COSTA DEL SOL
Fuengirola

It was populated by the bástulos, the Phoenicians and later by the Carthaginians. The Romans called it Suel and the Arabs Sohail, which is the name of a star that according to Ibn-Jallicam could only be seen on the peninsula from this geographical point.

In 912, Abderramán III, ordered the construction of a fortress that rises at the vertex that forms between the coastline and the mouth of the Sohail river; the remains of this castle, still surprise in the landscape of the fuengiroleño coast.

In the seventeenth century the town took the current name of Fuengirola, and it seems that it is due to the name that Genoese sailors used to give it who traveled these coasts and used bowling, which they called "gironas".

Abderramán Ben Abdallah Ben Ahmed "El Sohaili", an outstanding writer and scholar from the 12th century recognized for his knowledge of grammar and theology. Miguel Márquez Martín, bullfighter. José López Ruiz, journalist and poet.

Fuengirola´s cuisine is very varied, gazpacho, sardine skewers, rice with seafood, etc. but the most outstanding, like the rest of the towns on the Costa del Sol, are its sea food and fresh fish specialties, salted fish, baked fish and fried fish.