Fuengirola and the Fuengirola area see also hotels in Fuengirola

Fuengirola lies just 20km south west of Malaga airport half way between Malaga city and Marbella. Fuengirola is the third major tourist development on this section of Spain's Costa del Sol along with Torremolinos and Benalmadena Costa.

Fuengirola offers all the facilities to be expected of a major tourist centre - hotels, restaurants, bars, discotheques, sports clubs, a yacht harbour, and broad beaches along a promenade extending east and west from the town, that includes smaller adjacent villages.

	Fuengirola Zoo is well known. Once an old-fashioned collection of cramped cages, the zoo was modernized in 2001 to feature "tropical-forest" dwellings. The zoo specializes in captive breeding for endangered species, chimpanzee-group research and tropical-forest education.
Female baby chimpanzee with parents at Fuengirola Zoo

Although Fuengirola is a comparatively developed resort, in addition to the Arab castle of Suhayl, or Sohail, it does also have a number of historical sites and open parks. The old port is still used by the local Spanish fisherman.

Fuengirola is largely urban in character, with many high-rise blocks - many towards the sea-front - although some narrow streets can be found with many low-rise villas.

Considerable commercial development is underway further inland, towards to the north of the town, with the recent construction of a large shopping centre and ongoing development of a retail park and housing area.