Updated on 2023/04/13
Route - Bakio Beach
Description
Quite an accessible route from the car park next to the Information Office in Calle San Pelaio Bide Nagusia. The kerbs have been reduced and you can reach the seaside promenade from the car park via a cycle path. The seaside promenade is paved with granite paving stones, which facilitates wheelchair transit.
Highlight
- Coastal seascape
How to get here
By bus (Bizkaibus); A3518 Bilbao-Munguia-Bakio A3527 Bilbao-Mungia-Bermeo By car; the BI-2101 road that leads to the town of Bakio, the beach is right beside the town centre.
Route
Bakio (Biscay)Section 1
From Txirrikaldeko Bidea car park to the beach
Suitable for people with reduced mobility (PRM)
Route totally free of complications that begins at Txirrikaldeko Bidea car park. The ground is compact, asphalted and mostly with large-size cobblestones that do not hinder wheelchair access. Sidewalk edges are sloped at zebra crossings and have tactile paved surface. Beach access zone is for pedestrians only.
Description of the section and its accessibility level
- Section length
- 1,19 km
- Pavement
- Asphalt, cobblestones and wood
- Obstacles
-
Equipment for receiving the external resource on the section
- Is there reception equipment on the section?
- Yes
Outdoor space: Parking areas and access to equipment
- How close is it to means of transport?
- There is a Bizkaibus stop next to Benta Tourist Office.
- Is there a parking area?
- Yes
- Parking. Are there any minimum dimensions for adapted vehicles?
- Yes
- Is there any adapted access?
- Yes
- Are there slopes at the entrances?
- No
- Are the access slopes suitable for people with reduced mobility?
- Yes, with no required assistance from third parties
- Are there railings and/or handrails?
- Yes, with no required assistance from third parties
- Is there an equipment entrance sign next to the access, and is it adapted?
- No
- Is the access properly signposted to guide users?
- Yes
- Pavement type
- Asphalt, Concrete, Paving stones
Indoor space: General features
- Does the front door have a pre-landing?
- No
- Are the access slopes suitable for people with reduced mobility?
- Yes, with no required assistance from third parties
- Is there a modulated radio frequency or magnetic loop somewhere in the room?
- No
- Are there bathrooms, and is at least one of them accessible by transfer?
- Yes
Personal care area
- Are there personnel trained in accessibility in the facilities?
- No
- Do staff wear name badges or equivalent to show their communication skills with people with disabilities?
- No
Rest zone
- Is there a rest area at the reception?
- No
Store
- Is there one or more stores at the reception?
- No
Children’s area
- Is there a children’s area at the reception?
- No
Exhibition room
- Is there an exhibition room at the reception?
- No
Exhibition Hall
- Is there an exhibition hall at the reception?
- No
Interpretive equipment
- Are there trails on the section?
- Yes
Access
- Is there lighting at night?
- Yes
- Minimum accessible connection between parking spaces, if any, the start of the obstacle-free trail
- Yes
- Is there an adequate slope to allow circulation without assistance, with personal assistance or with technical assistance?
- Yes, with technical assistance
- Parking spaces reserved for vehicles used to transport disabled people according to current regulations. At least 5% of the total spaces
- Yes
- Parking signage, if any, with the International Accessibility Symbol on the floor and/or on walls
- Yes
- Informative poster at the start of the trail indicating the length, route, difficulty, duration and slopes by sections
- No
- Path start sign positioned no higher than 195cm
- No
Itinerary
- Vertical start signage
- No
- Compact, non-slip and with no projections along their entire length, allowing wheelchair transit
- Asphalt, cobblestones, wooden planks
- 2 m. paved trails with non-deformable and non-slip material, with a different texture and different from the rest
- Yes
- For floors with planks, the spacing between the planks is no more than 1 cm, with occasional narrowings of a maximum of 90 cm
- Yes
- The route is more than 150cm wide, with occasional narrowings of 90cm
- Yes
- Minimum clearance height of 220 cm
- Yes
- Rest areas
- Yes
- Urban furniture (fountains, dispensers...) arranged along the pedestrian route to provide sound orientation
- Yes
- Guiding partition and/or tactile foot signs to draw attention to an important feature
- Yes
- Islands with a minimum width of 150 cm to facilitate two wheelchairs passing each other
- No
- Is there an adequate slope to allow circulation without assistance, with personal assistance or with technical assistance?
- Yes, with staff assistance
- Tree branches do not obstruct the route at below 2.20 m
- Yes
Cycle touring lane
- Does the section have a cycle touring lane?
- No
Lookout and observatory
- Is there a lookout or observatory on the section?
- No
Educational Facilities
Nature classroom
- Is there a nature classroom on this section?
- No
Recreational facilities
- Is there a recreational area on this section?
- No
Access
- Is there an adequate slope to allow circulation without assistance, with personal assistance or with technical assistance?
- No
Beaches
- Is there a beach on this section?
- Yes
Beach parking
- Signage consisting of a general information monolith at the accessible beach area entrance
- No
- Parking spaces reserved for disabled people
- Yes
- Access ramps connecting to the walkways
- Yes
Beach information
- Walkways which virtually reach the shore
- No
- WC, changing rooms, showers and footbaths adapted
- No
- Parasols with an area for disabled people
- No
- Amphibious chairs and crutches
- No
- The possibility to practice adapted sports
- No
- There is a NOVAF machine (a type of adapted vehicle)
- No
- Bathing assistance staff
- No
- Visual and audio devices for people with sensory disabilities
- No
- Are there buoys and nets?
- No
- Are there identification bracelets?
- No
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