WHAT’S YOUR MODERN CITY’S EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
The Walls are ancient, but access for people with disabilities is a priority.
https://www.avilaturismo.com/en/organize-your-visit/avila-is-everyone
WHAT’S YOUR MODERN CITY’S EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
Because Ávila is built on a steep hill, the best way to reach the accessible portion of the Medieval walls is arriving by car or an adapted taxi. Exiting directly to the Puerta del Puente is recommended to avoid steep inclines from the upper city center.
https://www.avilaturismo.com/en/organize-your-visit/avila-is-everyone
WHAT’S YOUR MODERN CITY’S EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
On top of the ancient defensive walls,
the accessible pathway is mostly flat with some cobblestones.
https://www.avilaturismo.com/en/organize-your-visit/avila-is-everyone
WHAT’S YOUR MODERN CITY’S EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
The Avila walls visitor reception area is connected by an accessible route and has manual wheelchairs available to borrow.
https://www.avilaturismo.com/en/organize-your-visit/avila-is-everyone
WHAT’S YOUR MODERN CITY’S EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
Once at the top of some of the best preserved city walls in Europe, disabled visitors can enjoy a flat, 100-meter stretch of the battlement walk.
https://www.avilaturismo.com/en/organize-your-visit/avila-is-everyone
WHAT’S YOUR MODERN CITY’S EXCUSE FOR FAILING TO REMOVE BARRIERS TO MOBILITY AND ACCESS FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES?
An accessible portion of its famous city walls can be reached by ramp and elevator.
https://www.avilaturismo.com/en/organize-your-visit/avila-is-everyone
PERFECT LOCATION, GREAT PRICE POINT,
LARGE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF 3-4 TO LIVE IN -- NOT JUST VISIT!
You are
footsteps from an overlook of the entire waterfront, with a warm, locals
bar-restaurants serving local seafood.
There are
lots of small, free or low admission museums.
The
restaurants are amazing and if you find a locals place, you may get a 5-course
fresh seafood meal with wine for under 15 euros including tip.
The
architecture is stunning.
This is the
real Portugal.
And you are
less than an hour's train ride or drive from Lisbon's large airport.
PERFECT LOCATION, GREAT PRICE POINT,
LARGE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF 3-4 TO LIVE IN -- NOT JUST VISIT!
It is
footsteps from a grand arch that leads to the main drag into the fascinating
old town.
Just below
the hill is the region's main boulevard -- Avenida Luisa Todi -- and all of its
parks and amenities.
Casa do
Poeta Setabul is a 5-minute walk to the famous choco frito restaurants. Maybe
10 to Praca Bocage, the place for visitors.
It's 15
minutes tops to get to Marcado Livramento -- one of the greatest public markets
on earth.
The ferry to
Troia is very close, as is the entire old town.
PERFECT LOCATION, GREAT PRICE POINT,
LARGE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF 3-4 TO LIVE IN -- NOT JUST VISIT!
Even unique,
family-owned properties have figured out it's good hosting to have a large
bottle of shampoo/bodywash mounted in the shower and a full bottle of hand soap
in the bathroom sink.
On arrival,
there was one dispenser, basically out of soap, by the sink.
This may
have been an oversight by the cleaning crew -- but it forced me to waste 40
minutes walking to a grocery, waiting in checkout line and walking back...just
to have soap and shampoo.
The
neighborhood looks a bit dodgy with graffiti. Don't be put off.
The town is
transforming and every other building is being renovated.
But I never
heard noise from construction during the day or bars and night.
PERFECT LOCATION, GREAT PRICE POINT,
LARGE ENOUGH FOR A FAMILY OF 3-4 TO LIVE IN -- NOT
JUST VISIT!
The owners
were fabulous about keeping in touch before I left the US and while I was in
Portugal leading up to this visit and during my stay.
They shared
many tips on places to see, things to eat, etc.
I'm a
history buff and the apartment shares a wall with the birthplace of legendary
Setubal and subversive poet and writer Manuel Maria Barbosa du Bocage, which
serves as a museum to his works and also as an archive of photographer Americo
Ribeiro.
The unit
even comes with free parking if you can nab a spot at the next door church square.
Bed was
comfy, AC worked well, kitchen facilities were top notch and shower had endless
hot water.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
My visit included shopping at the legendary Livraria Llelo bookstore and dining at the restaurant row on Flores Street.
Footsteps
from the Carris Hotel is the small, 5-star Taberna Dos Mercadores.
I lined up a
half hour before opening two days in a row to eat phenomenal seafood rice, then
seafood feijoada the next day.
Desserts and
wines are also amazing.
I will be
seeking out Carris branded properties for all my future travels.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
The staff is super well trained.
I was
treated like someone booking a presidential suite for a month, when I was just
a one-night visitor rolling into town early one day and heading to Lisbon late
the next.
Porto is
such a fabulous city.
I should
have stayed 3 nights.
Everything
is within walking distance of the hotel.
I visited
nearly a dozen classic churches, photographed azulejo adorned building facades and
at pastel da nata.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
The desk staff suggested a fabulous locals restaurant, so I could eat fresh seafood while avoiding the mediocre tourist spots that dominate the popular neighborhood.
There was a
gourmet grocery very close by, so I could have a bottle of port for the room
and eat pastries on my balcony.
The room was
worth three times what I paid -- at least.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
The suite had a huge comfortable bed, lavish bath plus a separate sitting room.
I could enjoy city and water views from the
small balconies.
Thick glass
closed around them to make a double layer of soundproofing.
The hotel
itself is in a series of preserved historic buildings, adapted inside with a
super modern and comfortable lobby, bar, front desk staff.
My light
luggage was stored for late afternoon departure after noon check out.
LUXURY IN THE PERFECT LOCATION FOR A FAIR PRICE
I asked for an early check-in, quiet room and small upgrade if available.
In return
for barely more than 100 euros in high season, I was upgraded to a suite with 7
balconies.
I also got benefitted
from very early check in, for a very tranquil and quiet room (despite a prime location
with a fair amount of noise at street level)
The location
is perfect -- crawling distance of Porto's Rio Douro riverfront and in the
heart of the historic Ribeira district.
COLORIZATION, HIS LATEST BOOK,
IS A MUST-READ
Wil Haygood
is one of America’s finest writers.
With each
book, his storytelling grows more confident. His way with words that much more
enticing and entertaining.
In addition
to being an outstanding newspaper journalist with the Boston Globe and
Washington Post, Haygood has produced several biographies of African Americans.
Colorization
– One Hundred Years of Black Films in a White World, is not a book solely
focused on racism. But racism in the film industry resonates all through the
book.
And spoiler
alert: institutional and obscene racism didn’t end during World War II, during
the great 1960s Civil Rights Movement, not with the rise of Spike Lee and
frustrating – not well into the 21st century.
Read my full
review on Medium at:
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Funky Town
seems to fill a wide variety of needs of St. Mark’s Place habitues.
There are convenience
store items.
There are
tons of cool punk rock, new wave and other rock band T-shirts, stickers and
patches.
In the back,
they do body piercing.
All around,
there are bongs, vaping gear and other things we used to call head shop
products.
Also a lot
of cheap sunglasses and nice, patient, polite workers there.
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Search &
Destroy is a legendary punk rock clothing and accessories boutique.
Yes, that’s
a bunch of dolls stacked in the window to look like dead, well…
And you probably
see something vulgar in the image – half the photos on the entry foyer/door are
obscene and it doesn’t get any less raw inside.
Famed for
high prices and surly workers – plus dozens of signs telling you NOT to snap a
picture inside – we’re not sure how this far from wheelchair-accessible, worst customer
service in the neighborhood place survives.
But it is
highly photogenic and part of the nabe’s punk history.
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Established in 1990, Andromeda Studio 33 bills itself as one of the oldest and original bod mod shops in USA.
We hate
tattoos, but love the colorful façade and characters at this walkup space.
EAST VILLAGE, NYC
Theatre 80
carries on a generational cultural function, which has helped to create the
East Village from the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
When Theatre
80 was first envisioned and built at 80 Saint Marks Place, the neighborhood of
the Lower East Side was a blighted area and the term East Village had yet to be
coined.
We were
among the first of the cultural institutions, which began the Lower East Side
Arts Movement resulting in the neighborhood now being referred to as the East
Village.
Beginning
during Prohibition, 80 Saint Marks Place was a vital destination for performers
of all kinds.
Jazz greats
such as Thelonious Monk, Harry “Sweets” Edison, John Coltrane and Frank
Sinatra performed here before Theatre 80 was established in the former nightclub.
--from Theatre 80's website. There's also a gangster museum upstairs.
