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Tourist accommodation in Frankfurt's city center around the cathedral and the historic city hall Roemer, centrally located near Konstablerwache, near Eschenheimer Tor, near the zoo, around the station, in central Frankfurt districts in Bornheim, in Nordend, in Westend, in Bockenheim, in Frankfurt New Exchange, Industriehof, Roedelheim, in Sachsenhausen, near the banks of the river Main at Westhafen, at Osthafen, at the Sachsenhausen bank, near the fairgrounds, at the airport and in Hoechst. When hotel rooms in Frankfurt are hard to find and expensive, take the S-train: Prices vary according to season and occupancy. Please check services and prices directly with hotels and agencies. Frankfurt's youth hostel is centrally located on the river Main, next to Alt-Sachsenhausen's cider pubs. In Niedernhausen you spend the night close to the Taunus mountains hiking trails, with S-train connection to Frankfurt (S2) and Wiesbaden (Laendchesbahn from Wiesbaden main station). There is a musical stage nearby. The Tourist Information Frankfurt, the Tourist Information Mainz and the Tourist Information Wiesbaden offer room reservation. Online travel guide >> Frankfurt >> cheap flights to Frankfurt>> addresses & links Center of Frankfurt around the Cathedreal and the Historical City Hall... from 1356 onwards Frankfurt's cathedral was the place of the election of the German kings, from 1562 to 1792 German emperors were crowned here, excavations found the grave of a Merowingian child who had died at the end of the 7th century ... in front of the city hall called "Roemer", fairs were organized from the 9th century onwards, the "Roemer" was originally a hostel for Italian merchants, in 1405 Frankfurt's city council began to buy the houses on the west part of the hill for the representative city hall, they felt had become nessecary for the elaborate ceremonies accompanying the king's election City Center around Konstablerwache...the Zeil used to be a medieval cattle market, in the 18th century representative palaces, private houses, hotels and shops were built along the street, with an east and west army post at Hauptwache and at Konstablerwache, from 1900 onwards Frankfurt's big department stores were located at Zeil: Hoff, Oberzenner, Schmoller, M.Schneider, Wronker, Hansa, Tietz, Peek & Kloppenburg, Brenninkmeyer Near to the Center - Eschenheimer Turmthe Eschenheimer Turm - tower - was part of the medieval wall around Frankfurt, along Oeder Weg you find small designer outlets, international restaurants, delicatessen and vegetable shops, current movies are shown in the Metropolis cinema at the underground station Eschenheimer Tor (U1, U2, U3), the Turmpalast Kino nextdoor shows films in the original English or Turkish version, within a few minutes you reach Hauptwache and the big department stores along the Zeil, you are not far from the delicatessen and design shops in Fressgass ... Close to the City Center - ZooYou find Frankfurt's zoo (Haltestelle, U6, U7) at the eastern end of Zeil, a 10-minute walk from the large department stores. From the zoo, Sandweg takes you to Bornheim, along cozy traditional cider pubs, individual shops, restaurants, bistros und cafes Close to the center - Frankfurt Main Station... the area around Frankfurt's main station is a lively mixture of elegant 19th century Gruenderzeit apartment blocks, of the red-light area around Kaiserstrasse, Moselstrasse, Elbestrasse, Taunusstrasse und Weserstrasse, international shops, cafes, restaurants and multicultural institutions, airline representations, travel agencies, language schools and hotels. Within a 10-minute walk, Kaiserstrasse takes you to the representative addresses of the banking district, past the English Theater and the Japan Tower, to the 5-star Hotel Frankfurter Hof Close to the City Centre - Westend... here you live next to the mansions and parks of the 18th and 19th century, to representative 19th century Gruenderzeit apartments, near the botanical garden Palmengarten, close to Grueneburg Park, around Bockenheimer Anlage, in the area between the Alte Oper old opera house, the Bockenheim campus of Frankfurt's university, close to the fairgrounds Bockenheim... Bockenheimer Warte (U-train station, U6, U7) is one of the Gothic watchtowers left of Frankfurt's medieval defense system, ca. 1.6 miles in front of the medieval town wall. At the back of Bockenheimer Warte, Bockenheim district borders on the Westend district, on the old university campus and on the botanical garden Palmengarten, Frankfurt's fairgrounds are down the road, Bockenheim is a traditional student's district with a nice selection of small, individual shops and cozy pubs Industriehof, Roedelheim, New Exchange...between the districts of Bockenheim and Roedelheim at Industriehof, where the new administrative and technical center of Frankfurt's exchange was built in 2005, you stay near Westbahnhof S-train station, the Hausen open air swimming pools and Brentanopark, on S-train stop from Frankfurt's Fairgrounds Hotels close to the river MainWesthafen... the former industrial site at the Main Westhafen port has been converted into a modern Frankfurt district within the last few years, with "Life and Work", with modern high rise office buildings, e.g. the 330 foot cubic Westhafen-Tower, nicknamed "gerippte" after a glass of cider, with apartment blocks and greens, with restaurants Osthafen... on the former industrial site at Hanauer Landstrasse (Tram 11 from Roemer, U4, U5) you find car dealerships, furniture shops and interior design stores, supermarkets, galleries, discotheques and theater stages, for some time now, the former factory buildings and wharehouses have been a popular location for nightlife events, the protected monument of the former market hall at Ostbahnhof station - erected by the Bauhaus architect Martin Elsaesser from 1926 to 28 - will be part of the future 600 foot European Central Bank tower, in Sonnemannstrasse, an education center including the Banking Adacemy and the People's University has been built, the Literature House has been moved from the Westend to the recently restored Classicistic old city library on the east bank of the river Main, the Osthafen port, opened in 1912, will be a modern logistics center for shipments, rails and road Sachsenhausen - Museums - Bank... you find many museums on the Sachsenhausen bank of the river Main, next to the traditional cider pub district, in Schweizerstrasse you go shopping in small individual design shops and delicatessen Sachsenhausen... Frankfurt's oldest house is a renovated half timbered house in Sachsenhausen's Schellgasse 8, built in 1291, you find 19th century Gruenderzeit mansions next to the 800 year old former artisans quarter Alt-Sachsenhausen with its bars, restaurants and cider pubs Bornheim... along Bergerstrasse you find cafes, bookshops, bistros, restaurants, delicatessen, designers, antique shops, at the lower end you relax in Bethmann Park, on the upper side you go to traditional cider pubs in half timbered houses Nordendhere, between Westend and Bornheim, Romans built their villas, in the Middle Ages influential Frankfurt families owned farms that became mansions and palaces in the 18th century, Frankfurt's Nordend is still a good address Hotels close to Frankfurt Fairgrounds... Frankfurt fairs are the among oldest of the world, they were first mentionned in the 12th century. Frankfurt Book Fair dates back to 1480, during the fairs, Frankfurt has always been a very international place. Up to the 20th century fairs were held in the city centre between the cathedral and the town hall, in 1907, today's exhibition hall was built on the border of Westend and Bockenheim ... Hotels near Frankfurt Airport ... just 6 miles southwest of Frankfurt's city center you arrive at Germany's largest airport Hoechstin Hoechst (S-Bahn S1, S2), 6 miles west of Frankfurt, the castle was used as medieval customs house, interrupting traffic to Frankfurt's fairs, in the 18th century a porcelain and a tobacco manufacture had their seat in Hoechst, today the 19th century chemical and pharmaceutical Hoechst factory belongs to Aventis Hotels in Niedernhausenin Niedernhausen (S-train S2) you combine musicals in the Rhein-Main-Theater with hiking in the Taunus mountains Tourismus + Congress GmbH directly on the river Main, next to Sachsenhausen's cider pubs you find the Hotels in MainzMainz is a half an hour regional S-train or train journey away from Frankfurt airport - try here, when rooms are hard to find in Frankfurt during the times of a fair, by S-train you travel ca 40-50 minutes from Mainz to Frankfurt Mainz Touristik Centrale top of page << Hotels in Wiesbadenor - in similar distance to Frankfurt Airport - you book a hotel room in Wiesbaden - S-trains take 50-60 minutes from Wiesbaden to Frankfurt Tourist Information Wiesbaden top of page <<
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