From half-timbered houses to skyscrapers // Free walking tour in Frankfurt

What will we visit on this tour?

• Meeting point:

  Taunusanlage 21, 60325 Frankfurt am M...

  Taunusanlage 21, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany

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  We meet at the fountain in front of the Alte Oper. You can recognize me by my big afro ;)

• 1
  Outside visit

  Alte Oper

  Beautiful neo-renaissance style opera house. Destroyed in the war and rebuilt in the 70s. This is our starting point.

• 2
  Outside visit

  Goetheplatz

  Large square in between the skyscrapers and the shopping streets. Has a large statue of the poet Goethe.

• 3
  Outside visit

  Hauptwache

  City center of Frankfurt and start of the main shopping street Zeil.

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• 4
  Outside visit

  Goethe-Haus

  This is the house in which Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born and where he grew up.

• 5
  Free admission

  Kleinmarkthalle

  Culinary market hall with authentic food from our region.

• 6
  Free admission

  Paulskirche

  Birthplace of the united German state and the German democracy.

• 7
  Outside visit

  Römerberg

  Center of the medieval old town with the historic town hall and half timbered houses. Probably the most beautiful place in the city.

• 8
  Free admission

  Frankfurter Dom

  Former place of the coronation of the emperors of the holy roman empire. Also contains relics of the apostle St. Bartholomew.

• 9
  Outside visit

  Eiserner Steg

  Historic iron bridge over the river main linking the old town and the quarter of Sachsenhausen.

• 10
  Outside visit

  Museumsufer Frankfurt

  Southern bank of the river Main which is home to 26 museums and a nice promenade.

• 11
  Outside visit

  Willy-Brandt-Platz

  City Square under the skyscrapers, in between the theatre and the old european central bank.

• 12
  Outside visit

  Frankfurt (Main) Hauptbahnhof

  The central station district is the craziest place in town. In this small area there are African restaurants, Asian supermarkets, bankers in fancy suits, skyscrapers, tourists, homeless people and brothels. Here we end our tour.