With a delightful old quarter that is a listed site of historical interest, Hamlyn has a strong commitment to enabling disabled visitors to enjoy the historical town and all it has to offer.
The pedestrianised old quarter, which is flat, is eminently suitable for guided tours for visitors with reduced mobility, wheelchair users and families with pushchairs. Tour guides are able to take visitors' individual needs into consideration and offer flexibility in the pace and order of the tours. One tour guide, a wheelchair user, is an advisor on guided tour design. Hamlyn also offers guided tours for visitors who are hard of hearing. A sign-language interpreter is available for all Hamlyn's guided tours, except foreign-language tours.
There is also a tour for blind and partially sighted visitors, developed in conjunction with Hamlyn's Association for Blind and Partially Sighted People. Trained tour guides describe important buildings and features of styles from different eras using a Braille guide to the old quarter. At the Wedding House, a bronze relief map of the town donated by the Rotary Club brings Hamlyn's old quarter to life for visitors who are blind or partially sighted.
Hamlyn also has a new, fully accessible tourist office including a Weserbergland information centre. The town centre has three accessible toilets and audible traffic signals for blind and partially sighted people.
A 90-minute guided tour of the old town costs €48.00.
All guided tours are on request.
Information
Hameln Marketing und Tourismus GmbH
31785 Hameln, Deisterallee 1
Tel.: +49 (0) 51 51 / 95 78 24
Fax: +49 (0) 51 51 / 95 78 40
E-mail: touristinfo@hameln.de
