Measured detail — not “accessible: yes/no”
Don’t take “accessible” for an answer.
Access Atlas is the world’s most detailed accessibility travel database. We measure what other sites only claim — door widths, shower dimensions, step-free entrances, elevator status — and score your whole trip against your own Accessibility Profile.
- 34″
- door widths, not “wide enough”
- 1:12
- ramp gradients, not “level”
- 0
- yes/no flags on our cards
- ~10%
- left for you to verify — we show you where
The problem
“Accessible” doesn’t mean it works for you.
A yes/no flag can’t tell you whether you can get into the shower, turn around in the room, or reach the front desk. Here is the difference.
A typical booking site
Hôtel de France — Paris
Accessible rooms available
✓ Free cancellation · ✓ Breakfast included
- Which room? Which floor? Which entrance?
- Can you shower? Turn around? Reach the bed?
- Who measured it — and is it still true?
Hôtel du Nord — Room 204
Measured- Step-free entrance
- Verified
- Door width
- 34 in
- Bed height
- 24 in
- Space beside bed
- 36 in
- Roll-in shower
- Verified
- Shower seat
- Removable
- Grab bars
- Fixed
- Toilet height
- 18 in
Measured Mar 2026 · confirmed by 2 local contributors
Same hotel, same room. One “yes” — or a page of truth you can verify.
Accessibility Profiles
One type of “accessible” is not another.
Build a profile once — the details that matter to you — and every trip is scored against it, leg by leg.
- Can’t use stairs? We check every step-free entrance — and where the step-free route actually goes.
- Use a manual wheelchair? We measure door widths, turning circles, gradients and transfer space.
- Need a roll-in shower? We record shower trays, seats, grab bars and toilet heights — not “accessible bathroom”.
- Prefer text over phone? We flag the places whose only contact is a phone line.
Your profile is made of details like these:
- Cannot use stairs
- Manual wheelchair
- Requires roll-in shower
- Needs space beside bed
- Prefers text over phone
- Avoids very loud environments
- Needs flexible itineraries
- Needs accessible transportation
Same hotel, two travelers, two different trips:
Maya · manual wheelchair, roll-in shower
Room 204 works — 34″ door, roll-in shower, elevator to every floor. But the only level entrance is at the rear: verify it from the taxi drop-off.
Jonas · low vision, text-first, quiet
The hotel replies by text and the room is quiet — good. But the museum nearby uses audio-only guides, and the bar hosts live music Thu–Sat.
Trip Accessibility Check
The whole trip, checked against your profile.
Not just the hotel. The flight, the transfer, the museum, the metro — every leg of the journey scored against one profile.
San Francisco → Paris
June 12–19 · 7 nights · 1 traveler + wheelchair
- Manual wheelchair
- Roll-in shower
- Cannot use stairs
Profile: Maya — manual wheelchair, requires roll-in shower, cannot use stairs · 5 legs checked · 23 data points · 3 to verify
Flight
SFO → CDG · Air France 83
- Airport assistance pre-booked at both ends
- Wheelchair stored in the hold, returned at the gate
- Aisle chair available — request it at booking (48h notice)
- Seats 31A/C: 24″ aisle transfer space, armrests lift
Airport → hotel
40 min · level route
- Accessible taxi with ramp available — ~€55 flat fare
- Hotel is a 5-minute level walk from the taxi drop-off
- RER B is step-free to the platform, but elevator outages were reported at two stations this month
Hôtel du Nord — Room 204
- Step-free entrance (rear door, 36″)
- Elevator to all floors — 32″ doors, 6×5 ft cabin
- Bathroom: roll-in shower, fixed grab bars, 18″ toilet
- No shower dimensions published — see what to verify below
- Bed 24″ high; 36″ clear space on both sides
Activities
- Louvre: step-free entrance at Porte des Lions (rear)
- Eiffel Tower: elevator to all floors — accessible tickets must be pre-booked
- Seine cruise: level boarding at Pont Neuf, space for 4 wheelchairs
- Atelier des Lumières: step-free foyer, but seismic seating rows are fixed
Getting around
- Metro line 14 is fully step-free; 4 of the 7 stations on your route have elevators confirmed working
- Low-floor buses on lines 21 & 47 — the hotel is 2 stops from both
- Hotel → Louvre: 400 m flat, then 150 m of cobblestones
- Châtelet station elevator status is checked weekly — last confirmed operational
For everyone who travels
Built for travelers, businesses, and the people on the ground.
A two-sided community from day one: people who need real answers, and businesses who want to prove their accessibility claims.
Travelers
Find places and things to do that genuinely work for you. Search on the details that matter — door widths, showers, seating, noise, terrain, transportation — and see exactly what to verify before you commit.
Businesses
Hotels, tours, attractions and venues — publish measured, verifiable profiles instead of one vague badge. Prove your accessibility claims with detail guests can check before they arrive.
Local contributors
Submit measurements, photos and notes on places you’ve stayed. One measured detail from you makes the database honest for someone else’s trip.
The data underneath
Measured. Structured. Queryable.
Every Access Atlas card is built from real, structured detail — not yes/no flags. Door widths, shower trays, step heights, elevator status, gradients, turning circles, bed heights, noise levels.
- door_width: 34 in
- step_height: 0 in
- shower_tray: 30×60 in
- turning_circle: 60 in
- bed_height: 24 in
- toilet_height: 18 in
- gradient: 1:12
- elevator: operational
- noise_level: quiet
- transfer_space: 36 in
- seating: accessible
- entrance: rear, step-free
A database built to be asked questions of — by travelers, by businesses, and by the tools you already use.
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