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Travellers with Disabilities
While France presents evident challenges for
handicapés
(people with disabilities)
- namely cobblestone, café-lined streets that are a nightmare to navigate in a
wheelchair, a lack of kerb ramps, older public facilities and many budget hotels
without lifts - don't let that stop you from visiting. With a little careful planning, you
can enjoy a hassle-free accessible stay.
The Paris metro, most of it decades old, is hopeless, but taxi drivers are obliged
by law to accept and assist passengers with disabilities (and their guide dogs,
where relevant). Choose central accommodation to avoid spending a small fortune
on taxi fares.
prehensive information on accessible travel in Paris.
organisation for people with disabilities, with offices in every region in France.
Centre du Service Accès Plus
( 08 90 64 06 50;
www.accessibilite.sncf.fr
,
in
French)
Can advise on station accessibility and arrange a
fauteuil roulant
(wheel-
chair) or help getting on or off a train.
chair accessible and publishes
Paris Comme sur les Roulettes,
which showcases
20 tours of the city.
isme et Handicap' label to tourist sites, restaurants and hotels that comply with strict
accessibility and usability standards. Different symbols indicate the sort of access
afforded to people with physical, mental, hearing and/or visual disabilities.
group that provides tips and information for travellers with disabilities.
Visas
For up-to-date details on visa requirements, see the website of the
French Foreign
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