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Santorini - Using my wife's new "carry on" mobility scooter?

Her scooter worked great in Rome, Garda, Verona & pretty good in Venice the past couple weeks.

Before you write off our hopes to see Santorini as a disabled person please note we we're successful the past 2 weeks in Italy. Even, in Venice w/ the scooter.

My wife has a few advantages. 1.)We purchased a portable lighter weight mobility scooter. 2.) I'm a fit & mobile 69yr old. 3). we travel with our 44yr old adult son who lives with us. Joe has a less severe fragile X disability resulting in a lower IQ but most would not know it. He's 6-4 200lbs and in great shape.

Joe & I carried the scooter over all the bridges in Venice. I walked Nita up & down the 150 steps of the big bridge that crosses the Grand from the train station. We even took her scooter on a gondola and of course the Vaporetto's. The scooter put Nita on an even pace with Joe & I. Oh, and we used the scooter in the Roman Forum but avoided the lumpy ancient stone paths.

This is not to brag. Rather to head off naysayers without knowing more about us. And to offer a ray of hope to others with disabilities.

Can we do the Santorini?

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I have been to both Venice and Santorini. I have no physical disabilities so may not be conscious enough of the challenges they pose.

But I would think that Venice would be more challenging than Santorini. There are lots of flat places but it all depends what you want to see and do.