Wheelchair Accessible Travel to Provence, France, Turkey, India, San Diego, Belgium, Leiden, NL

GLOBAL ACCESS NEWS TRAVEL E-ZINE
VOLUME VI, NUMBER 6, June 2005
Copyright © 2005, Global Access News
http://www.globalaccessnews.com/

Please note: Any Internet links mentioned in this E-Zine were verified as functioning as of the date on this E-Zine. Websites and e-mail addresses, however, change frequently, so changes may have occurred after that date.

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Welcome to the June 2005 issue of the Global Access News Travel E-Zine. Thanks to everyone for taking the time to write us and share your travel experiences.

CONTENTS

1. PROVENCE APARTMENTS
2. TURKEY TOURS
3. INDIA: JOURNEY BEYOND BORDERS
4. SAN DIEGO, CA: NEW ACCESSIBLE BUSES
5. BELGIUM & LEIDEN, NL

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1. PROVENCE APARTMENTS

If France is calling, consider Maison La Luquette, located in Provence on a hill above the village of La Cadière d'Azur.

Operated by Don and Gwen Burger, Maison La Luquette provides two wheelchair accessible apartments. Meals and medical care are also available if needed. The villa is near more than 20 vineyards.

Maison La Luquette is 45 minutes from Marseille Airport and 1.5 Hours from the city of Nice.

To learn more, visit their web site http://www.maisonlaluquette.com/
or write maisonlaluquette@wanadoo.fr

Maison La Luquette
939, Route de Saint Anne du Castellet
La Font de la Luquette
83740 La Cadière d'Azur
France

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2. TURKEY TOURS

Fibula Travel in Antalya Turkey is now offering accessible holidays in Turkey. To learn more, visit www.wheelchairholiday.com

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3. INDIA: JOURNEY BEYOND BORDERS

If the mystical land of India seems beyond the range of your disability needs, two disabled Indian men want to convince you otherwise. Anjalee Aggarwal and Sanjeev Sachdeva, who both have muscular dystrophy, believe that barrier-free tourism plays an essential role in integrating disabled people into society. In 1996, they started Samarthya to help organize tours for disabled travelers of historical, tourist and religious places in India.

To learn more, visit http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=130421
Or contact Samarthya at anjeevsach@hotmail.com

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4. SAN DIEGO, CA: NEW ACCESSIBLE BUSES

Kudos to San Diego’s MTS for FINALLY providing the city with lowered-floor buses. Let’s hope that these new models prove far friendlier to disabled people than MTS’ previous buses that used traditional lifts that frequently malfunctioned.

The new bus lowers the front door closer to the curb and then deploys a short ramp for wheelchair users. The ramp equipment can be manually operated in the event that the automatic system fails to function.

There are now 47 of the new models on the streets and more will be issued by the end of June.

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5. BELGIUM & LEIDEN, NL

Join Eva McCracken as she and her husband, David, share access insights of their short trip to Brussels and Brugge, Belgium, Leiden, Netherlands at
http://www.globalaccessnews.com/belgiumleiden05.htm

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