Florence Guides You

50 million citizens with disabilities of various kinds is the estimate of those likely to participate in the tourism market and as much as 72% of them - or about 36 million - are likely to travel, but only 6 million do really.

In essence, 30 million people with 'special needs' are excluded from the official tourist circuits, although involved.
If we consider that every tourist with any disability can travel with friends, family, carers etc., The number of potential consumers tourist arrives at 60/70 million.
Tourism without barriers is a strategic program for the development of Italian tourism in an area still partly unexplored

• Make available to operators in the tourism system a data base with information on accommodation and other services related to targeted and qualified business opportunities
• Guarantees to operators of the tourism system contacts program and select a pool of potential new customers, who regularly travel or want to travel
• Care training and advice necessary to the promotion / creation of hospitality services in Italy for customers with disabilities and needs 'special'
• Works with organizations to develop tourism economy of those areas that are able to offer holidays tailored to different needs 'special'

We were among the first in Tuscany to think the reception for tourists with disabilities, the first to create, customize and enhance the I.C.P. (Individualized Care Paths). I.C.P. are paths, cultural-tourist routes designed specifically for people with disabilities, designed to avoid all the barriers, not just architectural but also the cultural and mental barriers. For too many years in the role of Tourist Guides and Escorts encounter enormous difficulties (often represented by simple obstacles) that make us live emotionally and professionally difficult situations when we need to provide a tourist service to our disabled guests. We decided to find ourselves ready to meet and to offer our guests a professional service as E.T.G.H (European Travel Guide Handicapped), the first Travel Guide in Italy formed with specific skills to guide tourists with disabilities.

Our service for people with disabilities:

* Minivan 9 seater GT used for carrying 5 passengers and 3 wheelchairs
* Footboard electric wheelchairs up and down
* Television
* Reader dvdx/mp3
* Refrigerator

Our guides, formed by a specific training course in the Region of Tuscany, were the first in Italy to get the E.T.G.H (European Travel License Guide Handicapped).

They will provide you professional and accessible tourist services during your travels to improve full confort and safety.

Museums Information provided by: Tourist Service of the 'Tourist Information Office of Florence', Via Cavour 1 red, Florence Tel 055290832 Fax 0552760383 Updated for October 1998

Palatine Gallery
Pitti Palace Piazza Pitti
Tel 0552388614
Opening hours: Tuesday-Sunday 08,30-21,00 (Winter 08,30-18,50)
Closed: Monday
Building plan with the street level ticket at the ground floor, 1 room with 1 step further 20 rooms accessible by elevator (door of 75 cm), Disabled toilets on the floor at the entrance.

Palazzo Vecchio
Piazza della Signoria Tel 0552768465
Opening hours: Monday-Saturday 09,00-19,00 Thursday 09,00-14,00 Sunday 08,00-13,00
Entrance to the floor of the Levels Road (Entrance from Gate Customs), ticket with a slide, some rooms with acsensore reach 75 cm or stair lift, accessible toilets and equipped with slide

Galleria degli Uffizi
Piazzale degli Uffizi 6 Phone 05523885
Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 08,30-21,00 Sunday 08,30-20,00 (Winter 08,30-18,50 Festivo 08,30-13,50)
Closed: Monday
The entrance is on the left side. Entrance with slide, lift more than 75cm, 40 accessible rooms., Accessible toilets equipped with slide.

Museo di Santa Maria Novella
Piazza S. Maria Novella 18
Tel 055282187
Opening hours: Monday / Saturday 09,00-14,00 Sunday 08,00-13,00
Day off: Friday
Entrance with ramp, ticket counter with slide, up to the plane of the entrance, accessible rooms equipped with slide

Baptistery of S. John
Piazza San Giovanni
Tel 0552302885
Opening hours: 12,00-18,30 (Festivo 08,30-13,00)
Input 1 step, tickets to the plan, floor rooms, opportunity 'for help from the staff (report no. Tourism)

Duomo Santa Maria in Fiore
Piazza Duomo
Tel 055294514
Opening hours: 10,00-17,00 1 Saturday of the month 10,00-15,30 Festivo 13,00-17,00 Easy entrance from the right side of the Church by Canonical Door slide. The interior is accessible to the exclusion of the museum.

Museo dell'Opera di Santa Croce
Piazza S. Cross 16
Tel 055244619
Opening hours: Monday-Sunday 10:00-12:30 Winter 14:30-18:30 * 10:00-12:30 * 15,00-17,00
Day off Wednesday
The church is not accessible. The Museo dell'Opera and 'accessible entrance to the ground level, tickets to the plan, 1st floor dining room, 5 rooms connected with a slide. 2 more rooms with a few steps to access. Has no toilets equipped.

Bargello Nazional Museum
V. of Proconsolo 4
Tel 055294883
Opening hours: Monday-Sunday 08,30-13.50
Closed: 2nd and 4th Monday and the 1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday of the month.
Entrance with ramp, ticket counter with slide, 2 rooms are on the floor entrance, another 15 rooms accessible by lift of 75 cm. Disabled toilets on the 2nd paino accessible by lift or stair lift.

Archaeological Museum
Via della Colonna 38
Phone 05523575
Entrance to street level or with a slide of the garden, 3 rooms on the floor entering the other rooms accessible by lift of over 75 cm and stairlifts ..

Galleria dell'Accademia
Via Ricasoli 60
Tel 0552388609
Opening hours: Tuesday-Saturday 08,30-21,00 Sunday 08,30-20,00 (Winter 08,30-18,50 Festivo 08,30-13,50)
Closed: Monday
Input 1 step, you can 'evtarlo entering exit at ground level, street level ticket, 9 rooms are on the floor of the entrance, 1 living room and' accessible by ramp, 1 room with a lift of 75 cm and 3 screens with stair lift. Offers rooms equipped. Guided tours tactile

Synagogue and Jewish Museum
Via Farini 4
Tel 0552346654
Opening hours: Sunday-Thursday 10,00-13,00 * 14,00-17,00 Friday 10,00-13,00
Closing day: Saturday
Input 1 step from street level, step 1 ticket, 1 room with a slide, 1 room with a lift of 75 cm, garden 1 step, toilets atterezzati floor entry

Boboli Gardens
Piazza Pitti
Tel 0552651816
Opening hours: May to October in April 09,00-20,00 * 09,00-18,30 * 09,00-17,30 * Mar Nov-Feb 09,00-16,30
Closed on 1st and last Monday of each month.
Built on a hillside with various slopes and steps. Offers rooms equipped.

The Ponte Vecchio is accessible but it 'sloping and uneven pavement requires the presence of a companion.