Associação Rodinhas Portugal holds 4th edition in Coimbra
The Associação Rodinhas Portugal (ARP) organizes annually, in Coimbra, a tour adapted to the disabled community in Portugal, being this year the 4th edition, which will take place on the 11th of September.
The initiative is scheduled to meet at 8:30 am at Mata Nacional, the departure will be scheduled for 9:00 am. At 1:00 pm, lunch will take place at the same meeting place, and at 3:00 pm there will be an initiative for adapted games Os Rodinhas. The tour has the motto “Discover Coimbra with the Wheels” and is open to the community in general. It is a 35 km route and passes through several historic areas of the city of Coimbra.
In 2017, the initiative from Coimbra to Figueira da Figueira, where ARP overcomes society in general that the fact that it does not prevent people from using a wheelchair is similar to itself.
In 2018, he connected Coimbra to the Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação do Centro – Rovisco Pais, in Tocha.
2019 was the year to connect Coimbra to Góis. As is public knowledge, Góis hosts one of the largest, Motard Europa, annually. Together with the Guarda Nacional Republicana, the ARP set up a road campaign where it warned of road accidents, which consequently bring many people in wheelchairs.