My poor old ma is "only" mid-70s but pretty crippled with arthritis. She is also super cultured and far more highbrow than me. She's just had to cancel a trip to various bits of southern Italy because she's too crumbly, but has made it clear she'd like to do a trip with me in the autumn. I'm happy to do this, but does anyone have suggestions for me? It needs to be somewhere with plenty of culture and history, Italy is best because then she can chat up waiters in her perfect Italian which she LOVES doing, but most of all it needs to be somewhere where she doesn't have to walk far (I.e. More than about 100m) to get to most places. She's suggested Mantua/Padua - anyone know if that's realistic?