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Accessibility not so hot at popular Parisian hotspot
The Raddison Blu Hotel Paris-Boulogne was always hustling and bustling with tourists and local Parisians alike. Located in Central Paris the hotel was in easy commutable distance to some of the most popular tourist attractions.
The hotel had fantastic accessible facilities in the rooms but the basics seemed to have been overlooked.
The entrance to the hotel was difficult to navigate in a wheelchair - a revolving push door that was too narrow to fit a wheelchair in - the single pull door next to it, was too heavy to open.
The lifts were difficult to operate due to the key-card slots being placed to high out of arms reach from a wheelchair.
The accessible rooms however were great, spacious enough to manoeuvre the wheelchair around with ease, this was the same for the adjacent wet room plenty of space, a shower chair and numerous grab-rails throughout to assist if required.
The hotel bar/restaurant it was flat and accessible but was quite small making it difficult to manoeuvre the wheelchair between tables as they were close together, especially during peak-times when busy.
The Raddison Blu Hotel Paris-Boulogne was always hustling and bustling with tourists and local Parisians alike. Located in Central Paris the hotel was in easy commutable distance to some of the most popular tourist attractions.
The hotel had fantastic accessible facilities in the rooms but the basics seemed to have been overlooked.
The entrance to the hotel was difficult to navigate in a wheelchair - a revolving push door that was too narrow to fit a wheelchair in - the single pull door next to it, was too heavy to open.
The lifts were difficult to operate due to the key-card slots being placed to high out of arms reach from a wheelchair.
The accessible rooms however were great, spacious enough to manoeuvre the wheelchair around with ease, this was the same for the adjacent wet room plenty of space, a shower chair and numerous grab-rails throughout to assist if required.
The hotel bar/restaurant it was flat and accessible but was quite small making it difficult to manoeuvre the wheelchair between tables as they were close together, especially during peak-times when busy.