Trier
Are you planning to go on holiday in the region near Trier? If so, then a visit to Porta Libertas is a must.
Wheelchair users in particular will find extensive accessibility info on accommodation, recreation and all sorts of public buildings. Other destinations in the Eifel are also shown. The information on www.portalibertas.de is available in German.
Erfurt
The website www.erfurt-tourismus.de/cms/website.php is filled with objectively verified and detailed accessibility information on this city in the middle of Germany. The website also provides concise information in English.
Not only is the accessibility of lodging discussed in detail (“Übernachten” section in the horizontal toolbar), but restaurants, objects of interest, theatres, sports centres and even public toilets (“Erfurt erlebbar für Alle” section in the vertical toolbar) will no longer hold any secrets after a visit to the site! The site provides useful information for wheelchair users, deaf persons, the hearing impaired and the visually impaired. Information available in German.
Cross-border
Is your list of visits to Saarland, Luxembourg or Metz and surroundings (F) urgently in need of expansion?
Then be sure to have a look at the site www.saarland.the/820.htm and download the brochure “Barrierefreier Tourismus für alleCW”.
This French and German language brochure, the result of collaboration between Saarland and Luxembourg, gives you extensive information on the accessibility of parks, diverse attractions, recreational areas, etc.
This is an interesting source especially for wheelchair users.
NatKo
On holiday in German-speaking Europe? NatKo, the central contact point for accessible tourism in Germany, offers inspiration with the website www.natko.de. In the “Reiseinfos” section you can search on the basis of your personal requirements for useful tips about everything you need for a great holiday: accessible transport, medical aids, accommodation, assistance, culture and relaxation,… The database offers information on the whole world, but in reality Germany, Austria and Switzerland are documented the best. This information is based on personal tips from visitors and contributions from the business owners. The “Lesetipps” section contains various useful links to external publications, some of which you can download directly. The “Tourismus für Alle” section offers background information, as well as suggestions for tourists with an impairment. Walkers and nature-lovers will certainly find something to their taste in the “Tourismus für Alle - in Naturparken” overview. If you flick right through to the end of the page, you will find the practical walking guide. Everything is ‘selbstverständlich’ available in German.
Accessible Leipzig
Leipzig’s tourism department has published a brochure called “Barrierefrei Leipzig”. Using icons and practical information the Paris of the East introduces itself to every visitor with an impairment. It is a useful source for deaf and hearing-impaired tourists and for people with a motory disability. You can pick up the document in pdf format by clicking on this link. The information is available in German.
Barrier-free travel
Germany's Barrierefreier Tourismus (BBTeV- Barrier-free Tourism) points the way for integrating accessibility into tourism. This offers an appetite-whetting survey of the opportunities for travelling with a disability in Germany and elsewhere and is focused in particular on independent travelling ideas. The association has joined forces with professionals from the tourist and tourism training industry to help promote accessible travelling opportunities. This German association may not have launched into cyberspace until 2005, but its site is already has a lot of offer: www.bbtev.de. Information in German.
Tips and trips
The German tourist service has many useful links and other news for handicapped travellers, all to be found on one site: www.deutschland-tourismus.de/DEU/infocenter/barrierefreies_reisen.htm. Travel guides, transport, places of interest, lodgings and activities are being looked at through ‘glasses of accessibility’.
Available in German.
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You can find all kinds of accessibility info about this destination here (see also Travel Info and Links: International).
