Disabled Access in the Sarigerme

The village itself is one main street, as you enter in on the left hand side is mainly raised and the right hand side is at road level.

Although the left side is raised up there are several ramp paths for wheelchairs/pushchairs etc. So you can get up to go past shops, bars, restaurants etc.

However if we work our way along the village, the first restaurant is the Kosem bar/restaurant which is only accessible via steps so basically a no go area.
The first section of shops on ground level, a minimarket and a karaoke bar are all at ground level with the road so easily accessible.

Then we come to the Sarigerme Bar, this has a ramp access directly outside so is easy to get to. Next to this there is a jewelers, a tattoo/piecing shop and a couple of clothes shops/souvenir shops.

The next restaurant/bar is The Carmen/LA Pizza if you use the earlier ramps you can access these also. Following this there are more shops including clothes, souvenirs, estate agents etc. After this the level of the shops goes down to road level where further up this road you will find more souvenir shops, estate agents, clothes shops etc. There is a restaurant called Mr. Remo’s here which again is at ground level so easily accessible. The last restaurant on this side of the road is The Cardinal Hotel again easily accessible.
After this you reach the school and apart from a couple of shops and the market on a Sunday there is nothing really this far up.

Coming back down the village the first restaurant is The Paradise, you have to go down a small step to enter the restaurant and the entrance isn’t massive.

Then there are more shops, tour operators, clothes shops etc. then the next restaurant you come to is the Dolphin Restaurant, this is easily accessible.
There is a little café/bar right next door which is part of it as well but this area is only filled with beanbags so no use.

What I would say about the village is that 99% of the bars/restaurants are accessible for wheelchair users, they are not too tightly packed with tables and chairs that they couldn’t (and always will) make room to accommodate you so you are comfortable. However only been really hit with tourism in the last couple of years they haven’t really had to think of these things yet, but going off guess work I’d say unfortunately not one of the restaurants or bars will allow you to push a wheelchair actually into the toilet itself, you would have to be able to take a couple of steps, or have someone to help you if necessary to enter the actual toilet..

I think within the next couple of years as they have received a budget to encourage tourists this will change and most of the shops/restaurants/bars will adapt their facilities.

As for the shops the size of the doorways of most of them again I don’t think you would get a wheelchair through the entrance but being as accommodating as the Turkish are they would bring their whole shop into the street for you without hesitating.

Thank You :
This usefull article is written by Ljmacca. I asked her to give me her oppinion about accessibility in sarigerme Village, obviosly you can tell that she walked into the village end checked carefully.

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