Frankfurt With Children by Age Group
Frankfurt’s family attractions suit different ages in different ways, and the ticket rules follow the same lines. The main places below are sorted by age group, with prices in euros, so you can pick what fits.
Under 6: short stops and free entry
Children under 6 go free at Zoo Frankfurt and at the Senckenberg Natural History Museum, and the Palmengarten is free for anyone under 18. That makes the Palmengarten the easiest outing for toddlers: the Palmen-Express, a small electric train, runs through the grounds in the warmer months for about €1.50 a ride, and the central lake has rowing boats at roughly €6 for 30 minutes. Adults pay €9 at the gate (palmengarten.de ).
At the zoo, the Grzimek House keeps nocturnal animals active in reversed lighting, so small children can see aardvarks and bat-eared foxes in the daytime. The house is dark, which suits some toddlers and unsettles others, so go in together and leave if needed.
Ages 6 to 12: the big draws
From 6 to 17, a child ticket costs €6 at the zoo and at the Senckenberg. Zoo Frankfurt, on Bernhard-Grzimek-Allee 1, sells adult tickets at €13 and a family card at €30 for two adults and up to four children. The U6 and U7 stop at Zoo. Hours are 09:00 to 17:00 or 09:00 to 19:00 depending on the season, and the tills close an hour earlier (zoo-frankfurt.de ).
The Senckenberg, at Senckenberganlage 25, charges €12 for adults. The central hall has a Diplodocus skeleton, an Edmontosaurus and a cast of a T. rex. Hours are 09:00 to 17:00 (museumfrankfurt.senckenberg.de ).
The Main Tower sells a family ticket for €20, covering two adults and up to three children aged 6 to 12. Visibility affects the price and the opening, so check maintower.de the same morning.
Experiminta is a hands-on science centre at Hamburger Allee 22 to 24 in Bockenheim, with about 200 stations over four floors. Its current premises are only available through 2026, so check it is still running before you go (experiminta.de ).
Teenagers: heights and long days
Older children usually like the climb up the Kaiserdom’s Domturm: 328 steps and no lift, €3 for adults and €2 reduced. The view runs straight into the glass towers of the banks (dom-frankfurt.de ). The Main Tower is the natural follow-up, and the Senckenberg’s skeletons tend to appeal to this age too.
Getting around
A city single costs €3.80 and a day ticket €7.75, so a day with several stops is cheaper on the day ticket. The Frankfurt Card is €13 for one day or €21 for two, and a group version covers up to five people. A city ticket is not valid to the airport, where the single is €6.90 (rmv.de ). Hold bags and phones close in crowded stations.
Planning a longer stay? See the 3-day itinerary and the activities overview .
Families often look for an apartment or a larger room, and Frankfurt hotel options can be filtered by sleeping capacity.