What are nice day trips from Frankfurt?
Short answer
Obernburg am Main, Oppenheim, Lich and Villmar are some potential day trips within 50 km of Frankfurt. Alzey, Andernach, Amorbach and Wertheim am Main are within 100 km of Frankfurt. Hilden, Haßfurt, Dinkelsbühl and Gunzenhausen are within 200 km of Frankfurt by train. We list 55 places below, including 39 lake or river towns (Erlenbach am Main and Bensheim), 33 old-world towns (Weilburg and Neustadt an der Weinstraße), 22 food and café towns (Miltenberg and Patersberg) and 19 wine towns (Dietkirchen and Marktheidenfeld). More below.
Within 50 km 6 places
Within 100 km 25 places
By train, within 200 km 24 places
Places with a railway station within a 10-minute drive. Each one links to public-transport directions from Frankfurt, so you can check the route and journey time.
Ochsenfurt
A well-preserved medieval town wall with numerous towers and gates rings the historic centre of this little Franconian town on the River Main, set deep in th…
Schmalkalden
Town on the Schmalkalde river at the southern edge of the Thuringian Forest, Schmalkalden sits in mountain terrain with scenic viewpoints across the surround…
Kronach
Birthplace of the Renaissance painter Lucas Cranach the Elder, Kronach is a town in Upper Franconia where three rivers meet at the edge of the Franconian For…
Kulmbach
Plassenburg Castle, which houses the largest tin soldier collection in the world, rises above this Bavarian town on the Main river in Franconia, a short dist…
Bad Neustadt an der Saale
This walkable Bavarian spa town where the Franconian Saale and Brend rivers meet, Bad Neustadt an der Saale has a centre with several historic churches, café…
Mühlhausen
One of the largest surviving medieval city centres in Germany, Mühlhausen is a Thuringian town on the Unstrut river with eleven Gothic churches, a nearly com…
Bad Langensalza
This German spa town in Thuringia where a walkable old centre of half-timbered buildings and a tall church tower rising above cobbled streets meets riverside…
Bad Windsheim
This small Bavarian spa town west of Nuremberg is the only therapeutic spa (Heilbad) in Middle Franconia, built around mineral springs that also supply sever…
Horn-Bad Meinberg
Home to the Externsteine — a striking formation of tall, narrow sandstone columns rising from the Teutoburg Forest — Horn-Bad Meinberg is a tiny city in the…
Nagold
This Black Forest-edge town in Baden-Württemberg where the River Nagold runs through a centre of half-timbered houses and modern architecture, with a walkabl…
Dinkelsbühl
One of only four towns in Germany with completely intact medieval city walls, Dinkelsbühl sits on the River Wörnitz along the Romantic Road in Central Franco…
Haßfurt
Sitting on the river Main in Bavaria, Haßfurt is a little town with a café and restaurant scene that is well stocked for its size, and a notable piece of eng…
Eschwege
Walkable town in northeastern Hesse on the Werra river, Eschwege sits in hilly terrain with scenic viewpoints in the surrounding countryside and a centre wit…
Bad Staffelstein
This small spa town in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, sits along the Main river and is anchored by three landmarks: the Basilica of Vierzehnheiligen, designed by…
Unna
A broad market square lined with half-timbered buildings, ornate gabled facades, and open-air café seating gives this North Rhine-Westphalian town a walkable…
Kusel
This modest town in the Nordpfälzer Bergland of Rhineland-Palatinate, Kusel sits along the Kuselbach river with scenic hill terrain in the surrounding area a…
Hildburghausen
Hildburghausen, a small town in the southern, Franconian-influenced part of Thuringia, served as the residence capital of the Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen fr…
Bad Sooden-Allendorf
This small spa town in Hesse straddling the Werra river, Bad Sooden-Allendorf drew its wealth from salt-brine extraction for centuries before reinventing its…
Gunzenhausen
This walkable Bavarian town on the Altmühlsee, Gunzenhausen has a centre with a good spread of cafés and restaurants and is nationally recognised as a recrea…
Neustadt an der Aisch
This tiny Bavarian town on the Aisch river in Middle Franconia, Neustadt an der Aisch has a café and restaurant scene that punches above its size.
Hilden
A town in North Rhine-Westphalia with a walkable centre and a dense food-and-drink scene, Hilden sits between Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, and Solingen in the tran…
Reuth
This sandstone manor house with half-timbered gables and a gated courtyard statue sits amid mature trees in this tiny Bavarian upland village, close to water…
