Fuengirola, Spain Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

FUENGIROLA , fifteen minutes along the train line from Torremolinos, is very slightly less developed and infinitely more staid. It's not so conspicuously ugly, but it is distinctly middle-aged and family-oriented. The huge, long beach has been divided up into restaurant-beach strips, each renting out lounge chairs and pedal-boats. At the far end is a windsurfing school. Rooms are difficult to find in August, but you could try Hostal Italia (tel 952 474 193; €36–48), off the east side of the focal Plaza de la Constitución, which has rooms with bath, balcony and room-safe, or the slightly … more »