The Sinclair Haus is one of the lovely Baroque mansion houses you can find in Bad Homburg. Situated across from the Schloss, on Dorotheenstrasse, this...

Before Monte Carlo came Bad Homburg. The casino here was set up when the spa town became the place to be seen in Europe –...

When the natural springs were discovered in Bad Homburg, it wasn’t long before it became an international success and the place to be seen for...

The Kurpark in Bad Homburg is a fine expanse of gardens laid out by Peter Joseph Lenne in the 19th century. It covers 44 acres...

The Landgräfliches Schloss (Count’s Castle) is a major landmark in Bad Homburg. It was built originally in 1680 for Count Friedrich II as a Baroque...

A little to the north of Bad Homburg, Saalburg is famous for its Roman Fortress. This was completely reconstructed in 1898-1901. Originally, the fortress formed...

Frankfurt’s Palmengarten Botanical Gardens have long been a favourite for locals and visitors to spend a few hours wandering amongst quiet parkland in the centre...

The Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt is one of the largest museums of its type in Germany. It covers all the diversity of life...

The Festhalle concert hall in Frankfurt is located at the Messe Trade Show grounds to the west of the city centre, alongside the towering Messeturm...

Frankfurt’s Alte Oper, or Old Opera House, is located northwest of the city centre area. It is a grand building which dominates the square it...

Eschenheimer Turm is a medieval tower in the middle of Frankfurt’s city centre, set in an island in a busy intersection of roads. This is...

The Jazzkeller is a Frankfurt institution. Located in an old brick-walled basement under the modern buildings of Kleine Bockenheimerstrasse, it was opened in 1952 and...

Frankfurt’s Hauptbahnhof, or Main Train Station, is a grand building which was opened in 1888. It was designed by architect Hermann Eggert, and when opened...

Frankfurt is famous for its modern skyscraper skyline. The Main Tower is a skyscraper standing at 200 metres tall and housing offices and the Helaba...

The neo-Renaissance Börse building in Frankfurt houses the DAX stock exchange. It was designed by Heinrich Burnitz and Oskar Sommer, and opened in 1879. Frankfurt...

The Commerzbank Tower in Frankfurt is the second tallest skyscraper in Europe, standing at 300 metres. It was designed by Sir Norman Foster and opened...

Hauptwache is the focus of the busy shopping and business area of Frankfurt-am-Main. In the middle of this thoroughfare is the Hauptwache building, which was...

Katharinenkirche (St. Katharine’s Church) is a Baroque building located just off the Hauptwache in the centre of Frankfurt’s shopping district. Today it is a Protestant...

Johann Wolfgang Goethe was born in Frankfurt-am-Main on 28th August 1749 at his family home on Großer Hirschgraben in the city centre. Goethe went on...

The Protestant Paulskirche (St. Paul’s Church) in the centre of Frankfurt is a distinctive building with a tower and large round hall in a Neo-Classical...