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    Buses for wheelchairs

    Posted by hoya105 3 July 2006

    Many of the buses in Barcelona are wheelchair-friendly. The driver sees you and sends out an electric ramp to access the bus. These run on the two 'tourist' routes which link many sites of interest. Beware the steep hill up to Parc Guell!

    Many of the buses in Barcelona are wheelchair-friendly. The driver sees you and sends out an electric ramp to access the bus. These run on the two 'tourist' routes that link many sites of interest. Beware the steep hill up to Parc Guell!

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    Spanish bus drivers

    Posted by hoya105 3 July 2006

    I have to use a wheelchair for any distance, so we took it on the bus into Seville (from campsite at Dos Hermanos, nearby). I managed the few steps on but my husband had to jam the wheelchair at the top of the rear exit. At a stop it fell out causing consternation to the driver/passengers and embarrassed giggles from us! But on the way back, we inadvertently got on the wrong bus, it stopped at a campsite - but one in the countryside outside Seville, everyone gesticulated at us to get off, we tried to explain it was not our 'camping' and several passengers conferred, then explained that we were miles from where we ought to have been. They told us to get off at the last stop and that the driver would show us a phone to get a taxi. But to our surprise and gratitude the driver just left his route and drove us all the way to our campsite. What a great guy!

    Dos Hermanos Camping, south of Seville, bus stop across road, shops etc nearby.

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