Frankfurt is gateway to Europe for many travelers and in Frankfurt other than Frankfurt International Airport there are many other attractions including its skyscrapers and the river Main, Frankfurt is also been known as Main-hattan. Here are mentioned some of the great center of attractions in Frankfurt.

•    The Main Tower: It is a 200 metre skyscraper in Frankfurt. It is named after river Main. And over the building there is mounted a 40 meter communications tower. The building contains five underground floors along with two towers for public viewing. It is the fourth tallest building in Frankfurt and the only one with public viewing observatory. Its main tower was made between 1996 and 1999 and contains the Landesbank of Hesse and Thuringia (Helaba), the German Office of Merrill Lynch and a television studio of the Hessischer Rundfunk, among other enterprises. Its first tenants moved into the building in November 5, 1999, and its official inauguration held on January 28, 2000.

•    The Goethe House: Located in the old town of Frankfurt am Main it was the residence of Goethe family and most prominently of Johann Wolfgang Gothe till 1795.  Johann Wolfgang lived at this place along with his sister Cornelia until 1765. When he was of sixteen years old he moved to Leipzig to learn law, returning sporadically thereafter. Displaying a extraordinary talent   Goethe wrote Götz von Berlichingen (1773) and his first substantially acknowledged novel The Sorrows of Young Werther (1774) here as well as laying the foundations for his celebrated interpretation of Faust. Even today a visitor moving to his home can see the writing desk that Goethe used to pen his early treatise.

•    The Römerberg: It is a medieval building in Frankfurt am Main, Germany and considered as one of the important landmarks of the city. The Römer merchant family sold it together with a second building, the Goldener Schwan (Golden Swan), to the city council on March 11, 1405 and it was transformed to be used as the city hall. The Haus Römer is actually the middle building of a set of three located in the Römerberg now a plaza. It is used by citizens for many purposes and usages like civil registration office; the wedding rooms and others.

•    Paulskirche – St. Pauls Church: It is a church in Frankfurt with very basic and important political symbolism in Germany. It was started as a Protestant church in 1789 and passing through the days of French revolution it became the seat of the Frankfurt Parliament as the first publicly and freely elected body of Germany. The construction of the church began with oval shaped central church building in 1989 and was completed during 1829 to 1833. Due to its centralized form and dome it was selected as the meeting place for the Frankfurt Parliament in the course of German revolution of 1848.

•    Museumsufer – Museum Embankment: This is embankment to the south of the Main River in Frankfurt, Germany and is thus called Museumsufer or Museum Embankment due to large concentration of museums over there. These museums are Ikonenmuseum, Icon Museum, Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Museum of Applied Arts, Museum der Weltkulturen, Ethnological Museum, Deutsches Filmmuseum, German Film Museum and others.

•    The Senckenberg Museum of Natural History: This museum of natural history in Germany is very popular with children who love looking for the extensive collection of dinosaur skeletons.  It is said to be the largest exhibition and collection of dinosaurs in Europe. There it is a dinosaur fossil with unique, preserved scaled skin. The museum also has world’s largest and most diverse collection of stuffed birds with about 2000 specimens. In 2004, about 400,000 people visited the museum. The building which has the Senckenberg Museum was erected between 1904 and 1907 outside of the center of Frankfurt in the same area as the Johan Wolfgang Goethe University that was founded in 1914. The ownership of the museum is held by the Senckenberg Nature Research Society, that started an endowment by Johann Christian Senckenberg.

•    Shopping Street Zeil: The Zeil is a famous shopping street in the city centre of Frankfurt, Germany. By the end of the 19th century, it is one of the most famous and busiest shopping streets in Germany. Prior to World War II it was too popular for its grand building and those buildings were destroyed during the war and later being failed to be reconstructed once again. The western section of Zeil is a pedestrian zone between two large plazas, Hauptwache in the west and Konstablerwache in the east. These two plazas works as major intersections for underground trains, trams and buses. The eastern part of the Zeil is termed as the “New Zeil”, connecting Konstablerwache with the Friedberger Anlage. The Zeil had undergone a major renovation from spring 2008 until summer 2009.

•    The Museum of Modern Art: Museum fuer Moderne Kunst (MMK) or Museum for Modern Art in Frankfurt is a very attractive spot to look at and travel on a visit to Frankfurt.  With respect to its art galleries it is very new as opened in 1991. However in such a short span has earned massive international reputation and prestige. It is situated in a modern building that looks attractive in equal measure. Its collections are artwork from the likes of Andy Warhol and Roy Liechtenstein, as well as making sure it exhibits work from local Frankfurt artists. To its entirety it is an interesting gallery to pass away afternoon and time in it.

•    Palmengarten – The Botanical Gardens: This 29 hectares botanical garden is one of two botanical gardens in Frankfurt. It is located in Frankfurt in the city district Western Nord and is the largest garden of its type in Germany. It was privately financed and implemented by the architect Heinrich Siesmayer. Its entire work was completed in 1871 and soon was opened to the public. In 1931, the Garden was taken over by the city of Frankfurt, however, was returned to American occupation authorities after World War II. When again Palmengarten returned to the city’s hands during the sixties, a massive reconstruction work started on. In 1992 the reconstruction finished entirely and the Palmengarten returned to its new form and style.