Disabled Accessible Holidays Greece

Duration: 6 Days 5 Nights

Location: Greece

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Disabled Accessible Holidays – Greece Journey

Enjoy some of the best classical, historical and mythological highlights that Greece has to offer for disabled travellers. Travel in the comfort of an adapted air conditioned vehicle whilst staying in inviting wheelchair accessible hotels.

his 6 day disabled friendly Greece tour takes in some of the classical sights of Athens and the Peloponnese and hear mythological tales from an ancient time that help to make this country so interesting and diverse.

A stay at Athens isn’t complete without a visit to the Acropolis UNESCO world heritage site. Photo opportunity at the breathtaking Corinth Canal. Test the acoustics out at the Epidaurus amphitheater. See the original site for the Olympic games. All accessible for wheelchair users on this tour.

Access to The Acropolis
Enjoy the Epidaurus amphitheater
Savour the scrumptious Greek cuisine
City tours in adapted vehicle

Accessibility
Hotels Included
Equipment for hire

+ Positives

+ Adapted vehicles used throughout
+ Adapted rooms available in hotels
+ The world famous Athens Acropolis is fully accessible via lifts and ramps
+ The Acropolis museum is fully accessible
+ The Epidauraus amphitheater had full accessibility
+ Both the Olympia site and Olympia museum have full accessibility
+ The museum of Delpi has full accessibility

– Negatives

– The museum at Epidauraus has 3 rooms but only one is partially accessible. There is stil a few steps in this room
– The archaeological site at Delphi is not accessible at all. Only a few sites can be seen from outside.
– Stanley hotel for 3 nights
– Olympia Palace hotel for 3 nights
– Simple Wheelchair
– Electric Wheelchair

Day 1: Athens (Arrival)

On your arrival in Athens, you will be greeted and transferred to your pre-booked accessible hotel in the city center. Dinner is included in the hotel tonight.

The airport is located 40 km away from the hotel and takes approximately 30 minutes depending on the traffic.

Day 2: Athens (Sight-seeing)

After a leisurely breakfast, board your wheelchair accessible vehicle for a panoramic tour of Athens and a visit to the Acropolis and the Acropolis Museum.

The Acropolis is accessible via lift at the north end of the hill and once at the top there are ramps to the other archaeological remains.

The Acropolis museum is accessible via ramps at the entrance and lifts throughout. There is disabled access to the restaurant at the top and toilets.

You will have a free afternoon to explore the city or for leisure time. Why not try the National Archaeological museum or the Byzantine museum. Both these tourist attractions have great accessibility for wheelchairs.

Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

Day 3: Athens – Epidaurus (Distance: 346 kms, Approx. time: 5 hrs)

Today we head south to the Peloponnese peninsula stopping off at the Corinth Canal for a photo opportunity before continuing on to Epidaurus. This small village is famous for its fantastic outdoors amphitheater with is marvelous acoustics. Regardless to which seat you occupy you will not miss a word that is spoken from the center spot. The site of Epidaurus is accessible for wheelchairs although there is partial accessibility in the museum. Regardless your tour has been specially designed to get the best out of each attraction for wheelchair users.

The drive continues to Nafplio the small port on the Argolic gulf before we arrive at Olympia for dinner and our overnight stay.

Day 4: Olympia (Sight-seeing)

Today enjoy a full day at Ancient Olympia, the birthplace of the Olympic games. Discover the history of this site that dates back to as early as 10th century BC. Wheelchair users can easily see how different the games were back in the classical period around 5th and 4th centuries BC and how they have changed over the years to become the Olympic Games that we know and love today.

See the Temple of Hera, where the torch for the modern Olympic Games is still lit before making its way to where the games will be held next and one of the 7 wonders of the ancient world the statue to the Greek God Zeus.

A short distance away the Olympia Museum will continue to tell the story of the Olympic Games
Both the Olympia site and the museum offer full accessibility for wheelchairs. Dinner and overnight stay at hotel in Olympia.

The Olympic site is located approximately 2 kms from the hotel.

Day 5: Olympia – Rio-Antiria (Distance: 419 kms, Approx. time: 5.5 hrs)

Following an early breakfast we make our way to the Rio-Antiria bridge to cross the Gulf of Patras and head towards archaeological site of Delphi. Here you will have a brief guide to the mythological stories of the area and the Greek god Apollo.

Due to limited accessibility, the tour can only be done from outside the site. However the museum to Delphi is fully accessible by a wheelchair.

We return to Athens via the picturesque mountain village of Arachova. Evening meal is provided at the hotel in Athens.

Day 6: Rio-Antiria (Departure)

Your last morning of the tour will be at leisure before returning to the airport via wheelchair adapted vehicles to proceed with your onward journey.

Thank you for choosing to travel with Able Journeys and we look forward to welcoming you aboard another tour soon.

NOTE

Although majority of the tour has good accessibility some areas on the tour maybe a challenge for those with severe mobility problems.

– The tour operates on specific dates.
– Accommodation is based on Half Board,
– Specially adapted vehicles throughout the journey with each vehicle having 3 wheelchair spaces and 9 regular seats.
– English speaking assistance to greet you and transfer you to and from the airport
– English speaking guides for all the visits and tours.

Not included

– Any admission fees to the sites or museums
– Any drinks with the meals
– Any lunches
– Any tips