Holiday recommendations needed.

Just thought. Malaga town has a beautiful long beach. A lovely park walk and the old town is close with interesting history and art galleries - Picasso is accessible. Its quite flat and im sure you could hire mobility scooter. its a very short flight and journey from airport. Weather has always been good even in March. I love Malaga. would be nice to know how it goes.?

The hotel we stayed in most was the Santo Tomas. Sol Menorca was good too. Oh and very importantly there is room under the bed to hide your jigsaw winterwhite ??

Presumably you can take jigsaws, annep

We have stayed in Santa Tomas too. Can ask for room suitable on ground floor. Lovely area. beautuful sea local doctor was lovely. area beautiful. bus from airport not too long. I'm sure could get taxi. However it's a beach holiday really. Unless you do day trips. Nothing of interest in Santa Tomas.

I’d echo the suggestions for Tenerife. I wouldn’t trust the weather anywhere else in the med if you’re looking for a guaranteed warm temperatures and hopefully lots of sun. We go every year jan/Feb time and the climate is lovely. The lower end of Las America’s is quite flat and there’s a lovely promenade which stretches for miles which is very mobility scooter friendly and there are lots of places which hire the scooters. We go self catering so I can’t recommend any hotels but I can certainly recommend the place.

Thanks Eleothan bad luck about the weather. I've been in March and November. warm enough to sit outside and even for some hardy souls to swim! In fact a bit hot at lunchtimes, needed to find some shade. The gardens are lovely.
But it isn't wheelchair friendly-much too hilly.

Thank you everyone.
I'll be looking up all of the wonderful suggestions. I'm like that, I'll go through them one by one and get a deposit down this week.
Plus all the advice. MS society forums, I hadn't known about them. I've had MS 16 years aprox.
Oh and insurance, I'll be sure to get the right cover.
thank you all.

trisher We went on a coach trip of the west of the island and down through the centre of the island. There was a rather attractive place - I can't remember the name - where there were paths winding through large dark rocks. But we weren't that impressed with anything else we saw. The Monte Palace Garden in Funchal was rather beautiful though.

I think half the problem was that the weather wasn't great - only between 16-18, whereas here it was 27. Very disappointing. Having looked at the weather forecast there several times since we got back, we notice that quite a few days are showing as cloudy or partially cloudy.

I agree with you about the people - they were very nice. The staff in the hotel were so friendly and helpful. In fact it was the hotel, the entertainment and the good food which were the highlight - which is unusual for us as those things are usually of secondary importance to us because we like to get out and about.

Parts of Croatia has beaches, but other parts have pebbles or concrete-type bathing platforms

Hello again, the MS Society has a very active online community. Useful for all sorts of advice for people who actually know what it is like to manage this difficult condition.

Eleothan I loved Madeira. Great scenery and lovely people. Did you go to any of the more undeveloped resorts? I love Funchal but some of the smaller places are so attractive as well.

It is essential to take out travel insurance before booking or as soon as poss afterwards. Don't leave it till nearer the time as you might have to cancel at any time and you can't always get your money back.

We loved Croatia - but have only stayed just outside of Dubrovnik. Croatia is very beautiful and very clean. There are several reasonably priced, short, boat trips. My neighbours usually go to Split in Croatia and speak very highly of it too.

I love Menorca. I'm not quite sure why it's one of my favourites as it's not outstandingly beautiful. But the towns and villages are sweet and lots of little white houses. It is just very relaxing and fairly uncrowded. We have stayed several times in Santo Thomas and once in Cala Blanca - Santo Thomas is my preference. Cala Galdana is also lovely.

We have recently been to Madeira and weren't very keen on it. Funchal, where we stayed, was rather nice but we weren't that impressed with anywhere else - and most days were wholly or partially cloudy.

Good luck - I hope you find something you like and have a great holiday.

Thank you grannyactivist
I'll click your link.

gmelon - after a quick bit of research it seems that Tenerife is very well suited to wheelchair users as it is very flat with wide walkways and lots of hotels and taxi's etc. are adapted. I would do all the research you can and then take yourself off to a travel agent to help out with bookings etc. Some airports and travel firms are better than others when dealing with passengers who have disabilities and a good agent will advise and then help you to navigate any extra assistance as needed.
www.disabledaccessholidays.com/disabled-holidays/accessible-holidays/Tenerife.asp

Thank you all for such thoughtful replies.
There are some definite places that I shall look at.

I had not thought of posting on an MS website, in fact I was not aware there is one, so good idea.

I am now approaching this with more information and may well go to a travel agent ultimately.

Just back from Malta and if walking is a problem it’s possibly not for you. The historic sites have lots of steps. Not much in the way of sandy accessible beaches.
Cyprus around Protaras or Paphos may suit for beaches.
I concur with the advice of speaking to your local travel agent.

I agree about March in the Med. Cyprus will be warmer but the Canary Islands are the best for winter sun. If you are looking for a hotel in Cyprus look at those owned by the Constantinou Bros. I took my mum in a wheelchair several years ago and she had a great time. Unfortunately hotels do change so I couldn't say for certain they are still good. It was called the Athena Beach in Paphos.

Personally I would post again on the MS website - you may get more specific replies. My DH also has MS and for the past few years we have been cruising although not everyone's cup of tea it has suited us as once you are on board it is an easy way to travel. However his issues now prevent us from doing this so I would suggest that you go for it!

Would you consider a cruise? Absolutely no problem with wheelchairs. You won’t be the only one!

I loved the Caribbean, especially the windward isles. A cabin with a balcony will give you all the blue sea you could want.

Plenty of staff to help with disembarking and lovely places to visit. A different one every day.

P&O go direct from Southampton or you can fly to Barbados bad pick up the ship there.

I have very happy memories of doing this when my husband was in a wheelchair.

March in the Med could still be a bit cool and you say you want hot gmelon

If you can wait until May then there are some good recommendations in above posts.
Croatia is lovely but many of the beaches are pebbly - perhaps that is why the sea is so clear.

We like Malta for family reasons, but I don't think it would fit your criteria unless you are looking for history and beautiful churches.

The hotel is called the Melia Cala Galdana

Cala Galdana in Menorca beautiful horseshoe bay with crystal waters.It is a small rescort with a few restaurants and bars and flat as well .One of the hotels is only a few steps from the beach Have a lovely holiday .

I wasn't keen on Malta either, or Madeira - just personal choice of course. I agree that Corfu is lovely and so are some of the smaller Greek Islands. We have visited Santorini which is beautiful but the airport coming back is a nightmare and I don't think it would be suitable for wheelchair users. In fact it was chaos! We also liked Thassos. Years ago we had many lovely holidays in many parts of France.

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