Italy Disabled Access - Tips, Advice and Travel Packages.

1. Italy Disabled Access - Tips, Advice
and Travel Packages
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2. Disabled access in Italy presents numerous challenges for visitors
including cobblestones, ancient ruins, hills, and a few accessible
public transportation options.
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3. • Nevertheless, visiting Italy with a disability is absolutely doable
provided you do the right planning before your trip.
• Italy disabled access varies from city to city, and different
challenges exist in different cities.
Here mentioned some of the best aspects and most challenging
aspects..

4. Italy Disabled Access – Best Aspects
Can easily visit multiple cities in a single trip
• If you want to take a trip in Europe that visits multiple cities, look no
further than Italy.
• A variety of small towns, big cities, and beautiful countryside can be
found in Italy, and disabled travelers can easily travel between them
by train or rental wheelchair accessible van.
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5. Italy accessible train travel
• Traveling with a disability by train is a great way to get between the
various Italian cities.
• Major cities like Florence, Venice, Milan, and Rome Italy have
accessible train stations that are connected by trains with accessible
seating and toilets.
• Smaller cities may be served by older trains that are not fully
accessible.
• If you need assistance getting on and off the train, be sure to reserve
it at least 24 hours in advance by contacting Trenitalia.
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6. Expanding your trip through accessible day trips
• Switching hotels can be a pain for any traveler, and especially for one
with a disability.
• Fortunately, Italy has several options for staying in your same hotel
and just taking a day trip to see another city.
• Pisa and Siena are a short drive or train ride away from Florence.
• Pompeii can be reached by day trip from Rome.
• In Italy, you could stay in 3 hotels and see 6 cities.
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7. English is common in the major tourist areas
• Italy receives visitors from around the world who speak a variety of
languages.
• People working in the tourism industry or in the tourist areas of town
communicate with them by speaking English.
• Most visitors will be able to have their needs met by speaking
English.
• Disabled travelers may need to know a few Italian accessibility
phrases to have their accessibility needs met.
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8. Italy accessible cruise shore excursions
• Many of the top tourist destinations in Italy are within a short drive
of cruise ship ports.
• Rome is near the Civitavecchia cruise terminal.
• Florence and Pisa are near the Livorno port, and Venice has a cruise
dock within the city.
• If cruising is your favorite way to travel, disabled shore excursions are
an easy way to visit Italy.
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9. Italy Disabled Access – Most Challenging Aspects
Roman ruins can be challenging
• 2000 years ago this was the center of the civilized world, and the
Romans left some great ruins for tourists today to see.
• Some of them, like the Colosseum, have been made fully wheelchair
accessible.
• Others like the Roman Forum (shown in the image below on the left)
and Pompeii are somewhat wheelchair accessible but have some
rough terrain.
• Others like the Palatine Hill (shown in the image below on the right)
have steps to get around them.
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10. Cinque Terre accessibility
The towns that make up Cinque Terre are popular tourist attractions
but are some of the least accessible cities in Italy because of the hills
and steps.
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11. Bad information on Venice
• Unfortunately, the internet has discouraged many disabled tourists
from visiting Venice.
• Numerous websites state how difficult and inaccessible Venice is
which is not very accurate.
• The truth is that visiting Venice in a wheelchair (even a heavy power
wheelchair) is 100% doable provided you do the right planning before
your trip.
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12. Cobblestone streets
• Cobblestones cover many Italian streets and cause challenges for
wheelchair users.
• Some of the cobblestones (like the ones in Rome shown on the left
below) are small but very uneven.
• Others (like the ones in Florence shown on the right below) are large
paving stones that are uneven in some parts of town and smooth in
other parts of town.
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13. Hilly towns
• Many of the Italian cities date back to the middle ages and beyond.
• Consequently, many popular tourist cities are located in very hilly
areas.
• Rome is the city of 7 hills, and many Tuscany towns including Siena
and Pisa have steep hills that will challenge manual wheelchair users
and slow walkers.
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14. Few accessible public transportation options
• Many Italian cities have few options for disabled people to get around
town.
• Rome’s metro and accessible bus lines are few.
• Florence has no accessible bus lines that run through the tourist areas
of towns.
• Believe it or not, Venice’s accessible vaparetto boats provide some of
the best accessibility for public transportation.
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