It has been assessed as category two, which means that the disabled person needs to be accompanied as there are steps to negotiate. Is there one organisation that co-ordinates all this information?Elizabeth PearseLeedsThe travel editor writes: The Holiday Care Service is a national charity which assesses properties for their disabled accessibility, here and aboard. You could, of course, do it more cheaply for yourself, but you would need two days in which to see everything properly.Tour operators with packages to Seville include Thomson City Breaks (tel: 0181 210 4500), Mundi Color (tel: 0171 828 6021) and Magic of Spain (tel: 0181 748 4220).Hints for the handicappedI want to take a physically handicapped relative to the Lake District for a break She is confined to a wheelchair We need a bedroom with wheelchair facilities. However, if you choose the Feria time you must book immediately, and there will almost certainly be a premium on the price.From Seville you could make trips either by hired car (around pounds 40-pounds 50 a day), by public transport or join excursions offered by your hotel or tour operator. A typical day tour includes Jerez, home of sherry, with a visit to a bodega for some sampling, the Royal Andalucia School of Equestrian Art, and then on to the old Phoenician port of Cadiz The trip will cost you about pounds 45. On a more intimate scale, there's the medieval Barrio Santa Cruz and the old Jewish quarter is one of the delights of Europe.In April you might catch either of the best of Europe's festivals: the Semana Santa (Holy Week) - Easter Sunday next year is on 4 April - or two weeks or so later the Feria, when the streets are lined with booths and the city vibrates with flamenco music, dancing and horse-drawn carriage parades.
There's the Giralda, of course, once a Moorish minaret, and the massive Gothic cathedral (believed to be the world's largest), and the huge, gaudy Alcazar, the old Moorish palace. From Dubrovnik, ferries leave daily for some enchanting little islands such as Korcula - they claim that Marco Polo was born there, and war hero Sir Fitzroy Maclean certainly lived there - you can visit both their houses.Tour operators specialising in Slovenia and Croatia include Slovenija Pursuits (tel: 01763 852646); Holiday Options (tel: 01444 881414 or 0161 877 6020) and Transun Travel (tel: 01865 798888).Still after something different? Why not have a look at Seville, Spain's most romantic city, its Moorish architecture and passion for flamenco and fiestas symbolising the best of Andalucia.There's more than enough to keep you both browsing for several days. I was unable to spot any shrapnel holes in the patina of its stupendous high street, the Stradun, but there are still some burnt-out mansions, though happily the facades have remained intact.Although Dubrovnik is, in fact, an almost perfectly preserved museum, it is very much a living city with a daily market, shops and bars within the walls. And you can take excursions to the Lipizzaner stud farm which supplies the famous white horses to the Spanish Riding School in Vienna. Some 20 miles away Ljubljana has a wealth of Renaissance, Baroque and Secession architecture, some good restaurants and cafes.
Many tour operators also offer day excursions to Venice for around pounds 50.In Croatia, Dubrovnik is a walled gem which has been almost totally restored after the shelling of 1991. Riding, golf, tennis, fishing and superb walking are just some of the activities on offer. I would first suggest that you have a good look at Croatia and Slovenia as attractive areas at that time of the year There's plenty to do, with lots of walking and sightseeing. By spending a week in either, you'll have enough of your budget left over to take some excursions.Lake Bled in Slovenia really is as picturesque as it appears in the holiday brochures, once a fashionable resort for the elite of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, later the favourite of Josip Tito whose villa has been turned into a hotel.Spectacular mountains surround the lake, with gondola-type boats to take you to the romantic little island with its Baroque church and "bell of wishes" in the middle. Can you suggest anything? Alexander Carnegie ReadingJill Crawshaw replies: With your budget, you have a pretty good choice of destinations.
