In Barcelona
Transport is still the main problem in Barcelona, since buses are virtually impossible for wheelchairs and the metro system is perhaps the least wheelchair-friendly that can be imagined. Hertz has rental cars with hand controls available in Barcelona (with advance notice), and taxi drivers are usually helpful. The Brittany Ferries crossing from Plymouth to Santander offers good facilities (as do most cross-Channel ferries and hydrofoils). The Institut Municipal de Disminuits , c/Llacuna 171, 3° tel 934 811 141, has information on most aspects of life and travel in the city for disabled residents and visitors. It produces a booklet called Guia d'Accessibilitat , available from tourist offices (or from the Generalitat information office at Avda Drassanes 6-8), which, among other things, details the number and height of steps, width of doors, availability of ramps, lifts and adapted transport for a variety of museums, theatres, cinemas and other attractions in the city. If you're coming for the showpiece attractions, note that only the Fundacio Joan Miro, the Museu de la Ciencia and the Palau de la Musica are fully accessible; the Museu Picasso has a step. The city information line - on 010 - also has accessibility information for hotels, restaurants, museums, bars and stores in Barcelona. And you can obtain a map showing accessible routes for disabled tourists from the Ajuntament information office in Placa Sant Miquel, or the Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona (TMB) office in Universitat metro station. The Organizacion Nacional de Ciegos de Espana (ONCE) , c/Calabria 66-76, Barcelona 08015 (tel 933 259 200), sells a braille guidebook to Barcelona, provides information about restaurants which have braille menus, and can arrange trips for blind and visually-impaired people; write for details.
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