Alpine walking, discovering new towns and cities, exotic cookery for blind people? Blind and partially sighted people can experience all these through the individual tour operator anders-sehn. Susanne Hahn of Bamberg has been operating tours for blind and partially sighted people in Germany since 2004.
An ethnologist and cultural manager by profession, she sees herself as an intermediary between sighted and non-sighted people. The invisible world is made palpable through the other senses, using aromas, sounds, touch, stories, encounters with other people and culinary experiences. Rather than following the tourist trail, anders-sehn offers tours of discovery in towns and regions that once seemed so familiar.
anders-sehn's range of tours is aimed primarily at active blind and partially sighted people. It includes mini-breaks, city breaks, countryside tours, cultural tours and seminars. The relaxed social programme leaves plenty of scope for individual activities. Group sizes are deliberately kept small (6-16 participants). If required during the holiday, sighted companions can be provided for blind people travelling alone, which enables them to enjoy independent travel. Accommodation is in smaller, family-run hotels and guesthouses. Holiday destinations are specially chosen for being easily accessible by rail.
For more information about the packages on offer, please visit the barrier-free, blind-accessible website.
