Accessible Madrid is reached by choosing "ALWAYS" in the home page, and then "Your Own way". There are PDF's (in Spanish) listing accessible Museums, Restaurants and Shopping Centres/Malls.

Discover Madrid. Guided Tours designed for Disabled Visitors.

The City's Tourist Board organises guided tours for people with physical, hearing and visual impairments. Disabled people who would like to discover Madrid and its stories simply have to sign up for any of the routes proposed by the Tourist Board as part of the Discover Madrid programme.

These are some of the options proposed as part of the guided tours offered by the Madrid Tourist Board in July, August and September 2007 for people who are blind or visually impaired, have hearing or physical disabilities or reduced mobility.

Visits for people with reduced mobility/physical disabilities.

During the visits, obstacles and architectural barriers have been avoided to the most possible extent. Wheel chairs must be requested for the visit beforehand.

- El Madrid de las Letras (Literary Madrid) There's a whole geography of major Spanish writers in the city. The main points of interest are the houses Cervantes lived in, the Open-air Theatres, the places that accommodated the most important printers', the churches and other places the writers visited, in an area that we can currently admire as the "Literary Quarter." Meeting Point is by the Teatro Español in Plaza Santa Ana.

Summer Calendar:
July: Saturday, the 21st, at 11 hrs
August: Saturday, the 25th, at 11 hrs
September: Saturday, the 22nd, at 11 hrs

Visits for Deaf People and People with Visual Impairments.

The Summer Visit available for these people is El Parque del Buen Retiro (Retiro Park) You'll get to know every nook and cranny of this magnificent Park. Meeting Point is at the Park's Puerta del Paseo de Coches (C/ O´Donell)

Deaf and Hearing Impaired People.
Tourist guides are accompanied by a Spanish sign language interpreter (I.L.S.E.) and carry a voice amplifier for the hard of hearing. Groups are limited to 15 people.

Summer Calendar:
July: Saturday, the 7th, at 11 hrs
August: Saturday, the 11th, at 11 hrs
Septiembre: Saturday, the 8th, at 11 hrs

Blind or Visually Impaired People.
Tourist guides carry a voice amplifier. Tourist guides have also received specialised training to work with people who have visual impairments taught by the ONCE (Spanish Blind People's Association). During the visits, obstacles and architectural barriers have been avoided to the most possible extent.

Summer Calendar:
July: Saturday, the 7th, at 11 hrs
August: Saturday, the 18th, at 11 hrs
September: Saturday, the 15th, at 11 hrs

A Guide To Madrid's Accessible Accommodation.

This is a necessary tool for everyone's enjoyment of Madrid as a tourist destination. The guide compiles over 180 capital's hotels, attending to tourists' needs when it comes to information on hearing, vision and physical accessibility and helping visitors find the place that best suits their disability (available in Spanish).

CENTRO DE TURISMO DE MADRID
PROGRAMA DESCUBRE MADRID
Plaza Mayor, 27.
28012 Madrid
Tel. 91 588 29 06 / 91 588 16 36
www.esmadrid.com
E-mail: descubremadrid@munimadrid.es

 

 

Rebecca Arce