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Frankfurt is located on the bank of the River Main and just a few minutes away from the theatre and banking districts and shopping areas of the city. 770 elegantly furnished rooms include 31 Business rooms with exclusive office equipment, as well as 31 Executive rooms and suites on the Club InterContinental floors. They offer elegant comfort to our sophisticated guests. 16 conference and banquet rooms in the Main wing, plus eight additional rooms in the Auditorium directly next to the City wing, provide plenty of space for events large and small.

You can enjoy a magnificent view over Frankfurt from the 21st floor, which houses five boardrooms and the Silhouette meeting room. The gastronomic variety of Signatures Restaurant with its Eurasian cuisine is accompanied by the Veranda Restaurant with Mediterranean fine-dining cuisine, and the Italian-American diner, LEONS. The DAXx Mainhattan's Bar offers cocktails, appetisers and live music.

To get to the Hotel InterContinental from the Frankfurt-Main Airport, you can take the A3, A5, or A66 Motorways, train S8, or a taxi. From the main train station, the hotel is only a few minutes away on foot. Driving time in a taxi is about three minutes.

To drive in Germany, you must be in possession of a full national driving licence. In addition to your national licence, it's a good idea to have an International Driving Permit (IDP). Although an IDP isn't required by law, it is a useful document to have when renting a car or if you are stopped by police, as it is universally recognised.

In the country that invented the Autobahn (multi-lane highway), not surprisingly there are some excellent roads connecting the various states and cities. The motorway network has two categories: 'international'(denoted by green route signs with 'E' prefixing the number) and 'national'(denoted by blue route signs with 'A' prefixing the number).

Some autobahns have no speed restrictions which can make it difficult for tourist traffic simply wanting to cruise. The high speeds of the bulk of traffic, with both fast cars and heavy commercial lorries, can be unnerving. If you want to cruise, use the 'B' routes (yellow route signs), on which speed limits are imposed. A booklet entitled Autobahn-Service contains information on motorway facilities and services, and can be obtained from German tourist offices.

For navigating the roads, streets and autobahns of Germany, the following maps are comprehensive and easy to use: the Grosse Shell Atlas is an excellent national road atlas with maps of the major cities; ADAC produce good, simple-to-use route maps for the autobahns; the Generalkarte series is very comprehensive and ideal for touring the country; and RV Verlag Euro City is also a good buy. Some of the maps mentioned above can be bought at selected stores in London and New York.

Pedestrian zones and one-way streets in the centre of Frankfurt discourage driving in the heart of the city, but there are car parks, voucher systems, and park-and-ride schemes. German road signs incorporate recognisable international symbols common throughout Europe.

The 'rush hour' periods for weekday Frankfurt traffic are: 6:00 to 8:00 am and 3:00 to 5:00 pm. On Friday afternoons, the rush hour can start as early as 2:00 pm. National holiday weekends are particularly congested. Sunday afternoons and evenings are also best avoided because of holiday drivers returning to the city. Beware of traffic jams (Staus) on the autobahns that can take speeding drivers by surprise, reducing traffic to a slow crawl for a few kilometres then clearing as suddenly as they appeared. Often there seems to be no logical reason for them.

German is the official language, however, many German-speaking visitors are intrigued to hear various dialects still being spoken. For example, the dialect spoken in Munich is distinctive from those of other Bavarian towns only a few miles away. High German (Hochdeutsch), as the official language is known, has its origins in a regional Saxon dialect, from which English (Anglo-Saxon) is also descended. Not surprisingly, therefore, English is widely spoken.

The Zeil is Frankfurt's main shopping street, and notably the longest shopping street in Germany. Like many German towns and cities, Frankfurt has a pedestrian shopping zone centred on Fressgass ('Glutton's Lane'), which has a long-established history as the location of Frankfurt's finest delicatessens and restaurants.

Shop trading hours across Germany are generally 9:00 am to 6:00 pm weekdays, although on Thursday and Friday shops close as late as 8:00 pm. Saturday hours are from 7:00 am to 4:00 pm, although these hours are extended for four weeks up to Christmas. Some large stores open for three hours on Sunday, but most shops remain closed.

Restaurants open from 10:00 am to midnight. Office hours are generally between 8:00 am and 6:00 pm except on Friday when offices close by 2:00 pm for the weekend. Government offices open to the public from 8:00 am to noon on weekday mornings, and normally close for business by 1:00 pm Friday. Museums such as the Historisches Museum at Saalgasse 19 are normally open between the hours of 10:00 am to 5:00 pm six days a week, and are closed on Mondays.

The Roman Catholic and Protestant faiths comprise the two largest churches in Germany. Historically, the two religions were granted equal status in the 16th century when rulers were free to choose a denomination for their principality. Consequently, much of the south has remained Catholic and much of the north Protestant. The third largest church is that of the Muslim faith with over one million adherents, followed by the Jewish and many smaller denominations.

A major financial hub that's home to the European Central Bank

Frankfurt am Main is the city of the International Book Fair, the German Library, a city with an enormous variety of publishers, libraries and bookshops. The literary city of Frankfurt am Main is also the birthplace of probably the most famous German writer, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

In its museums, public exhibition halls and galleries, Frankfurt am Main also shows a very special spectrum of contemporary and historical art and culture. From ancient sculptures to the semi-annual change of scene at the Museum of Modern Art.

High-rise buildings are part of the city's identity. The skyline is unique thanks to its extraordinary architectural mix of tradition and modernity, and at the moment the tallest building in Europe stands here in the middle of the city center at 259 m.

With the choreographer William Forsythe, the city is home to a world-renowned ballet company and regularly hosts top-class international guest performances. At the same time, Frankfurt am Main is a metropolis of techno and dancefloor music, which has long been a magnet for names such as Sven Väth, Marc Spoon and Sabrina Setlur.

With its approx. 20 theaters and 30 independent groups, the opera house and the Alte Oper concert hall, Frankfurt am Main always offers stage lovers a full and varied programme.

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Of course you will find all opening times and admission prices on these pages. Frankfurt Zoo is particularly popular with families with children. Together with the Palmengarten, green oases in the middle of Frankfurt for everyone who wants to escape the hustle and bustle of the city. Another sporting highlight in Frankfurt are the games played by Eintracht Frankfurt, the Frankfurt Lions, the Frankfurt Galaxy football team and the Skyliners basketball team. The gates of the ice rink are open to all skaters in winter. All ice skating enthusiasts will get their money's worth on more than 4,500 m2.

Every year, Frankfurt am Main hosts many times more guests than its population. The dynamic Euro metropolis is also a cozy global village, a melting pot of cultures, languages and lifestyles. Almost 250 years ago, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was proud to have been born in this cosmopolitan city.

Frankfurters are attentive hosts. Because of the fair alone, this has been a tradition for centuries. So: Welcome! The team at Tourismus+Congress GmbH Frankfurt am Main will support you in planning your stay in Frankfurt am Main and the region; an all-round service that leaves little to chance.

Frankfurt am Main is one of the most important hubs for business, transport and tourism in Central Europe: the international banking, congress and exhibition center with the "Gateway to Europe", the largest airport in continental Europe. As early as the Middle Ages, Frankfurt was one of the most important trading and trade fair centers north of the Alps due to its central location at the crossroads of important trade routes. Whether on land, on water or in the air, Frankfurt am Main can be reached quickly.

Frankfurt also offers the advantage of short distances within the city: by car, taxi or the well-developed public transport network, all places can be reached quickly and easily.