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Guide<br />

of<br />

<strong>Fuengirola</strong>


<strong>Fuengirola</strong> is one of the most emblematic villas on the Costa del Sol Malaga, halfway between the<br />

capital <strong>and</strong> Marbella is a beautiful city with much to offer, in this article we will give you the<br />

reasons why you should visit <strong>Fuengirola</strong>.<br />

We can highlight three main elements in the city, its beautiful <strong>beaches</strong> that attract thous<strong>and</strong>s of<br />

tourists every year in summer, its monumental historical heritage, fruit of a history of invasions,<br />

blood <strong>and</strong> conquests <strong>and</strong> its commitment to nature with one of the most beatiful zoos of Spain. Are<br />

you prepared to <strong>Fuengirola</strong> ?<br />

Let us begin to talk about the historical heritage of the city <strong>Fuengirola</strong> was founded by the original<br />

Iberian inhabitants of the place the Bastulans, there by the Millennium I a.c., the Phoenicians took<br />

the place <strong>and</strong> call it Syalis. Of all this, little is left ... successive invasions took the constructive<br />

elements <strong>and</strong> reused them ... nevertheless to the fall of the Phoenicians the Romans took the place<br />

<strong>and</strong> they called it ground where a federated city was created, the Romans left The first that we can<br />

erestos as the baths <strong>and</strong> the villa of the Farm of the Secretary or the salads of fish that are in the<br />

skirts of the mount of the castle.


Monuments of <strong>Fuengirola</strong><br />

The origin of the city is really old, although it has been ab<strong>and</strong>oned several times. Although it is<br />

believed that previously was a settlement bástulo.<br />

Nevertheless the first historical metion arrives in the 500 a. C. In the texts of Hecateo. Mention is<br />

made of Syalis, which suggests that it may have been one of the Punic colonies on the Malaga<br />

coast.<br />

This same name is reproduced by Mela, Ptolemy or Pliny, which places it between Malacca <strong>and</strong><br />

Sálduba as a fortified settlement. From the third century onwards a. C. <strong>and</strong> after the second Punic<br />

war, Syalis, like all the settlements located in the south of Hispania, happens to be dominion<br />

Roman.


Sohail Castle<br />

This Arab citadel was raised above a former Roman fort. It is located on a small isolated hill next to<br />

the mouth of the <strong>Fuengirola</strong> river. Most of what can be seen today is from the time of the Caliph of<br />

Abderramán III, who ordered the construction of the castle in 956.<br />

Phoenician <strong>and</strong> Punic remains have also been found in its surroundings, in the deposits of Suel <strong>and</strong><br />

Finca Acevedo.<br />

Now its a wellworthy visit in this beautiful town.


Hotels in <strong>Fuengirola</strong><br />

<strong>Fuengirola</strong> has many greats <strong>hotels</strong> <strong>and</strong> touristic apartments for everybody.<br />

We can highlight some of them<br />

Ipv beatriz Hotel <strong>and</strong> Spa <strong>Fuengirola</strong><br />

Hotel Las Piramides <strong>Fuengirola</strong><br />

Apartments Ronda4 <strong>Fuengirola</strong><br />

Apartments Nuriasol <strong>Fuengirola</strong><br />

Hotel Itaca <strong>Fuengirola</strong>


Secretario's Finca<br />

Roman archaeological site dated between the 1st <strong>and</strong> 5th centuries. It is located next to Arroyo<br />

Pajares, in the district of Los Pacos. The complex is divided in two by the N-340 <strong>and</strong> has two<br />

distinct areas, a salting factory <strong>and</strong> a thermal zone. It emphasizes a porticada room decorated with<br />

mosaics <strong>and</strong> with two praefurnium (furnaces) for the heating of the thermal baths.<br />

Torreblanca's thermes<br />

This Aarchaeological site of Roman origin discovered in 1991. It consists of the remains of a<br />

thermal building in good condition.<br />

Church of Our Lady of the Rosary<br />

it is the main Catholic temple of the city, located in the Place of the Constitution. It emphasizes the<br />

cover of baroque style formed by two pilasters <strong>and</strong> a fronton party, although the present church<br />

dates from years 40 of century XX.


Zoo <strong>Fuengirola</strong> BioPark<br />

This BioPark has a surface of 2 ha <strong>and</strong> about 1,300 individuals of 140 different species. It is one of<br />

the best zoos in Andalusia <strong>and</strong> one of the most beautiful zoos you'll ever see. It is different <strong>and</strong><br />

enchanting. It has animals that are not found in others like the Komodo dragon. It is very original as<br />

like the lemmurs tree.<br />

Contemporary architecture<br />

<strong>Fuengirola</strong> has three buildings included in the catalog of the Andalusian Institute of Historical<br />

Heritage as notable examples of the architecture of the Modern Movement: the Opera Apartments,<br />

work of 1962 by the architect Andrés Escassi; The Gallery Building, located on the seafront<br />

promenade; And the Municipal Covered Swimming Pool, by the architect Luis Machuca Santacruz,<br />

built in 1999.


Beaches<br />

The eight km of the coast of <strong>Fuengirola</strong> are divided in seven <strong>beaches</strong>, according to the local<br />

administration. All the <strong>beaches</strong> are urban <strong>and</strong> suitable for bathing.<br />

In 2009 <strong>Fuengirola</strong> became the only municipality in Spain where all its <strong>beaches</strong> have been awarded<br />

the blue flag.29 However, this contrasts with the complaints of businessmen <strong>and</strong> citizens about the<br />

quality of the water <strong>and</strong> the delay of The commissioning of the wastewater treatment plant within<br />

the comprehensive sanitation system of the Costa del Sol.


In general, the <strong>beaches</strong> of <strong>Fuengirola</strong> are low <strong>and</strong> s<strong>and</strong>y <strong>and</strong> calm waters, although they require<br />

annual contributions of s<strong>and</strong>, which is usually of fine golden or dark grain. All are accessible from<br />

the Paseo Marítimo <strong>and</strong> have a high degree of occupancy.<br />

From north to south the <strong>beaches</strong> are the following: Carvajal, Torreblanca, Los Boliches-Las<br />

Gaviotas, the seagulls beach has a beach adapted for the disabled, San Francisco, <strong>Fuengirola</strong>, Santa<br />

Amalia <strong>and</strong> Ejido-Castillo.


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will consider<br />

a visit to<br />

our Town ¡¡¡<br />

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