Places to
visit
One could say, apart from exceptions, that the physiognomy
of what was once a fishing village, changed from the decade
of the 60’s with the massive development of tourism on
the Costa del Sol, where Fuengirola occupies a privileged place.
So the new and modern constructions have formed a new urban
landscape which has nothing to do with its historic past.
The most representative monuments are its parish church and
the Sohail castle. The religious building, situated in the
Constitution square and under the protection of the Virgin
of the Rosary, presents a baroque front formed by two pilasters
and a split pediment with a niche in the upper part.
Regarding the castle, apart from its rich historical past,
as an architectural construction which has been entirely restored,
it has a square base, solid turrets on the flanks, and a larger
tower standing out in the centre to the Puerta del Homenaje.
It has been possible to know Fuengirola’s past by the
archaeological sites of Torreblanca del Sol (Roman baths and
visigode necropolis).
The fast touristic development has originated the concentration
of interesting places all along the promenade, one of the
longest in Spain and on which there is the marina, nautical
club, the fishing port, and the Oceanographical Investigation
Centre.
The promenade, especially the most western part, is the area
to visit during the day, but especially at night for the amount
of premises which exist: restaurants, bars, cafeterias, pubs,
clothes shops, handicrafts, etc. As well as the Zoo, the only
one on the Costa del Sol, the streets of the centre have been
converted into open air museums with painted murals on facades
by painters such as Barbadillo, Brickman, Escalona, Sanz,
Le Parc, Peinado, Sempere, Asins and others.
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