Fuengirola preserves in its streets corners full of local
colour and charm, the centre of town is Constitution Square
(19th century), where the Church of Nuestra Señora
del Rosario stands.
On top of a nearby hill, located next to the mouth of the
river Fuengirola, stands the Castle of Sohail, ordered to
be built by Abd-al-Rahman III in the 10th century and which
still preserves some paintings of its walls. Next to this
parade ground, the remains of the old Phoenician settlement
have been found, which was the origin of the town (6th-3rd
centuries BC). Testimony of the city's importance in the
past is the Roman city of Suel, located on the hillside
of the castle.
Other Roman remains appear in the archaelogical sites of
Finca del Secretario and Torreblanca, where there is a Roman
baths and a Visigoth necropolis.
Fuengirola also has neighbourhoods full of local colour,
such as Santa Fe de los Boliches, deeply-rooted to the sea,
or Pueblo López, which has streets crammed with beautiful
examples of Andalusian popular architecture.
