Benidorm Leads The Way In Accessible Dining With Braille Menus In Over 30 Restaurants

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ABRECA is subsidising nan transcription and first printing costs of nan Braille menus. Credit: ABRECA

Benidorm is mounting a nationalist illustration for accessible tourism, arsenic much than 30 bars, cafés and restaurants crossed nan metropolis and surrounding area now connection Braille menus for customers pinch ocular impairments.

The initiative, promoted by nan section hospitality relation ABRECA successful collaboration pinch ONCE, nan Spanish nationalist organisation for nan unsighted people, intends to region barriers and beforehand independent, inclusive eating experiences.

In a position held connected Wednesday July 23 astatine nan Torrejó building successful cardinal Benidorm, ABRECA celebrated nan 2nd shape of nan project, which sees 21 caller establishments subordinate nan programme.

Among nan latest to adopt Braille menus are celebrated venues specified as:

MANILA, LA CAVA ARAGONESA, CASA ENRIQUE, BRASERIA AURRERA, PIZZERÍA AVANTI, URBAN BEACH and CONBRASSA. They subordinate nan pioneering first group which includes Pizzería La Toscana, Restaurante Spasso, Taberna Andaluza and Cafetería Heladería Rico, among others.

ABRECA has made it easier for its members to subordinate nan strategy by subsidising nan transcription and first printing costs of nan Braille menus, pinch very debased fees for early updates.

“This is astir making Benidorm not conscionable a tourer destination, but a smart, divers and genuinely inclusive city,” said a spokesperson for ABRECA. “We want each visitor, sloppy of ability, to consciousness invited and to bask our hospitality pinch independency and dignity.”

Businesses willing successful joining nan programme tin find much accusation and registry via ABRECA’s dedicated webpage: https://abreca.es/hosteleria-accesible.

ABRECA, nan Association of Bars, Restaurants, Cafés and Nightlife of Benidorm, plays a cardinal domiciled successful promoting quality, invention and inclusivity wrong nan section hospitality sector. Representing a wide web of establishments, ABRECA useful intimately pinch nationalist institutions and societal organisations to guarantee that Benidorm continues to lead arsenic a forward-thinking tourer destination.

Through initiatives for illustration nan Braille paper project, nan relation reinforces Benidorm’s image not only arsenic a vibrant and divers edifice town, but besides arsenic a exemplary of accessibility and societal responsibility.

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