Fuengirola Attractions

The cultural calendarin Fuengirola is concentrated in the summer months. In June, the festival ismusic and dance in Las Noches del Castillo, held at theSohail Castle.Also at this site are the Medieval Market, the Festival City of Fuengirola andthe beer festival.

Other significant events are the International Trade Fair and the InternationalFair of people, both held in May, and the International Festival of Latin Rhythms, held in September.

Museum of History is theonly museum in the city, opened in 2003 is home to a collection of relicsrelated to the history of the city.

The Open Museum: Opened in 1988, is composed ofworks of artistic creators, artists and painters such as Enrique Brinkmann,exposing large murals on the facades of several buildings in the town. The Peace Palace is a multipurpose space for there presentation of theatrical and musical performances, exhibitions and lectures. It was opened in 2001.

Varietes Hall is a small theatre thatprovides a programming exclusively in English. Casa de la Cultura: contains an exhibition hall and assembly hall with acapacity of 165 people for lectures, concerts, theatre, etc.

Fuengirola Attractions

Castillo Sohail, Fuengirola near the river,from the highest part of the castle there is a nice view towards the beach andthe city. Secretary of Finca in Los Boliches is theruins of a Roman villa with mosaics.

Fuengirola Zoo is a very small but pleasantly laid out zoo near thetrain station.There is a Roman temple, on the seafront in Los Boliches, next to Plaza de Castilla, now known as San Rafael (name given to him by the constructor Cordoban Rafael Gomez Sanchez.

Church of Our Lady of the Rosary is a very attractive small church. Various sculptures are dotted around town, especially along the Promenade andthe so-called Carretera General, as dedicated to the peseta, and a large metalpeseta in a song, above a large map of Spain, made in marble, or the monument to the ever present tourist.

Fuengirola has two libraries and third in the former Oceanographic Centre of Malaga, the port,specializing in geological studies of the Mediterranean coastline, fisheries, biology, marine pollution and other marine issues.

The festivities include traditional Three Kings, carnival, Easter, the night of San Juan and the Pilgrimage of Our Lady of the Rosary.

In October they celebrate the Fair , in which actors are singing and dancing Andalusian horses. On the Feast of the Virgen del Carmen in July, the image of the Virgin comes inprocession from his temple to the port, where they shipped out to sea, wherethey met with another image of the Virgin while sailing, almost to the arrivalin the morning.

The festival is celebrated with great moraga on the beach in Los Boliches, where heembarks on the second blank.