I am planning a city trip with my father. He is fine walking on level ground and does not need mobility assistance, but after maybe 60–90 minutes he really wants to sit down for a while.
A lot of sample itineraries look reasonable on a map but quietly assume six or seven hours of walking, standing in museums, stairs in stations and queues, with only meal breaks. On paper the distances are not huge; in practice the accumulated standing seems to be the problem.
I am thinking one main area per half-day, cafés built in as actual stops, and taxis for a few awkward connections instead of proving we can use public transport everywhere. I also want a hotel that makes it easy for him to go back for an hour without the whole group needing to follow.
He does not want the trip planned around him, which is partly why I am trying to make the pace sensible from the beginning rather than “adjust” after he is exhausted.
If you have traveled this way, what tends to matter more than people expect: distance, hills, station stairs, standing in queues, hotel location, something else?