Adapted Balloon trips over La Garrotxa (Catalonia) since 1992.

Balloon trips only over La Garrotxa since 1992.
Flights all year round, on Saturdays and Sundays, and also on weekdays.

We lift off with the first morning light. Flight time takes 1h to 1.5h. Champagne and crackling pancake are served during the trip, followed by lunch consisting of roasted sausage and beans from Santa Pau, and bread with tomato spread on top served with an assortment of cured sausages.

Baskets with doors are available and highly recommendable for senior citizens as they grant easy access.


If mobility is an issue, Vol de Coloms is waiting for you with wide-open doors.
Disability-adapted basket. With door for wheelchair easy access. A caféteria service with WC in the very take-off area will be available shortly. Tracking vehicle also fully adapted for the disabled.



http://www.voldecoloms.cat/skin/default.aspx

Bodega Finca Manzanos - 120 years of history in Navarra

Bodega Finca Manzanos, a family business devoted to the production of Rioja wine, has occupied an exceptional viewpoint over the cradle of Rioja Qualified Denomination of Origin wine, right where the waters of the Rivers Ebro and Ega meet, since 2002. This natural balcony in the Navarrese village of Azagra is a unique, outstandingly fertile location, well worth a visit.

Heir of the Rioja Qualified Denomination of Origin winemaking tradition, the winery is the fruit of the work, effort and experience of five generations of winemakers from the Fernández de Manzanos family. Like a golden treasure, Finca Manzanos has taken up the family tradition and transformed it to create the 'Winery of the XXI century'.

Making full use of the opportunities that new technologies have to offer, Finca Manzanos is a modern, different kind of winery. The goal was to take the leap from winemaking to wine tourism and open the winery to the general public. Certified by Equalitas Vitae, it is the first winery approved for visits by people with disabilities.

The family business is now headed by Guillermina Roldán and her sons Víctor and David Fernández de Manzanos, who keep the memory, enthusiasm and expertise of their husband and father Víctor Fernández de Manzanos Pastor truly alive. This Website is a tribute to him and his work.

http://www.fincamanzanos.com

Casa Arroal in the land of Salamanca at the Natural Park of Batuecas.

In the land of Salamanca one of the beautiful places in Spain, the well Known Natural Park of Batuecas. One of the towns that conform this natural park is Sotoserrano where Casa Arroal is located.

This natural enclave in a mountanious zone, filled with vegetation with pretty forests and hidden valleys, all surounded by numerousus rivers.

Casa Arroal is accessible on whellchair and has an adapted room with adapted bathroom.


http://www.arroal.com
arroal@arroal.com
923422005 / 610648359

Proposed trip to Aran Valley in the Pyrenees.

Surrounded by mountains of more than 3.000 meters and a caracteristic Atlantic climate, the Valle de Arán is one of the most beautiful resorts in the Pirinees.

Cultural peculiarities such as language and cuisine makes a visit in the valley any time of the year very interesting and offers a wide selection of activities bonding with nature.

Ample open air activities such as ski, rafting, cannoeing, paragliding, horse riding, hunting, fishing are available, as well as cultural excursions to monuments and churches representative of Aránese Romanesque art..




The Aparthotel El Refugi d'Aran is situated in Viella, in the heart of the Arán Valley, on the banks of the River Garona and 100 mts. from the sports center 'Palacio de Hielo" ('Palace of Ice', which includes an ice-skating rink) and 12 Km from Baquiera Beret . With a select interior decoration foliowing the traditional architecture "Aránes", the hotel consists of 48 spacious and comfortable apartments, fully equipped with double bedroom, living room, kitchen, bathroom, television and central heating.

The Aparthotel is wheelchair accessible.

Restaurant, cafeteria, meeting room are located on the ground floor with accessible routes.
Parking is outside the building and there are two reserved places (2.40 x 5.00) for people with reduced mobility.


http://www.elrefugiodearan.com/

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

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/

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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The Alcazar of Segovia (World Heritage City)

The Alcazar of Segovia (World Heritage City) is one of the most important monuments of Segovia, Spain, which stands on a hill at the confluence of the rivers and Clamores Eresma.
The Alcazar is accessible to persons with reduced mobility by providing ramps at all main floor (entrance, throne room, royal bedroom, patio and other rooms).



http://www.alcazardesegovia.com/

Other accesible places to see in segovia

The beach Santa Marina in Rivadesella (Asturias) is now accessible for all.

Santa Marina is a "good example" of the road must be traveled to achieve "basic levels of accessibility 'for all people, said yesterday the head of the Asturian Agency for Disability, Javier Antuña. A few months ago the City purchased a new vehicle to facilitate access to the beach to people who use wheelchairs or have disabilities. It is a model "MR," Caterpillar ", with seat platform on which to anchor the wheelchair, belt and a simple control panel for the person who is responsible for its management. "We came to Ribadesella because we wanted to see this device so new that there is not any other beach in Asturias," said Antunes. The Asturian Agency for Disability subsidized the purchase of the car, which cost about 14,000 euros.

"It offers many guarantees and is safe," said Antuna, after giving a short ride with the contraption, which led the mayor riosellano, Ramon Canal. "They will adapt quite well to the service for which you are thinking," the director said, adding that it would be interesting also to consider their use of forest roads and even visits to the snow, since it has the capacity to explore different types of surfaces . "It is very important that tourism start thinking about the disabled to provide quality services," said Antunes. The director is convinced that the beaches of Asturias are working to improve accessibility but the sands of the South take advantage because 'have long been working in this field. "

Santa Marina Beach is the only Bay of Biscay which has a European certificate Aenor global accessibility, awarded in September 2008. The award certifies the site as ideal for access to all users, both people with disabilities and those without any kind of disability but who benefit from the services.

"We want to keep the certificate and improve," said the mayor riosellano. For Ramon Canal, investment in this type of facility is "a good initiative" and expect a high level of demand for the service over the summer. The beach and had a "anfibugui" that allows the toilet for the disabled with greater mobility problems, but it was necessary to facilitate access to the water. "We found that was very challenging to reach the shore with their wheelchairs and others," Channel said, adding that the new vehicle solves that issue and "low and rises from the sand with no problems."

The vehicle needs a person responsible for their management and effective will be the Red Cross who will take over handling. "We are in negotiations with the Red Cross to conduct the rescue of our beaches this summer," announced the Mayor. So far, the City was responsible for first aid service of the sands, but has decided to request the Red Cross because he has "great experience, can do better and we will cost the same," he acknowledged Canal.

The council has since last December a comprehensive municipal accessibility plan, a detailed guide with recommendations for conditioning spaces and services in the area so they can access and enjoy them all citizens, without exceptions. The paper analyzes in detail the accessibility of public spaces, buildings and other services like banks, sports facilities and exhibition halls. The town already has measures in this regard, in addition to the beach of Santa Marina, as the historical route by the artist Antonio Mingote on the promenade of the crane, which features panels with braille texts and speech.


http://www.lne.es/oriente/2010/04/24/santa-marina-accesible/905471.html

http://www.desdeasturias.com

Marina Alta (Alicante) - Adapted Natural Areas

La Marina Alta (Alicante) will become the leader of the Mediterranean region in tourism of natural areas suitable for people with disabilities ....

La Marina Alta (Alicante) will become the leader of the Mediterranean region in tourism of natural areas suitable for people with disabilities. The Government is working on a project to harness the tourism potential of a region that, according to official data, receives more than six million visitors a year.

The idea is to create a network of themed routes suitable for people with disabilities can enjoy the countryside. Thus, in the Montgo Natural Park, one of the largest protected areas in the region, four itineraries are enabled.

One will be the tour Camí de Dénia between the Colony and the Cova del Camell, suitable for those wishing to explore the different species of Montgo. Another route, between Torre del Gerro and Molinos de la Plana de San Jeronimo, Xàbia combines botanical values and cultural elements. In third place was immersed in the architectural heritage of recreational area of windmills. The last of the routes between the port of Javea and the Cabo de San Antonio, noted for his landscapes and coastal ecosystems.

In all these routes will be implemented wooden platforms so that the paths are accessible, adapted viewpoints for visitors to enjoy the panoramic and tactile elements are enabled by the system 'braille' for people with visual impairments can distinguish natural elements.

Also expected to incorporate security features, mainly ropes and barriers, to make walking in the right conditions and infrastructure adapted to promote navigation.


The itineraries are designed based on three axes: they are tailored to the needs of people with disabilities, who have a low level of difficulty, especially in forest areas, which are characterized by their high ecological value visual. Another factor considered was the combination of terrestrial, coastal and submarines.

Also in another of the natural parks of the Marina Alta, the Marsh of Pego-Oliva, Consell strategy proposed routes and Racons Bullent rivers. The objective of this enclave is that by suitable boats, be possible to navigate these rivers that separate the marsh from the sea. This proposal is complemented with tourism linked to bird watching and educational itineraries for the marsh, which would explain to visitors the significance of the landscapes of rice.

Another project they are working from the Social Welfare Department is to ensure that the marinas of Marina Alta include sailing courses for people with disabilities.

RONDA (Malaga - Andalucia), a City for All

"Ronda, a City for All." Turismo de Ronda works for the City of Tajo river become an affordable destination for people with disabilities ....

Worldwide, 600 million people with disabilities, in Europe there are around 50 million and Spain has four million. In Ronda, 10% of the population falls in this group. "It is a tourist with a medium and high purchasing power and a lot of free time to travel." This has described the Councillor for Tourism, Maribel Morales. However, it is not just an economic issue but also social: "The disabled person looking for autonomy, the possibility of touring without relying on another person to the extent possible," said the mayor of Ronda, aware that the effort in accessibility gives more quality for tourism in the city.

This is an emerging sector of the first magnitude that brings together people with permanent disability (mental, sensory and physical), temporary disabilities and people over 60 years, which have increased in recent years their participation in the tourism market. Have much free time, substantial economic rents and great desire to travel, which also contributes to the seasonal break. With this background, it is not surprising that the tourism industry is striving to be accessible.

The International Tourism Fair (FITUR) showcased for the first visible efforts on accessibility. Thus, the delegation showed the foreground Ronda tourist city for blind people using Braille.
Similarly, the group of people with disabilities will soon have a guide that lets you know the level of accessibility of monuments, restaurants, hotels, streets, shops ... It is the result of diagnosis made by the Royal Board on Disability for the council. We analyzed 142 sections of streets in the historic district, 23 hotels, 52 restaurants and 24 monuments.

In this sense, it would be interesting to install a new tourist information point in the historic center, so that people with disabilities to have the plane in Braille or the Accessibility Guide, for example. A second tourist information office, to share the work with the one located at Blas Infante, may be a good idea. Between the Plaza Duquesa de Parcent and the District of San Francisco could be a strategic point. It is almost inconceivable that a tourist who has a disability have to move to Blas Infante to get this information after landing in the city through the bus station or the different car parks, mostly away from the historic center, and walk several streets to connect with the tourist circuit.


Mobile Application
When approaching a deaf person to a monument or area of interest can be downloaded on your mobile or portable device a video in which a sign language interpreter will provide information Spanish. It is another initiative by Turismo de Ronda, S. A. To be realized. The hearing impaired can download an interactive visual guide to your own mobile using wireless technology. The videos would have a duration of two to three minutes and would be subtitled. The new technologies thus play a key role to achieve real integration of the collective.
Ronda The delegation also plans to design a tourist route fully adapted for disabled people in the Old Town. This will include miniature reproductions in bronze of the main monuments with inscriptions in Braille that blind people can read.

Arab Baths and “Acinipo”
As for the monuments, Morales has referred to the work done to make available the Arab Baths, the best preserved thermal complex in Spain (fourteenth century). Historically, the back of the monument has been closed to the public and now can be visited. Space has been extended towards the visitor and recovered the wheel, in the old system used for the abstraction of water, and tanneries, where the skins were treated.

In the same way, Acinipo could become the primary site accessible for people with disabilities. The Minister for Tourism, with whom the mayor Ronda will meet in the coming weeks, and showed his interest in this project and now the rest of initiatives.

On the other hand, have already been awarded the work to build the first youth hostel in Ronda, a building that will join the tourism infrastructure and will be fully accessible to persons with disabilities. The project will be a pioneer, as the mayor of Tourism. The intention of the Town Council that the group is also occupy the jobs being generated. The hostel has 15 rooms and be built next to the IES Martin Rivero.
On the other hand, the Consistory has reserved 300,000 euros for the second regional measure against crisis (Protect plan) to the elimination of architectural barriers. This project joins municipal intention of creating a Centre for Disability and accessibility training momentum.

Finally, the Councillor for Tourism Cities Project has pointed out H and A, which aim to achieve a comprehensive and structured action of the City of Ronda, Cuenca, Castiglion Fiorentino (Italy) and Landerneau (France) and companies in these cities involved in the sector tourism and are interested in working accessibility. Morales has referred to upcoming meetings with officials from these cities. The latest edition of Fitur also served to recover the twinning with Cuenca.
In short, it seems that for some time, city leaders have echoed the harshest critics of the tourism industry has always pointed to the need to diversify supply. New segments such as wine, nature tourism, with the addition of the potential of the region, tourism conferences and meetings, and now the bid to become accessible destination, tourism fuel the preponderance of Ronda in the sector.


http://www.turismoderonda.es/

Garajonay National Park (La Gomera -Canary Islands)

"At only a short distance from the desert-like coasts of the Sahara, the rugged highlands of the island of La Gomera in the Canaries are the final refuge of one of the most unusual and emblematic woodlands in Spain. The almost permanent shroud of mists rising from the Ocean and hanging on the mountains impregnates them with moisture and freshness, and favours the miraculous survival of these splendid and mysterious forests, the last remaining vestige of the ancestral subtropical woodlands which covered the Mediterranean area millions of years ago."

Elderly people and Dependent visits Garajonay National Park
This was stated today in a statement the president of the insular institution, Casimiro Curbelo, who states that are already scheduled the activities of this exercise, since the corporation island coordinates the area of Social Affairs.
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The initiative is launched in March, will last until September and includes hiking trails, a day of coexistence and a theatrical performance that will have the Garajonay central axis.
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The goal is for all people, no age limits or physical disability, have equal opportunities to learn about the Park and, through knowledge, participate in conservation.
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It also seeks to support and facilitate the means to ensure that all people with difficulties to reach the park, working with associations and centers for disabled people, promote social inclusion, removing barriers and develop an educational educational, entertaining and direct contact with the environment.
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Action addressed are children and adults with physical or mental disabilities, which will offer all-terrain chairs, allowing them to navigate the trails, still with the help of his companions.
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In addition, provide transportation to the meeting points and guides that will guide the tours.
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The routes, all with an estimated duration of 3 to 4 hours, will begin March 26 with a tour that will stretch from Las grow up to the hermitage of the Beeches, and three other proposals continue to go from Pajarito to the Los Norway, from Dark Reventón to the Hermitage of El Cedro, and from Pajarito to Contadero.
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"The story of the little fish Pedrito, who decides to lower the stream of El Cedro towards the sea and coexistence scheduled for June complete the program so far defined, and in which the council guarantees the participation of the users of the center disabled.
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From the National Park and the insular institution stresses the importance of bringing the island's natural wealth to all people, without any differences.
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The initiative has already taken place successfully last year and linked to the objectives of the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism, which has won La Gomera and which also involved the council and National Park.
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http://reddeparquesnacionales.mma.es/en/parques/garajonay/home_parque_garajonay.htm
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http://barrera-cero.com/index.php?option=com_jreviews&Itemid=267&lang=en

Adapted Balloon trips only over La Garrotxa (Catalunya)

If mobility is an issue, Vol de Coloms is waiting for you with wide-open doors.

Disability-adapted basket. With door for wheelchair easy access. A caféteria service with WC in the very take-off area will be available shortly. Tracking vehicle also fully adapted for the disabled.

It is strictly necessary for every wheelchair user to have an extra passenger accompanying them all along the flight

Should you wish to spend the night prior to the flight locally, a specially adapted package is also available

http://www.voldecoloms.cat

Catalonia, tourism for everyone - Accessible establishments and destinations.

http://www.turismeperatothom.com/en/

The Catalan tourism sector is promoting accessibility, thereby giving reality to the principle that persons with disabilities deserve equal conditions in a pluralistic and respectful society

In this web you can find 19 accessible destinations which offer a full range of adapted tourist resources so that everyone has the chance to enjoy Catalonia's important cultural heritage, its impressive landscapes, its rich gastronomy, and even sporting activities.

One stretch of the "Camino de Santiago" is now Accessible.

One of the most innovatory and original bet from the “Junta de Castilla y Leon” to enhance the “Camino de Santiago” on the occasion of the celebration in 2010 of the Jacobean Holy Year is the adequacy of a small section of the route to the requirements of accessibility for people with limited capacity, mainly but not exclusively, with problems of reduced vision.


According to reports “La crónica de Leon”, the Board, through the Natural Heritage Trust of Castilla y Leon has already awarded a work destined to become accessible to disabled people such a stretch of road which will start from “La Cruz de Ferro” monument that leads to the El Bierzo region that descends to the towns of Molinaseca and Ponferrada.


The total budget for this work, which includes a number of other jobs on the road as it passes through Leo, consisting of carrying out tree planting, construction of rest areas and ships with boxes for horses, amounting to nearly one million euros (939,291 euros). Within the set of measures proposed include the construction in the vicinity of the Cruz de Ferro a small car park for disabled.


Also act on two sections of the route, one of another 100 meters and 150 meters where the current slope is 8% too high for the handling of wheelchairs and other types of transport for people with disabilities. It seeks to correct the slope until it was at 6%, as the best technical estimate of these transit vehicles and placing curbs on the sides delimiting the path.


Finally, for the visually impaired identify the different break points of the route, carry out the placement of a wooden beam cross the road. The end result will be a section adapted to a length of 980 meters, very modest beginning, considering that the Camino de Santiago has all the way over 800 miles, half of which run through the lands of Castile and Leon and over 200 in the province of Leon.


The initiative of the Natural Heritage Trust and the Junta de Castilla y Leon is worthy of being highlighted, and the fact that the first stretch of the Camino de Santiago accessible for disabled people in Castilla y Leon is located precisely in the region of Bierzo also should be a source of pride and satisfaction for this region.


There is still a lot of work to be done, since the Camino de Santiago has many black spots and very dangerous crosses several roads in the Community, in the province and in the Bierzo, but something is started. Perhaps it is not unreasonable to think that the next Year of St James, in 2021, all or most dela Pilgrim's Way is tailored to the disabled.


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Can you imagine a free vacation without barriers?

http://intercambiodecasasinbarreras.com/index.php?idioma=US

The vacation you can imagine are now possible. As simple as exchanging your house with people who have the same accessibility needs to yours. An Invitation for practical dreamers. Imagine, no matter where you are, you could visit a place and immediately feel at home.

Regardless of language or culture, finding people, organizations, services or any other opportunity to meet any community or country, maintaining the same level of life you have in your environment, making friends and more cheaply.

You can check here accessible things to do and see in Spain

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