russ331 Posted March 31, 2011 #1 Share Posted March 31, 2011 The P&O Excursion Brochure says that Florence is pedestrianised with cobbled streets. Are the cobbles a problem for people with bad backs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blitznbobs Posted March 31, 2011 #2 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Depends in what way your back is bad. I doubt it would do you any long lasting damage but uneven surfaces may exascerbate your symptoms... BnBx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinyork Posted March 31, 2011 #3 Share Posted March 31, 2011 We took mum in her wheelchair and I cannot remember it being any more cobbled than any other European city we have visited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southwinds Posted March 31, 2011 #4 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Most of Italy has very uneven paving stones.. Rome is a night mare. It might not be cobbled but just broken and uneven... We did a walking tour and you do lots in Florence.. slow walkers do hold the party up... I would make sure you wear good walking shoes any where in Italy !!! I saw many in flip flops go over !! and those in heals regret it as well.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jodanuke Posted March 31, 2011 #5 Share Posted March 31, 2011 No reall difference from anywhere else really. Apart from Greece, where the pavements are the worse I have seen anywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caber Posted March 31, 2011 #6 Share Posted March 31, 2011 We were there last summer and I don`t remember noticing very uneven streets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted March 31, 2011 #7 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I don't remember Florence streets as being particularly bad, and I have very poor knees. Lisbon is horrendous but I was fine in Florence and Pisa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlesteelo Posted March 31, 2011 #8 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Most of Italy has very uneven paving stones.. Rome is a night mare. It might not be cobbled but just broken and uneven... We did a walking tour and you do lots in Florence.. slow walkers do hold the party up... I would make sure you wear good walking shoes any where in Italy !!! I saw many in flip flops go over !! and those in heals regret it as well.. Agreed! I learned the hard way deciding to go on an all-day Florence tour in sandals :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
russ331 Posted April 1, 2011 Author #9 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Thanks for the reassurance. We will book a P&O excursion to Florence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin7 Posted April 1, 2011 #10 Share Posted April 1, 2011 They do edge on the side of being ultra cautious in their description of tours, in our experience. Probably they do not want customers cmplaining that the street was not dead flat but had a rise of a couple of inches somewhere alio its route. I am not being facetious about this,one of us has a mobility problem and many times we have shied away from tours due to their description only to find that they would have been OK for BOTH of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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