Services and Support for People with Disabilities in Liguria

Overview of where to go and what to do if you are mobility, sight or hearing impaired, a wheelchair or cane user and living in or visiting Liguria...

Below find information on the associations, sporting organisation and transport options for disabled persons in Liguria.

Note: most organisations are Italian-speaking, with no guarantee that there is an English-speaking contact available.

Travel and transport in Liguria

The following transport companies have a fleet of buses specifically designed to accommodate the disabled. Some have vehicles suitable for excursions with disabled travellers:

• AMT (numbers 17 and 19 are equipped with moving footboards)
  At: Via Montaldo 2, 16137 Genoa (GE)
  Tel: 0185 324 949
• Tigullio Marcone
  At: Piazza Matteotti 21, 10043 Chiavari (GE)
  Tel: 0185 303 750
• Nicos Group Red Line
  At: Via Mamiani, 39r, 16151 Genoa (GE)
  Tel: 010 645 9066
• Riviera Trasporti
  At: Via Nazionale, 365, 18100 Imperia (IM)
  Tel: 0184 500 857

The following car hire company has vehicles adapted for transporting electric wheelchair users:

• BlueRental
  At: 17028 Spotorno (SV)
  Tel: 347 277 9881
  e-mail

Genova Airport (Aeroporto di Genova) has disabled toilets, indoor and outdoor lifts and ramps. A touch-sensitive route and map is located on the departure level of the terminal. 22 free disabled parking spaces are available 50m from the terminal.

• For information on Genoa airport's facilities: Click here

Tourism for People with Disabilities in Liguria

The Terre di Mare web portal for disabled tourists in Liguria gives information about barrier-free tourism accessible by wheel chair users. Information is provided on disabled people's access to transport, events and facilities.

• For up-to-date information (in English) see the Terre di Mare website: Click here

Sporting associations for the disabled in Liguria

The Franco-Italian sporting organisation Sport-No Limits supports sporting activity initiatives for the disabled across the length of the France-Italy border.

• Sport No Limits
  At: Via Tremola 11, 18039 Ventimiglia (IM) and at: Via San Bartolomeo degli Armeni 1, 16122 Genoa
  Tel: 0184 312 07

Associations for the Disabled in Liguria

Associations for the disabled and information centres can be found at the following Liguria addresses:

• Associazione Paratetraplegici Liguria - Onlus
  At: Via Aurelia 56, 16167 Genoa (GE)
  Tel: 010 329 1177
  e-mail
• UNIDOWN
  At: Via A Volta 19/4, 16128 Genoa (GE)
  Tel: 010 592 883 / 010 584 529
  e-mail
• Associazione Persona Down
  At: Via Cesare Battisti 16, 18100 Imperia (IM)
  Tel: 0183 650 184
• ADSO Associazione Down Savona Onlus
  At: C/o Agostino Tassara, Piazzale Moroni 1/8, 17100 Savona
  Tel: 019 263 823
• Sportello Informa Disabili (Disabled persons information centre)
  At: Via Dogali 2- 16038 S. Margherita Ligure (GE).
  Tel: 0185 280 434
• CIPS Deaf persons association
  At: Via Alghero 1/17, 16128 Genoa (GE)
  Tel: 010 582 948
• FIADDA Association of Italian families for the defence of those with hearing difficulties
  At: C.so Sardegna 36,1,  16142 Genoa (GE)
  Tel: 0105 451 214