Cologne to Frankfurt Historical Day Tour

Discover the history and charm of Frankfurt's Old Town on a full-day trip from Cologne. We offer train tickets and a private guide from Cologne or Frankfurt. Visit the Frankfurt Cathedral and Goethe House Museum and see other iconic landmarks.
Choose one of our excellent tour options tailored to your needs and interests:

7 hour: Cologne to Frankfurt by Train (Guide-on-Site)
Travel from Cologne on your own (train tickets included) and meet your Local Guide in Frankfurt. Discover the Old Town and highlights such as the Romerberg, and visit the Cathedral and Goethe House.

7,5-hour: Cologne to Frankfurt by Train (Fully-Guided)
Travel from Cologne to Frankfurt with a Private Guide (train tickets included). Discover the Old Town and highlights such as the Romerberg, and visit the Cathedral and Goethe House.

Let us take you on a fascinating tour from Cologne to Frankfurt in just 1 day.

Meeting Point

Excelsior Hotel Ernst

Trankgasse 1-5, 50667 Köln, Germany

Meet your guide in front of the Excelsior Hotel Ernst, Trankgasse 1-5, 50667 Cologne, Germany. Please do not enter the hotel, it is only a meeting point and the staff is ot informed about the tour.

Am Hauptbahnhof

Am Hauptbahnhof, 60329 Frankfurt am Main-Innenstadt I, Germany

Tourist Information at the Exit to Kaiser Street (Ausgang City Kaiserstrasse). From the Train Platform go straight to the Main Hall and further to the Exit. Tourist information will be on the right.

What's included:

• Entry to free parts of Frankfurt Cathedral
• Private Full-Day Trip from Cologne to Frankfurt by Train (fully or partially guided)
• Pickup from accommodation located in Cologne’s city center (in the 7,5-hour option only)
• All day service of a Licensed Guide from Cologne, who is fluent in ur chosen language (7,5H option)
• Tickets to Goethe House
• - chosen language (in the 7-hour option only)
• Round-trip train tickets from Cologne to Frankfurt
• 4-hour walking tour in Frankfurt led by a Licensed Local Guide, who is fluent in your -

Not included:

• Lunch in Frankfurt (optional)
• Entrance fee to Frankfurt Cathedral Tower (optional, paid on site)
• Guide on the train (in the 7-hour option)
• Pickup from accommodation located in Cologne’s city center (in the 7-hour option)
• Transportation to the train station

What to expect:

Duration: between 7 hours and 8 hours

Am Hauptbahnhof

Am Hauptbahnhof, 60329 Frankfurt am Main-Innenstadt I, Germany

Tourist Information at the Exit to Kaiser Street (Ausgang City Kaiserstrasse). From the Train Platform go straight to the Main Hall and further to the Exit. Tourist information will be on the right.

10 minutes

Cologne

Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia

Be comfortable picked up by car at your accomodation place, with professional driver who will accompany you to the train station, so you seamlessly travel by comfortable train.
The Guide will also take you back to the train station and help you get on the train. In Cologne Private Driver will pick you up from train and take to your accomodation place.

5 hours

Fountain of Justice

Auf dem Romerberg, Frankfurt, Hesse

You will see the most remarkable places like Fountain of Justice, Iron Bridge, Romerberg, the most beautiful historic square in Frankfurt and Paulskirche, where kings and emperors have been crowned since 13th century.

25 minutes

Cologne Cathedral

Domkloster 4, Cologne, 50667, North Rhine-Westphalia

Get inside the impressive Cathedral and its striking 328-foot-tall tower.

25 minutes

Goethe House

Grosser Hirschgraben 23 - 25, , Frankfurt, 60311, Hesse

If you have romantic soul you can't miss the visit at Goethe Haus. Floor by floor, discover a history of the house and its residents. Admire collection of furniture and paintings in authentic 18th-century bourgeois style.

1 hour • Admission Ticket Included

Alte Oper

Opernplatz 1, , Frankfurt, 60313, Hesse

Follow the tour route and see the phenomenal Alte Oper. It has breathtaking architecture and a great history.

25 minutes

Eschenheimer Turm

Eschenheimer Tor, Frankfurt, 60318, Hesse

Later, after brief stroll in the park you will rich the final point of the tour, the Eschenheimer Turm, which served as a city gate and is a part of the late-medieval fortifications.

25 minutes