7 hours in Frankfurt on a Sunday
#1
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7 hours in Frankfurt on a Sunday
I have 7 hours to spend in Frankfurt this coming Sunday. 1 to 8 PM. I am considering taking the one hour open deck bus, and going to the jewish museum. Other than that no idea...what would you do?
Also - I wouldn't mind spend a couple of hours shopping but i hear the shops are ALL closed on Sunday...is this really so?
Also - I wouldn't mind spend a couple of hours shopping but i hear the shops are ALL closed on Sunday...is this really so?
#2
Join Date: Oct 2002
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Shops at the airport will be open. Shops at the train station will be open. If you've run out of milk or bread you can get it at a gas station. But that's about it.
I love German Sundays. A day of peace and quiet. A day when most families can do things together because most people don't have to work. A day that is.... different.
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There is not really that much to do and see in Frankfurt, especially on a Sunday as the shops are closed.
So instead consider going out to Rüdesheim by train. Although it will take some time, and you will have to change in Wiesbaden the town is a nice small town in the wine growing area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCdesheim_am_Rhein
Its on the Rhine and is a tourist town, and you can go up the hill on the cable chair and look around, stroll along the river and the small streets.
You can certainly waste a few hours there, and with the travel there and back you can fill 7 hours. And if you do still have some time left, then you can stop off in Wiesbaden on the way back and have a look around. Although the train station is some way out from the attractions. Just watch the train times!
So instead consider going out to Rüdesheim by train. Although it will take some time, and you will have to change in Wiesbaden the town is a nice small town in the wine growing area.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCdesheim_am_Rhein
Its on the Rhine and is a tourist town, and you can go up the hill on the cable chair and look around, stroll along the river and the small streets.
You can certainly waste a few hours there, and with the travel there and back you can fill 7 hours. And if you do still have some time left, then you can stop off in Wiesbaden on the way back and have a look around. Although the train station is some way out from the attractions. Just watch the train times!
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And/or see one or two of the many museums - Frankfurt has top-class museums on about any topic, be it dinosaurs or telecommunications, and of course art galleries.
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What a timely thread. I have an 10-hour stopover and would like to visit some towns where my ancestors lived that are a 20-minute drive East of FRA airport (30km).
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