# Frankfurt am Main - With Kids Between the Zoo, Dinosaurs and the Riverbank

> Discover Frankfurt with children: the zoo, Senckenberg museum, Palmengarten and the riverbank give families variety, space to run around and plenty to learn.

Web page: https://parkoni.com/en/reiseziele/frankfurt-family-trip-with-kids

[Parkoni editorial team](https://parkoni.com/en/ueber-parkoni) · Published 8 November 2026

Frankfurt is known for its skyscrapers, but the city also has a surprisingly family-friendly side. Green spaces, museums with hands-on elements and the banks of the Main make sure children are never bored. Parents benefit too, because many sights are close together and easy to reach by bus and train.

This article shows how to plan a stay with children, from toddlers to teenagers.

## The zoo: animals in the middle of the city

Frankfurt Zoo is one of the oldest zoos in Germany and lies close to the centre. You will see animals from around the world, and in the indoor houses you can watch nocturnal species. The zoo is spread out, so it is worth allowing plenty of time and building in breaks.

- A playground and shady benches make the visit pleasant even with little ones.
- Go in the morning if you can, when the animals tend to be more active.

## Senckenberg: dinosaurs and natural history

The Senckenberg Natural History Museum is a must for anyone who loves big skeletons. Dinosaurs, mammals and fossils from many millions of years are on display. For children it is thrilling to stand in front of bones bigger than a house. There is a lot to explore, and it combines well with a walk in the green space nearby.

## Palmengarten: the tropics in the city

The Palmengarten is a botanical garden with greenhouses, lawns, ponds and playgrounds. Inside you will find tropical plants and humid warmth, outside a large park for running around. On rainy days the greenhouses are a good refuge, and on sunny days families spread out on the lawn. A visit in spring, when everything is in bloom, is also well worth it.

## On the riverbank: space, water and skyline

The riverbank along the Main is the perfect place to breathe out. There are broad paths for pushchairs, scooters and bikes, and the skyline in the background turns every photo into a keepsake. The Eiserner Steg footbridge is popular with children, as you stand above the water and see the boats from above.

- A trip on a sightseeing boat makes for a relaxed change of pace.
- Along the bank you will find ice cream parlours and spots for a picnic.
- From a viewing platform in a high-rise, the whole city looks like a model.

## The Römerberg and a park for running around

The Römerberg, with its half-timbered facades, looks to children like a fairy-tale stage. It is easy to invent a story about knights and merchants here. Afterwards, a short ride takes you to Grüneburgpark, where the children can run off steam while you rest on a bench.

## Practical advice for families

- **Weather**: Museums and greenhouses are ideal for rainy days.
- **Getting around**: Buses and trains are simple to use, and many sights are close together.
- **Pace**: Two stops a day are enough so that nobody gets overtired.
- **Supplies**: Carry water and snacks, which makes every outing easier.

That is how Frankfurt becomes a destination that delights children and adults alike.

## Nonstop to Frankfurt am Main

Nonstop flights there leave from these airports, among others: [Dublin Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub), [Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alicante-elche-miguel-hernandez-airport-alc) and [Amsterdam Airport Schiphol](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-ams).

- [Dublin Airport \(DUB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dublin-airport-dub): Aer Lingus, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Alicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport \(ALC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/alicante-elche-miguel-hernandez-airport-alc): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Amsterdam Airport Schiphol \(AMS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/amsterdam-schiphol-airport-ams): KLM, Lufthansa, year-round
- [EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg \(BSL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/euroairport-basel-mulhouse-freiburg-airport-bsl): Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Kraków John Paul II International Airport \(KRK\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/krakow-john-paul-ii-airport-krk): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport \(BCN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/josep-tarradellas-barcelona-el-prat-airport-bcn): Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport \(BRI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bari-karol-wojtyla-airport-bri): Discover Airlines, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Berlin Brandenburg Airport \(BER\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/berlin-brandenburg-airport-ber): Condor, Lufthansa, Lufthansa City Airlines, year-round
- [Bilbao Airport \(BIO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bilbao-airport-bio): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Billund Airport \(BLL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/billund-airport-bll): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport \(BLQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bologna-guglielmo-marconi-airport-blq): Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Bordeaux-Mérignac Airport \(BOD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bordeaux-merignac-airport-bod): Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Bremen Airport \(BRE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bremen-airport-bre): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Budapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport \(BUD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/budapest-liszt-ferenc-airport-bud): Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Ignacy Jan Paderewski Bydgoszcz Airport \(BZG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ignacy-jan-paderewski-bydgoszcz-airport-bzg): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Verona Villafranca Valerio Catullo Airport \(VRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/verona-villafranca-valerio-catullo-airport-vrn): Air Dolomiti, year-round
- [Turin Airport \(TRN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/turin-airport-trn): Air Dolomiti, year-round
- [Catania-Fontanarossa Airport \(CTA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/catania-fontanarossa-airport-cta): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Lyon Saint-Exupéry Airport \(LYS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lyon-saint-exupery-airport-lys): Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Dresden Airport \(DRS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/dresden-airport-drs): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Düsseldorf Airport \(DUS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/duesseldorf-airport-dus): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Faro - Gago Coutinho International Airport \(FAO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/faro-gago-coutinho-airport-fao): Condor, Lufthansa, TUI fly Deutschland, year-round
- [Milan Malpensa International Airport \(MXP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/milan-malpensa-airport-mxp): Air Dolomiti, Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Florence Airport, Peretola \(FLR\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/florence-peretola-airport-flr): Air Dolomiti, Condor, year-round
- [Gdańsk Lech Wałęsa Airport \(GDN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/gdansk-lech-walesa-airport-gdn): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Hamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport \(HAM\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/hamburg-helmut-schmidt-airport-ham): Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Hannover Airport \(HAJ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/hannover-airport-haj): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Helsinki Vantaa Airport \(HEL\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/helsinki-vantaa-airport-hel): Finnair, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Larnaca International Airport \(LCA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/larnaca-airport-lca): Discover Airlines, TUI fly Deutschland, year-round
- [Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport \(LIS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lisbon-humberto-delgado-airport-lis): Lufthansa, TAP Air Portugal, year-round
- [Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport \(MAD\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/adolfo-suarez-madrid-barajas-airport-mad): Air Europa, Iberia, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Málaga-Costa del Sol Airport \(AGP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/malaga-costa-del-sol-airport-agp): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Marseille Provence Airport \(MRS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/marseille-provence-airport-mrs): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Munich Airport \(MUC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/munich-airport-muc): Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Nantes Atlantique Airport \(NTE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nantes-atlantique-airport-nte): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Naples International Airport \(NAP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/naples-airport-nap): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport \(NCE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nice-cote-d-azur-airport-nce): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Nuremberg Airport \(NUE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/nuremberg-airport-nue): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Bucharest Henri Coandă International Airport \(OTP\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/bucharest-henri-coanda-airport-otp): Lufthansa, Lufthansa City Airlines, TAROM, year-round
- [Falcone-Borsellino Airport \(PMO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/falcone-borsellino-airport-pmo): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Palma de Mallorca Airport \(PMI\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/palma-de-mallorca-airport-pmi): Condor, Discover Airlines, LEAV Aviation, Lufthansa, TUI fly Deutschland, year-round
- [Charles de Gaulle International Airport \(CDG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/charles-de-gaulle-airport-cdg): Air France, Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Francisco de Sá Carneiro Airport \(OPO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/francisco-de-sa-carneiro-airport-opo): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Poznań-Ławica Airport \(POZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/poznan-lawica-airport-poz): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Václav Havel Airport Prague \(PRG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vaclav-havel-prague-airport-prg): Air Dolomiti, Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Rome-Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport \(FCO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/rome-fiumicino-leonardo-da-vinci-airport-fco): Condor, ITA Airways, Lufthansa, easyJet, year-round
- [Salzburg Airport \(SZG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/salzburg-airport-szg): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Milano Linate Airport \(LIN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/milano-linate-airport-lin): Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, easyJet, year-round
- [Seville Airport \(SVQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/seville-airport-svq): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Sofia Airport \(SOF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/sofia-airport-sof): Bulgaria Air, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Athens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport \(ATH\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/athens-eleftherios-venizelos-airport-ath): Aegean Airlines, Condor, Lufthansa, Sky Express, year-round
- [Split Saint Jerome Airport \(SPU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/split-saint-jerome-airport-spu): Condor, Croatia Airlines, Discover Airlines, year-round
- [Stockholm-Arlanda Airport \(ARN\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/stockholm-arlanda-airport-arn): Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Valencia Airport \(VLC\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/valencia-airport-vlc): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Zagreb Franjo Tuđman International Airport \(ZAG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/zagreb-franjo-tudjman-airport-zag): Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Venice Marco Polo Airport \(VCE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/venice-marco-polo-airport-vce): Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Vienna International Airport \(VIE\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vienna-airport-vie): Austrian Airlines, Condor, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Vilnius International Airport \(VNO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/vilnius-airport-vno): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Warsaw Chopin Airport \(WAW\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/warsaw-chopin-airport-waw): LOT Polish Airlines, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Copernicus Wrocław Airport \(WRO\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/copernicus-wroclaw-airport-wro): Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Brussels Airport \(BRU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brussels-airport-bru): Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, year-round
- [Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport \(LJU\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ljubljana-joze-pucnik-airport-lju): Lufthansa, year-round
- [Brindisi Airport \(BDS\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/brindisi-airport-bds): Discover Airlines, seasonal
- [Cagliari Elmas Airport \(CAG\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/cagliari-elmas-airport-cag): Lufthansa, seasonal
- [Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport \(GOA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/genoa-cristoforo-colombo-airport-goa): Discover Airlines, seasonal
- [Ibiza Airport \(IBZ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/ibiza-airport-ibz): Condor, Discover Airlines, Lufthansa, seasonal
- [Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport \(SUF\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/lamezia-terme-sant-eufemia-airport-suf): Condor, Lufthansa, seasonal
- [Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport \(OLB\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/olbia-costa-smeralda-airport-olb): Condor, Lufthansa, seasonal
- [Pisa International Airport \(PSA\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/pisa-airport-psa): Air Dolomiti, seasonal
- [Santiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport \(SCQ\)](https://parkoni.com/en/flughafen/santiago-rosalia-de-castro-airport-scq): Lufthansa, seasonal

Routes as listed on Wikipedia from the airlines' schedules; the airline's current timetable is authoritative.

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