Adapted routes

Map of Texel

The map of Texel in Braille can be borrowed at the tourist information centre VVV Texel in Den Burg.

Nature trail Het Alloo

Opposite Ecomare is the starting point of the nature trail Het Alloo. The route is 4,5 km long and can be shortened to 2,7 km. The path is accessible for wheelchair users, the blind and partially sighted. There are information boards along the route in Braille. The route description can be borrowed from the visitor centre either as a spoken version, in Braille or in large print.
Google maps: Alloo

You can find the route (in Dutch only) on the Staatsbosbeheer website and in the leaflet box at the start of the route.

Texel route

For those unable to discover the island by foot or bicycle, the well sign posted Texel route offers a good guideline. This 75 km long route is shown by blue, triangular signposts and leads you through the most beautiful areas on the island.

 
De Slufter

The nature reserve De Slufter is also accesible for wheelchairs.

Adjustments in nature

Look-out points

The entrance to De Slufter is accessible via a gently sloping path over the dunes. There is a matted path in the Slufter itself, making the gully alongside the Slufterbollen accessible. It is possible to borrow a beach wheelchair at the restaurant in order to further explore the area. The look-out point at the end of de Oorsprongweg at the northern end of De Slufter is also accessible, although this slope is rather steep. Google maps:  de Slufter

A look-out point has been constructed at the entrance to de Horsmeertjes, which offers views over the southernmost tip of the island. The look out point is also suitable for disabled visitors, due to its width. It can accommodate nine wheelchairs at a time. The path to the look out point is 140 metres long with a slope of 1:20. There are various resting places at which wheelchair users can pass one another. Google Maps: Hors

The look-out point at de Geulplas on de Mokweg has also been made accessible for the disabled. Google Maps: Geulplas

The look-out point on de Kampeersnol at het Turfveld on the edge of the woods is accessible by a 65 metre long shell path with a slope of 1:20. The path is one and a half metres wide and has a handrail. The look out point itself has an area of 8 x 8 metres. Google Maps: Kampeersnol

Accessible footpaths

The footpaths in de Alloo (Google maps: Alloo), the dune area between Ecomare and De Koog, are suitable for motorized wheelchairs. This also applies to the footpath from Loodsmansduin to the beach at Paal 9 (Google maps: Paal 9) and the footpath at de Bleekersvallei (Google maps: Bleekersvallei). Here visitors have to partly use the cycle path instead of the path on the edge of the woods. Motorized wheelchair users can use the ‘kissing gates', which are designed to deter cyclists, by reversing in.

Bird watching from the roadside

It is possible to watch birds from the roadside at the following places:

• The pools at the foot of the dyke to the north of Oudeschild (Ottersaat), see maps.
• The 'Wagejot', a pool between the old and new dyke near Oosterend, see (Wagejot, maps).
• 'De Bol', from the dyke to the north of Oost (with stunning view across de Wadden sea), Google maps: De Bol.
• The roads de Staart and Westerboersweg at the polder 'Waalenburg', see Google maps Waalenburg.
• The 'Mokbaai' with views of de 'Geul', where spoonbills breed, see Google map, De Geul.