Hotel Del Portal

Hotel Del Portal
Hotel Del Portal, El Portal California, by George Fiske.
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General information
LocationCaliforniaEl Portal, California, United States United States
Coordinates37°40′29″N 119°47′03″W / 37.67472°N 119.78417°W / 37.67472; -119.78417
Opening1908
ManagementYosemite Valley Railroad
Technical details
Floor count4
Other information
Number of rooms130

Hotel Del Portal was one of the early first-class hotels established by the Yosemite Valley Railroad to take passengers from Merced to the terminus at El Portal, California, just outside of Yosemite National Park. The hotel set the standard for elegance in the Yosemite area. When automobiles replaced horses and wagons for transportation to Yosemite, business at the Del Portal Hotel started to slow. A fire destroyed the hotel in 1917.