In the area for blind people in the Museum of Ethnology (Blindenmuseum im Museum für Völkerkunde) tables with explanations in large black letters and braille are available. (Lansstraße 8, Zehlendorf, Phone +49(30)83 01)

The Scent- and tactile garden in the Botanical Garden offers blind the opportunity to discover the variety of the flora by the scent and the sense of touch (www.botanischer-garten-berlin.de)

Deaf and hearing impaired visitors. 

The organisation for deaf people in Berlin covers for the interests for people hard of hearing and founded the well known café "Hands Up" in Friedrichstraße street. Info about special attractions for the deaf community can be searched in www.deafberlin.de.

Regarding means of wheelchair accessible accommodation we'd like to highlight the Hotel Mit-Mensch Berlin, which is managed by people with disabilities. In this 15-room building, 7 rooms (both single and double) are suitable for wheelchair users providing en suite accessible/adapted bathroom. This fully accessible hotel is located in Berlin-Karlshorst, Prinzenviertel: the centre of the city can be reached by accessible public transport from the hotel. It only takes about 15 minutes on the S-Bahn to Alexanderplatz and 30 minutes to Friedrichstraße and Kurfürstendamm- the well-known shopping mile.

Hotel staff can arrange transfers (adapted transport) to and from the hotel (www.mit-mensch.com)

Berlin Tourist Information
Berlin Tourismus Marketing GMBH
Am Karlsbad 11
D-10785 Berlin
Fax: +49 (0)30 25002424
E-mail: information@btm.de
www.berlin-tourist-information.de

Rebecca Arce

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