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The Immediate Area
Fuengirola is just twenty minutes from Malaga airport, while the local train station provides easy access to such popular nearby resorts as Torreblanca, Arroyo de la Miel and Torremolinos.
Fuengirola is a medium sized holiday resort, where you will find all the attractions of a seaside town. It is an ideal location for a family holiday. Bars, restaurants and shops are on your doorstep. The train and bus stations, where you can book various excursions and tours, are only minutes walk away from the apartment.
Fuengirola is probably most famous for its five miles of sandy beaches, with high-rise hotels and apartments offering magnificent views of the Mediterranean and the coastline. With a new wider promenade with plenty of palm trees interspersed with colourful flower bed?s and bench seating, Fuengirola sea front is a favourite place for tourists and local families alike. The beaches along Fuengirola, Los Boliches - Gaviotas and Torreblanca hold a European blue flag. Over the years with these and other developments it has replaced Torremolinos and is now probably the most popular tourist resort on the Costa del Sol. Fuengirola is particularly popular with tourists with a wide variety of entertainment and restaurants to choose from. Andalucian traditional tapas (snacks bars) to local fish restaurants to the British Fry-up's all make Fuengirola a popular choice for going out to eat. There is no shortage of things to do for holidaymakers in Fuengirola, ranging from such family fun activities as the Aqua Park, a trip to the zoo, a ride around town on "the little train" or on a horse-drawn carriage, right through to a host of water sports.
Around & About
Excursions to most places can be booked at the coach station a short walk away. Take a trip to the beautiful city of Seville, the historic Grenada or The Rock of Gibraltar, to name but a few
There is plenty to see and do around Fuengirola.
The various safe and clean beaches, with all the water sports you would expect from a Mediterranean resort.
Golf courses are in abundance, with Miraflores, La Cala and Alhaurin & Mijas Golf only 15 minutes away by car.
Fuengirola Zoo is new, at dusk they change the animals from daytime to nocturnal.
An Aqua park with kamikaze slide and entertainments.
Selwo Wild Life Park is about 50 minutes
Tivoli World, is a small theme park in Benalmedena,
The Crocodile Park, Dolphin World and another Aqua park are in nearby Torremolinos
The white villages of Andalucia are probably most peoples stereotype of a traditional Spanish village. Perched upon a hill side with picturesque with the small villas divided by narrow alleys and streets. Surprisingly it is still possible to find villages such as this on the Costa del Sol. Here are seven examples of white villages scattered throughout the region.
Alpandeire - the place where Fray Leopoldo was born. Júbrique - situated on the top of a mountain, giving a fantastic views of the Sierra Rondeña. Pujerra - famed for its fine work with leather. Carratraca - famous for its natural sulphur spas. Alfarnatejo - with the ruins of its Muslim castle. Totalán - a little village of great interest for its natural beauty and for its archaeological treasures. Sedella and Archez - full of monuments and Moorish retreats of great value and historical
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