Can someone please give me reasons for staying 3 or 4 days in Frankfurt as opposed to either Milan or Zurich - we are coming from Australia and going to Paris with this little stopover in between.
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Of these three cities, I personally have only visited two of them - Zürich and Frankfurt-am-Main.
In short, I have no desire to ever visit either again.
In the case of Frankfurt-am-Main, it is very much geared towards the business (finance) sector. In terms of tourism, there is little of interest in my humble opinion. The area around the medieval Römer is very attractive. There are also a couple religious buildings of note - notably the Dom Sankt Bartholomäus (cathedral) - but otherwise it is a city of skyscrapers and Germany%26#39;s largest red-light district centred around the Hauptbahnhof.
Zürich on the other hand is actually quite attractive. The Lake Zürich and the old town both hold beauty. What repels me from a second visit is the size of the city. I stayed for a four-night city break in 2006, but felt I had pretty much seen everything by the end of day two.
In conclusion, I suggest you skip Frankfurt-am-Main. I highly recommend a visit to Zürich, but warn that four days may be too long.
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I enjoy Milan and have visited a few times. It is a sophisticated city worth a few days.
I have passed through Frankfurt and Zurich but never stayed as neither has appealed to me. All three of these cities are business oriented more than tourist destinations IMO. Since I enjoy fashion and Italian culture and cuisine I would choose Milano.
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I think all 3 cities have something special to offer, just each one is different. It is too bad that the first poster had such a bad time in Frankfurt and didn%26#39;t bother taking a decent tour to find out some of the wonderful sites here. Frankfurt is certainly more than skyscrapers and banks.
Frankfurt does have the largest cultural budget in Europe and they do invest it in their many (40) museums, art festivals, gallery assistance and so on. The Opera house is more than lovely and there is always something booked there. The Kaiserdom was used to elect the Emperors for 600 years and to crown them for 230 years, so it is one of the rather important churches in Germany. St. Leonards has a %26quot;hanging vault%26quot; which is one of a kind in the world. We do have 3 guard towers that are over 700 years old where you can dine in a very special atmosphere. The medieval Jewish cemetery is the 2nd oldest in Germany and the Jewish community was famous throughout Europe as a center of learning. The cemetery is surrounded by the Holocaust Memorial Wall, which has the names of 11,200 Jewish citizens of Frankfurt who lost their lives at the hands of the nazis. A very good attempt from the city to honor their memory.
There are the apfelwine garden restaurants and the apfelwine district of Sachsenhausen with its narrow cobblestone streets, or perhaps the Klein Markt Halle with all of its wonderful, fresh produce. The Palmengarten is worth a visit I think, as is the Zoo. While you are at the Kaiserdom, you can go down into the Roman bath ruins. Or pause at one of the %26quot;stumble stones%26quot; located next to the Kunstverein. I would not leave Frankfurt without a stop in the very lovely, but simple Gothic church, Alt Nikolai.
We have wonderful neighborhoods to visit, like Bornheim with its twice weekly open market and its%26#39; Chinese Garden set like a gem in the middle of Bethman Park.
I know I have run on here, but it does disturb me when I read falsehoods about this city. If I lived in Milan or Zurich, I would probably have as much to say about them too, so hopefully someone else will write about those cities.
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I think that it makes little difference which of the three you choose to stay in, as you haven%26#39;t expressed any interests. As previously mentioned, all three cities are business oriented, but there is a sufficient number of things that would appeal to tourists in and around any of them and you shouldn%26#39;t have any difficulty in finding 3-4 days of things to do. Perhaps your choice should be based on cost of both the flights and the hotel, personal interests, or possibly the food. I%26#39;m sure that you will enjoy any of your three choices.
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Thank you for all your replies - I also posted this question in the forums for Milan and Zurich
Bornheimgirl I think your %26quot;ramblings%26quot; may have convinced me as I was favouring Frankfurt a little anyway. It sounds as if there is quite a lot to do and we are happy to take our time just pottering about.
Probably another factor is that we can use Euro as opposed to francs in Zurich.
I chose these three cities because I have not been to any of them and they are on the usual international route from Australia to Europe. We need to use up some days before we get to Paris where we are locked in already.
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