Guidebook for Fuengirola
Getting Around
Excellent train service between Malaga and Fuengirola with trains running every 20 minutes. Also stop in Benalmadena, Torremolinos, Playa Mayor (IKEA, shopping centre). No need for a car to get to and from the airport! One way ticket Malaga Airport-Fuengirola €2.70. It is 1 km from the apartment (15 minutes to walk; 7 minutes by taxi)
77 locals recommend
Terminal Fuengirola station
5 C. Alfonso XIIIExcellent train service between Malaga and Fuengirola with trains running every 20 minutes. Also stop in Benalmadena, Torremolinos, Playa Mayor (IKEA, shopping centre). No need for a car to get to and from the airport! One way ticket Malaga Airport-Fuengirola €2.70. It is 1 km from the apartment (15 minutes to walk; 7 minutes by taxi)
Excellent bus connections to Mijas, Marbella, Puerto Banus etc. There's also a city bus that transport you from one side of Fuengirola to the other all day - standard fare €1.15. It is .9 km from the apartment (12 minutes to walk; 5 minutes by taxi)
30 locals recommend
Portillo (Bus Station)
s/n Av. Matías Sáenz de TejadaExcellent bus connections to Mijas, Marbella, Puerto Banus etc. There's also a city bus that transport you from one side of Fuengirola to the other all day - standard fare €1.15. It is .9 km from the apartment (12 minutes to walk; 5 minutes by taxi)
The port of Fuengirola is close to the town centre and is well worth a visit. It has over two hundred berths used by the towns local fishing fleet as well as pleasure craft, glass bottom dolphin watching tours, yachts and fishing charters. There is also a ferry service from the port to the nearby resort town of Benalmadena. There are many bars and restaurants adjacent to the port, serving both Spanish and International cusine. More information here:
http://www.andalucia.com/fuengirola/port.htm
53 locals recommend
Puerto Deportivo de Fuengirola S.A.M.
The port of Fuengirola is close to the town centre and is well worth a visit. It has over two hundred berths used by the towns local fishing fleet as well as pleasure craft, glass bottom dolphin watching tours, yachts and fishing charters. There is also a ferry service from the port to the nearby resort town of Benalmadena. There are many bars and restaurants adjacent to the port, serving both Spanish and International cusine. More information here:
http://www.andalucia.com/fuengirola/port.htm
Drinks & Nightlife
Jazz Bar set in Las Rampas (pedestrianised open air shopping centre in Central Fuengirola). Popular live Jazz music most weekends. Lively atmosphere. Great cocktails. Reasonable prices.
19 locals recommend
Speakeasy Jazz Club & Cocktails
10 Calle María BarrancoJazz Bar set in Las Rampas (pedestrianised open air shopping centre in Central Fuengirola). Popular live Jazz music most weekends. Lively atmosphere. Great cocktails. Reasonable prices.
Entertainment & Activities
There are only three main cinemas on the Costa del Sol that regularly play original version movies, which are mostly shown in English with Spanish subtitles: Cines Teatro Goya in Puerto Banus; Cinesur Miramar in Fuengirola; and Yelmo Cines, at Plaza Mayor in Malaga Yelmo Cinemas (near the airport).
Movie theaters usually offer an extra show on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and/or holidays. See local english paper SUR (comes out on Friday) for listings.
465 locals recommend
Miramar Centro Comercial
s/n Av. de la EncarnaciónThere are only three main cinemas on the Costa del Sol that regularly play original version movies, which are mostly shown in English with Spanish subtitles: Cines Teatro Goya in Puerto Banus; Cinesur Miramar in Fuengirola; and Yelmo Cines, at Plaza Mayor in Malaga Yelmo Cinemas (near the airport).
Movie theaters usually offer an extra show on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and/or holidays. See local english paper SUR (comes out on Friday) for listings.
Arts & Culture
Finding shows or plays in English is not always easy but the english Theatre in F. is really a one-off.
13 locals recommend
Salon Varietés Theatre
30 C. EmancipaciónFinding shows or plays in English is not always easy but the english Theatre in F. is really a one-off.
Shopping
The Fuengirola market is held in the Fair Ground in the town centre. The Tuesday market is a normal street market, very big. The Saturday market is a secondhand market, the biggest on the Costa del Sol, and great for finding odd stuff and souvenirs. Both markets close about 14:00 (2 pm). Be careful of pickpockets!
11 locals recommend
Calle Recinto Ferial
Calle Recinto FerialThe Fuengirola market is held in the Fair Ground in the town centre. The Tuesday market is a normal street market, very big. The Saturday market is a secondhand market, the biggest on the Costa del Sol, and great for finding odd stuff and souvenirs. Both markets close about 14:00 (2 pm). Be careful of pickpockets!