Top Reasons to Go to Frankfurt

Sachsenhausen: Frankfurt's "South Bank"—with acres of gourmet restaurants, fast-food joints, live music establishments, and bars—is one big outdoor party in summer.

Paleontology paradise: Beyond a huge dinosaur skeleton, the Senckenberg Natural History Museum has exhibits of many other extinct animals and plants, plus dioramas of animals in their habitat.

Tricycle transportation: The pedal-powered Velotaxi, a three-wheeled vehicle, gets you past traffic jams and to destinations in the pedestrian-only downtown area.

Exotic experience: If you're tired of the humdrum world, go to another at the Frankfurt Zoo's Exotarium. You'll find coral, fish, snakes, alligators, amphibians, insects, and spiders. It's sometimes open at night when the rest of the zoo is closed.

Breathtaking views: The skyline of "Mainhattan," as they call it, is spread before you from the Maintower's restaurant in the clouds.