Welcome to Fuengirola
The Costa del Sol stretches 180 kilometres from Manilva in the southwest to Nerja in the northeast. The Costa del Sol has a lot to offer and if you want to explore it, we think Fuengirola is the best starting point. You fly to Malaga and from there you take the train that runs every 20 minutes and costs almost nothing. The journey takes about 45 minutes. The train runs three times an hour from early morning to midnight.
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Fuengirola is a nice city to visit
Fuengirola is a nice town with a functioning everyday life where people are on their way to and from work, school children with their school bags on their way to school and kindergarten children playing in the alleys of the old town. The municipal buses go where they are going and are cheap to travel with. Add to that a fantastic playa and a pleasant old part with alleys, hotels and restaurants.
Explore the Costa del Sol – Andalusia
If you are going to explore Andalusia, the Costa del Sol or just vacation, Fuengirola is the best choice.
If you want to travel around, it is absolutely incredible how much there is to visit. You can go to Marbella by bus and there look at the old town with the orange square and “the golden mile” for a walk if you want a change from the beach in Fuengirola. Puerto Banús if you are interested in yachts and nice cars.
Not far from Fuengirola is Estepona and a few more miles you come to Gibraltar with its rock. If you continue the mountain road to Tarifa, you will see views that stretch all the way to Africa. In the other direction or to the east there are Torremolinos, Malaga, Nerja and many more fantastic places to visit.
The Paeso Maritimo Rey de Espana or promenade is a long walk.
Read more about the fantastic Playa in Fuengirola →
Visit Malaga, Barcelona, and Madrid.
On the eastern side of Fuengirola, Malaga is a nice city with a lot to offer. Nearby are also Nerja, Sierra Nevada, Granada, Seville, Alhambra, Denia and if you want to go a little further, you can reach the Mar Menor with its salt springs on the Costa Blanca with all its towns and villages. Madrid can be reached by fast train in three hours and Barcelona not much longer.
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Visit Gran Canaria, find amazing playas, walk the Caminito del Rey trail and seek other adventures.
If you want even more sun in the winter, the flight to Gran Canaria or Tenerife only takes an hour and a half. If you play golf, the “Costa del Golf” is the best and if it is water sports you are looking for, there is everything here, you can hike in national parks and if you want more adventure, you go Caminito del rey or even “worse” trails.
If you like to sunbathe and swim, there is a plethora of beaches, each one better than the next if you just open your eyes.
On weekends, the beach becomes a party spot
On various Spanish holidays, barbecues are lit down by the playa. People bring their own blankets, chairs and tables and the party goes on until late at night.
The castle in Fuengirola
In the western part of Fuengirola you will find the castle, where you can walk and take a look at the view. In the summers there are concerts and festivals in the area with world stars such as Rod Stewart and Robbie Williams.
Restaurants and tivoli the port.
Down in the harbor there are several good restaurants with nice outdoor seating. If you are traveling with children, there is a nice little amusement park right at the entrance to the harbor.
If you are abstinent in Berlin, visit the Kudamm restaurant down in the harbor, fantastic environment and really good food
Old town and church square with bars and restaurants
Down in the old town by the church square there are several fantastic ice cream parlors and of course a multitude of restaurants with different specialties, everything from tapas bars to the finest restaurants. The old market hall opposite the post office has been converted into a restaurant hall.
Why not visit Restaurant Roberto which is in the Guinness Book of Records for its 4,393 golf clubs hanging from the ceiling
Tapas
The best tapas bars can be found in Andalusia. One of many is Lizzaran in the old town.
The church in the old town
Sök upp den den fina kyrkan vid kyrktorget, i närheten finns busstorget, tågstationen och ett parkeringsgarage. Missa inte det fantastiska apoteket på ena hörnan av torget. Kyrkan är en bra utgångsplats om man skall utforska gamla stan
The water park in Fuengirola
AquaMijas, which is open during the season, is within walking distance. If you want to drive a car, there are plenty of parking spaces.
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Bioparc Fuengirola
There is a fine and well-managed zoo in Fuengirola with no cages and plenty of space for the animals in a created natural environment. The BIOPARC Foundation aims for captive animals to provide a benefit to populations of the same species in their natural environment.
Los Boliches and Los Pacos
Los Boliches is an area of Fuengirola located 5 kilometers east, you can go here by municipal bus or walk along the promenade. There are lots of alleys and its own church by the square.
“Above” Los Boliches is Los Pacos where many Finns have sought out. There is a Finnish school and church, a health center and a Finnish bazaar. The street to Los Pacos is called Avenida de La Finlandia and the square in the village is called Plaza Suomi. The bus from Fuengirola takes 15 minutes and you can get off at Plaza Suomi if you don’t want to continue up the mountain.
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More about Fuengirola
There are three parallel streets that run from one end of the city to the other. This is the playa (Maritimo Rey de Espana) which is 10 km long, the bus street (Av. Ramon y Cajal) which runs parallel to the playa and passes the church square in Fuengirola. The third parallel street is the railway street (Jesus Santos Rein) where the shuttle train to the airport runs and the train station is located. Use these streets as a reference. Another good reference point is the church square (Pl. de la Constitución) in Fuengirola.
