Mainz Tourism Office
by Stevo_Jess
A Mainz Pass is sold in the Mainz Tourism Office.
The Mainz Card offers over 50 special discounts for culture, leisure, hotels and sightseeing. With the Mainz Card you can travel free of charge on all public transport (bus, tram, S-Bahn, RB, SE, RE) in Mainz and Wiesbaden (Fare zone 65) and to Frankfurt Airport (Fare zone 5090).
Brueckenturm am Rathaus
D-55116 Mainz
Telephone.+49 (0) 6131 28621 0
Office hours:
Mon. to Fri. 9 a.m.- 6 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m.- 3 p.m.
www.mainz.de
No Foreign Languages Spoken
by kamcha
When coming to Germany, especially the smaller towns and cities, try to learn some German first. You'll find it extremely useful as most people have very little command of any foreign language, including English. I've lived for a few years in Netherlands and must say, irrespectively of which, obscure even, language you speak, you're bound to be understood.
Very surprisingly, not often in here. When in trouble, try to look for the young, educated people; even if their English is broken, they are at least likely to give it a try.
Theatrum Mogontiacensium with an ICE
by Nemorino
As you can see, the excavation site begins right next to the platform of track 4, where an InterCity Express is going through (without stopping, of course).
There is only a wire fence separating the platform from the excavation site.
The site isn't exactly open to the public, but that's no problem since you can see into it through the fence from all sides. And they do give guided tours sometimes.
Update: This railroad station, which for over a century was called Mainz Süd (meaning Mainz South) has now been re-named Mainz Römisches Theater (Mainz Roman Theater).
Take some wine
by mauro_pd about L'angolo
As the name declare the restaurant is at the beginning corner of Augustinerstrasse, the main Mainz street for shopping, bars & leisure. I actually haven't checked the food but only a glass of wine ... and that's the reason I write the tip: the serve LARGE portion of wine :-))))))
Liebfrauenplatz
by antistar
On the east side of the cathedral, underneath the distinctive three spires, is the wide open Liebfrauenplatz. The reason the square is so big is that it used to be home its namesake's church: the Liebfrauenkirche, but this was pulled down during the Napoleonic wars. Now it is home to that church's foundations, a patch of flowers, a chain of plane trees, but most importantly of all: the Gutenberg Museum, housed in the grank pink building of the Haus zum Römischen Kaiser (Roman Emperor's House). Going east takes you to the Rhine and the town hall, and going north and west around the side of the cathedral takes you to the prettier, if smaller, Marktplatz.
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Boat dock on the left
Close-up of the facade
candy, popcorn and cheese was thrown from floats
Friedrich Schiller, a great German poet
