We are a town known for its model of urban, healthy innovation and for efficiently adapting to the diversity of its citizens. A model that we are still working on with the goal of making our town fully accessible to everybody, promoting participation, mobility rights and an active lifestyle. L’Alfàs del Pi Town Hall´s Universal Accessibility Plan sets the main standard procedures for eliminating architectural barriers and framing guidelines for new actions to be conceived with designs adapted to everyone. And its because an accessible town is an advantage for everyone, providing a better quality of life for all and specially for people with disabilities and with limited mobility.
Thanks to the present guide you can discover informartion on accessibility to different parts of our town: hotels, restaurants,museums,monuments, shops and tourist service businesses adapte to leisure without barriers or limits.
Accessible Tourism
WHERE TO STAY?
We have comfortable and pleasant accommodation for people with limited mobility. Easy access to wheelchairs in public areas, rooms or bathrooms. For more information, we are delighted to verify if your accommodation is adapted to your needs at any of our tourist information offices.
SHA WELLNESS CLINIC
HOTEL ALBIR PLAYA & SPA
HOTEL KAKTUS ALBIR
HOTEL SUN PALACE ALBIR SPA
HOTEL ROBER PALACE
HOTEL MOLÍ BOUTIQUE
HOTEL EUROPA
APARTHOTEL LOL HOTEL & RESORT
APARTHOTEL RESIDENCIAL VIDALBIR
APARTAMENTOS LA CRISÁLIDA RETREATS
APARTAMENTOS GASTRO GROUP HOTEL
APARTAMENTOS ALFAZ DEL SOL
CAMPING LA COLINA
CAMPER PARK COSTA BLANCA
CAMPER PARK ORANGE GROVE
MAGIC ROBIN HOOD RESORT
ACCESSIBLE BEACH
L’Albir Beach has all the necessary commodities so that anyone
can enjoy a safe and comfortable stay or go safely swimming,
independently of any limited mobility or any type of physical,
visual or auditory disability they may have.
- Reserved parking
- Public toilets
- An adapted shower with seating and support handles
- Beach library
- Adapted recreation area with 30m2 of shade
- Accessible boardwalks
- Assisted swimming service
- First Aid Station
- Lifeguards and support personnel
- Amphibious floating chairs
- Amphibious crutches
Next to the beach library you can find the assisted swimming area, supervised by qualified personnel and offering amphibious floating chairs, amphibious crutches, first aid kit and adapted toilets.
It is necessary to make an appointment at the first aid station and this service is available between the 1 st July and 31 st August. From 11
am to 1.30 pm every day and from 4 pm to 6.30 pm on Saturdays and Sundays.
Before making your appointment we ask that you read the following information:
1. Swimming is not allowed when there are red or yellow flags on the beach.
2. Personal belongings must be left inside the security perimeter.
3. We recommend that the people that use the adapted swimming service come accompanied by someone.
4. Due to that limited availability of the service we ask to be notified of any cancellations as soon as possible.
Other services:
Blue Flag, Wifi, Toilets, Feet washers, Boardwalks, Lifeguards, Loudspeaker System, Children Play Area, Sports Area, Callisthenics Park, Beach Library, Restaurants, Hotels, Camping Sites, Bike Lanes, Taxi Stops, Tourism Offices. Diving Centres. Bicycle Rentals. Sun bed, Parasol, Pedalo, Kayaks and Paddle Surf Board Rentals. Web Cam.
ACCESSIBLE ITINERARY
Serra Gelada Natural Park´s Red Route
This is a 2.5 km long asphalted trail with hardly any slopes that follows the old service trail to Albir lighthouse. It is a low difficulty route that follows parallel to the bay, with incredible views over the Mediterranean Sea in the background.
At the parking lot located at the beginning of this trail there are reserved parking spaces for people with limited mobility. At the picnic area located close to the start of the trail there are two benches with specific signs indicated priority use for people with disabilities. All along the trail there are some information panels adapted to people using wheelchairs. Information panels are not adapted to people with visual disabilities or blindness.
Easy reading guide to Albir Lighthouse
Environmental education is key to preserving our natural heritage. Aware of this, we have an easy reading guide for people with any degree of intellectual or visual disability, elderly people or people with reading disabilities, to provide tourist information in a simple way on wildlife, flora, heritage, geology, palaeontology and the marine area that surrounds Serra Gelada Natural Park. This guide was made by l´Alfàs del Pi Town Hall under the direction of the person responsible for accessibility in APSA, an NGO that carries out various activities to improve the life quality of people with various disabilities according to the regulations of ILSMH European Association and UNE 153101 -EX Spanish experimental regulation.
Roman Villa Open Air Museum of l’Albir
The provincial route “Alicante a Journey of 2000 years” from the guide ‘The Valencian Community, also for you’, includes a visit to the Villa Romana de l’Albir Open Air Museum.
The provincial route “Alicante a Journey of 2000 years” from the guide ‘The Valencian Community, also for you’, includes a visit to the Villa Romana de l’Albir Open Air Museum.
On the entity’s website; www.cocemfecv.org you will find other accessible and inclusive tourist routes with themes about nature, traditional ceramics and archeology that include extra activities that can be done in museums, nearby accessible beach spots or accessible children’s games, as well as hotels and restaurants or specific recommendations for people with disabilities.
INCLUSIVE SPORT
The l´Alfàs del Pi Councillorship for sports, in collaboration with Social Welfare and the association AFSRT, offer an adapted sports programme that improves and promotes integration for people with physical, psychological or sensorial disabilities. This inclusive and health initiative has made l´Alfàs del Pi an exemplary town in health sport for other towns in Spain and Europe. Through the healthy workshops programme that the Councillorship for Welfare organizes, other many activities for the elderly are also carried out to improve their physical, cognitive and social abilities.
“Inclusive sport means that people with or without disabilities can carry out and enjoy the same sport”
We have the experience of celebrating tennis, indoor football, athletic and athlete training championships for people with disabilities, gaining an international recognition that attracts the interest of sport committees and federations from other countries, who come to see us and know our facilities are accessible to all athletes. The Spanish sport federation for blind people (FEDC / ONCE) carries out their athletic trials in l´Alfàs del Pi, where athletes can evaluate their capacity and achieve records that will allow them to go to events such as the Olympics. The Saudi Arabia Paralympic committee´s delegation has carried out a training programme divided into 4 weeks. The first week focused on physical and psychological preparation, getting to
know the surroundings and studying how technicians and trainers work in our country. The second and third week were to adapt the procedures here to athletes who come to this Campus. Finally, the fourth week focused on competitions with other teams and athletes from here to apply and verify the results of the training acquired. The Spanish ONCE indoor football team was in the Pau Gasol Pavilion in l´Alfàs del Pi preparing themselves for the indoor football world cup held in Turkey. We support inclusive initiatives and collaborate with projects with associations that take part in events such as the 2021 first inclusive mountain hike in Serra Gelada Natural Park.
ACCESSIBLE MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS
Our public buildings offer basic conditions that guarantee that everyone can use them independently and safely without discrimination, making effective equality in opportunities and universal accessibility. After identifying and diagnosing the deficiencies of our universal accessibility plan, we are working to make the necessary changes to eliminate barriers and improve the level of accessibility.
Town Hall
Address: C/ FEDERICO GARCÍA LORCA, 11
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
The interior and exterior spaces next to the doors are horizontal or with a 2% slope, with 1.50 metres of space to turn without obstacles.
Wide and with height to allow easy access.
Access ramp inside.
Access without architectonic barriers or obstacles.
Non slippery surface.
Glass access door is automated.
Elevator: Cabin size.
Door indicated with international signs, wide and easy access.
Handrails and height for easy access.
Buttons in braille located at a correct height. Visual indicators.
Stairs: With correct width and height Hygenic services available on each floor.
Indicated vehicle parking, correct width, pedestrian access indicated with accessible itineraries.
Casa Cultura
Address: PLAZA JUAN CARLOS I, S/N
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
The interior and exterior spaces next to the doors are horizontal or with a 2% slope, with 1.50 metres of space to turn without obstacles.
Parking with exterior access ramp.
Glass doors, with adequate height and width.
Elevator: Cabin size with a wide and tall opening.
Buttons in braille located at a correct height.
Visual indicators.
Stairs: With correct height and width, landings on each floor.
Hygenic services available on ground and second floor.
Centro + Social
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Correct width and height. Access to the interior is void of architectonic barriers and obstacles. No loose surfaces like pebbles or sand, etc.
No stairs
Reception desk with adequate height.
Adapted hygenic services.
Parking spaces indicated with vertical signs, close to pedestrian access and indicated accessible itineraries.
Albir Social Centre
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Correct width and height. Access to the interior is void of architectonic barriers and obstacles. The outside space next to the door is not horizontal, there is a small ramp without handrails. No loose surfaces like pebbles or sand, etc…
Non slippery surface inside the building.
Interior door height and width adequate.
Ramps outside the building.
No stairs.
Adapted hygenic services.
Roman Villa Museum
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Adequate height and width at access points. Access to the interior is void of architectonic barriers and obstacles. No loose surfaces like pebbles or sand on the pedestrian accessible routes. The interior and exterior spaces next to the doors are horizontal or with a 2% slope, with 1.50 metres of space to turn without obstacles.
Interior door height and width adequate.
No slippery surfaces.
No stairs.
Adapted hygenic services.
Sports ground
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Adequate width and height, turning space, non slippery surface,
correct opening of doors. Main Access: Correct width and height. Inside and outside space next to door is not horizontal with a 2% slope on the access ramp.
Secondary access: Via the frontenis court.
Access ramp.
Secondary access: Via the athletic track.
Inside and outside space next to the door is horizontal or with a maximum slope of 2% and 1.5 metres turning space without obstacles.
Itinerary: No loose surfaces like pebbles, sand, etc.
Non slippery surface.
Isolated staircases at each access point to sport tracks and courts.
Adapted hygenic services.
Indicated parking spaces, close to pedestrian accesses and indicated on accessible itineraries.
Pau Gasol Pavillion
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Adequate width and height. Access to inside the building has no architectonic barriers or obstacles. The inside and outside space next to the door is horizontal and has a 2% slope with 1.5 metres turning space without obstacles. No loose surfaces such as pebbles, sand, etc.
Non slippery surface.
Glass doors with adequate width, height and opening.
Elevator: Cabin size.
Adequate opening and handrails. Buttons in braille at an adequate height and visible.
Stairs: Adequate height, wide landings, correct surface, wide turning space, clears indicators and tactile paving
Reserved spaces close to pedestrian access points and indicated accessible itineraries.
Local Police
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Exterior access ramp without handrails.
Access control point at the entrance. Adequate width and height with turning space.
Non slippery surface.
Adequate entrance height and width. Adapted hygenic services.
Vertical indicators for reserved parking spaces, close to pedestrian accesses.
Tourist Office
In l’Alfàs del Pí – Town centre c/ Les Escoles s/n
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Adequate width and height. Access into the building has no architectonic barriers or obstacles. The inside and outside space next to the door is horizontal and has a 2% slope with 1.5 metres turning space without obstacles. No loose surfaces such as pebbles, sand, etc.
Non slippery surface. Exterior ramps and stairs.
Adequate entrance.
Adapted hygienic services outside the building.
Reserved indicated parking spaces, in rows, close to pedestrian access points and indicated accessible itineraries.
En l’Alfàs del Pi – l’Albir Beach: : Paseo de las Estrellas s/n
General characteristics for accessibility and itineraries
Adequate height and width. Access inside the building has no architectonic barriers or obstacles.
No loose surfaces such as pebbles, sand, etc.
Adequate door width and height.
Access ramp outside.
Reserved indicated parking spaces, close to pedestrian accesses and indicated accessible itineraries.
MOBILE APPS
Mobile phones are the most generally used ICT tool, here are
some of the day to day apps you can use.
Accesibility Scan: A technological solution for people that allows people with limited mobility to use their phone thanks to a touch activated system.
Google Talkback: App for people with visual disabilities that translates to voice whatever is written or displayed on the phone’s screen.
Usound: App for people with auditory disabilities, available both for Android as well as IOS, that adapts sound to the needs of each person and their auditory level.
Jocomunico: Free app created for people with serious speech
impediments so they can communicate through pictograms. The app automatically increases telegraphic language.
Brailliac: For people with visual disabilities, it´s an app that makes easy tactile writing and reading for visually impaired people. It offers a practical guide that teaches braille slowly through a series of exercises and challenges using an automated translation process.
iDentifi: This app was created by a student in Toronto for visually impaired people.By focusing the mobile phone camera at a certain object, the app describes that object orally. This way, people that are visually impaired can know in detail the object before them.
Dilo en señas: Created not only for people with auditive disabilities but also for people who want to learn sign language. It teaches sign language through a game. Very popular among kids, it was initially created for them but eventually extended its use to include adults.
HeadMouse: It is a free programme designed to substitute the computer´s mouse. It allows to control the cursor with slight movements of the head and to click on the mouse with facial gestures through a webcam.
Diccionario Lengua de Signos ESP: DILSE is a Spanish sign language dictionary. It is a learning app, run by expert professional sign language teachers in Spanish sign language. It is free to download and is easy to use. It has over a thousand terms and definitions.