Frankfurt Flight Tickets

About Frankfurt

Located in Germany's second largest metropolitan area, Frankfurt is known for its futuristic architecture, immersive atmosphere and as the financial center of Germany. The city is divided in two by the Main River, overlooks the Rhine River, and is a mix of traditional architecture and very modern skyscrapers. Travelers to Frankfurt, meanwhile, will find that the city's inhabitants are a mix of 180 nationalities from all over the world, and will realize that the city is more international than traditionally German. What's more, visitors to Frankfurt will find the city's highly successful museums and historical sites, endless shopping opportunities, world-class restaurants, and the perfect balance of nature and man-made creations. The important thing is to know where to start, and Travel + Leisure's Frankfurt guide will help you.

Things You Shouldn't Miss in Frankfurt

• Explore the Frankfurt City Forest, Germany's largest urban forest

• Visit the Altsdadt district, Frankfurt's historical quarter and the so-called «old town»

• Shop window-shopping on Zeil, Frankfurt's Fifth Avenue

• Climb to the observatory atop the Main Tower for a panoramic view of the city.

• Visit the Goethe House, the birthplace of the famous German writer and statesman Johann Wolfang von Goethe.

• Admire Frankfurt Cathedral, a 15th-century Gothic cathedral that once served Roman-German emperors

• Drink like the locals in the city's taverns

• Explore the Palmengarten Botanical Garden and 50 hectares of plant life

• Walk along the Museumsufer, a row of museums on both banks of the River Main

When to Go to Frankfurt

Frankfurt generally stays cool all year long, with temperatures exceeding 80 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and generally hovering around 40 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. With this in mind, the best months to visit Frankfurt are between April and October. The weather is quite nice during this period. There are usually sunny days.

Frankfurt Airports

Frankfurt Airport

Frankfurt Airport (IATA: FRA) is the main international airport for Frankfurt, the world's leading financial center and Germany's fifth largest city. Operated by Fraport, the airport serves as the home base for Lufthansa, as well as Lufthansa CityLine, Lufthansa Cargo and Condor and AeroLogic airlines. Covering an area of 2,000 hectares (4,942 acres), the airport has two passenger terminals with an annual capacity of approximately 65 million passengers, four runways and extensive logistics and maintenance facilities.

Frankfurt Airport is Germany's busiest airport by passenger traffic and is also the fourth busiest airport in Europe after London Heathrow Airport, Paris–Charles de Gaulle Airport and Istanbul Ataturk Airport. According to the total number of passengers in 2015, it handled 61.032 million passengers, which was 2.5 percent more than in 2014, making it the busiest airport in the world. As of summer 2015, Frankfurt Airport served 297 destinations in 104 countries.

Land Transportation

It is easy to reach Frankfurt Airport by car, taxi, train and bus and it has a comprehensive transportation network. The airport has two railway stations: one for suburban/regional trains and the other for long-distance trains.

Railway

regional station

The regional station in the Frankfurt Airport Terminal 1 and B area provides access to the S-Bahncommuter railway lines S8 and S9 . Each of these lines runs every 15 minutes during the day, via Frankfurt Central Station to Hanau Central Station and Rüsselsheim via Mainz Central Station (line S8), Mainz-Kastel Station (line S9) to Offenbach East Station or Wiesbaden Central Station. provides transportation.

Traveling to Frankfurt Central Station takes 10-12 minutes.

The Regional Express (RE) train to Saarbrücken, Koblenz or Würzburg also stops at this station. These trains are less frequent but offer additional connections to Frankfurt Airport and Central Station.

Long Distance station

Frankfurt Airport long-distance station was opened in 1999. Sandwiched between the A 3 motorway and the four-lane Bundesstraße B43, the station is connected to Terminal 1 by a pedestrian corridor and to the Autobahn via bridge crossings. This is also the last stop of the newly built Cologne–Frankfurt high-speed railway line. This line connects southern Germany, the Rhine-Ruhrmetropolitan region, the Netherlands and Belgium via Cologne at a speed of 300 km per hour. Approximately 10 trains leave in all directions every hour.

Vehicle

Frankfurt Airport is located in the Frankfurt City Forest and is directly connected to the Autobahn at the junction called Frankfurter Kreuz, where the A3 and A5 meet. It takes 10-15 minutes to reach Frankfurt Central Station or the city center by car or taxi.

Passengers using their own vehicles can park their vehicles in the multi-storey (mostly underground) car parking garages located throughout the terminals. The long-term holiday parking area is located to the south of the runways and is connected to the terminals by ring buses.

Bus

Various transportation companies offer bus services to the airport from surrounding areas, and there are also buses for long-distance areas.