It’s quicker to take the S-Bahn rail service from Terminal 1 at Frankfurt airport than to bother with a taxi. It’s cheaper, too. You can get a day pass that includes the airport trip for around €6.85 and the journey is just 11 minutes into town. A taxi, on the other hand, will take you half an hour and cost about €30.

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Its often popular to stay near the 'hauptbahnhoff' in Frankfurt - but if you can, try and avoid it. The 1km around the Hbf (hauptbahnhoff) has a reputation for being seedy and full of crime. There are many hotels just five minutes' underground ride away from the Hbf, which will leave you more centrally located for any meals/drink you may want - usually located around Hauptwache or Konstablerwache.

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Get yourself a Privium card if you regularly transit through Schiphol to Schengen countries (most of Europe). This allows you to bypass the long Passport queues using an Iris Scanner and channels you through the Aircrew Security Scanners. This has saved my trip many a time due to delayed flights and tight connections.

www.schiphol.nl/privium/privium.jsp

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I am working temporarily in Frankfurt and have found the Interrail ticket an ideal way for travelling around Europe relatively inexpensively by rail on your own.

There are five days in 10, 10 days in 22, 22 continuous days and tickets for a continuous month, which enable you to travel on an unlimited basis throughout 30 countries. The prices are higher for those aged 26 or more but are still very reasonable (the cheapest ticket for older folk like myself is 189 pounds. Eurostar is not included but if you buy in advance it is only 59 pounds return to Brussels or Paris whilst there is a flexible 'special' rate ticket available for 50 pounds single, subject to there being seats available on trains.

There are still a few supplements - I had to pay 10 Euros for the journey from Milan to Paris - but from 1st January 2008 you no longer have to pay any supplement on German ICEs.

Last Autumn I spent two days travelling from London to Bratislava, two days from Bratislava to Lake Como and 1 day travelling back to London using a TGV from Milan to Paris and Eurostar thereafter.

I was also able to buy a return train ticket from Frankfurt to London for just over 100 pounds for my Christmas/New Year stay in the UK. On the return the journey was less than six hours with one change at Brussels. With the introduction of the fastlink from London to the channel coast there are many more reasonably priced tickets to European cities available. You can go to Rail Europe for more information.

For more details you can refer to this website: www.interrailnet.com/?gclid=CM-B2sappZACFSjaXgodnjpnqg

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Everything you hear about it sounds terrible: it is located immediately opposite the airport terminal, it is part of a chain and they charge 46 euros for a single (54 for a double). The reality could not be more different. It is less than a year old; the staff are charming and courteous; even if your room faces the runway and you can see the planes taxiing, the soundproofing is so good you cannot hear them take off; if you want to have a picnic in your room the terminal has a couple of quite nice food stores (one with assorted local delicacies) and there is a stall selling seafood snacks outside; and the rooms are spotless, intelligently designed and with flat screen TVs and multiple cable channels. If you are fearing having to stay the night at Hahn Airport (it truly is in the middle of nowhere) for an early departure or late arrival, you are in for a pleasant surprise.

Gebäude 619
55483 Hahn
Tel. +49 6543 / 8180-0
Fax. +49 06543/8180-555
www.hotel-bb.com

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Neu-Isenburg is at the end of the Streetcar/Tram line 14, which passes through the city forest (Stadtwald) on the south side of Frankfurt. Well worth the ride in itself. Then it's a 10 minute walk to the old Market Square.

The quality of the German menu items is A1 and the green sauce is perhaps the best in the whole area. The staff are friendly: not the typical apple-wine pub bruskness.

Book in advance as it's always busy, though I have always found a table during a walk-in in the early evening. And for families with children, they actually like them here.

Marktplatz 1, 63263 Neu-Isenburg;
tel (0 61 02) 3 96 69

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It is an old tram, crawling its way through the town. While doing so, for roughly an hour, you can have an apple-based drink (cider or juice) or water, and a bag of pretzels (included in the fare). This is just one of the most stupid things to do in town, but you get to see it from a centre of the road perspective, and it's slow - so you can actually see something.

www.ebbelwei-express.com/

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