Germany's Medieval Heartland

Proud cathedrals and small country churches, defiant castles and peaceful monasteries – they all bear witness to the deep-rooted fear of God, yet also to the most mysterious eras in history: the medieval …

Passion Play 2010: Tickets for Sale

A play of life and death, promised in a moment of mortal threat - so began the history of the Oberammergau Passion Play in 1633. In the middle of the Thirty Years War, after months of suffering and death …

High Speed Mobility with ICE Trains

Germany certainly has not become smaller but distances between cities are shrinking fast – at least if you take the train. Due to extensive investments in railroads and tracks, new ICEs connect German Cities with a travel speed of up to 160 mph. With the German Rail Pass, the ICE offers high speed mobility at a very competitive price …

Historic Lodging

Muenster. Tipped off by a European Union investment scheme, 14 castles, monasteries and manor houses in North Rhine Westphalia have started to run Bed & Breakfast services – providing both, remarkable historical authenticity and a high grade accommodation.
Hotel-turned-castles include, amongst others, Schloss Diersfordt (built 1432), 14th century country house Hertefeld or Schloss Ossenberg with its unique Rococo style architecture. Vacancies can be checked by online booking requests…

Frankfurt. – “City of the Euro” or “Mainhattan” – according to the city's representatives, Frankfurt is definitely belonging to the top league of global cities. Though this may be true for it's function as a financial hub, others claim that the hometown of Goethe is nothing but a “big village with skyscrapers”. The truth, however, can be found on the middle-ground.

Indeed, Frankfurt only counts 660,000 inhabitants and is therefore no megacity. Nevertheless, Frankfurt attracts worldwide attention with world-known trade fairs such as the automobile fair (IAA) and the book fair, as well as the German stock exchange. Being the domicile of the European Central Bank (EZB), Frankfurt represents further more than a significant financial centre. The urban image of the city is characterized by banks. With its office towers standing up to 300 meters high, Frankfurt’s skyline is widely considered to be the incarnation in city planning of an ultramodern and international metropolis of financial service. Nonetheless, as it is right and proper in a Mini-Metropolis, everything is easy to reach.
At lunch hour a snack in the famous “Fressgasse” or rather shopping – whether in an exclusive boutique or some department store at Zeil, the strongest-selling shopping area? No problem at all, everything is within reach. It just takes a few steps to reach the most significant historical sites as the Römer City Hall, the Imperial Cathedral, the historical church Paulskirche or Goethe-House, as well as the well-known entertainment district Sachsenhausen, Frankfurt´s most noted area for finding cider-taverns.

Visitors who tend to enjoy their drink rather in a trendy bar will be able to do so at one of the numerous stylish locations eastbound along Frankfurt´s Hanauer Street.