La Ciotat Accessible

OFFICE DE TOURISME

The Tourist Office has the Tourism & Handicap label for 4 disabilities (motor, hearing, mental and visual).

• The reception staff have received adapted and compulsory training, for an approach to this public.
• The reception bank has been upgraded to provide the disabled public with optimum comfort.
• A display panel lists all the local services that are labelled or accessible.
• A magnet loop and a magnifying glass are available to visitors, should they need them.
• A document presenting the local offer labelled or accessible to the disabled public in terms of accommodation and leisure activities in particular has been drawn up in order to meet the demand from this type of public.
• A document in Braille and large print presenting the local offer labelled or accessible to the disabled public and a map of the town centre in Braille enabling accessible and/or labelled places to be located are available, on request, à consultation.
• A new automatic sliding entrance door has been installed, on which signage strips have been installed.
• A guide band has been installed in the reception area to make it easier for visually impaired visitors to find their way around.

MAIRIE

Equipment has been installed to welcome people with reduced mobility:

• Toilets
• Lifts
• A ramp for access to the entrance
• Welcome desk

HOSPITAL CENTRE

The Hospital Centre has several adapted facilities:

• Toilets
• Lift à boîte vocale
• Beds à variable height
• Lève malade
• A rampe dès à l’entrée
• Banque d’accueil

LA MAISON DES ASSOCIATIONS

The Maison des Associations is home to many associations that participate à in the town’s associative life. The building is wheelchair accessible from the Avenue Gée entrance. Adapted facilities:

• Toilets
• Parking area

MUSEE CIOTADEN

The Musée du Vieux La Ciotat is a museum of art and tradition. It tells the story of the town’s heritage and the traditions of Provence. Exhibitions and guided tours are offered throughout the year. People with limited mobility can only access the rooms and exhibitions on the 1st floor (with a step), accessed via rue Adolphe Abeille.

EGLISE NOTRE-DAME DE L’ASSOMPTION

17th century church. A visit is a must. Restored some fifteen years ago, the traditional main altar has been preserved. The frescoes that decorate the church and the layout of the work make it original, through the contrast of styles. Situated on Quai Ganteaume and wheelchair accessible from Place Sadi Carnot.

CHAPELLE DES PENITENTS BLEUS

The building is listed. Facing the marina, the chapel is wheelchair-accessible from Place Louis Marin, on request from the entrance.

THEATRE DE LA CHAUDRONNERIE

Dedicated spaces are available for people with reduced mobility.</Booking is compulsory with the ticket office, at the box office or by telephone. Please arrive at least 30 minutes before the start of the performance. Both theatres are equipped with a magnetic induction loop. Be prepared à l’accueil à l’arrivaée. Approved for 4 disabilities (motor, hearing, visual and mental).

EDEN THEATRE

L’Eden Théâtre is the oldest cinema in the world still in operation. Entirely renovated and awarded the Tourisme et Handicap label for 4 disabilities (mental, motor, hearing and visual), it can now accommodate all audiences, including those with special needs and their families.

• A ground-floor screening room equipped with 5 places for wheelchair users.
• Balcony projection room with 2 wheelchair spaces.
• Elevator available for access to the upper floor.
• Access ramp in the courtyard.
• Accessible toilets with visual alarm, with transfer to the right or left.
• Personalised reception.
• The Fidelio system from Doremi provides access via an individual receiver to the audiodescription version of films specified in the programme. The same system provides individual hearing assistance (with a receiver) by amplification via a high-frequency link.

ASSOCIATION JULES LENOIR

L’Association Jules Le Noir perpétue le culte de la pétanque sur le terrain m&ême où pù naissance le jeu en 1910. Every year, on a Saturday in September, the association organises 1 day dedicated to disabled people in conjunction with the Fédération Française du Sport Handicap.

PLAGE LUMIÈRE – HANDIPLAGE

La plage Lumière has Tourisme et Handicap accreditation for 4 disabilities: motor, auditory, mental and visual.

• 15 adapted wheelchairs (10 Tiralos, 2 Hippocampes, 2 Watherwells, 1 Sofao) give people with limited mobility free access to the beach and to swimming, with prior booking.
• 1 Wheeleez (dune buggy) and skittles are also available.</A waterproof audio communication system is available for the visually impaired.
• A concrete ramp provides access to the water.
• The changing rooms are equipped with a transfer system, lifting on a safety rail, lockers and an accessible indoor shower, with a shower seat fitted with a handiplage system.

Municipal agents are present on Lumière beach, in season, to help bathers àder access to sea bathing.

BOAT TOURS OF THE CALANQUES

LES AMIS DES CALANQUES offers boat tours of the calanques from the Vieux Port. The boats sail in the waters of the Calanques National Park from April to November, depending on weather conditions. Boarding possible for 2 accompanied manual wheelchairs.

SOCIÉTÉ NAUTIQUE DE LA CIOTAT

With Handi-Voile, the club offers disabled people the opportunity to sail all year round aboard small sailing boats called MINI Js. Adapted equipment (a crane to launch the boats, a person-operator to embark PRMs) and the simplicity of this craft make it accessible to everyone, it is steered with a steering wheel or a rudder and can be adapted to suit the disability.

BASE NAUTIQUE

The Base Nautique brings together all the professionals in the water sports sector, providing a showcase for the full range of services on offer. Classed as a France Station Nautique 4, it is accessible to the public with reduced mobility thanks to the access ramp. The toilets and showers are adapted to the needs of this clientele.

LES JARDINS DE L’ESPÉRANCE

In a natural area of 8000m2, the Jardins de l’Espérance offer a number of activities linked to the environment and gardening. They have been awarded the Tourisme & Handicap » label (hearing, visual, mental), and aim to create educational gardens, encouraging the integration of disabled or sick children in educational workshops for all.

EXPENATURE

Labellisé « Tourisme et Handicap » pour les 4 handicaps (auditif, mental, moteur, visuel), EXPENATURE encadrement des activités physical activities in the great outdoors (kayaking, canoeing, climbing, spéléology, mountain biking, multisport raids…) and also offersé personalised support for the disabled public.

ATELIER BLEU CPIE CÔTE PROVENÇALE

L’Atelier Bleu – CPIE Côte Provençale has been organising aquatic and land-based activities for over 35 years;s aquatic and terrestrial activities with the aim of showcasing the diversity of coastal landscapes and alerting the public to the fragility of these ecosystems. In particular, it offers:

• The underwater trail at Le Mugel (La Ciotat), accompanied by a certified sea guide, is accessible to people with sensory disabilities.
• The underwater trail at Port d’Alon (St Cyr-sur-Mer), accompanied by a certified sea guide, is accessible to people with sensory disabilities; It is accessible to people with all types of disability, including those with reduced mobility, thanks to the improvements made to allow access to the water.

Some of the nature walks are also accessible to people with sensory or mental disabilities; the guided tour of the Parc du Mugel and the guided tour of the Pêche aux petits m&eacute tiers are accessible to all types of disability. The cost of all these activities is the same as for able-bodied visitors. For groups, please contact them. Atelier Bleu has also created sound walks in partnership with the Parc national des Calanques, for able-bodied and visually-impaired visitors to the Carriere du Loin in La Ciotat and the Fontaine de Voire in Marseille. The walks can be downloaded free of charge from the My Calanques app.

VOIE DOUCE PATRICK BORE

The Voie Douce Patrick Boré allows you to cross the city from the centre to the outer districts and the Bastide Marin. Entirely pedestrianised, it is accessible to people of limited mobility thanks to adapted passage locks. The 5.4 km route has been completely upgraded and made safe, using the route of a former railway line. Please note: the 3rd wheel does not allow passage through chicanes/access barriers.

PROMENADE LITTORALE

Almost 3 kilometres long, the Promenade Littorale links the small port of St Jean to the Port Vieux in the town centre. It has been completely refurbished to enable people with disabilities to get around safely, and runs alongside the beaches, including the Lumi beach, which has been awarded the Tourisme & Handicap label. Parking spaces for the interested public can be found all along this promenade. Restaurants and terraces make for a refreshing stop-off.

HOTELS

• Best Western Premier Vieux Port****: 3 adapted rooms + parking + lift
• Corniche du Liouquet***: 1 adapted room + parking
• Ibis***: 3 adapted rooms + car park + lift
• Moxy*** : 4 adapted rooms + car park + lift
• Plage Saint-Jean*** : 3 adapted rooms + car park + lift
• Rose Thé*** : 1 adapted room + car park
• À deux pas de l’eau : 1 adapted flat + car park

RÉSIDENCES DE TOURISME

• Appart Accueil Saint-Estève*** (Tourism & Handicap label for the 4 handicaps : mental, motor, visual and hearing): 6 adapted flats + lift + car park (the swimming pool is located on a level that is not accessible for wheelchair users).
• Appart’City***: 6 adapted studios + parking
• Santa Gusta Santa Maria: 2 adapted studios + parking

CAMPINGS

• La Baie des Anges****
• La Sauge*
• Santa Gusta**

MEUBLÉ DE TOURISME

• Abordage: Labellisé Tourisme & Handicap for the 4 handicaps: auditory, mental, motor, visual

MOBIMÉTROPOLE

The Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence and the RTM make available to the public, on request, a minibus with driver that provides intra-urban (0.80€ per journey) and inter-urban (2.10€ per journey) d&eac placements. Conditions of use : Reside within the Métropole, hold a card showing a degree of invalidity of at least 80% issued by the Maison Départementale des Personnes Handicap&&e;partementale des Personnes Handicapées, constitute a file which must êêtre agréé by the commission d’accès à Mobimétropole.

SNCF

The SNCF has set up a green information number concerning the accessibility of the network for disabled people.

TAXIS

Many taxis are adapted to take disabled people.

PARKINGS

• Verdun (underground car park): 9 PRM spaces
• La Tasse: 6 PRM spaces
• Port de Plaisance: 5 PRM spaces
• Complexe Paul Eluard: 5 PRM spaces
• La Pétanque : 5 PRM spaces
• La Rouette: 2 PRM spaces
• Port Saint-Jean: 2 PRM spaces
• Figuerolles: 1 PRM space
• Escalet: 1 PRM space

• Môle Bérouard (à 50 mètres de l’Office de Tourisme)
• Jardin de la Ville
• Port Vieux (rue Lapérouse)
• Plage des Capucins
• Plage Cyrnos
• Plage Lumière
• Square Eugène Mouton
• Voie Douce Patrick Boré (near Bastide Marin)
• Parc du Domaine de la Tour
• SNCF station
• Aire de La Baie de La Ciotat et Aire des Frères Lumière (Autoroute A50)
• Péage de La Ciotat

ASSOCIATION TOURISME ET HANDICAPS

01 44 11 10 41 www.tourisme-handicaps.org

PROVENCE TOURISME

Le Montesquieu – 13 Rue Roux de Brignoles 13006 MARSEILLE / 04 91 13 84 13 / www.myprovence.fr