The city of Zaragoza 's website, www.zaragoza.es has a new section: " Zaragoza sin barreras", which in spite of being so far available just in Spanish might be very useful for visitor and travellers. Icons have been used to evaluate accessibility in public sites and venues, hotels, transport means, and leisure and tourism resources. Descriptions of accessible features are in Spanish, but often can be easily understood.

Checkings have been made by members of several disabled organizations like Disminuidos Físicos de Aragón, Agrupación de Personas Sordas de Zaragoza y Aragón (ASZA), la Asociación de Implantados Cocleares de España (AICE), ONCE and Comité de Entidades Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad (CERMI).

Zaragoza sin Barreras can be accessed through the main page (there's an icon in the home page) www.zaragoza.es or through the section " La Ciudad ".

Transporte: refers to "Means of Transport" and includes Estación Delicias, Airport, City Buses, Taxis, Parking Places.

Itinerarios: Itineraries (accessible for wheelchair users and PMR ) Centro Histórico (Plaza del Pilar-Plaza de Aragón), Centro (Estación Zaragoza Delicias-Plaza de los Sitios), Aeropuerto-Plaza del Pilar (toma como punto de partida la Terminal de autobuses procedentes del aeropuerto) Estación Delicias-Plaza del Pilar.

Características de Accesibilidad de los Principales Puntos del Recorrido opens a new window where you can read about accessible facilities in tose hints along the cosen itinerary (Museums, Tourist Offices.) 

Turismo: Tourism. Tourist Offices in the town, Monumentos (86 places of special interest in the town), Bus Turístico, Guided Tours.

Análisis de Centros: Administración Pública, Alojamientos (Accommodation: featuring 22 hotels, from which 11 have been visited by DFA and have a comprehensive descrption), Cultura y Ocio (Culture and Leisure), Deporte (Sports), Educación, Información y Comunicación, Parques y Jardines (Parks and Gardens), Centros Cívicos, Salud y Sanidad (Health), Cementerio.

De Interés: mainly concernid with accessibility and paperwork for the disabled community (parking badges, etc.)

Asociaciones: Directorio (Disabled Organizations located in Zaragoza) y Actualidad (news)

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Oficina de Turismo Plaza del Pilar
Ntra.Sra. del Pilar, s/n
50003 Zaragoza
Tel: 902 201 212 / 976 201 200
Fax: 976 721 281
E-mail: infoturismopilar@zaragoza.es
turismo@zaragoza.es

Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza
Plaza de Ntra. Señora del Pilar nº 18
50071 Zaragoza
Tel: 976 721 100
http://www.zaragoza.es
http://cmisapp.zaragoza.es/ciudad/sinbarreras/

 

Rebecca Arce