Turiart tourist guides
Editor Cabrerizo 3, Bajo Izq.
TOURISTIC AREA: Historical center
They offer routes specifically for people with reduced mobility or the hearing impaired.
Physical
Tours with accessible itinerary:
VALENCIA OLD TOWN
Route: Torres de Serranos, Plaza de la Virgen, Plaza de La Almoina, Valencia Cathedral, Miguelete, Plaza Redonda, Lonja de la Seda, Central Market.
AVAILABLE AMENITIES:
When devising the route, streets were chosen that are wide enough for groups of PLM to pass, and narrow streets, together with the obstacles these could present, have been avoided. The availability of rest areas with benches was also considered for stopping en route and for the monitors to rest.
Plaza de la Virgen:
* Access via ramps
* Urban furniture for resting
**Optional: Entry to the Basilica. Access via ramps
Plaza de la Reina: Valencia Cathedral
* Reserved public parking spaces in Plaza de la Reina Public Carpark, with an accessible route to the Cathedral
* Access via ramps (1 outside and 1 inside)
* Accessible ground floor with no changes in level. Route with no changes in level and wide corridors. Access to the Chapel: via a ramp.
Plaza Redonda:
* Accessible
* Flat ground with no changes in level
Lonja de la Seda:
* Access with an alternative entrance with a platform lift
* Accessible Ground Floor Route with no changes in level with wide corridors
** It will not be possible to see the Second Floor since there is a staircase with 28 high steps
Central Market:
* Access through three out of four entrances via ramps with a handrail and smooth, slip-resistant paving
* Automatic doors
* Level route
DURATION:
Between 2 and a half and 3 hours including some breaks and entry to the Cathedral and Lonja de la Seda (2h30’/ 3h00’)
PRICES:
Guide service - EUR 135.00 (MAXIMUM 15 PEOPLE WITH WHEELCHAIRS, 30 WITH SUPPORT STAFF)
Ticket management and booking - EUR 5.00 p.p. (Valencia Cathedral and Management)
CITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
ROUTE:
Hemisfèric, Oceanogràfic, Príncipe Felipe Science Museum, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Ágora.
AVAILABLE AMENITIES:
General Complex
* Several entrances via ramps, carparks or lifts, with maximum accessibility
* Even, slip resistant paving
Hemisfèric
* Space suitable for the use and manoeuvring of wheelchairs.
* Access via a lift
Science Museum
* Access to the upper floors via a lift.
* Space suitable for the use and manoeuvring of wheelchairs.
Oceanogràfic
* Access to the various towers via lifts with no need to alert the staff or via ramps.
* There are seats reserved for PLM in the dolphinarium.
* There are small changes in level on the route.
Palau de les Arts
* Alternative entrance with no change in level.
* Two seats reserved for people with limited mobility.
DURATION:
Two hours for an outside tour of the various areas.
PRICES:
Guide service – EUR 135.00 (MAXIMUM 15 PEOPLE WITH WHEELCHAIRS, 30 WITH SUPPORT STAFF)