FuengirolaLa Costa del Sol

Fuengirola is one of the most emblematic villas on the Costa del Sol Malaga, halfway between the capital and Marbella is a beautiful city with much to offer, in this article we will give you the reasons why you should visit Fuengirola.

We can highlight three main elements in the city, its beautiful beaches that attract thousands of tourists every year in summer, its monumental historical heritage, fruit of a history of invasions, blood and conquests and its commitment to nature with one of the most beatiful zoos of Spain. Are you prepared to Fuengirola ?

Let us begin to talk about the historical heritage of the city Fuengirola was founded by the original Iberian inhabitants of the place the Bastulans, there by the Millennium I a.c., the Phoenicians took

the place and call it Syalis. Of all this, little is left ... successive invasions took the constructive elements and reused them ... nevertheless to the fall of the Phoenicians the Romans took the place and they called it ground where a federated city was created, the Romans left The first that we can erestos as the baths and the villa of the Farm of the Secretary or the salads of fish that are in the skirts of the mount of the castle.

Monuments of FuengirolaThe origin of the city is really old, although it has been abandoned several times. Although it is believed that previously was a settlement bástulo.

Nevertheless the first historical metion arrives in the 500 a. C. In the texts of Hecateo. Mention is made of Syalis, which suggests that it may have been one of the Punic colonies on the Malaga coast.

This same name is reproduced by Mela, Ptolemy or Pliny, which places it between Malacca and Sálduba as a fortified settlement. From the third century onwards a. C. and after the second Punic war, Syalis, like all the settlements located in the south of Hispania, happens to be dominion Roman.

Sohail CastleThis Arab citadel was raised above a former Roman fort. It is located on a small isolated hill next tothe mouth of the Fuengirola river. Most of what can be seen today is from the time of the Caliph of Abderramán III, who ordered the construction of the castle in 956.

Phoenician and Punic remains have also been found in its surroundings, in the deposits of Suel and Finca Acevedo.

Now its a wellworthy visit in this beautiful town.

Hotels in FuengirolaFuengirola has many greats hotels and touristic apartments for everybody.We can highlight some of them

Ipv beatriz Hotel and S pa Fuengirola

Hotel Itaca Fuengirola

Hotel L as P iramides Fuengirola

Apartments Ronda 4 Fuengirola

Apartments Nuriasol Fuengirola

Secretario's Finca Roman archaeological site dated between the 1st and 5th centuries. It is located next to Arroyo Pajares, in the district of Los Pacos. The complex is divided in two by the N-340 and has two distinct areas, a salting factory and a thermal zone. It emphasizes a porticada room decorated with mosaics and with two praefurnium (furnaces) for the heating of the thermal baths.

Torreblanca's thermesThis Aarchaeological site of Roman origindiscovered in 1991. It consists of the remains ofa thermal building in good condition.

Church of Our Lady of theRosary

it is the main Catholic temple of the city, locatedin the Place of the Constitution. It emphasizesthe cover of baroque style formed by twopilasters and a fronton party, although the presentchurch dates from years 40 of century XX.

Zoo Fuengirola BioParkThis BioPark has a surface of 2 ha and about1,300 individuals of 140 different species. Itis one of the best zoos in Andalusia and oneof the most beautiful zoos you'll ever see. Itis different and enchanting. It has animalsthat are not found in others like the Komododragon. It is very original as like thelemmurs tree.

Contemporary architectureFuengirola has three buildings included in the catalog of the Andalusian Institute of Historical Heritage as notable examples of the architecture of the Modern Movement: the Opera Apartments, work of 1962 by the architect Andrés Escassi; The Gallery Building, located on the seafront promenade; And the Municipal Covered Swimming Pool, by the architect Luis Machuca Santacruz, built in 1999.

BeachesThe eight km of the coast of Fuengirola are divided in seven beaches, according to the local administration. All the beaches are urban and suitable for bathing.

In 2009 Fuengirola became the onlymunicipality in Spain where all its beacheshave been awarded the blue flag.

However, this contrasts with the complaints ofbusinessmen and citizens about the quality ofthe water and the delay of The commissioningof the wastewater treatment plant within thecomprehensive sanitation system of the Costadel Sol.

In general, the beaches of Fuengirola are lowand sandy and calm waters, although theyrequire annual contributions of sand, which isusually of fine golden or dark grain. All areaccessible from the Paseo Marítimo and have a high degree of occupancy.

From north to south the beaches are the following: Carvajal, Torreblanca, Los Boliches-Las Gaviotas, the seagulls beach has a beach adapted for the disabled, San Francisco, Fuengirola, Santa Amalia and Ejido-Castillo.

I hope you will consider

a visit toFuengirola ¡¡¡