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A Wheelchair Accessible Tourist Guide – St. John’s & Surrounding Area

Accessible Travel, Accommodations, Entertainment, Public Spaces, Restaurants/Bars/Cafes, Shops, St. John's & Surrounding Areas, Uncategorized / By Lisa Walters

A photo of a wheelchair user and her friend watching someone on a unicycle in the pedestrian mall downtown St. John's. On the left there's green colourblocking with text that reads: Wheelchair accessible tourism guide - St. John's and surrounding area.

I’m slowly working my way through a more extensive wheelchair accessible tourism guide for The Avalon Peninsula, and I want to start compiling more info for other parts of the province as well. I’m still compiling places, events, restaurants, museums etc. and I’m relying on followers to share their favourite spots with me. But in the meantime, I thought I should share a more condensed guide for St. John’s and surrounding areas that I have created for the tourists who email me wondering which wheelchair accessible locations I would recommend for anyone visiting our region. This is LONG so I […]

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Drift Away Suite at Twillingate & Beyond

A photo of the main bedroom of the suite. There's a queen sized bed with a red headboard and a colourful quilt on it, and in the corner you can see a jacuzzi.

Last summer I headed to Twillingate for a little staycation. I was invited by the owner of Twillingate & Beyond to stay in their gorgeous, wheelchair-friendly Drift Away Suite. I had such a wonderful, comfortable two night stay and was able to provide the owners with some accessibility feedback so they could make some small changes to enhance the experience for other wheelchair users. I call this suite wheelchair-friendly because it met most of my access needs as a wheelchair user, but I did recognize some barriers that might exist for other wheelchair users. The suite was nestled in the back