Indoorpool Bad Steben

All areas relevant for testing meet the quality criteria of the label "Accessibility certified - partially accessible for people with walking disabilities and partially accessible for wheelchair users".

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• There are four marked parking spaces for people with disabilities (space size: 400 cm x 500 cm). The car park is easy to walk and drive through.
• The path from the car park to the entrance is 50 m long. It is easy to walk and drive on and has a maximum longitudinal slope of 5% over a distance of 2 metres. There are bollards at a distance of 130 cm from each other. 
• The building is accessible without steps via the main entrance with a ramp.
• The ramp has a maximum slope of 5 % and a total length of 25 m.
• Almost all rooms and facilities that can be used and raised for the guest are accessible at ground level. Exceptions: the following areas are only accessible via stairs/steps: Hearing/Feeling Pavilion, Seeing Pavilion, Salt Grotto, Infusion Sauna, Steam Bath, Flower Pool, Fire Sauna; steps on the way to the Earth Sauna, Outdoor Pool Onsen Pool and Outdoor Sauna Area.
• Almost all doors/passages that can be used by guests and are raised are at least 90 cm wide. Exceptions: Door to the public toilet in the entrance area with 85 cm, turnstile and door to the Wellness Dome with 87 cm and all sauna doors from 70 cm to 88 cm wide.
• The cash desk to the Water World, Sauna World and Wellness Dome is 106 cm high at its lowest point. There is no other equivalent communication option available while seated. The door at the entrance next to the turnstile can only be opened by service staff.
• The checkout counter in the shop is 101 cm high at its lowest point. 
• To enter the indoor pools, there is a passenger lift, flat steps with handrails and a high pool edge at seat height above the pool surround.
• The sauna doors are 70 cm to 88 cm wide.
• In the catering area there are tables that can be moved underneath.

Changing rooms for people with disabilities in the Water World

• The changing room in the sauna entrance area is 200 cm x 153 cm. 
• The narrowest passage in the room is 153 cm. Seating is available. 

Toilet for people with disabilities in the entrance area of the building.

• Thee door is at least 85 cm wide.
• The maneuvering spaces are:
  in front of the washbasin 130 cm x 200 cm;
  in front of the toilet 200 cm x 130 cm;
  to the left of the toilet 106 cm x 70 cm;
  to the right of the toilet 52 cm x 70 cm.
• There is a grab rail to the right of the toilet.
• The washbasin is accessible from underneath at a height of 67 cm and a depth of at least 30 cm.
• The mirror can be viewed while sitting or standing.
• There is an alarm trigger.

Toilet for people with disabilities in the Water World

• The maneuvering spaces in the bathroom are:
  in front of the washbasin 200 cm x 110 cm;
  in front of the toilet 200 cm x 133 cm;
  to the left of the toilet 158 cm x 53 cm;
  to the right of the toilet 38 cm x 53 cm.
• There are grab rails to the left and right of the toilet.
• Both grab rails can be folded up. 
• The washbasin is accessible from underneath at a height of 67 cm and a depth of at least 30 cm.
• The mirror can be viewed while sitting or standing.
• The shower is accessible without steps. 
• The shower area is 150 cm x 150 cm.
• Grab rails are provided in the shower.
• A shower seat is available or can be provided if required (fixed, folding, hook-in or mobile and stable).
• An alarm trigger is available.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• Assistance dogs may be brought into the checkout and gastro-nomy area and into the shop.
• External paths usually have visually contrasting or tactilely detectable sidewalk boundaries.
• The entrance is visually rich in contrast and recognizable by a tactile change of floor covering.
• Almost all evaluated and usable areas for the guest are well illuminated, i.e. bright and glare-free. Exceptions: sauna area and Wellness-Dom
• There are no visually contrasting or tactilely detectable floor indicators available.
• The walkways in corridors/ways/aisles are rarely visually contrasted to the surroundings.
• The walkways in corridors/paths/aisles are partly marked with tactile markings or the walls or other structural elements can partly be used for orientation.
• There are no obstacles, e.g. objects protruding into the path/room.
• There are no revolving or rotating doors.
• Steps are not visually rich in contrast.
• Stairs have at least a handrail on one side.
• The pool edges are partly visually contrasted.
• The menu font in the restaurant is straightforward and visually rich in contrast.
• There is no menu available in large print or braille.
• Information is not available in Braille or prismatic font.

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• The alarm is clearly visible in the following rooms: all toilets
• There is no audio induction loop system.
• In the restaurant/ there are tables with bright and glare-free lighting, on which there are no lamps standing or hanging that interfere with the field of vision or eye contact. There is no seating area with low background noises (e.g. corner seating, separate room).

Some information on accessibility are listed below. For detailed information please see the evaluation report.

• The name or logo of the establishment is not clearly recognizable from the outside.
• The objectives of the paths are partly within sight.
• There is no colored or pictorial guidance system available.
• There is a menu with pictures available.
• The dishes are visibly presented (buffet, bar).
• There is no information in easy language.