Hotel Hessischer Hof

Top choice in Frankfurt am Main


Owned by descendants of the landgraves, electors and grand dukes of the House of Hessen, and opened in 1952, this 121-room hotel is filled with over 1500 antiques from the family collections. It's renowned for its old-world luxury and superb service. There's a gym, roof terrace and late-night Jimmy's Bar. Breakfast costs €34.


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Nearby Frankfurt am Main attractions

1. Messe

0.18 MILES

Spread out between 1km and 2km northwest of the Hauptbahnhof, Frankfurt’s famous trade fair grounds are anchored by the iconic MesseTurm, a 256m-high…

2. Senckenberg Museum

0.41 MILES

Life-size dinosaur mock-ups guard the front of Frankfurt’s natural history museum. Inside the early 1900s neo-baroque building, exhibits cover…

3. Westend Synagogue

0.68 MILES

Frankfurt's largest synagogue was built between 1908 and 1910 by Lichtenstein-born architect Franz Roeckle (1879–1953), who trained in Stuttgart before…

4. Main Tower

0.7 MILES

Frankfurt's skyline wouldn't be the same without the Main Tower, one of the tallest and most distinctive high-rises in town. A great place to get a feel…

5. Alte Oper

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Inaugurated in 1880, the Italian Renaissance-style Alte Oper anchors the western end of the Zeil-Fressgass pedestrian zone. Burnt out in 1944, it narrowly…

6. PalmenGarten

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Established in 1871, Frankfurt's botanical PalmenGarten (palm garden) is filled with tropical hothouses, rose gardens, a bamboo grove and rock garden…

7. Jüdisches Museum

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Frankfurt's Jüdisches Museum (Jewish Museum) is set in the one-time residence of the Rothschild family, the Rothschildpalais. It's closed for renovations…

8. Riverfront Promenade

0.9 MILES

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