Sage Traveling provides list of 12 Italy Accessible Travel Tips that help you to see the city as easily as possible while making the most of your time and money.
(prHWY.com) March 6, 2013 - Houston, TX -- Accessible travel in Italy can be difficult but it doesn't have to be. While Italy presents numerous accessibility challenges, there is almost always something you can do to make it work. Before your trip, educate yourself about the accessibility challenges you will encounter, and you'll have a much easier trip with your focus on enjoying yourself rather than trying to navigate barriers. Sage Traveling provides list of 12 Italy Accessible Travel Tips that tell you how to do it.
These Italy Accessible Travel Tips are the first step to make your trip easier and more enjoyable.
1. Don't pay full-price - Many Italian museum and churches have discounts for visitors with disabilities. In Europe, the extent of someone's disability is indicated on an ID card. Visitors from other parts of the world will usually not be required to show documentation about their disability if they are using a wheelchair or mobility scooter. Companions sometimes also get in free - if not, look into combo tickets like the Roman Forum-Colosseum combo ticket in Rome and the Correr Museum-Doge's Palace combo ticket in Venice.
2. Your Rome hotel neighborhood should depend on your disability - Rome has severe cobblestones in the city centre near the Pantheon, Campo de Fiori, Trevi Fountain, and Spanish Steps. Manual wheelchair users may want to stay outside of this area where there are fewer cobblestones. Power wheelchair users and mobility scooter users have a different challenge. Few public transportation options exist and accessible private transportation is expensive. Tourists using a power wheelchair or mobility scooter should stay in the very center of Rome so they can roll to the Vatican, the Trevi Fountain, and the Colosseum.
3. Take guided tours at tourist attractions - Art museums, history museums, and churches generally have much more to them than meets the eye. For each of the tourist attractions you visit, consider taking a guided tour to make the most of your visit. In some places, like the Vatican, the group tour provided by the venue is not wheelchair accessible and you'll need to take an accessible tour provided by an outside company.
4. Visit places you maybe haven't heard of - Some of your favorite memories are likely to come from visits to places you've never heard of. Build in more time than you think you'll need in each city. The Borghese Gallery in Rome, the Pitti Palace and the Santa Croce church in Florence, and the Frari Chruch in Venice are just a few of the lesser-known, outstanding attractions in Italy.
5. Get out of the big towns - The big towns have some great attractions, but they're also crowded with tourists. To get a more authentic flavor of Italy, visit some of the smaller more charming towns like Siena, Verona, and Assisi.
6. Fly in and out of different cities - Rather than make a big circle during your trip, consider flying into one city and out of another. If Venice is on your itinerary, consider making it your last stop. If you start in Venice, you may feel compelled to visit all of the museums and churches. If you end in Venice, you'll be more likely to spend your time on the beautiful canals and intimate alleys.
7. Bring a city accessibility map with you - At a minimum, you'll have a much easier time visiting Italy with a disability if you know where the hills are located in cities like Rome, Florence, Siena, and Assisi if you know where the bridges are in Rome. If you do the research before your trip, you'll be able to spend far more time enjoying the accessible Italy experiences. On very steep streets, manual wheelchair users may need to control their descent in a wheelie.
8. Use the vaparetto in Venice - The vaparetto water buses in Venice are the easiest way for disabled travelers in Venice Italy to avoid the bridges. If you use an electric wheelchair or a mobility scooter, the occasional large height difference between the boat and the dock may mean that you need to use a wheelchair accessible water taxi.
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