New Zealand
Within the Bays B&B, Whitianga
Within the Bays is a purpose built Bed & Breakfast accommodation with two modern guest rooms - each with its own private balcony/patio. We offer peaceful and quiet accommodation on a private road, the ideal location to relax and explore the beautiful Coromandel Peninsula. The front door and extra wide hallway provide easy access. Most internal doors are sliding and there are no barriers to negotiate. The bathroom has a wheel in shower with fold down seat and grip rail. There is a low hand basin for easy use from a chair and there is also a grip rail next to the toilet. The Bay View Room has easy to operate remote controls for lights, television and curtain operation.
www.withinthebays.co.nz
Tel: 0064 7 8662848 Email: info@withinthebays.co.nz
Poland
A list of accessible hotels in Poland, including Warsaw and Krakow – look for this sign:
www.niepelnosprawni.pl/ledge/x/7575
Portugal
Casa Tinkerbell, Algarve, Portugal
Quiet and relaxing house in a natural park, able to accommodate 6 wheelchair users with an annex that can be used by the helpers. Good for children and older people, from June to September. Buggy on the beach nearby, no parking problem, restaurants, pharmacy, shopping centre all with accessibility, and friendly atmosphere. Recommendations can be given on request.
www.casatinkerbell.com
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Tel: 00351 282 639440 Email: casa-tinkerbell@mail.telepac.pt
Quinta Dos Sonhos - (House of Dreams)
Holiday villa in the Algarve.
www.vivendas.co.uk
Tel: 01747 853505 Email: Use contact form on website
Villa Casa da Eira, Algarve
Wheelchair accessible villa in the Algarve, Portugal.
www.villas-algarve.co.uk
Tel: 01530 833690 Email: Use contact form on website
Spain
Accessible Apartments
We take great pleasure in welcoming you to our wheelchair accessible apartments and the delightful Orange Blossom Coast of Spain. Quite a combination! Fully accessible ground floor, air conditioned beach front apartment in unspoilt Spain.
www.accessibleapartments.co.uk
Tel: 01452 740303 Email: info@accessibleapartments.co.uk
Carefree Holidays
Small family run farmhouse complex in Spain offering fully wheelchair accessible accommodation. Half board or self catering. The area enjoys an annual average of 20°C and 320 sunny days per year making it an ideal place to escape the British winter climate.
www.carefreespain.com
Tel: 0034 968 437010 Email: info@carefreespain.com
Casa Capaz, Playa Flamenca, Near Torrevieja
Casa Capaz offers all-inclusive holidays with 24-hour supported care for people with learning disabilities. Also Home Care, Respite Holidays and Short Breaks. An Escorted Travel Service can be provided for small groups.
www.casacapaz.com
Tel: 0871 218 1090 Email: mail@casacapaz.com
Casa del Lago Holidays, Malaga One bedroom holiday apartment with pool, sleeps 4/5. Fully adapted and equipped to a very high standard, hydraulic bed, hoist, seahorse and ordinary shower chairs, raised loo seat, handrails etc. Pool hoist. Wheelchair adapted minibus for free airport transfers and hire.Care, (by UK qualified nurses) catering and activities packages available. http://www.casa-del-lago-holidays.com/
Tel: 0034 952 495 234 Email: enquiries@casa-del-lago-holidays.com
Casa de Sueño
A luxury 3 bed 2 bath villa with private pool offering full wheelchair access to villa pool and gardens situated on the Costa Blanca in Spain. This property is owned by a T1/2 paraplegic of 34 years and was designed by a paraplegic. It is fully accessible for wheelchair users.
www.accessvillaspain.com
Tel: 01900 67280 Email: info@accessvillaspain.com
The Colina Club, Calpe
The Colina Club retirement village was opened in 1991 to serve the English speaking community, providing a comfortable and healthy retirement home in a superb location - Calpe, on the Costa Blanca, Spain.
Tel: 965 83 5226
Cortijo la Loma, Granada
Wheelchair accessible holiday accommodation in rural Granada, Spain. Complete with private and accessible swimming pool, inspected and approved by the Andalucian Office of Tourism: registered as Superior Rural Accommodation.
Cortijo la Loma (Granero). Accommodation: "Granero" - sleeps 5, is wheelchair accessible, has an accessible and private swimming pool and has an accessible ensuite bathroom complete with a roll - in shower.
Cortijo la Loma (Villa). Accommodation: "Villa" - sleeps 7, is wheelchair accessible on the ground floor, has an accessible and private swimming pool and has an accessible ensuite bathroom complete with a roll - in shower.
www.cortijolaloma.com
Email: Use contact form on website
Costa Blanca Spain, Accessible Villa
LaGuardia31 is a well-equipped wheelchair accessible villa on the outskirts of Javea on the Costa Blanca of Spain, catering for up to 6 discerning guests. It offers carefree villa rental, which allows disabled and older people the freedom to enjoy a luxury villa holiday in the company of their friends, family and carers.
www.accessible-villa-spain.co.uk
Tel: 0844 734 8094 Email: Use contact form on website
Costa del Sol
The villa is newly reformed, maintaining the appearance of an old property, with modern comforts. The interior is on one level, with ramped access. The outside has level tiled terracing to three sides, with views as far as El Torcal about 20 miles away and a stretch of the coast about 7 miles away. This is a very rural area, where the locals still maintain their olive groves and vines. The cottage is available to rent all year round, and has been designed for a wheelchair using guest.
www.ownersdirect.co.uk/spain/S7338.htm
Tel: 07792 293 908 Email: Use contact form on website
Finca Supported Holidays, Perleta
We offer a fully inclusive holiday package for adults with learning difficulties, included in the package is 24 hours support, flight arrangements, the clients will be met at their departure airport and accompanied to the destination airport were they will be picked up and transferred to the accommodation. If the client wishes to take their own support worker/carer with them instead that can be accommodated and obviously would be at a reduced rate for the support worker/carer.
www.fincasupportedholidays.co.uk
Tel: 01257 425456 Email: Use contact form on website
Fortune Spa Resort
Private residential homes within a spa resort, especially adapted for the disabled, the elderly and people awaiting or who have received transplants. Located in a rural setting in southern Spain.
www.fortunesparesort.com
Tel: 0034 902 399398 Email: infouk@fortunesparesort.com
Holiday Villa Costa Blanca
A luxury wheelchair friendly holiday villa near to the town of Javea on the Costa Blanca Spain. The villa has 3 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with level access throughout. Set in its own garden with private pool and hoist. Winter and long term lets are available.
www.laguardia31.com
Tel: 0844 734 8094 Email: Use contact form on website
La Sonrisa
Holidays for disabled people with hospital beds, swimming pool with a hoist.
www.la-sonrisa.com
Tel: 0034 965 878089 Email: info@la-sonrisa.com
Oasis Holidays, Costa Blanca, Near Benidorm
Providing full care package on a full or half board basis, including flights from UK, wheelchair accessible transport, excursions. Escort service available from UK. Self catering villas fully equipped to meet the needs of the disabled complete with electric adjustable beds, hoists, shower chairs, and roll in showers, accessible pool with ramp. Respite Care. Full nursing care on an hourly basis to clients on a self catering holiday if required.
www.oasis-holidays.com
Tel: 0034 965878629 Email: oasiswingfield@ctv.es
RDK Mobility, Carboneras Adapted apartments for wheelchair users in Carboneras Spain. All fully accessible. You can hire all your mobility needs from our local mobility shop. http://www.mobilityholidays.co.uk/
Tel: 015395 63776 Email: judithashford@rdkmobility.co.uk
Sanyres Sheltered Housing for elderly in Puerto Banus (Marbella-Spain), one of the most important tourist destinations of the world. Self contained apartments just a few steps from the beach. All apartments are fully equipped and adapted for disabled persons. Besides, we offer a wide range of services: 24-hours-a-day healthcare service, rehabilitation, hairdresser, chiropodist, living rooms, restaurant, TV room, waiting and visiting rooms, game rooms, 2 cafeterias, library, private parking, swimming pool, landscaped gardens and walking areas. http://www.sanyres.es/
Tel: 0034 902 200 065 Email: Use contact form on website
Sanyres Mediterraneo Its main activity is to manage and develop residential homes for the elderly in the Community of Valencia, Region of Murcia, Baleares and Albacete. http://www.santapolaliferesort.com/
Tel: 966 69 85 06 Email: info@santapolaliferesort.com
Spain Holiday All wheelchair users know that a wheelchair is not necessarily a limitation when deciding on your holiday destination: things just have to be well planned. So if you are spending your holiday in Malaga this year, this homepage offers a list of holiday rentals, which are disability-friendly and wheelchair-friendly. So no long stairs without a lift as well, that's usually a minimum requirement. Take your wheelchair on holiday with you in Malaga. For information to a particular holiday home please contact owner directly. http://www.spain-holiday.com/disabilityholidays-malaga.html
Tel: 0034 952 204 435 Email: support@spain-holiday.com
SureCare España SureCare is one of the largest Independent Domestic care companies in the UK and have just opened offices here on the Costa del Sol. We provide trained, flexible & trustworthy staff coupled with a professional service that respects privacy, dignity, independence & choice. We work with all age groups all types of disabilities. All staff are tailored to meet your needs & will be of the same nationality. SureCare can provide staff on a short term or long term basis at short notice or at a pre-arranged times to private clients, companies or holiday makers. We are experts in Home Care, Work Support, Respite, and Supported Living & Nursing Care. www.surecarespain.com
Tel: 952371774
Switzerland
CONTACTgroups.ch There are 109 wheelchair accessible accommodations offered by CONTACTgroups.ch in Switzerland. An overview can be found on http://www.groups.ch/en/wheelchair_switzerland.html. One example of these accommodations is the Bauernhaus Panoramablick in Lucerne, which we have picked out for you as an example. Web: http://www.groups.ch/en/
Bauernhaus Panoramablick, Lucerne A wheelchair accessible guesthouse 8km from Lucerne in Switzerland. The guesthouse is on a dairy farm in a traditional 250 year old farm house. The house has been recently renovated including wheelchair facilities in the bathroom and showers. They have room for up to 21 guests. There are 6 double rooms, 1 triple room and 1 room with 3 bunk beds. Two of the double rooms on the ground floor have electrical nursing beds. There is a wheelchair lift to bring other guests to the first floor. http://www.groups.ch/en/haeuserdetail.php?id=5021
Tel: 0041 62 926 60 000 Email: Use contact form on website
For more information order our SWITZERLAND information guide, £3.50. Email info@tourismforall.org.uk or call 0845 124 9973.
Thailand
Accessible holiday home in Hua Hin We, my wife and I, own a holiday home in Thailand. The climate is wonderful for weak muscles. But I'm still working and the house is empty during several months of the year. So in case any disabled person would like to go to Thailand my home could be the accommodation he or she is looking for. The villa is wheelchair accessible with a swimming pool, Jacuzzi and a manual pool hoist. Jai Dee Holidays, Phuket, ThailandAssisted holidays for group, deaf, elderly and disabled people in Phuket, Thailand. http://www.jaideeholidays.com/
Email: jaideeholidays@yahoo.co.uk
Turkey
Access Centres Turkey (ACT) ACT is one of the first specialist holiday hotel resorts of is kind. We offer to families, young people and the more mature individual an opportunity of a life time. Especially where these couples or groups have a mix of non-disability and disability. Situated just 5 mins from Içmeler centre with its own private beach. This spacious hotel is carefully planned and fitted to suit all guests, with level grounds and floors having dual lifts to every room. Contact us for more information - discount for carers and group bookings!!!http://www.accesscentres.com/
Tel: 0044 020 8816 8238 or 0044 0844 77 99 123 Email: info@accesscentres.com
Dalyan Jewel Two villas that are disabled friendly with ground floor wet rooms and ramps to enter the property. The new villa is entirely disabled friendly with 2 ground floor bedrooms, ramps to both bedrooms and lounges and pool that slopes from ground level allowing wheelchair access etc. In addition you will be collected with a personal disabled friendly taxi from the airport (ramp access) and have a guide who takes you to the villa. Lights, heating, TV/DVD are all remote controlled and the villa is only 200 metres from the town centre but in a quiet nature area http://www.dalyanjewel.com/
Tel: 0044 191 5510130 Email: Use contact form on website
Disabled Destination Abroad - Holiday Apartment, Turkey Provide fully accessible holiday accommodation in Turkey - with wheel-in shower and shower chair. Also hoist into swimming pool. http://disableddestinationabroad.com/
Tel: 01773 824709 Email: info@disableddestinationabroad.com
USA
Access to Sunshine Villa
5 star Luxury “Totally Adapted” air conditioned accommodation on a quiet yet convenient estate in the Kissimmee area of Florida. Only 2.5 miles from the Disney gates and 1 mile from the shops and resurants on Highway 192. Seaworld, Wet’n’Wild and Islands of adventure approximately 15 to 20 minutes away. http://www.accesstosunshine.com/3bed/
Email: Use contact form on website
Accessible Florida Vacation Home An accessible vacation rental home in Orlando. Our Florida home was purpose built for the previous owner who is a wheelchair user. With ramps to the front door and to the pool deck, a level access shower and a pool hoist, our home is suitable for many elderly and disabled guests. http://www.accessibleflorida.com/
Email: Use contact form on website
Accessible Florida Villa A luxury 4 bedroom villa that is simply without equal for disabled holiday makers. Located a few minutes from the Orlando theme parks, this private luxury villa has been built to accommodate all holiday makers regardless of their physical ability. In addition to being one of the most luxurious villas in Florida, discrete details have been incorporated to ensure a disabled person's visit is not only possible but pleasurable.http://www.blueskiesflorida.com/
Tel: 0191 5367860 Email: judith.blueskies@btinternet.com
Accessible Florida Villas Wheelchair accessible villa in Orlando, Florida. http://www.accessiblefloridavillas.freeserve.co.uk/
Tel: 01242 573233 Email: rogerwhittle@sky.com
(Last Updated: 01-12-2008)