The Intercontinental Hotel in Rome sits atop a hill bordered on the rear by the Borghese Gardens and Museum and on one side the Spanish Steps and the Trevi Fountain on the other. What a spot! What a lovely, though a bit pricey, old style "luxury" accommodation. Among the amenities are two restaurants, a rooftop bar with a vista of the city, knowledgeable multilingual staff and two of the tiniest elevators in which you will ever ride!
Claustrophobia is not an option nor are two defensive linemen for a pro football team squeezing in enough to close the doors. If you look closely at the photo, which we know due to the nature of lenses and angles, etc., has a tendency to distort space making things seem larger than they are, you will notice my lovely wife's Hands are on the rails at the same time her elbows are close to touching her hips. And this is the "big" elevator. After our first trip up with our bags in the little...littler one I refused to repeat that ride in either direction.
One morning we were riding down and stopped on a floor where a father and mother with two small children tried to board with us. The father and son squeezed in and mom and daughter gave up and took the stairs. As the doors closed the little girl waved sadly to her father and brother as if they were off with poor prospects of ever being seen again.
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