The Sierra Nevada Tramway ( 21st February 1925 – 19th January 1974)<\/strong><\/p>\n It was conceived as an ambitious project of an eminently touristic nature that would link Granada with the Sierra Nevada. Its promoter was Julio Quesada Ca\u00f1averal y Pi\u00e9drola, Duke of San Pedro de Galatino, Count of Benal\u00faa and Las Villas and Lord of L\u00e1char.<\/p>\n To carry it out, he set up the companies “Tranv\u00eda-Ferrocarril Granada Sierra Nevada S.A.”, with the issue of 1,200,000 nominal pesetas in mortgage bonds and “San Pedro. El\u00e9ctrica Maitena S.A.”, with the issue of 750,000 pesetas nominal in 1,500 debentures; both of 500 pesetas each and at 7% interest and through the bank of Mr. Sons of Mr. Manuel Rodr\u00edguez Acosta and Mr. Gonz\u00e1lez de la C\u00e1mara. The chairman of the Board of Directors of both was the Duke of San Pedro.<\/p>\n The initial project, commissioned to the engineer Jos\u00e9 Morell, would start from Las Vistillas near the Alhambra Palace Hotel. It would have 14 kilometres of ordinary track, 17 kilometres of rack railway, 6 kilometres of funicular railway and a short ascent to the peak of the Veleta. It would cost 16 million pesetas and included a hotel in the Sierra, known as the Hotel del Duque.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>