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Mainz
Germany · Rhineland-Palatinate
Mainz is the capital and largest city of the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate, and with around 223,000 inhabitants, it is Germany's 35th-largest city. It lies in the Rhine-Main Metropolitan Region — Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after Rhine-Ruhr — which also encompasses the cities of Frankfurt am Main, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt, Offenbach am Main, and Hanau.
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Things to do in Mainz
- Exclusive Wine & Food Tasting in Historic Cellar | Mainz Old Town · 2 h · from $97.05 · 4.9/5 (57 reviews)
- Rhein valley Castle & Palace winery tour from Frankfurt · 9 h · from $456.69 · 4.0/5 (5 reviews)
- 1,5 Hour Private Guided Walking Tour: Cathedral and Old Mainz · 1 h 30 min · from $216.93 · 5.0/5 (28 reviews)
- Evening walking tour of Mainz Rhine bank and Old Town · 1 h 30 min · from $22.83 · 5.0/5 (7 reviews)
- Private Guided Walking Tour in Mainz · 3 h · from $85.63 · 3.7/5 (6 reviews)
- Guided tour in Mainz am Rhein in German and English · 2 h 15 min · from $22.83 · 5.0/5 (9 reviews)
Practical facts
- Local time
- UTC+1 · 7 h ahead of Costa Rica
- Region
- Rhineland-Palatinate
- Main language
- German
- On the map
- 49.99° N, 8.25° E
Near Mainz
- Ruedesheim am Rhein · 23 km away
- Frankfurt · 34 km away
- Mannheim · 58 km away
- Koblenz · 62 km away
- Heidelberg · 73 km away
- Karlsruhe · 110 km away
More of Germany
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Where to stay
Hotel Central Vis a Vis
9.6/10 · 256 reviews
Miralior Apartment Mainz - 110m2, Terrasse und Parkplatz - ideal für Gruppen und Familien
9.6/10 · 38 reviews
Hausboot-Wiesbaden-Riverboat-Rhein-Main Ferienloft
9.6/10 · 35 reviews
Brunfels Hotel, in the Unbound Collection by Hyatt
9.3/10 · 1583 reviews
Merkel Villa Apartamente
9.3/10 · 96 reviews
Osteiner Hof by The Apartment Suite
9.1/10 · 1523 reviews
Hyatt Regency Mainz
9/10 · 2967 reviews
GuestHouse Mainz
9/10 · 479 reviews
Aparthotel Am Pfaffenstein
9/10 · 102 reviews
tinyTwice Hotel Wiesbaden
8.9/10 · 957 reviews