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| Fuengirola Travel Guide: Here’s the low-down on Costa del Sol's resort, Fuengirola
| | Written by brianmccalden on 23 Feb 2006 about a trip in Oct 2005.
Trip was for a couple on holiday. brianmccalden would definitely visit again.
| Fuengirola nightlife |   8.0 | A large, semi-permanent UK-originated population demands and receives much of their home comforts, with even an English newspaper, the Town Crier. It is packed with news of ‘what’s on’, ranging from Beatles tribute bands to any of the seven, (yes, seven!) different Royal British Legion Branches which meet in the immediate area: so ‘Take your Pick’ (even literally, in the off season, with such game shows designed to appeal to the over 50s+!). But, don't foget there's a lot to offer younger people too in the main season.
The five star hotel in Benalmadena Costa, at Torrequebrada, offers one of the area’s casinos (don’t forget your passport), where for a £2 entry fee, and a stake as low as £1 you can hob knob with those more affluent, and even come away with a few more £££. |
Fuengirola restaurants | 8.0 | But, for more normal times there is still the year round attraction of the ‘fish lane’ restaurant area, where everyone it seems ends up in (guess what?) the local Irish bar, Pub O’Brien, in the heart of this bustling old town area, where a full meal for two (with wine) can be enjoyed for around £16, or even less if you like Chinese.
Once the restaurants close, that’s where they all head, flitting between here and the neighbouring British bar: beware though the measures, especially after the wine with the meal, as they tend to be on the triple-size, but the craic, of course, is mighty! |
Fuengirola attractions | 6.0 | Going natural!
Getting back to the beaches, just nearby there’s Benalnatura Beach, which boasts the warning: Solo Nudista (or Nudists Only), a little cove, just off the main road where hotel style ‘dressing for dinner’ is turned on its head as they won’t serve anyone at the beach bar unless they’re completely naked! (even in October/March!). |
Fuengirola events | | During October, we were fortunate enough to experience the regional Fair, still ostensibly a religious festival, with exceptional ‘open house’ Roman Catholic services in the original chapel in the Plaza de la Constitution on the opening Sunday.
The Fair is so popular that many locally owned restaurants actually close up for the duration, as absenteeism would make normal opening impossible, as the Spanish flock to the huge carnival and side shows that make up what is still truly a genuine Spanish event.
Although we missed it, reports of the opening parade were very positive too, with many, many horses and their traditionally dressed riders on display along with floats of very hue and background taking part: a real Spanish fiesta rolled into a Lord Mayor’s show, marking the beginning of five days major big time celebration at the huge open air fair ground. |
Fuengirola day trips | | It is a hire car (or bus) jaunt along the coast – a beautiful resort not to be missed, along with the Peurto Banus millionaires’ yacht mooring, (did I say yachts – in many cases they’re really the size of the average car ferry).
Don’t miss a trip (or two) there, as there’s endless people watching opportunities in any of the beach side or promenade cafes in Marbella, and just a few steps from one of the beautiful, sandy, clean beaches.
Check out the style at the adjacent Peurto Banus, and be prepared to be totally amazed at the affluence of how the other 1% lives, with their huge, hotel size yachts, and of course the harbour-side boutiques and café-bars, which can be a little bit more expensive than elsewhere.
Look a little outside the resorts and there’s plenty to see. Mijas is a beautiful whitewashed traditional village, just inland and the city of Malaga itself has much to offer the more discerning tourist. |
Fuengirola History and Culture | | Here’s the low-down on Costa del Sol’s most popular resort, Fuengirola, where occasional cloudy mornings led to sunshine aplenty, with temperatures up to 27C and clear blue skies, so nothing to fault there.
While the Fuengirola Beach Hotel where we stayed, (while not exactly on the beach) was very nice indeed, spotlessly clean and staffed by some of the most professional and helpful (local) staff we have yet encountered, the same couldn’t be said of Fuengirola’s beach - it was literally filthy!
From the town marina all the way to the historic and very well preserved Castillo Sohail, a beachfront castle which overlooked our hotel, the sea and the foreshore was festooned with the worst garbage imaginable. Out to sea floated endless amounts too, along with suspiciously brown scum on the surface, so perhaps there was a sewage processing fault? (We must however assume this was a short term problem, as it hasn’t been mentioned elsewhere).
Also, as proved the case for one unfortunate elderly bather, the dark water also hid nasty (very large) jellyfish, which stung him seriously enough to need medical care.
Along with a dangerous undertow, a steep shelving beach and shingle-like sand that grasped and sucked at the feet, we decided not to hang around too long, opting instead for swimming at the nearby Benalmanda Costa (more on that later) and at the exquisite Marbella. |
Getting around Fuengirola | Beware the roads!
Beware the Malaga-Marbella road, which races through Fuengirola like an express train, but isn’t in fact a motorway as we know it. Despite motorway speeds, there’s no hard shoulder and exit and access from side roads is via short slip roads, where drivers await their chance to race into the flow. Even buses and coaches only pull into a narrow lay-by to drop or collect passengers, which all adds up to a recipe for high speed pile ups! |
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