The Cretan club of citizens with disabilities is informing people with movement disabilities in order of knowing the accessibility in cultural places.

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1 The Cretan club of citizens with disabilities is informing people with movement disabilities in order of knowing the accessibility in cultural places. Yours faithfully The management board of the club ARCHAELOGICAL MUSEUM OF HERAKLION Visiting Hours: Monday from 10:00 to 17:00 Daily and on Holidays from 9:00 to 16:00 Ksanthoudi & Chatzidaki 1 Liberty Square Telephone: There is full accessibility for people with disabilities. There s also available toilet and elevator. Full access in yard from the refectory. There are also two parking spaces for people with disabilities one at the main entrance and the other one at Bophor street. There is free entrance for people with disabilities on 67% and over by showing your disability counceling in force. People who move with a wheelchair are entitled free entrance for their escort. KOULES VENETIAN FORTRESS Venetian Port of Heraklion Visiting Hours: Daily 08:00 to 15:00 Telephone: The entrance and ground floor are accessible. There s a lift that gives you access on the roof. Cause of the floor in the area of the roof people who move with a wheelchair will certainly need the assistance of another person. There is partial access to the warriors. No toilet for people with disabilities. The way from the Venetian Fortress to the Acromol which is almost 2km is fully accessed even for people who move with a wheelchair.

2 There is free entrance for people with disabilities on 67% and over by showing your disability counceling in force. People who move with a wheelchair are entitled free entrance for their escort. CRETAN AQUARIUM Visiting Hours: Gournes Heraklion From 1/1 to 30/4 (Winter season) from 9:30 to 17:00 From 1/5 to 30/9 (Summer Season) from 9:30 to 21:00 Telephone: Fully accessible. There are two toilets in the area of the aquarium and in the refectory. There is free entrance for people with disabilities on 67% and over by showing your disability counceling in force. People who move with a wheelchair are entitled free entrance for their escort. HERAKLION HISTORICAL MUSEUM Sofokli Venizelou 27 Visiting Hours: Daily from 9:00 to 17:00 Except Sundays and on Holidays Telephone: Access with a wheelchair only on the ground floor. Because of the architecture of the building and the writing as maintenance any changes on the access can t be done. There s a wheelchair that can serve a person with movement disabilities and full help from the museum s guard is offered. For group tours you,ust first make a call at the museum in order to arrange it. There is free entrance for people with disabilities on 67% and over by showing your disability counceling in force. People who move with a wheelchair are entitled free entrance for their escort.

3 NATIONAL HISTORY MUSEUM Sofokli Venizelou Ave. Telephone: From 1/11 to 30/4 (Winter season) Visiting Hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 15:00 Weekends from 10:00 to 18:00 From 1/6 to 20/9 (Summer season) Visiting Hours: Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 21:00 Weekends from 10:00 to 21:00 On May and October the program is as follows Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 18:00 Weekends from 10:00 to 18:00 Fully accessible in all five floors and the yard. There are toilets for people with disabilities and an elevator. People who move with a wheelchair have full access everywhere except the seismic bank. Technology screens and applications are in the right height for people who move with a wheelchair. There is free entrance for people with disabilities on 67% and over by showing your disability counceling in force. People who move with a wheelchair are entitled free entrance for their escort. ARCHAELOGICAL SITE OF KNOSSOS Knossos Telephone: Visiting Hours: October to March (Winter season) from 8:00 to 17:00 April to September (Summer season) from 8:00 to 20:00

4 The access for people who use a wheelchair must always be done with the help of a partner cause of the morphology of the terrain. Ther is an accessed airlift in the archeological area of Knossos which is accessible by 70% for people with severe motor disability. The access is only until the main yard of the palace. There is a toilet for people with disabilities. The key must be requested from the person in charge. There is parking for people with disabilities. There is free entrance for people with disabilities on 67% and over by showing your disability counceling in force. People who move with a wheelchair are entitled free entrance for their escort. There is a boom with Braille system in order to service blind people. AGIA AIKATERINI SINAITON Visiting Hours: From 09:30 to 19:30 Agia Aikaterini Square Telephone: Fully accessible. Free entrance for all people with disabilities even without showing your disability counceling in force. There is a toilet by the municipality of Heraklion at the square. NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS TOMB Unfortunatelly it is not accessible for people with movement disabilities. COASTAL FRONT OF HERAKLION (from the Historical museum to the area of Karavolas where there is slide for people with movement disabilities) The whole way of the esplanade is accessible with different kinds of road surface {such as bikes carpet. Wood. Paving and rock)

5 GEORGIADIS PARK Accessible for people with movement disabilities who move with a wheelchair. There is also a toilet at the park. AGIOU MINA CHURCH AGIOU TITOU CHURCH Accessible with a ramp but there are small stairs in the entrance of the temples. People who move with a wheelchair may need assistance in order to get to the temple. HERAKLION CENTER (Liberty square- Daidalou paving- The lions square- 25th August paving str.- Central Market- Theotokopoulos park) All the above places are accessible even with a wheelchair. ACCESSIBLE BEACHES IN HERAKLION The accessible beaches are Karteros Municipality Coast where there is access at the sea with a seatrack. On Ammoudara Beach (Municipality of Heraklion) near the Petousis Tavern there is access at the sea with a special coach.