Le Saint-James Hotel is located 10 minutes from central Bordeaux in Bouliac and sits on the ‘Balcony of Bordeaux’, named for its panoramic views of the region. They are a Relais & Chateaux hotel with an accessible room and bathroom, on the second floor of the main building. We haven’t been we’re just taking them…
Although published in 2014 we thought you should take a look at Kyrenia, N.Cyprus as it’s unusually accessible for a small island. ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Just back from Kyrenia, N.Cyprus where I stayed at the 4 Star Pia Bella Hotel. Fifi in a 4star I hear you say!! Yes but it had excellent disabled facilities. They had…
In our regular item the ‘D’ List we let you know of new things from the world of disability from design to fashion to news that makes a difference or makes us laugh. This time we’ve reviewed and trialled some stylish wheelchair gloves, we’ve found a useful resource that sounds like a periodical from Not…
In July of this year I was invited to the launch of the UK’s first Accessible Strandkorb (literally a beach basket), at the German Gymnasium. This was organised both by the German National Tourist Office and the Tourism office of Lower Saxony. The weather was suitably British and a Strandkorb was needed to protect us…
We arranged a holiday to Menorca as it’s the most unspoilt/commercialised of the Balearic islands. We’d been to Ibiza and stayed in a very good villa, see our review of Ibiza but Menorca is far more ‘old Spain’ with many fishing villages and unspoilt beaches. We stayed in modern villa just outside of the town of…
We applaud Disabled Access Day, which is today. However, in our opinion, it should be every day and should be celebrated in style. So here are our Top 5 stylish & accessible places to visit. None are 100% perfect (nowhere can be for everyone) but we believe they are the best we’ve found around the…
Update Feb 2016: Wheelchair Taxis in Budapest, Following a request we have researched taxis in Budapest. My advice below was to ask the concierge/manager of the hotel used. Failing that here are a couple of sites that can help, AirportCollections.net, their fee for airport transfer is €95 HolidayTaxis.com Fee is not known until you book! They…
Update 2016: Originally based on a visit in 2013 we reviewed an accessible villa in Portugal and a hotel in The Algarve. Casa do Lago the villa featured below, now has a video of it’s facilities and at 3.25 minutes you can see it’s accessible bathroom. On the northern Silver Coast of Portugal beside the…
Originally sent in 2014 we thought this review of kampot, Cambodia may help with the most depressing day of the year, 18 jan ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. The postcards from Ann in Asia are arriving thick and fast now. Having moved on from Battambang, she’s now in the town of Kampot in Southern Cambodia – her last stop…