Seoul, South Korea to Frankfurt from $506

🌍 About Frankfurt

Frankfurt is Germany's banking capital and the only city in the country with a real high-rise skyline — locals call it "Mainhattan." But the part worth your time is Sachsenhausen, the old quarter across the Main, where apple-wine taverns serve Apfelwein (Äbbelwoi): a tart, cider-like wine poured from a blue-grey stoneware jug into a diamond-cut glass called a Geripptes. Order it with Grüne Soße, a cold sauce of seven specific herbs over boiled potatoes and egg — so local it has EU protected status. Skip the fancy restaurants downtown; the tavern benches are the real thing. Come May to September for warm evenings in the tavern gardens. Avoid the big trade-fair weeks (the Messe book fair in October especially) — hotels and fares spike hard when the city fills with conventioneers.