Would you advise an active senior couple to take a planned guided trip with a group tour company to or to try and plan it on their own.
Guided Group trip to Vienna and Prague?
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Absolutely do it on your own. Both cities have a very well-developed tourist infrastructure, English is very widely spoken, and getting from one to another by train is a snap.
In Prague head for the town hall, which has a huge tourist office, with info on all sorts of activities and a large list of small, university student led, walking tours of various ares of the city. Also - a huge amount of info on the culture and music scene - which is very busy.
In Vienna, your hotel can help with similar.
For Vienna use http://www.wien.info/en and for Prague - http://www.praguewelcome.cz/en/ ; both official tourist portals. I am sure you'll find enough info there to plan your trip. Also check http://www.getyourguide.com/ for activities & tour ideas.
Vienna and Prague are very easy to visit on your own, taking the train between the cities. You can get guided tours in each city; walking tours or site tours. 5 to 6 days in each city plus a day to travel between them is a good amount of time. This will allow for a day trip outside the cities.
I'm not sure you can find an escorted tour group that only goes to Vienna and Prague. Most visit other cities as well, limiting the number of days in Vienna and Prague.
It all depends.
Where else is this Tour Company going besides Vienna and Prague.
How comfortable are you making all your own reservations including flight, train ride from Vienna to Prague, seeing all the sites at both places.
If you are good at doing all these things , then go ahead and do it on your own
If not, then a small group tour may be good for you, as all the accommodations and touring places are taken care of.
Vienna is not an easy walk about City unless your hotel is very central AND you know where all the major places are.
I was in Vienna last year for 5 days and then took the train to Prague and stayed a week in Prague.
Make a list of places you want to see in each city, get and easy simple map ( not a complex one)and decide what you want to see .
I remember a senior couple ( about early 70's) asking me by the Vienna Opera House...if I knew how far it was to go to see the gold statue of Johann Strauss..
I said yes it is about 10-12 block from here and it is in a nice park.
The lady said,"Oh I don't know if I can walk 12 blocks because I also want to see the City Hall building".
I said to her " Oh my goodness, from the Johann Strauss Statue to City Hall is about 20 blocks".
I do not know what they eventually did.
So if you are active seniors and walking is no problem, then you can walk to many sites on your own (IF you know where they all are)
But if you want to see the Schwarzenburg Palace or Belvedere Palace or the superb Schonbrunn Palace, then take a taxi to save time.
Prague is much easier walking because it does not matter where you walk in Prague, there is always something great to see, whether it is statue, building or bridge.