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LinksSome other organisations that offer specially adapted and equipped facilities which meet the needs of people with disabilities:
Hotels that have been previously used by Jumbulance travellers and come highly recommended:
HOTEL REVIEWSHotel Sonnschein
A 4* Hotel in in Niederau in the Austrian Tyrol high up the mountains. It is a beautiful picturesque village with shops, supermarkets and a Catholic Church. There are also cable cars to take you to the top of the mountain; these can be used by the unable provided they can step into the gondolas and the wheelchairs collapse. The Hotel offers half board accommodation. Breafast is a varied self-service buffett. Dinner was is five courses with a choice of 3 main courses, one being vegetarian. There is an excellent outdoor pool with sun beds, indoor heated pool, sauna, jacuzzi and aroma steam bath. Bathrobes and swimming towels are provided free of charge. There is also a solarium, gym, table tennis room and outdoor tennis courts as well as crazy golf. There are 20 bedrooms specially designed for the disabled with emergency pull cords in both the bathrooms and by the beds. The bathrooms have wide accessible shower cubicles for wheelchairs. The toilets have armrests and grab rails. The bedrooms are very large with each room having a single or double couch, which convert into sofa beds if required. All rooms have top quality fixtures and fittings. They all have a balcony, TV, radio, safe, hair-dryer and tea and coffee making facilities. Visits from the Hotel include Innsbruck (1 ¼ hrs), Salzburg (2 hrs), Rattenberg (1 hr) and Lake Achensee (1 ½ hrs). Other places to visit include Grossglockner, Krimml waterfalls, Berchtesgaden and Swarovski’s crystal factory. If you would like to speak with a Group Leader who has previously travelled to this hotel please contact Mr John Gill from the Woodley H&P Group on 0118 9694769 or alternatively by e-mail jjgill@talk21.com and he will be more than happy to provide more information. E-mail: vital@hotel-sonnschein.at
The Alpin Hotel Pflersch Italy
The Hotel Alpin in situated midst the romantical valley of Pflersch. The rooms are big and all wheelchair friendly, some with showers, others with baths. There is an indoor swimming pool, again wheelchair friendly including larger wheelchairs, a Finnish sauna, steam bath and solarium. If you would like to speak with a group leader who travelled to this Hotel in 2007 please contact Nicola who will be happy to put you in touch. Hotel Alpin Pflerschtal, Ladurns 84 39040 Gossensass, Suditol Tel: + 39 0472770101
HausRheinsberg Germany
An excellent hotel with 108 rooms equipped for disabled guests. All rooms are spacious and wheelchair friendly with electrically operated lights, mini bars, television and telephones which light up on approach and motorised doors and windows. Bathrooms are of a very high standard with adjustable wash basins, showers and toilets all with handrails and hairdryers. Bathrobes are provided when using the pool. Every room has a balcony overlooking Lake Grienerick. Facilities include a large swimming pool (adapted for disabled use), sauna, solarium, steam room, pool, darts, badminton, ten-pin bowling and a gym. Visits from the Hotel include Berlin, Rheinsberg Castle, horse and cart trips (wheelchairs included), boat trips (from the Hotel jetty) through canals and adjoining lakes.
Oloron-Saint-Marie, Southern France Pen Bron Hotel, Brittany
The Berkshire group had their holiday in Pen Bron, close to St Nazare in 2007 and found the Hotel there beautifully situated at the end of a peninsular approached over salt marshes overlooking the sea and very well designed and equipped for disabled. Much to do and see nearby, in particular the old town of Guerande and an easy drive down from Calais. Highly recommended but in great demand for high season. Suggest reserving in October/November for Summer 2006. More details can be obtained from the office.
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