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disability friendly:
holiday accommodation for people with a disability

Belvilla
website: Belvilla
Disabled friendly self-catering holiday accommodation across Europe, including apartments, chalets, villas, cottages, farmhouses, castles and mansions. Use 'Extensive Search' then choose the 'Reduced Mobility' option, which can refine a search by: Adapted shower, Adapted toilet, Broad passage, Certified, Elevator, No thresholds and Raised bed. Check the description and floor plan for additional details, often with measurements. Properties are primarily in: Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Switzerland and the UK.

 Daisy Cottage
located: West Mersea, Colchester, Essex, UK
website: Daisy Cottage
Detached bungalow with ramp access to the front and rear and all accommodation on one level making it suitable for less mobile people or wheelchair users. All the accommodation is on one level and includes a living/dining room, kitchen, three bedrooms (sleeping up to 6) and a wet room with toilet.

 Responsibletravel.com
website: Responsibletravel.com
Small but excellent range of accessible holiday accommodation that is not only suitable for people with a disability but is also environmentally friendly! The Disabled Travel section lists accommodation ranging from caravan parks and cabins to plush hotels; in locations from Aberystwyth to the African bush. For accessible self-catering, B&B, hotels, villas, apartments, farmstays, eco lodges Worldwide.

 Pure Holiday Homes
website: Pure Holidays for wheelchair users OR Disabled friendly
Holiday accommodation for people with a disability. The selections above are ready sorted to include either wheelchair accessible or disabled friendly accommodation Worldwide – sort the selections further, by country, type, amenities, etc from the choices on the left. Descriptions are provided by the owners and details of disabled facilities are often scant and variable, but you can make an enquiry to the owner direct from the 'More Information' page to ask if these are suitable for your needs.

 Little Hollies
located: Herefordshire, UK
website: Little Hollies
Two bedroom self-catering bungalow in the Wye Valley, near Hay-on-Wye and Hereford. The accommodation is fully equipped for all types of disability and is ideally suited to guests with mobility problems. There are wide doors for wheelchair use, ramps at the doors and a wet-room with shower and rails. A mobile hoist can be provided on request.

 Seashell Cottage
located: Shandwick, Balintore, Highland, Scotland, UK
website: Seashell Cottage
A great base for touring the Scottish Highlands, this disability friendly terraced cottage is just yards from the shoreline in Shandwick, near Balintore. It offers accommodation for 6-8 people and includes a ground floor, wheelchair accessable, double bedroom and wet room with toilet.

 Stoke Court Farm Barn
located: St Milborough, Ludlow, Shropshire, UK
website: Stoke Court Farm Barn
Detached stone barn near Ludlow, offering high quality, characterful family accommodation (sleeps 10-14), with facilities for disabled guests. These include a ground floor double bedroom with electrically-operated bed, an adjacent wet room with toilet, and wheelchair access from bedroom to garden. Uniquely there is also a sensory garden designed to stimulate sound, touch, sight and smell.

 Woodpecker
located: Wattisfield, Diss, Norfolk, UK
website: Woodpecker
Semi-detached single storey cottage with all level access offering a living/dining room/kitchen, twin bedroom and and accessible wet room with toilet. The property has been awarded M3 Assisted Mobility Award by Visit Britain Quality in Tourism. The cottage is well furnished and has its own courtyard garden overlooking natural gardens and a pond where carp fishing can be enjoyed.

 Canal Barn Bunkhouse
based: Brecon Beacons, Wales, UK
website: bunkhouse-brecon-beacons-wales.co.uk/index-bunkhouse-disabled-01.htm
Accessible bunk house accommodation for disabled people, available for group bookings of 6 or more. The Bunkhouse is single story without steps and sleeps up to 24 including up to 9 wheelchair users. Lower bunks are set at wheelchair transfer level and 2 of the 5 bathrooms are equipped for wheelchair users.

 Fhuarain Forest Cottages
based: Invernesshire, Scotland UK
website: www.forestcottages.com
Family run, 19th century village cottages in Nethybridge, designed with disabled visitors in mind and offering additional facilities and equipment free of charge. They offer flexible family accommodation and a high standard of quality and comfort.

Holidays in Southern Spain
based: Andalucia, Spain
website: www.holidays-in-southern-spain.com/wheelchair.html
Wheelchair accessable villa in Las Alpujarras, Andalucia. A self-catering holiday villa, purpose built by the architect owner for disabled or less-abled guests and infirm elderly who use a wheelchair.

 Home Farm
based: Norfolk, UK
website: www.homefarmcranmer.co.uk
A small complex of 5 holiday cottages each sleeping 4-6, in Cranmer. All of the cottages are suitable for people with disabilities and are aimed at people in wheelchairs travelling with an able bodied companion. The complex features an indoor heated swimming pool in the old Threshing Barn.

La Guardia 31
based: Costa Blanca, Spain
website: www.laguardia31.com
Luxury wheelchair accessible villa in Javea, Costa Blanca, Spain. The villa has been designed to cater for those with mobility problems and offers private grounds, a pool and hoist.

Marthas Shore Cottage
based: Glencaple, Dumfries, Scotland, UK
website: Marthas Shore Cottage
Self-catering bungalow/cottage with views over the Solway Estuary. Ramped entrance, two twin bedrooms, one with en-suite wet room equipped for disabled guests.

 North Inn (The)
based: Cornwall, UK
website: www.thenorthinnpendeen.co.uk
B&B accommodation in a traditional Cornish village pub in the centre of Pendeen; with one bedroom specifically designed to accommodate disabled guests.

 Owl House (The)
based: Shropshire, UK
website: www.owlhouseshropshire.co.uk
Self-catering accommodation near Newport in Shropshire, designed to ensure accessiblity for wheelchair users and people with mobility problems.

Ruby Bay Cottage
based: Nelson, New Zealand
website: www.realspecial.co.nz/holidays/
Three bedroom 'deaf friendly' holiday home sleeping 6+, with special doorbell and smoke alarm, teletext television and 'hearing dogs' for the deaf welcomed.

 Special Needs Accommodation Centre
based: Linconshire, UK
website: www.holidaysforspecialneeds.com
Quality accommodation at very reasonable rates for special needs guests and their accompanying carers. Offering four twin rooms and two rooms with bunks plus a single; each of these has ensuite facilities. The two ground floor rooms have wheelchair access.

Stable View Cottage
based: Thorness Bay, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK
website: Stable View Cottage
Former farm buildings converted and equipped with the disabled in mind. The accommodation is all on one level and includes a twin bedroom, wet room ramped entrance.

 Wern Bach
based: North Wales, UK
website: www.disabled-holidays-wales.co.uk
Small, friendly, non-smoking, wheelchair accessible Bed and Breakfast accommodation in Llangernyw, east of Llanrwst near Betws-y-Coed in North Wales.

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Other useful disability friendly accommodation sites:
Holidays in a wheelchair: one man's reviews of holiday properties and services that have genuine wheelchair access, all tried and tested by a wheelchair user.