Gondolas4All

Accessible tourism is finally becoming a reality in Venice

Gondolas4all is a gondola transportation service providing a system that safely and autonomously allows people who are confined to wheelchairs experience gondola rides in Venice. They created a unique jetty system specially designed for facilitating transport onto and off of gondolas.

One first begins by booking a gondola ride on their website, http://www.gondolas4all.com/; their gondola rides cost no additional expense. Next, one would meet the gondolier at their wheelchair accessible pier. Once the gondolier arrives, they will operate the jetty and guide you through the process of safely escorting you onto and off of the gondola.

Their mission is to expand this system throughout Venice so gondolas, and other forms of water transportation, can accessibly board and service people with disabilities. They aim to increase the total level of accessibility of Venice because the degree to which a city is accessible is an indicator of the city’s quality of services.