City guide

Frankfurt

Skyline, Römer and apple-wine country

Frankfurt is Germany's odd one out: a compact banking hub with the only real skyline in the country, nicknamed Mainhattan, wrapped around a rebuilt medieval Altstadt. Glass towers give way within a few streets to half-timbered houses, wood-panelled Apfelwein taverns and riverside museum embankments. It is efficient and business-minded by day, but has a scrappier, more offbeat side after hours around the station district.