Urban History & Hidden Gems in Frankfurt with Frankfurt on Foot

Duration: 3 hours

Frankfurt on Foot Original Tour is a 3 hour, easy walking tour that takes place 365 days a year. We start at 10:00 and meet at Braubach Strasse 41. This tour is in English and never needs a reservation.

We visit many of the highlights of the city, revealing the long, fascinating history of Frankfurt. We take you to places that the tour buses can’t and leave no carbon footprint. We have searched high and low for many of the secret gems of Frankfurt that will make your visit to Frankfurt memorable.

Highlights

• The Römer and the Römerplatz. City Hall since 1405 and old town square.
• Book Burning Memorial, site of the Nazi book burning
• Alt Nikolai Church, Gothic church, built in 1290
• House Wertheim, the inner city’s only original half-timbered house left at the end of World War II
• Eisener Steg, a pedestrian bridge over the Main river, offering a great view of the skyline and the many museums lining the riverbanks.
• St. Bartholomew, better known as the Kaiserdom, Imperial Cathedral was chosen as the site for Coronations and Elections of the Holy Roman Emperor for centuries
• Jörge Ratgeb Wall Paintings in the Karmeliter Cloister, the largest religious wall paintings north of the Alps, painted in the early 1500s.
• Stumble Stones, or in German, Stolper Steine. We show you this unique way of remembering many of the victims who lost their lives due to the Nazi regime.
• Jewish Holocaust Memorial Wall, we visit this very personal Memorial that the city of Frankfurt has chosen to honor the memory of the approximately 12,000 Jewish citizens of Frankfurt who were killed in the Shoa. Anne, Margot, and Edith Frank are included on this wall of remembrance.
• Medieval Jewish Cemetery, one of the oldest and largest Jewish cemeteries in Germany
• Jewish Ghetto Wall, once part of the city defenses in 1180, it later became one of the walls that surrounded the Jewish ghetto.
• Klein Markt Halle, A favorite on the tour, this is a wonderful produce hall, filled with fruits, vegetables, chocolate, pastries, cheeses, breads, meats and fish, and delicacies from around the world. (not on Sundays and holidays)
• Hauptwache, historic Frankfurt landmark Bull and Bear and the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
• Eschenheimer Turm, original guard tower, once part of the city defensive walls
• Goethe House, we view the house where Goethe was born and explain why he is Frankfurt’s favorite son.

More information

We try to be as accurate as possible with our information, but never boring. Our tours are more than just plain, dried facts and dates! Along the way, we answer any questions you might have about Frankfurt and Germany. We can give you advice on where to eat, where to shop, what museums to visit, along with information about local events and how to find them.

Important to Know

• All tours are in English.
• We want our walking tours to be affordable for everyone.
• Show your Rick Steve’s Germany book for a 1-euro discount. (Only 1 discount per person)

Meeting Point

Meeting point is on Braubachstrasse 41, in front of the Binding Schirn cafe, by the Römer, and across from the Tourist Info office. Trams #11 or #12, stop is Römer / Paulskirche. Using the S-Bahn, get off at the Hauptwache stop, and walk straight down Neue Kraemer to Braubachstrasse.