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available from HM Revenue and Board-accredited places to stay. DIRECTORY
Customs in London. Never carry VisitBritain, the British tourist
luggage or parcels through board, operates offices overseas. Travel Safety Advice
customs for someone else. Australia
Disabled Travellers Department of Foreign
Travel Safety Advice The facilities on offer in Scotland Affairs and Trade
∑ smartraveller.gov.au
Visitors can get up-to-date for disabled visitors are steadily
travel safety information from improving. An increasing number UK
the Foreign and Commonwealth of hotels and guesthouses now Foreign and Commonwealth
Office in the UK, the State offer wheelchair access. This Office ∑ www.gov.uk/
Department in the US and the information is given in the foreign-travel-advice
Department of Foreign Affairs headings for each entry through- US
and Trade in Australia. out the guide. Given advance US Department of State
notice, ScotRail (see p219), ferry
or coach (long-distance bus) ∑ travel.state.gov
staff will help any disabled
Tourist Information Tourist Boards
passengers. Ask a travel agent
Tourist bookings in Scotland are about the Disabled Persons VisitScotland
handled by VisitScotland via its Railcard, which entitles the For brochures to any area in
call centre and website. The holder to discounted rail fares Scotland, or to book
organization also has a base in on services across the country. accommodation contact:
central London. In addition to Hertz offers hand-controlled Tel (0131) 472 2222.
these, every region of Scot land vehicles without any extra cost ∑ visitscotland.com
has its own tourist board, (see p223). For per mission to
providing information about use any disabled parking Aberdeen & Grampian
local accommodation, enter- space, you need to display a Tel (01224) 269180.
tainment and places of interest. special sign in your car. Angus & Dundee
Smaller, subsidiary tourist Tourism for All is a UK charity Tel (01382) 527527.
information offices can be dedicated to improving access-
found in many towns and ibility. It runs an excellent web- Argyll, the Isles, Loch
public places, and at some site offering information on Lomond, Stirling & the
of the principal locations of accessibility throughout Britain: Trossachs
historical interest. Look out for www.openbritain.net. Tel (01786) 475019 or (01389)
the tourist information symbol, Visitors from the US can 753533.
indicating an office. Often the telephone the Society for the Ayrshire & Arran
best source of information for Advancement of Travel for the Tel (01770) 303774.
events in the area, these offices Handicapped (SATH) on (212)
will also book accommodation 447 7284 or visit www.sath.org Dumfries & Galloway
for visitors. Pick up one of their before leaving. SATH publishes Tel (01387) 253862.
brochures that give compre- ACCESS to Travel, a magazine full Edinburgh & Lothians
hensive listings of Tourist of information. Tel (0131) 473 3868.
Greater Glasgow &
Clyde Valley
Tel (0141) 566 4089.
Highlands of Scotland
Tel (01463) 252401.
Kingdom of Fife
Tel (01334) 472021.
Orkney Islands
Tel (01856) 872856.
Perthshire
Tel (01738) 450600.
Scottish Borders
Tel (01721) 728095.
Shetland Islands
Tel (01595) 693434.
Western Isles
Tel (01859) 502011.
Tobermory harbour on the Isle of Mull, popular with tourists

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