Folks, I want to emphasize that I found that this particular trip to Portugal was very difficult in a manual wheelchair. I don’t think my article emphasizes enough the help that I needed to complete the trip. This is partly due to my selecting the more “doale” sites only to put a positive spin on the trip, and partly due to required editing by the magazine to fit the available word count/opening.
Portugal is a beautiful country, but great care needs to go into choosing the right places. I feel that the particular tour agency I went with did a poor job of selecting truly accessible sites. Be careful!
I totally agree; I recently went on a 12 day trip to Lisbon; it was lots of fun but there were accessibility challenges. Although the modern architecture in the city of Lisbon is far more compliant to accessibility standards, the older parts are still quite difficult
However, the people are very helpful, kind and accommodating….so it all works out in the end
Folks, I want to emphasize that I found that this particular trip to Portugal was very difficult in a manual wheelchair. I don’t think my article emphasizes enough the help that I needed to complete the trip. This is partly due to my selecting the more “doale” sites only to put a positive spin on the trip, and partly due to required editing by the magazine to fit the available word count/opening.
Portugal is a beautiful country, but great care needs to go into choosing the right places. I feel that the particular tour agency I went with did a poor job of selecting truly accessible sites. Be careful!
I totally agree; I recently went on a 12 day trip to Lisbon; it was lots of fun but there were accessibility challenges. Although the modern architecture in the city of Lisbon is far more compliant to accessibility standards, the older parts are still quite difficult
However, the people are very helpful, kind and accommodating….so it all works out in the end