December 30, 2010
December 15, 2010
Bars and restaurants without gluten in Spain
Every time we travel or need to eat out that we face a restaurant to go, where to buy bread or products suitable for coeliacs, that hotel has a restaurant or lodging and prepared with the necessary skills to safely consume their products.
ViajarSinGluten.com created with the aim to facilitate this work report of the restaurants, hotels, cottages, campgrounds, shops ... etc. that offer gluten-free products.
November 10, 2010
SADIV accessible tourism in Lanzarote the island of volcans.
Lanzarote is a special experience for the senses, especially in terms of sight and sound, which capture these impossible formations in the landscape and the silence which fills you with peace. A Biosphere Reserve, the island also boasts a Marine Reserve, a National Park and 12 natural protected areas: this is a treasure for those who like to spend their leisure time in natural settings, enjoying the sunshine along with the fresh sea air. In the island of the volcanoes you will see, as in nowhere else, the extent to which the volcanic origin of a land influences the lives of its inhabitants. In agricultural settings of great beauty, you will discover how the peasants of Lanzarote worked with nature, in order to survive, and developed a unique system of cultivation that made it possible for them to grow excellent products in an apparently sterile land, where crops are cultivated below a covering of black volcanic sand.
http://www.turismolanzarote.com/en/index.jsp
Although Lanzarote is on its way to the wheelchair accessibility, there are still many challenges at the infrastructure level. We in Sadiv are firmly committed to open the island to all the tourist, no matter what their needs or limitations are by offering our services.
That is why the idea of offering our services to all, using the best technical support and human resources to help open the path to the accessible tourism in Lanzarote.
TARGET AUDIENCE:
• disabled persons
• elderly
• people with temporary disability (due to accident or illness)
• families in difficult situations
• In general people with difficulties to cope with their daily routines
ABOUT US
We are a team of professionals with social-health vocation, special training and years of experience.We are ready to provide the best care adapted to each indivudal´s situation. Our main goal is to offer the best service to tourist who come to our island whatever the degree od dependence, the situation or needs are. We know how to help to make the stay on Lanzarote an unforgettable experience.
Sadiv aims to:
o help you enjoy the time of your vacation
o avoiding the isolation of elderly or disabled in the hotel or resort
o increasing the autonomy of both, dependent and their relatives
o giving the security for people fearing travelling alone because of physical or mental problems
o Providing the personal assistance in order to relieve the stress of regular caregivers
o Accompaniyng in the hotel, on the island, enjoying the sxwimming pool, the beach, etc.
O Making the elderly sure that they are being safe and well cared of
SERVICES PROVIDED:
• Personal assistance:
- getting up
- showering, bathing
- getting dressed, changed
- shaving
- helping to prepare maels, eat
- getting up and down the stairs
- etc.
• Tecnical items: electric hoist, wheelchairs, etc.
October 18, 2010
ApartaHotel Silver your home in Barcelona
Aparthotel Silver is one of the recommended accessible establishments in Barcelona. We offer our customers a lovely stay thanks to our constant renovation and PRICES THAT ARE ALWAYS VERY ATTRACTIVE.
Aparthotel Silver work with a single objective: for you to feel at home with us.
Aparthotel Silver is located in a very central, but quiet, area of the city (we are in the neighbourhood of Gracia, which many have termed the ‘Barcelona Greenwich Village’) very close to the main shopping and business streets and the architectural routes of Modernism (Gaudí) and only a few minutes in metro from the historic centre of the city and the beach. The hotel is surrounded by restaurants, cinemas, all types of shops, supermarkets.
There is also a full range of different public transportation options to move anywhere quickly around this great city. The FONTANA metro stop (line 3) is at our doorstep, which will leave you in the historic centre (Plaza Catalunya, La Rambla, etc.) in only 10 minutes.
Accessibility
The entrance is reached by a ramp.
The suite room is adapted, is a very large room. In the bathroom the shower has a step, a mobile ramp is available at the hotel, inside there is a shower seat and the toilet has grab bars. There is only one adapted room.
The price is the same as a standard room when it is for a person with a disability.
Calle Bretón de los Herreros,26 - 08012 BARCELONA (SPAIN)
Tel: +34 932 189 100 - Fax: + 34 934 161 447
Skype: hotelsilver - Mail: reservations@hotelsilver.com
http://www.hotelsilver.com
Links:
Accessible Barcelona
Le guide de Barcelone accessible (FR)
Barcelona - Guía de la Barcelona Accesible
September 14, 2010
An integration tournament for all abilities - able-bodied and disabled golfers. International Mar y Sol Open 2010
Organized by the Mar y Sol Hotel and sponsored by a range of companies, who support this project in the Canaries, the organizers anticipate able-bodied and disabled players from England, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Switzerland, Austria, Holland and of course from Spain.
All competitors have a recognized golfing handicap and all golfers – able-bodied and disabled - play to “The Rules of Golf”, as legislated by the R&A in Scotland.
The climate and surroundings of Tenerife and the collaboration of the Amarilla Golf & Country Club and Mar y Sol Hotel, are pleased to offer their facilities for this mixed ability event – The International Mar y Sol Open 2010.
More info: http://www.golfopen-marysol.com
September 2, 2010
"Los Pocillos" an accessible beach in Lanzarote (Canary Islands)
This is one of the most renowned beaches in Tías, having once again been awarded a EU Blue Flag due to its outstanding quality. The beach is 1.230 ms long and 150 ms wide and is conveniently equipped. It is surrounded by an attractive promenade with a cycle-path, ideal for walking, cycling or simply seeing the art sculptures disseminated through the coast of Puerto del Carmen. It also has plenty of quiet and romantic corners. Images of this golden sand coast surrounded by an intense blue sea have been seen all through Europe and attracted thousands of tourists each year.
Close to the Pocillos beach a number of diving schools offer persons with limited mobility the chance to visit the seabed, a unique experience.
Pocillos is an accessible beach…ALL, without exception, can enjoy the beach in a convenient and safe way. The Tías municipality has equipped the beach with all necessary facilities and equipment:
1. Parking area close to the beach, with reserved parking places
These reserved places are signalled with graphic indications on the pavement and in vertical position. They are located in front of Playa de las Naciones. From this area up to the beach there are no barriers.
2. Signposts for accessible route, accessible beach and services are under way now and shall be placed soon
This way all persons shall be informed about access by car to the beach and fully accessible routes for wheelchair-users.
3. Accessible route
The pedestrian route that connects the town centre with the beach is now adapted after physical barriers were removed in public ways and the sea promenade. Pedestrian crossings in the area immediately connected with the accessible entry to the beach are also adapted.
4. Fixed, wood-made walkways
These are about 2,10 ms wide and 51 ms long, complemented with non-fixed, roll-up routes that lead to the seashore. Pocillos beach has a number of these walkways, from Playa de las Naciones up to the wet sand area. Wheelchairs can turn around in the rest area. The size of this area allows for parking of wheelchairs and transfers to and from adapted wheel- and amphibious chairs.
5. Roll-up walkways
These are to be found in the wet sand zone and allow direct access to the sea for persons with limited mobility. They are 1,20 ms wide and 21 ms long.
6. Shaded rest area
The beach is equipped with an adapted platform that allows persons with limited mobility to access rest areas.
7. Toilets and Showers
Adapted toilets and showers can be reached via the accessible route. The beach is equipped with four public adapted WCs and two showers with folding seats, present in Playa de las Naciones and Playa de Los Jameos.
8. Surveillance and first-aid area
This are is next to the accessible beach area and allows assistance to swimmers. Emerlan assists chair users through its staff of lifeguards and its volunteers.
9. Safe bath area
Lifeguards have the resources and aids for persons with limited mobility to access the sea in a proper way, including floating wheelchairs. Lifeguards have in place a system to help bathers leave the water when they have finished their bath and especially for emergency cases.
ADAPTED TOILET
Adapted toilet service in the Pocillos beach.
The Tías municipality has now strengthened the service for toilet access and accompaniment to the sea for persons with limited mobility, and this service shall be extended during the summer season. This services is targeted at elderly persons and persons with mobility problems, with its quality ensured by the team of lifeguards.
This system is available to all residents and tourists wishing to book amphibious chairs. This can be done by directly contacting lifeguards in the beach, without an appointment. This service is currently free of charge, available 365 days a year from 11.00 till 17.00.
Disability aids include aquatic chairs that ensure highly safe access to the sea.
Children and persons with intellectual disabilities should be accompanied by an adult.
Near accomodations:Bungalows Nautilus
More information about accessible Lanzarote: link
September 1, 2010
Around 600 disabled people enjoy the sea on the accessible beaches at the Balear Islands
About 600 people with disabilities have enjoyed this summer in the Balear Sea the "beach access" available to disabled swimmers offered by "Cruz Roja".
As explained the regional director of Cruz Roja Emergency Relief, Victoria Avella, persons with disabilities receive physical help, for the entrance to the beach, in the use of showers and the locker room and during the bath.
In this sense, the user is helped by the rescuer to access the amphibious wheelchairs or anfibuggys "entitled to the bathroom for people with reduced mobility, and during the time that remains in the sea the person receives a constant help.
For a better security, in the main beaches of Palma (Playa de Palma, Cala Estancia, Can Pere Antoni, and Cala Major Garden City) there are areas defined for these users bath.
A new service also offered by the Red Cross is accompanying blind people.
The service must be requested 24 hours in advance, a lifeguard takes the user through the bus stop, taxi or desired meeting point, accompanies him during his stay at the beach and then to where it tells you .
But the most original service, completely new in the Balear lands, carried out by the Ibiza Town Hall, in collaboration with ONCE, which was implemented on the beach of Talamanca the system known as " audioplaya "
The beach has a point of bathroom accessible for blind and visually impaired, equipped with a voice information system that allows them to be guided in the environment as well as knowing the water depth and the distance you are from shore .
It also has a number of buoys that help the user to deposit their belongings, each marked with a symbol touch.
With this system the Talamanca beach becomes the first of the islands completely accessible for blind and visually impaired.
The system of audioplaya was implemented for the first time on the beaches of Valencia and also runs in Melilla, Malaga and Almeria.
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