Services for festival-goers with a disability

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The Festival of Lights is a public event where everyone is welcome Everyone should be able to enjoy the party, which means they must be able to access all areas. No limits, no barriers – visible or invisible – and no physical or mental obstacles.

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Special routes for visitors with a disability

Accessible routes are available in Lyon city centre and in Parc Blandan for children. These routes may be adapted according to the number of people, the weather and the particular disability.

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Bellecour Route

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Four escorted tours will be organised in the Bellecour pedestrian perimeter (Antonin Poncet, Fondation Bullukian, place Bellecour, Fourvière hill, place des Jacobins, République fountain, place des Célestins): Thursday December 7 at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m./Sunday December 10 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Two different routes are available depending on the disability (short and long)

• Disabled car park between 2 and 3 rue Charles Bienier
• Meet at the marquee near the Tourist Office on place Bellecour

12 Places available per route (first come first served). You can sign up for the tour online : please complete this form (in french only)

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Blandan Route

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Two routes specially adapted for children will be organised in Parc Blandan on Sunday December 10 at 5:30 p.m. and 7 p.m.

Maximum 12 children per route (first come first served). You can sign up for the tour online: please complete this form (in french only)

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Tête d'Or Park Information Point

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People with disabilities are welcome at the Tête d'Or park across the whole 4 days of the Festival, with a team of helpers wearing green high-vis jackets.

Location:
Porte des Enfants du Rhône
Place du Général Leclerc
69006 Lyon

Access:
A pick-up/drop-off point by the barriers on the Boulevard des Belges.

Available services:
• Escorted tours
• Loan of equipment (wheelchairs)
• Disabled parking: between 9 and 16 boulevard des Belges  
• A bus stop for wheelchair accessible minibuses (TCL/Optibus)

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Disability-Frienly venues

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Fondation Bullukian courtyard

• Video Visual Vernacular – by Anthony Guyon (deaf artist, artistic director of the ON OFF company) and Pierre Amoudruz (digital artist)
• Information/accommodations for the deaf/hearing-impaired

Place Bellecour

• Immersion in the installation Evanescent
• Easy-to-read menus in the Food Zone

Place Antonin Poncet

• Accessible route
• Access ramp

Fourviere hill (adapted artwork)

• Ceux du Fleuve by Franck Dion
• Audio description in french (headsets available from the lighting unit on Quai des Célestins behind the theatre, follow signs)
• Loan of vibrating jackets (available from the lighting unit) 
• Viewing zone for visitors with a disability
Narrative written by audio describers in french Fany Buy and Sandrine Dias.

Lumignons du cœur

• Accessible route in Tête d’Or Park

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Disabled parking

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The Festival of Lights team has set up a disabled parking area reserved for vehicles displaying a CMI card (carte mobilité inclusive – inclusive mobility), onrue Bienier (near place Bellecour) and Boulevard des Belges (near Tête d'Or Park).

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Disabled toilets

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Disabled toilets: place Bellecour behind the Tourist Office

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Contact

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To find out more: 06 23 16 70 79 / 06 83 15 10 14 (text message only) 

Email: handi-accueil@mairie-lyon.fr

Making Lyon accessible to everyone is a priority!

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Partners

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Collectif Pack d'Accessibilité Universelle : AMAAC, Inclusiv'Events, MIETE, PAIPS.