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No minimum number of attendeesNo minimum number of attendees is required for the tour
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Free booking and cancellationFree payment tour, no set price, booking and cancellation are free
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Accepts electronic paymentThis tour allows payment by electronic means or credit card
From half-timbered houses to skyscrapers // Free walking tour in Frankfurt
Hi! My name is Peniel, but you can also call me Penny :) So you're coming to Frankfurt? Welcome! I grew up in this city and I'm happy to show you all the wonderful things I love about it. After graduating from high school, I traveled the world for a year and discovered the concept of the walking tour. I think it's really cool and would love to host guests in my city and show them around. I'm a rather extroverted guy, very hospitable, welcoming and passionate. I've always been very interested in history, which is why I can provide a lot of facts about Frankfurt, Germany and Europe on the tour. However, as the son of refugees, I can also offer interesting insights and a different perspective into Germany's most diverse city. I look forward to your visit in Frankfurt, see you soon!
Tour description
WELCOME TO FRANKFURT!
Frankfurt is a unique, complicated and often overlooked city and therefore it takes a powerful 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.
To get to know the real Frankfurt, however, one must also discuss Frankfurt's red light district and the train station district, which you may have already passed through when you arrived in the city.
All the main tourist destinations are visited on this tour, but also my personal insider tips that are often forgotten. These include, among others:
- The Old Opera
- The Goethe House
- The small market hall
- Paul's Church
- The old town including Römerberg and Kaiserdom
- The Iron Bridge
- Willy Brandt Square
- The station district
Thank you for your interest in my tour and I look forward to showing you around soon.
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What will we visit on this tour?
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Meeting point:Taunusanlage 21, 60325 Frankfurt am M...Taunusanlage 21, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, Germany
We meet at the fountain in front of the Alte Oper. You can recognize me by my big afro ;)
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1Outside visitAlte Oper
Beautiful neo-renaissance style opera house. Destroyed in the war and rebuilt in the 70s. This is our starting point.
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2Outside visitGoetheplatz
Large square in between the skyscrapers and the shopping streets. Has a large statue of the poet Goethe.
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3Outside visitHauptwache
City center of Frankfurt and start of the main shopping street Zeil.
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4Outside visitGoethe-Haus
This is the house in which Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born and where he grew up.
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5Free admissionKleinmarkthalle
Culinary market hall with authentic food from our region.
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6Free admissionPaulskirche
Birthplace of the united German state and the German democracy.
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7Outside visitRömerberg
Center of the medieval old town with the historic town hall and half timbered houses. Probably the most beautiful place in the city.
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8Free admissionFrankfurter Dom
Former place of the coronation of the emperors of the holy roman empire. Also contains relics of the apostle St. Bartholomew.
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9Outside visitEiserner Steg
Historic iron bridge over the river main linking the old town and the quarter of Sachsenhausen.
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10Outside visitMuseumsufer Frankfurt
Southern bank of the river Main which is home to 26 museums and a nice promenade.
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11Outside visitWilly-Brandt-Platz
City Square under the skyscrapers, in between the theatre and the old european central bank.
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12Outside visitFrankfurt (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.
How much does this tour cost?
Free tours do not have a set price, instead, each person gives the guru at the end of the tour the amount that he or she considers appropriate (these usually range from €10 to $50 depending on satisfaction with the tour).