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A very good way to see Frankfurt, especially when your time is limited, is by the daily guided tour offered by the city s tourist offices The 21 2hour bus tour, in English, picks up passengers at 2 pm from Touristinfo R mer (R merberg 27, in the Altstadt; % 069/2123-8800) and at 2:15 pm from Touristinfo Hauptbahnhof (opposite the main entrance of the train station; % 069/2123-8800) From April through October, an additional tour leaves from the R mer at 10 am and from the train station at 10:15 am The tour covers the entire city and includes a trip to the Goethe House and, in the summer, the top of the Main Tower, Frankfurt s tallest skyscraper The cost is 26 ($35) adults, 21 ($28) students, 10 ($14) children ages 6 to 10 You can buy tickets at the tourist offices

Frankfurt has several shopping areas The Zeil, a pedestrian zone between the Hauptwache and Konstablerwache, is loaded with department stores, clothing shops, shoe stores, record stores in short, just about everything Shoppers generally pack the Zeil, reputedly the busiest shopping street in Germany The Hauptwache, in the center of Frankfurt, has two shopping areas, one above and one below ground Schillerstrasse, another pedestrian zone, lies between Hauptwache and Eschenheimer Turm, near the stock exchange Walking from Schillerstrasse northeast toward Eschenheimer Tor, you pass many

elegant boutiques and specialty shops Southwest of the Hauptwache is Goethestrasse, with exclusive stores evocative of Paris or Milan Shops are generally open Monday through Friday from 9 am to 6:30 pm and Saturday from 9 am to 2 pm (until 4 or 6 pm first Sat of month)

Sachsenhausen, the district south of the River Main, has long been known for its taverns where Apfelwein (pronounced ebb-el-vye, in the local dialect; apple wine), not beer, is the special drink At an apple-wine tavern, everyone sits together at long wooden tables and, sooner or later, the singing starts Apfelwein is a dry, alcoholic, 12-proof apple cider The wine always is poured from a blue-and-gray stoneware jug into glasses embossed with a diamond-shaped pattern The first sip may pucker your whole body and convince you that you re drinking vinegar If drinking straight Apfelwein is too much for you, try a Sauergespritzt (sour spritzer), a mixture of Apfelwein and plain mineral water, or a S ssgespritzt (sweet spritzer), Apfelwein mixed with lemonade-flavored mineral water Although available year-round, Apfelwein also comes in seasonal versions S sser (sweet), sold in the autumn, is the dark, cloudy product of the first pressing of the apple harvest When the wine starts to ferment it s called Rauscher, which means it s darker and more acidic You re supposed to drink S sser and Rauscher straight, not mixed The Apfelwein taverns in Sachsenhausen display a pine wreath outside when a new barrel has arrived The taverns usually serve traditional meals, and hard rolls, salted breadsticks, and pretzels for nibbling are on the tables, too What you eat, including the snacks, goes on your tab The following is a list of a few traditional Apfelwein taverns in Sachsenhausen; all of them are Gartenlokale, meaning they move their tables outside in good weather: Zum Eichkatzerl, Greieichstrasse 29 (% 069/617-480), open Thursday through Tuesday from 3 pm to midnight Fichtekr nzi, Wallstrasse 5 (% 069/612-778), open Monday through Saturday from 5 pm to midnight Zum Gemalten Haus, Schweizer Strasse 67 (% 069/614-559), open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 am to midnight Closed mid-June to the end of July On Saturdays, Sundays, and holiday afternoons throughout the year, you can hop on the Ebbelwei-Express (% 069/2132-2425), an old, colorfully painted trolley, and ride all through Frankfurt and over to the apple-wine taverns in Sachsenhausen The entire route takes about an hour and costs 6 ($810) adults, 3 ($405) children 13 and under The fare includes a glass of apple wine (or apple juice) You can buy tickets from the conductor Catch the trolley at R mer, Konstablerwache, or the main train station; service starts about 1:30 pm and ends about 5 pm