The central German city of Frankfurt sits on the river Main and is a major financial hub and home to the European Central Bank.
It's the birthplace of writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, whose former home is now the Goethe House Museum.
The reconstructed Altstadt (Old Town) is the city's major focal point.
Visitor highlights in Frankfurt and the region include :
Frankfurt
Take in a visit to Sachsenhausen, the traditional apple wine restaurants, the 'new' Old Town and the reopened Jewish Museum.
- Sachsenhausen : www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/en/Attractions-Region-FrankfurtRheinMain/Old-Sachsenhausen
- Jewish Museum : www.frankfurt-tourismus.de/en/Discover-Experience/Points-of-Interest/Jewish-Frankfurt/Jewish-Culture
- The Museum Embankment Festival, which is Europe's largest cultural festival, takes place annually in August : www.frankfurt-tourismus.de/en/Media/Events/Museum-Embankment-Festival-2021?value=2021-08-27
Culinary guided tours of Frankfurt
The city also offers a range of culinary guided tours with the chance to try its traditional green sauce.
www.frankfurt-tourismus.de/en/Discover-Experience/Cuisine www.frankfurttourismus.de/en/DiscoverExperience/Cuisine/Greensauce
Miltenberg
The medieval, half-timbered Bavarian city of Miltenberg is home to some of Germanys finest breweries including the Faust Brewery, which offers brewery tours.
www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/Attraktionen-der-Region/Miltenberg
Aschaffenburg
The Bavarian city of Aschaffenburg has the Johannisburg Castle and the Pompeiianum, a Roman villa inspired by Pompeii.
The Schlappeseppel serves traditional German food and beer.
www.info-aschaffenburg.de/en/tourism.html
www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/en/Region/Aschaffenburg/Pompeiianum-the-Roman-Villa-north-of-the-Alps
Seligenstadt
The town of Seligenstadt has narrow alleys and half-timbered houses and Glaab`s Brewery, which also offers brewery tours including a magical brewery tour with a real magician!
The Einhardbasilika is a former Benedictine abbey.
www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/en/Region/Aschaffenburg/Johannisburg-Palace
www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/en/Region/District-of-Offenbach/Seligenstadt
Schlosshotel Kronberg Castle Hotel
The Schlosshotel Kronberg castle hotel is a good place to stay in the area.
www.schlosshotel-kronberg.com/en/
The Rhine
Frankfurt provides a gateway to The Rheingau and Rüdesheim and Bingen, two pearls along the Rhine in The Upper Middle Rhine Valley.
www.rheingau.de/languages/english
The Ring Ticket and the Romantic Tour
The Ring Ticket and the Romantic Tour are two options for discovering the area in a day, including the cable car, chairlift and boat tour on the Rhine along with a visit to the Rheinstein Castle).]
The St. Hildegard Abbey close to Rüdesheim, has Benedictine nuns making wine and other products which can be tasted when you visit.
Wine tasting
There are a range of wine and vineyard options including the WINEWALK and the WINETIME.
The Eberbach Abbey, where In the Name of the Rose with Sean Connery was filmed, offers wine tasting tours through the abbey with a restaurant in the former stables
www.ruedesheim.de/en/wine-culinary-art/wine-experience
www.kloster-eberbach.de/en/eberbach-monastery/
www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/en/Region/Rheingau-Taunus/Abbey-of-St.-Hildegard
Mainz , Wiesbaden and Bad Homburg
The city of Mainz has the Gutenberg Museum, with the original printing press as well as the first printed bible. experience.
www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/en/Region/Mainz2/Gutenberg-Museum
Wiesbaden and Bad Homburg are two of the most traditional spa cities in the country.
Bad Nauheim also hosts the annual International Elvis Festival.
Close to Bad Homburg you will also find the museum of Saalburg, a rebuilt Roman fort along the former frontier of the Roman Empire called Limes.
www.wiesbaden.de/en/tourism/themes-tours/health-wellbeing/index.php
www.kur-royal.de/en/
Hanau
The city of Hanau hosts the German Fairytale Road and is the birthplace of the Brothers Grimm.
www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/your-journey/destinations/places-and-regions/view/hanau/
www.deutsche-maerchenstrasse.com/en/?lang=en
Darmstadt
Darmstadt is know as the city of Art Nouveau : www.darmstadt-tourismus.de/en.html
The RheinMainCard
www.frankfurt-rhein-main.de/en/Information-Planning/RheinMainCard
The Frankfurt Tourist Office offers 12, 24 and 48 hour itineries for the city and its region.