Costa del Sol Tourism Guide - Fuengirola

Guide to Fuengirola, Fuengirola Beaches, Day Trips from Fuengirola

Situated just 20km (20 minutes) from Malaga Airport you've a short transfer time to top Costa del Sol resort Fuengirola. Most of the holiday activity is down on the around 10km beach stretch of Fuengirola. The beaches in this resort are one of its key attractions, with blue flag status for most, calm sheltered waters perfect for families, adjacent paseo maritimo which pushes along the full 10km stretch and a host of watersports, bars and restaurants all on offer and especially lively in the peak summer months. Fuengirola also makes for a perfect golf holiday budget base, with one of the most golf rich locations on the Costas just on its doorstep at Mijas. The La Cala Mijas golf holiday resort is particularly exclusive, offering three challenging golf courses.

Las Gaviotos is the main Fuengirola promenade beach, with blue flag status its wide and long with good disabled access, sunbed/parasol hire widely available and a choice of watersports available including diving, some surfing when the winds up, pedal boats, banana boats, flyfish and fishing trips. Both windsurfing and diving are widely available in Fuengirola and central Las Gaviotas beach has a lifeguard service and beach showers/toilets. Other main blue flag beach Torreblanca Carajal (the beach area to the east closest to Benalmadena) also has good disabled access, parasol and sunbed hire galore, watersports equipment hire including pedal boat, lifeguard service, and a kids play area. Ample parking space lines Fuengirola's promenade area, some of which centrally is pay and display (watch out for the blue lines).

Fuengirola town beaches Santa Amalia and El Castillo are a long stretch with excellent facilities again including watersports equipment hire, showers, toilets, sunbed/parasol hire and good disabled access. To the west of Fuengirola's main Torreblanca, Bolithes and Gaviotas, Fuengirola's small port offers a choice of boat trips including the popular Aqua Vista glass windowed and bottom boat. (see Aqua Vista's weblink right). The boat trip lasts about an hour and a half, with the glass cabins in the base of the boat offering plenty of underwater vision. A good one for children of all ages. Tel. 952 66 6607 for details and see the website right for image gallery and office location in Fuengirola.

Public transport in and out of Fuengirola is good, with the train station situated near the Tourist information office on Avenida Jesus Santos. The bus station sits on Avenida Matias Sanz de Tajada. Fuengirola is actually an excellent budget resort base from which to push out into Andalucia either by Costa Del Sol car hire or by public transport. Renfe trains run direct on the C1 line to Malaga then on up the C2 line to Cordoba. Buses out from Fuengirola push out regularly to nearby Benalmadena, but further afield too to Cordoba, Granada and Cadiz. Bus prices to these top Andalucian historic locations come at budget prices. See the Renfe Train and Portillo bus weblinks right for timetables and prices, and have both your classic Costa del Sol resort base and budget daytrips to boot. With Costa Del Sol Car Hire you've easy access from all three of the main resorts - Fuengirola, Benalmadena and Torremolinos onto the AP7 and day trips to Malaga, Antequera and the prehistoric caves, Granada and Cordoba. Allow at least one whole day for each if self drive, and it's well worth considering overnight stay in locations far afield such as Granada and Cordoba. Fuengirola Tourist Information Office, 6 Jesus Santos Rein Avenue 29640, Fuengirola, Malaga. Tel. 952 467 457.

Fuengirola Zoo, Mijas Aquapark Waterpark Costa Del Sol & Fuengirola Attractions

The main Costa del Sol resort strip, including Torremolinos, Benalmadena and Fuengirola pool their huge choice of family holiday attractions. Immediately to hand in Fuengirola is Fuengirola Zoo which has gone to great lengths to recreate original habitats and is involved in several endangered species projects. Well worth a visit, see the Fuengirola Zoo website right for details.

Also very close to Fuengirola are the Costa Del Sol's two big waterparks, Aquapark Mijas the closest and Aqualand Torremolinos. See websites right for both these waterparks. A host more attractions are within easy reach nearby including Tivoli World Amusement Park and Cable Car ride in Benalmadena, Sealife Aquarium in Benalmadena, Crocodile Park Torremolinos, Benalmadena Marina and more. All these attractions and more are weblinked right.

Fuengirola Bars, Fuengirola Restaurants & Fuengirola Gay Scene/Nightlife

Fuengirola's bar and restaurant choice is huge, particularly along its long Paseo Maritimo. Popular gay bars include Kudos on Ntro Padre Jesus, 4 - an English Bar this one, with other favourite gay bars in Fuengirola including the Delfin on Coronel Ripollet, Feef Cafe on Local 307, Puerto deportivo and the Olive Tree on San Francisco. Playa Cabopino just 5km west of Fuengirola along the N340 (follow signs for Cabopino) is a popular gay nudist beach with local Las Dunas bar nearby.

Fuengirola's nightlife with long established clubs like The London Underground under The London Pub near the Port makes this resort as popular with young groups and couples, as well as families. At the London Underground (weblink right) expect good old chart toppers and classic dance anthems. It's open 7 days a week from 12 midnight to 6am weekdays and til 7am on weekends. For a good listing of Fuengirola nightclubs and Fuengirola Bars see the Fuengirola Party Nights website right.