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Accessible Vienna – “Vienna for visitors with Disabilities”

Tel: 0043 1 23 555

Website: www.vienna.info

Email: public.rel@vienna.info

Visited by Tess in 2006, Vienna is a beautiful and interesting city, which is well geared up for disabled travellers. You can request this guide from the Vienna Tourist Board, or Tess has a copy which she can photocopy and send to you. It includes information about hotels, sightseeing attractions, places to eat and drink, transport, etc.

Britain’s accessible places to stay

Guide Cost: £9.99

Info: 0845 124 9971

Reservations: 0845 124 9973

Website:

www.tourismforall.org.uk

Email: info@tourismforall.org.uk

Address:

Tourism for All UK

C/o Vitalise, Shap Road Industrial Estate, Kendal, LA9 6NZ

Excellent guide packed with information from where to stay to how to get there to what to see and do.

Produced by Tourism for All UK, the UK’s central source of holiday and travel information for people with access requirements.

Direct Enquiries – the Nationwide Access Register.

In partnership with RADAR (Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation) and Employers' Forum on Disability

www.direct-enquiries.com

www.radar.org.uk

A source of access information for disabled people around the UK, including hotels.

Good Access Guide

The Ferns, Framilode,
Gloucester, GL2 7LH

Tel: 01452 741585

Website: www.goodaccessguide.co.uk

The leading online directory of services for disabled people, seniors, and anyone whose life is made easier by better access to goods, services and amenities.

Direct Gov – government information on travel

www.direct.gov.uk

Lots of useful information about planning your holiday, including: organisations and charities offering holidays, transport, insurance, your rights, and much more

Holidays for All (#1)

Available on CD ROMs costing £9.50.

Tel: 0131 558 5200

Website: www.holidaysforall.co.uk

Directories of accessible holiday accommodation abroad or in Scotland. Produced by UPDATE.

National Accessible Scheme

www.qualityintourism.com

Provides information about the standards for people with mobility impairment. Accommodation displaying these standards will have been assessed against demanding criteria.

National Trust Access Guide 2006

Access for All Office,
The National Trust,
Heelis, Kemble Drive,
Swindon SN2 2NA

Tel: 01793 817364

Website: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/accessforall

Email: accessforall@nationaltrust.org.uk

Provides information about the accessibility of National Trust properties. Available free from the Membership Department (Telephone: 0870 458 4000 or email to enquiries@thenationaltrust.org.uk) or can be downloaded from the internet.

Off the Motorway (3rd Edition)

Travel Publishing Ltd, 
7a Apollo House,
Calleva Park,
Aldermaston,
Berkshire RG7 8TN

Guide cost: £11.99

Tel: 0118 981 7777

Website: www.travelpublishing.co.uk

Email: info@travelpublishing.co.uk

A useful guide to facilities – including A & E hospitals, hotels, cafes, restaurants, service areas, petrol stations - and places to see just off the country’s major motorways Includes information about disabled access and facilities. Also publish a wide range of easy-to-use travel guides covering the whole of the British Isles.

Tourism for All UK (formerly known as Holiday Care)

C/o Vitalise,
Shap Road Industrial Estate,
Shap Road, Kendal,
Cumbria, LA9 6NZ

Info: 0845 124 9971
Reservations: 0845 124 9973

Website: www.tourismforall.org.uk

Email: info@tourismforall.org.uk

Holiday and travel information for disabled and/or older people, including accommodation, information and publications, respite care centres, accessible attractions, financial help, companion services and equipment hire.