has 95m high tower and the Cathedral museum contains many age old vestments and other objects. Then one can go to the Archaeological garden to see the excavations of Roman settlements and from there to the oldest 'textile shop', Canvas house. There are number of impressive churches like St. Paul´s Church, St. Leonhard´s Church, St. Catherine´s church and Old Nikolai Church. Number of museums are present in Frankfurt and in Museumsufer which is near the city.

To spend time, go to the old downtown area Rí¶merberg or you can visit to Oper Frankfurt to watch opera. Else go to the parks or walk in the City forest in the south of Frankfurt. The city is gifted with centuries old architectural splendors like Old Opera house, Stone house and many others which are worth visiting. Have a wonderful time in Frankfurt by seeing the historical places and shopping in the numerous shopping arcades.

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