Barcelona has been working for years to establish a city without barriers. This ambition was given specific form in 1996 with the approval of the Municipal Accessibility Plan, whose objective is to adapt the public way, public transport, municipal facilities used by the public, parks, gardens and beaches, traffic lights and reserved parking space over a ten-year period.

The City Council is gradually making the city's streets more accessible, with more dropped pavements, as well as its regular public transport by incorporating buses with access ramps on the lower deck for wheelchairs or people who cannot climb stairs and reserved areas.

The city continues working to improve the way it functions, with the aim of creating more quality public space. Both local people and visitors can enjoy Barcelona without barriers.

The Accessible Barcelona Guide is a detailed and practical-to-use compilation that provides itineraries of a cultural and leisure interest around the city, from the point of view of accessibility. It includes facilities such as museums and exhibitions rooms, monuments and singular monuments, and parks and gardens, shops, cinemas or restaurants and bars. Main menu contents:

-Routes (seven routes in the city)
-Practical Data (Bank Offices, Post Offices, Religious Services, Emergency Phone Numbers, Orthopaedics and Aid equipment.)
-Tourist Attractions (a comprehensive list of museums and other places of interest in Barcelona).

The English version of this "Guia de la Barcelona accessible" (by Enrique Rovira-Beleta and Ana Folch) is available on line in the Viena Edicions website.
http://www.vienaeditorial.com/barcelonaaccesible/angles/index.htm

Viena Edicions
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Rebecca Arce