When the kids need a big outing, start here: animals, climbing and jumping, and the planes at the airport. Each one fills a morning or a whole day. Here's what we checked, from the gorillas at Frankfurt Zoo to the airbag tower at Superfly Frankfurt. Opening hours and ticket prices change with the season, so check each card before you set off.
Frankfurt Zoo packs more than 450 species into 11 hectares, from gorillas, bonobos and orangutans in the Borgori Forest ape house to seals, Humboldt penguins, giraffes and okapi outside. The Exotarium has a tropical rainforest pool and leafcutter ants, and the Grzimek House holds small animals like mouse lemurs and bats.
Kids can pet dwarf goats and run off steam on the big sand playground.
Superfly Frankfurt is a trampoline park of nearly 4,000 m². Its standout is the Zip Out, a zip line that carries jumpers over the hall.
Around it are open trampoline courts, a ninja obstacle run, a 15-meter tumbling lane, basketball dunk lanes, a trapeze swing, and a foam pit and giant airbag for big drops. It suits kids who want to burn energy; nervous jumpers can stay on the courts.
A high-ropes climbing forest beside the Waldstadion, the Eintracht Frankfurt stadium, with 13 courses and about 150 climbing elements. Younger kids start on the Bambini courses, older ones move up through intermediate and expert routes to the Skyline course 30 meters up. Five tall towers look out over the stadium and the skyline. Everyone climbs on a continuous safety system after a briefing from staff.
Fraport's Visitors' Center is built around hands-on stations: kids can guide an Airbus A320neo into its parking spot with real marshalling sticks, fight a simulated fire, play apron controller, and explore a 55 m² model of the airport on tablets. A panoramic window looks onto the apron.
Guided bus tours also drive out past refueling planes, takeoffs and landings, with a live guide taking questions.
When the kids need a big outing, start here: animals, climbing and jumping, and the planes at the airport. Each one fills a morning or a whole day. Here's what we checked, from the gorillas at Frankfurt Zoo to the airbag tower at Superfly Frankfurt. Opening hours and ticket prices change with the season, so check each card before you set off.
Frankfurt Zoo packs more than 450 species into 11 hectares, from gorillas, bonobos and orangutans in the Borgori Forest ape house to seals, Humboldt penguins, giraffes and okapi outside. The Exotarium has a tropical rainforest pool and leafcutter ants, and the Grzimek House holds small animals like mouse lemurs and bats.
Kids can pet dwarf goats and run off steam on the big sand playground.
Superfly Frankfurt is a trampoline park of nearly 4,000 m². Its standout is the Zip Out, a zip line that carries jumpers over the hall.
Around it are open trampoline courts, a ninja obstacle run, a 15-meter tumbling lane, basketball dunk lanes, a trapeze swing, and a foam pit and giant airbag for big drops. It suits kids who want to burn energy; nervous jumpers can stay on the courts.
A high-ropes climbing forest beside the Waldstadion, the Eintracht Frankfurt stadium, with 13 courses and about 150 climbing elements. Younger kids start on the Bambini courses, older ones move up through intermediate and expert routes to the Skyline course 30 meters up. Five tall towers look out over the stadium and the skyline. Everyone climbs on a continuous safety system after a briefing from staff.
Fraport's Visitors' Center is built around hands-on stations: kids can guide an Airbus A320neo into its parking spot with real marshalling sticks, fight a simulated fire, play apron controller, and explore a 55 m² model of the airport on tablets. A panoramic window looks onto the apron.
Guided bus tours also drive out past refueling planes, takeoffs and landings, with a live guide taking questions.
