A holiday in the mountains of the Tyrol –
also for the disabled and people in wheel chairs.
We were awarded the "Golden Wheel Chair"
Another special award “Tourism without Barriers” by the Austrian Ministry of Social affairs for the construction and furnishings of our completely wheel chair adjusted “barrier-free” holiday house.
Barrier free
- Door-widths 900 mm
- turning circles 1300 – 1500 mm
- kitchen units designed for the disabled
- washbasins for the disabled
- height adjustable beds for the disabled
- control elements and light switches installed at 850 mm
- level showers
- WC and showers for the disabled with safety handles
- level terraces
- parking right on the doorstep
Special features:
- hospital beds
- lifter
- commode
- shower seat
- hanging seats for showers
Restaurants and Inns:
Many restaurants and inns in Alpbach and Inneralpbach are suitable for the disabled
There are shopping facilities in the supermarkets in Alpbach and the nearby village of Reith. The Doctor´s surgery and pharmacy and the public WC in the Town Hall are all accessible “barrier-free”.
Excursions and hiking destinations:
You can have a little ride into the “Luegergraben” and “Greitergraben” valleys on slightly ascending tarmacked roads. The “Obere Zeilen Weg“ ( upper road ) with several inns and magnificent views is also suitable for wheel chair users.
The Alpbacher lifts (cable cars) will take you to the Wiedersbergerhorn or to the Reitherkogel to enjoy the beautiful panoramic views and the magic of the mountains.
(assistance will be given to get into the cabins if required, please ask when you buy your ticket)
Excursions:
- the medieval glass town of Rattenberg
- Matzen castle park ( with WC for the disabled )
- swimming lakes in Kramsach: Krummsee, Reintalersee
- Tyrolean Farm House Museum in Kramsach ( with WC for the disabled )
- the Zillertal high mountain road ( toll road )
- the reservoirs and dams in the Zillertal
- the Krimml waterfalls an Magic Water World
- lake Achensee: boat trips and promenade
- lake Achensee: Rofan cable car
- lake Achensee: Gramai Alm
- Stans: public family swimming pool
- Innsbruck: old town
- Innsbruck: Hungerburg new funicula and cable-car
- Innsbruck: Alpine Zoo
- Innsbruck: Berg Isel with museum, ski jump and panorama cafe
- Innsbruck: Grassmayr bell museum and bell foundry
- “Witches water” in Söll, Hohe Salve
...... and on rainy days:
- adventure swimming pool in Fügen
- Achensee: “Vital mountain” fossil oil manufacture and museum
- Wattens: Swarovski Crystal world
- Mayrhofen Zillertal: demonstration cheese making dairy
- adventure swimming pool and waterworld “Wave” in Wörgl with water slides
- Schwaz: Planetarium
- Vomp: indoor playground “ Happy Hop”
- Schlitters: candle factory
- Wörgl: shopping centres with cinema and restaurants