A SEA WITHOUT BARRIERS. VALENCIA

Once completed the restoration and adaptation of the 12 meter long motor boat "Sirenita" by the foundation "A Sea Without Barriers", people with reduced mobility will have the chance to enjoy tourist sailing tours in Valencian harbour....

 

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 ACCESSIBLE PARIS AND ILE-DE-FRANCE.

The "Tourisme et Handicap" label was first launched in 2001 by the Ministry of Tourism, this national label provides reliable information on disabled access at tourist sites and amenities, considering the four principal types of disability (physical, visual, hearing and mental impairments)....

 

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 ZAFRA. BADAJOZ.

Barriers in the recently opened Santa Clara Museum have been eliminated to make this building and its contents accessible to people with reduced mobility and wheelchair users....

 

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 PALACIO LEBRIJA. SEVILLA.

This amazing and magnificent palace, located in the shopping district, has only been open to the public on a regular basis since July 2003. The wheelchair accessible ground floor is worth a visit....

 

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 WHALE & DOLPHIN MUSEUM. LANZAROTE.

The Canarian Cetacean Museum (Museo de Cetáceos de Canarias) PRM and wheelchair accessible, offers visitors the chance to discover intriguing lifestyle of dolphins and whales....

 

 

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 GUEST WRITER
   MESSAGE FROM SATH FOUNDER
   Opening Remarks at the First SATH World Congress
   January 1997
   Murray Vidockler.
   Sath Founder (Society for Accessible Travel & Hospitality)

For years the travel industry organizations tried to avoid dealing with the problems that travellers with disabilities presented, but, even before the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act, they had begun to see that this was an opportunity that they could no longer ignore....

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NEWS IN BRIEF

" LLEIDA. PAERIA MUSEUM, ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE WITH REDUCED      MOBILITY."

" TENERIFE. ADAPTED & ACCESSIBLE CHILDREN'S PLAYGROUND. "