Switzerland – EUROPE
Switzerland is a beautiful country in the middle of Europe, surrounded by mountains with endless breathtaking views, maybe the best chocolate in the world and sometimes you think time stands still … in the land of watches and clocks designed to perfection
General information
Capital – Bern | Currency – Swiss Franc | Timezone – GMT +1
Accessible Switzerland – TOP 10
Start here: Barrierfree travel Switzerland gives infomation about airports, public transportation, accommodation, tours and activities, resorts and the outdoors.
1 Featured Travel Agent: Claire and George
On their website: “We are your one stop shop for accessible holidays and travel in Switzerland. Our award winning team has over 10 years of experience in simplifying holidays for people affected by physical or sensory disability.
Contact us for advice and booking your private tour, your accessible hotel or for complementary support services and equipment. We are happy to help. Claire & George is a non-profit organisation.”
2 Getting around
Train
– SBB The Swiss Railway Passenger Traffic / Digital Business and you find more information about the SBB train services here.
3 Toilets
To use public accessible toilets in Switzerland, you need a Eurokey.
This key is also of use in Austria, Germany and the Czech Republic.
With this website: WC Guide you can find accessible toilets in Switzerland. There is also an app available in app stores. Click on the map to know more.
4 Highlights
Zermatt – Matterhorn how to be on top of a mountain!
Lauterbrunnen – Lord of the Rings
We asked an outdoor travel expert about ‘a must-go-experience’ in Switzerland and he recommended:
“Lauterbrunnen. That valley is insanely gorgeous. In fact, I think it inspired J.R.R. Tolkien’s town of Rivendale in the Lord of the Rings. So many waterfalls. Huge limestone walls. Spectacular. You can ride a train all the way up to the Jungfraujoch.”
The Jungfraujoch is a multi-story mountain complex built at 3454 meters (11.332 feet) on a saddle between the Jungfrau and Monch mountains.
There are good wheelchair accessible toilets and all internal facilities are accessible via passageways and lifts.
5 Accessible skiing
Many ski schools in Switzerland offer accessible sports. Choose one on this website:
6 Nature and the outdoors
– Switzerland (nature for all)
Unfortunately the website is offline. Please use the name of gardens and trails and city names to find it.
Garden of Scent and Touch – Geneva
Swiss Federation of the Blind Adapted Adapted Walking Path – Saanen
7 City tours in Bern
Bern
The city of Bern has a page on accessible places to visit.
8 City tours in Zurich
Zurich
City tours in the beautiful city of Zurich for everyone
9 City tours in Geneva
Geneva
On this website you find extensive information about accessible places to visit such as museums, cultural highlights and also accessible sports.
What do you know about Switzerland?
General
Visa – all information on applying for a visa to Switzerland you find on this website.
Language – the official languages are French, German, Italian. In tourist areas people know also English.
Travel Sheets – Download here
(Download the English version here)
German and French
- travel and assistance dogDE
- travel and medicationDE
- travel and hearing impairmentDE
- travel and visual impairmentDE
- travel and assistance dogFR
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10 Social Media
Access Unlimited – summer and winter holidays (more info here)
Check out our Team Accessible collection for la Suisse and die Schweiz. Professional promotion products to support your accessibility project funding. https://www.redbubble.com/i/pin/Team-Accessible-SCHWEIZ-by-TeamAccessible/98783818.NP9QY
https://fb.watch/gB8pfvs7lB/ a nice video of Zürich – clean, expensive, beautiful. Have you been to Zürich?