Exactly 5hr 25min in Frankfurt, can I visit the city?
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- Aparna Patel
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- 24 Jul, 2023
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I basically second mts’ answer about the time you have being on the short side. It would be a lot easier if you wouldn’t have to pass immigration entering Frankfurt. And I also second that Frankfurt in itself is probably not worth the visit.
But while you’re there, why not go to Mainz instead? The train ride is 26 minutes rather than 12, so you lose some thirty minutes of city time. In return, you get a beautiful city near the river Rhine with a nice centre. In my opinion, Mainz is much more worth a visit than Frankfurt. You can either take the S8 or one of the regional trains that go on to other destinations after Mainz.
Yes you could I guess but I am not sure I would do it, for two reasons:
Timing
I made a quick ideal case scenario:
- 1h from landing till you are through immigration
- 30min to the city center by train
- your time in the city
- 30min back to the airport by train
- 1h again at the airport
- 30min last call for boarding before departure time
which leaves you with ca. 2h by my calculations to see the city. However that was a best-case scenario and your calculation could go wrong at any time above:
- delays of your incoming flight
- queues at immigration and/or security
- questions at immigration
- once the tracks where blocked on my train into the city and I waited 30min on the train stopped at a station before resorting to alternative means
- get lost in Frankfurt
I am a fairly risk-averse person and honestly would not do it unless I had an important errand to run and could fall back on taking a taxi back in case, but this is up for your judgement. If you do go, plan ahead every detail, i.e. what terminal you arrive, how to get into town, where to get off, where to walk around, when and how to get back, …
Attractiveness
Personally I don’t find Frankfurt that attractive for a visit and if I had a friend come to Germany and could show them only one place, it would be among the last to come to my mind, but hey, you might have only this chance to see Germany and it is better than nothing. Have a look at what to see beforehand and plan how to get around.
Alternatively, sometimes (and only sometimes) you get pretty good views of the "skyline" at take-off and landing, see this question of mine.
- What can a passenger do when Ryanair close the boarding gate earlier than advertised?
- Crossing the Aranya Pratet/Poipet border
Credit:stackoverflow.com‘
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