June 28, 2010

Ibiza, Universally Accessible City and Tourism



For years Ibiza-Eivissa Town Council has been working on being a municipality universally accessible to all people, a city in which its citizens and visitors can get around the entire city safely and without difficulties.

With the aim of improving the quality of life of disabled people, all the rehabilitation work that is carried out is to improve the pavements and the levels of accessibility in streets throughout the city, removing architectural barriers in the streets, beaches and public buildings.

For people with limited vision, we are adapting traffic lights with audible signals. Furthermore we offer an accessible website, and with the collaboration of the ONCE (Spanish National Organisation for the Blind) we have prepared a tourist guide to the city and the menus of the restaurants in Braille.

A city without barriers: improving the quality of life of all the citizens and offering accessible, safe tourism to our visitors is a priority for the city of Eivissa.

At the Touristic Informaction Ofice, you can ask for the Tourist Guide Ibiza World Heritage for visual deficiency people. These guide is available in Catalan, Spanish, English and German.


In Talamanca Beach and ses Figueretes
Life-saving Service
Amphibian Wheelchair Chair Service
From 11.00 to 19.00 h
+ info: +34 971 399 232


Attachments:
http://www.eivissa.es/portal/attachments/355_eivissa-guia-accessibilitat.pdf
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June 24, 2010

Accessible Hotel in Fañabé beach - Tenerife



Adonis Isla Bonita Hotel is located in the Playa Fanabe in Costa Adeje, one of the most prestigious residential areas of southern Tenerife, at 350 meters from the beach.

The complex has 438 rooms. All rooms have air conditioning and can accommodate up to 4 people.
Bathroom have bath with shower and hairdryer, separate bedroom, small refrigerator, balcony with tables and chairs.
Outdoor swimming pool, separate children's pool, jacuzzi.
Non-smoking restaurant with an International Buffet. Baby chairs.
Barbecue Restaurant.
On the roof there are two solarium, one of them nudist.
Animation team. Program of daytime and nighttime & Mini Disc
Sports to play badminton, football, soccer, handball, volleyball, archery, shooting the rifle, etc. A tennis court, a squash court. Gym & sauna
Mini Club 4-12 years. New Mini Club and playground for children & young people from 4 -14 years (has not included).

All major areas are accessible for guests with wheelchairs. There are 8 rooms (street level, shower instead of bath) suitable for customers in wheelchairs. Measures Doors: Entry: 80 cm. Bedroom: 80 cm. Bathroom: 80 cm.


reservas@adonisislabonita.com
http://www.adonisresorts.com
Tel.: 922 71 30 12

June 21, 2010

Welcome to Villas Don Pepe in Lanzarote (Canary Islands). Totally adapted for wheelchair guests.


Villas Don Pepe are the ideal destination for those who desire luxury, space and intimacy in an individual villa with its own heated pool, 4 sleeping-rooms, three bathrooms, air conditioning, huge terrace with many deck chairs, BBQ, private car park and the most complete interior equipment.

The Villas are totally adapted for our wheelchair guests with a disabled bathroom, a pool hoist, spaciousness all around, no barriers, etc. We are awaiting you here in one of the most peaceful and beautiful zones of Lanzarote, Playa Blanca - an old fishing town along the coast of the municipality of Yaiza.


Villas Don Pepe have all types of facilities to make your stay unforgettable. The following equipment will be provided to you:
-Zona WI-FI ... You can bring your laptop !
-Private heated pool
-Hoist for the pool
-Four bedrooms
-Three bathrooms (one adapted)
-Terrace with deckchairs
-Air conditioning
-BBQ
-Private car park
-DVD-Player and movies
-Spaciousness everywhere



http://www.villasdonpepe.com

June 15, 2010

La Molina (ski resort) offers summer family activities and sports suitable for all ages and for disabled people.

Between 5 June and 12 September The Molina offers a world of entertainment beyond the snow and winter sports and a good way to see in nature and have fun during the months of good weather.
The station will open the weekends of June 5-6 and 12-13 and continuously from 19 June to 12 September.


La Molina has many activities fully adapted and accessible to people with disabilities:

• Handbikes with suitable circuit.
• Routes with Handbikes
• Swimming pool with a fixed chair in the showers.
• Check with quads.
• pony rides at the lake.
• Classes and Archery circuits.
• Enjoy the surroundings and the views by using the cable car that has a ramp for the disabled.


The accessibility of the project throughout the year Molina has been possible thanks to an agreement a few seasons ago with Johan Cruyff Foundation (cea@lamolina.cat)


Summer 2010 Events La Molina

* May - 1915 to 1916: Bike Show BCN'10.
* June - 2-4: Avante Fira BCN
* June - 23: Verbena de Sant Joan.
* August - 7-8: Fiesta Mayor La Molina.
* August - 15: XX Meeting of Accordion.
* August - Havanera in the restaurant "El Bosc.
* September - 11: National Day

Directions

Optimal accessibility by road, GPS: 42 º 20'03 .90''N - 1 º 56'04 .59''E
By train: www.renfe.es - 902 24 02 02.
By bus: www.sagales.com - 902 13 00 14
By plane: Airport of Barcelona - Girona Airport
Deportivo La Cerdanya aerodrome
Distances to major cities: Barcelona 150 km, 135 km Girona, Tarragona 200 km, 170 km Lleida, Bilbao 500 km, Madrid 600 km, Valencia and Zaragoza 450 km 300 km

La Molina Phone: 972 892 031

Web: www.lamolina.cat

Let's Go Costa Brava Adapted Apartments and activities programs.


Let's Go Costa Brava apartments, in Llagostera, are especially designed to accommodate groups of people who use a wheelchair or have reduced mobility.
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Let's Go Costa Brava does not only have apartments with disabled access, it also provides all kinds of transport facilities, information about tourist attractions with disabled access and much more.




Services
In order to make easier your stay and to solve any inconvenient that might occur, we offer special services for the disabled during the holidays apart from the apart-hotel services.

Our staff is on hand to make your stay more pleasant and to help you whenever they can, with the aim to make your holidays the most easy, pleasant and fun.

You can opt to rent just the apartment or choose bed and breakfast, half board or full board


The accessibility in Let's Go Costa Brava is integral

All the apartments are accessible with wheelchairs (ramps, spaces for rotation,...).
Bathroom with disabled access: shower on the same level of the floor and non-skid ground. (120 cm minimum rotation in each). The mirrors are inclined and there is enough space to transfer the wheelchair to the WC.

Doors of 95 cms. Of width, pushbuttons to the adequate height, low cupboards, etc.
Lift to basement floor with access to the parking spaces.
Disabled access terrace and swimmingpool with hydraulic chair lift and stairs for people with reduced mobility.

Recommended Excursions
* Costa Brava beaches with special services
* Towns in the coast: Playa de Aro, L´Estartit...
* An adapted cruise
* Historic and Cultural town Girona: Jewish Quart...
* Medieval towns
* The culture of Dali: Museum Dali, Pubol
* Barcelona & Gaudí
* Oriental Pyrenees: Besalú, Castelfollit de la Roca


The apartments Let's Go Costa Brava together with the Sailing School Força 3 in Sant Feliu de Guixols organize a stay of 6 days - 5 nights with the aim of initiating people to the world of accessible sailing. For only € 350 .- you will learn the basic tips of accessible sailing, have fun and enjoy an unforgettable holiday.



Phone: +34 972 830 159
info@letsgocostabrava.org
http://www.letsgocostabrava.org
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June 14, 2010

Welcome to 'Accessible tourism Sierra Luz' in Andalusia.


The center for social and accessible tourism Sierra Luz,-promoted by the association Paz y Bien- is located in the beautiful town of Cortegana (Huelva). Their facilities are designed so that the visitor may enjoy the relax, the mountain gastronomy and tourism in a natural environment. Its complete accessibility for people with reduced mobility transforms it into the first great center of this type in Andalusia. Its offer includes leisure, therapeutic, formative and tourist activities.




Facilities

Acclimatized and accessible swimming pool

One of the attractives of the complex is their covered and acclimatized great swimming pool (20 meter-long). It is provided with a ramp and a mobile crane in order to facilitate the access of people with disability, as well as showers for two heights.



Center for rehabilitation

The gym is designed according the last technology for systems of physical training, and specially designed to assist neurological, trauma, rheumatism, cardiorespiratory and functional processes.



Restaurant and Snack bar

Sierra Luz houses a restaurant and a snack bar. In the first, the visitor can enjoys the traditional plates of mountain gastronomy, in which the main dishes are the Iberian pig and the products of traditional market garden. On the other hand, the snack bar offers the visitor a space for relax and quiet conversation.



Multipurpose rooms

The complex has two multipurpose rooms to celebrate meetings of companies, congresses, exhibitions, and formative activities.



Solarium

From the terrace-solarium of the center you can enjoy the views of the castle of Cortegana and the green fields nearby.



Garden of the Senses

Chestnut trees, oaks, cork oaks, poplars, black poplars, strawberry trees, olive trees and aromatic autochthonous plants form this flower and fruit garden wrapped up by the murmur of the water of the fountains, an environment in which are located the principal building and the three rural houses. In addition to it, the diverse ruggedness of the pavements and adapted signage make possible the sensorial enjoyment of the mountain scenery to people with any kind of disability.


http://www.sierraluz.com/

June 11, 2010

OFFER SUMMER 2010 for a very accessible Hollidays. CASAS HEDDY, LANZAROTE


Casas Heddy is a rehabilitation center with hotel capability, specifically designed for people with a physical handicap. The better part of the complex is totally free of physical obstacles, making it ideal for guests in wheelchairs. All rooms are equipped with alarm in the rooms to contact the nurse in duty in case of necessity.

The prices offered here are for the period 19th june to 11th October of 2010.

Prices pr person/night:
From 19/06-11/10 2010
Only Breakfast: Individuals € 45 Groups of 10+ € 39 Groups of 20+ € 39 and 1 Free.
(For only breakfast and half board, possibility to buy lunch and/or dinner (Buffet) if desired.)
Half Board: Individuals € 52 Groups of 10+ € 46 Groups of 20+ € 46 and 1 Free.
Full Board: : Individuals € 60 Groups of 10+ € 55 Groups of 20+ € 55 and 1 Free.
These prices are for 2 guests sharing a double room (or 3 persons sharing a triple room).
Individual rooms (not sharing) have an added cost of € 15 pr day.



These prices include:
Different daytime activities, such as f.eks, physical training on land or in the pool (28 degrees centigrade). Inside pool over 32 degrees centigrade.
Physiotherapy treatment costs: 20 Euros pr. 30 minutes.
Different shows during the week (night time entertainment).
An outdoor BBQ every other Saturday, and dance every Saturday. (Not included in only Breakfast)
Excursions to Pto del Carmen, Arrecife ,to the market in Teguise and Playa Blanca with the Casas Heddy bus (specially equipped with an elevator and room for wheelchairs).
Excursions to the beach with special chairs, used to get to the water for those who might need it.
A nurse on duty 24 hrs a day.
Reception with a mini market, open from 8 am to 21 pm.
For groups over 20 persons we can arrange excursions with a guide and our special bus to all the principal sightseeing places of Lanzarote at a very cheap price.
In the case of larger groups, airport transfer with our bus will be included in the price. We take you luggage from the airport to your room so you don´t have to worry about that.




INFORMATION & RESERVATION:
Tlf: 928510016
Móvil: 639 270 115
Fax: 928 8414142
Email: karina@casasheddy.com

June 10, 2010

Your free-barrier hostel in Barcelona. Pere Tarrés Hostel.


The Pere Tarrés Hostel is a completely new building in a safe financial and shopping district in Barcelona, very close to Metro stations (L3 and L5), bus routes (6, 7, 15, 30, 33, 34, 43, 59, 63, 66, 67, 68, 75, 78) night buses (N12, N0) and the tram, and 10 minutes on foot from Sants railway station.

It has a total number of 240 beds in individual, double and 8 bed rooms. Bed linen is included in the price. Each room has a full bathroom and individual lockers. All the bedrooms are spacious and have natural light.

We also have rooms with 32 adapted beds in a building with no architectural barriers.

The Pere Tarrés Hostel has a restaurant (breakfast included in the price, lunch, dinner, picnics and café), meeting rooms, free internet, laundry facilities, fully equipped kitchen that can be freely used by hostellers, a large terrace for enjoying our magnificent climate, a ping-pong table, a large TV room and parking facilities.

The staff at the Pere Tarrés Hostel are looking forward to your arrival to make your stay an unforgettable experience. We will look after you and provide you with all the information you need about our city.

The Hostel is a member of the Red Española de Albergues Juveniles and of the International Youth Hostel Federation (IYHF)


Ideal for individuals and groups (school / college students, sports groups, families and groups of friends).
For young people from 0 to 100 years’ old!!!
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http://www.peretarres.org/alberg
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June 8, 2010

Las MEDULAS, a World Heritage Cultural Landscape



Las Médulas is a Cultural Landscape, the result of the Roman intervention in the territory over two centuries and the changes experienced in this territory up to our time. Its importance, however, goes beyond the monumental remains of Roman gold mining, as it is the product of historical changes of all types that this exploitation and domination implied.
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The inscription in December 1997 of Las Médulas in the List of World Heritage Sites meant the international recognition of a Cultural Landscape for the first time in Spain.
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Today Las Médulas is a Bien de Interés Cultural (Cultural Interest Property) as an Archaeological Zone (1996) and, as a Natural Space, recently declared a Natural Monument (2002). But, above all, Las Médulas is a Cultural Park, a dynamic reality in which the fossilised remains are articulated within a living landscape, that of our time, leading the visitor of today’s territory to the ancient territory.
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The Archaeological Information Centre, at the entrance to Las Médulas village, that was recently reformed for improving his accesibility for all, is the ideal complement to a visit to the area. Here one can find all the information necessary for an understanding of Las Médulas: the cultural landscape is placed into its historical context through maps, models and graphic reconstructions and offers another type of information that is difficult to show on site, such as mining tools or their use in the various phases of the mining system. There is also the projection of a video on the Archaeological Zone.
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http://www.fundacionlasmedulas.org
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June 2, 2010

Canary Islands Package Tours, accommodation, excursions, transfers in adapted vehicles ...


Canary Islands, the perfect destination for disabled and senior citizens ...

Sol Access Service is a team of highly qualified, multilingual professionals, with 20 years experience in accessible travel industry. We are committed to provide the best possible service and support to meet the needs, a deep knowledge of the destination and the most competitive prices in the market.

A warm welcome will be awaiting you!




Our sevices includes
-Accomodation:we offer a wide range of accessible hotels, apartments, bungalows and villas, the majority of which are equiped with a pool hoist.
-Groups: please give us your requirements and budget and we will endeavour to accomodate your needs.
-Transfers in adapted vehicles.
-Full excursion programme.
-Rental for equipment.
-Carer/assistance service.
-Car rental.
-Multilingual representatives.

At SOL ACCESS we take care of every aspect of your holiday which is tailored to your individual needs.

Sol Access Service, despite his short professional career, has managed to gain the confidence of the majority of disability associations and agencies specializing in barrier-free tourism in Europe.




SOL ACCESS SERVICE S.L.L.
C/ J. González González nº 20
38626 Valle San Lorenzo
Tlf. 922 76 51 86
Movil: 664 64 64 84
E-mail: ic@solaccessservice.com
www.solaccessservice.com
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