Mainz Travel Guide - Germany

Mainz is situated on the romantic River Rhine and is an ideal location for its lucrative trade center especially in wines. Mainz is the capital of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate and is also a popular university city. The city center is known as Old Town and has been created with widespread squares with the half-timbered buildings and Baroque churches all restored back to their former glory giving it its charming character.