Frankfurt Private Walking Tour

 

Learn how a sleepy medieval trade center became a cutting-edge financial capital on this in-depth walking tour of Frankfurt. Highlights include half-timbered houses and a 13th-century church, the birthplace of the writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and the spot where German kings and emperors were once coronated. You will learn about: *Germany’s only high-rise skyline *the Frankfurter sausage, and the traditional beverage, apple cider *the life and work of Goethe *Frankfurt’s history and development from a medieval trade center and coronation place to an international capital of finance *Coronation rituals *Frankfurt as the cradle of democracy in Germany You will see: *Römerberg-Square *The City Hall *The fountain of Justice *Old St. Nicholas Church *The iron footbridge over the river Main *The Imperial Cathedral *St. Paul’s Church *Commerzbank Tower *the birthplace of Goethe