Mainz Travel Guide

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Just Upriver From Frankfurt: Yours, Mainz and Ours

Where: Liebfrauenplatz 5, Mainz, Germany, 55116
October 28, 2009 at 5:04 PM | by | Comment (1)

All this week Eric Rosen will be giving us ideas for some different day trips that you can take from Frankfurt. Any questions or suggestions? Let us know!

When you fly into the Frankfurt airport, you’ll discover that the full name of it is actually the Frankfurt am Main Airport because Frankfurt is on the Main River. So, in fact, is the city of Mainz, as you may guess from the name. Before we get into the details of why you should visit the colorfully restored old town of this once powerful medieval city, we’re also going to give you a German pronunciation lesson.

You pronounce the city like the word "mines" in English, not "mains" like water main. Now that you know how to say it, here’s what you should see.

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