we have just come back from fuengirola park hotel unfortunately its not in fuengirola its in torreblanca fuengirola is over 3miles away all the life is in fuengirola torreblanca is dead everything closes really early bars restaurants has for the hotel inside clean cant dispute that outside the hotel filthy i have posted pictures has proof the balconys are unsafe also video to prove that aswell the restaurant has to accomodate 3 hotels breakfast is impossible to get a seat as the restaurant seats around 500 people and around 1500-2000 people use it .we counted the sun loungers 31 loungers for 3 hotels to share the loungers are also locked chained and padlocked everynight so at 10am every morning you have to que up to get one of the 31 loungers if you manage to be one of the lucky 31 you then must walk through the gardens and queue again for your mats to go on your lounger so if you lucky you might get to start sunbathing around 11am the hotel provides no music or enertainment during the day though they do advertise as if they do let me asure you they dont the people who enjoy this hotel are 50+ the entertainment at nights is obviously ballroom dancing great if you have children this is not a child oriented hotel oh not forgetting the mega busy motorway behind the hotel which yes you have to cross to get to the beach oh and as we were informed on our arrival by our rep a lady was killed there crossing that road the week before we got there because the traffic dont stop for you but suppose you could take the underpass to get to the beach thats if you dont mind getting mugged and robbed we booked this hotel because people on here said it not that bad where these people have stayed before i would not like to imagine but if you thinking of going here cancel now this has to be the worst holiday we have encountered if you want a good holiday in this region go to fuengirola its self great nightlife restaurants activities its truly brilliant and the hotels upn that area pretty good aswell has for the fuengirola park hotel steer clear of it oh i also have to say we witnessed 3 lads in ther 20s being humiliated by the staff and spanish police these 3 lads came back to the fuengirola park after there night out and the doors were locked the banged the door to get the receptionist to open the door and let them in to go to there rooms but the receptionist did not speak english and would not let them in so he rang the police on them instead where they where all treat like criminals by the hotel and the police and all they wanted to do was get in the hotel and go to bed and as you can see the staff very friendly not if one staff member spoke to you while you there you must be spanish

After reading everyone else's reviews AFTER booking the hotel, I was a bit afraid it would be very noisy and not very relaxing! Overall, I was pleasantly surprised.
The food is very bland really, the breakfast "hot meal" is typically English, but they haven't quite got the hang of bacon! Be very careful with any meal with Chicken, including the paella, it had little bones left in it, not good!
Lunch and evening meals very similar, quite varied choice, but after a few days, you notice that the choices are only variations on a theme; soup/fish/meat/pasta/salad.
I guess i was lucky in that my room was on floor 3 and at the end of the corridor, therefore no through traffic and my neighbour next door was as quiet as I was, thefore no problems there; the aircon worked fine, the room was clean and comfortable, nice not to get the sun on the balcony until the afternoon, after the siesta!
The morning ritual for the sunbeds is still there, its a good idea that no-one can get up at the crack of dawn to put their towel on a bed, but the scrum for the beds at 10am is pretty special!
If you don't have a car, make time for the bus to Mijas, its a wonderful view. Catch the bus outside the hotel to the central bus station, then bus up the hill to Mijas.
The train stop is right outside the hotel main entrance ( turn right, about 100 metres), so if you book the hotel independent, the trip from the airport at Malaga is easy! Remember to book an end of corridor room if you can.
If you want to go to Gibraltar, cheaper to book the trip from the central bus station, or from the travel shop on the beachfront, only a little more. Make sure you book early, its pretty popular!
Watch out for the apes, they steal anything! Its not an easy trip in and out of Gib, lots of tourists, so very crowded!
Back in the resort, for some reason the beach restaurants are relatively expensive for fish dinners, but there's plenty to choose from. In the town centre area there a couple of nice restaurants, near the Marina?
Don't be afraid of the "hawkers" on the beachfront, they're a fact of life here, but quite friendly and speak English pretty well, no need to be rude and you might get a relative bargain if you're that way inclined! Haggle as if your life depended on it though, but buyers beware, enough said!
With regard to "duty free", I found it cheaper to use the official shops in Fuengirola rather than the airport, but only a couple of quid in it? up to you?
Overall, it was not a bad experience, I thought it was a bit built up, but wait until you see Benalmadena, it was much more "high rise".
The Los Boliches resort beaches were very clean, plenty of room to spread yourself out, but you do need a sunshade, it was pretty hot in direct sun! Currently, 2 beach sunbeds and parasol are €8, all day.
Do visit the Tuesday Market, its enormous, put your walking shoes on, if you wear flip-flops, your toes will be stamped on!
Hope this helps, take the best bits, leave the rest, it's not bad!

I recently visited Fuengirola Park with my 69 year old mother, and was very pleased with the cleanliness of the hotel and the self service buffet. We were on a half board basis and found the restaurant never to be too busy and a very good choice which I feel would satisfy most travellers. The pool area was pleasant and the gardens were nice, with free sunbeds. We experienced a problem with the safety deposit key because the previuos guests had taken it with them , which was rectified by a new safe door being installed. I had asked where my valuables could be stored whilst the safe was being repaired and was told I could put them in a plastic unsealable wallet in the hotel safe!! Both the rep and the hotel staff were quite baffled that I wasn,t happy about leaving my valuables and credit cards in the hotel safe with numerous members of staff having access to them.
We then experience an influx of 54 scottish teenagers on our landing on our second day in the hotel, playing extremely loud music and basically running riot, including walking across the edge of our balcony with a 20 foot drop below them. I was actually scared for their health as one slip and they could have been killed. After a night of them running along the corridor in the early hours and knocking on our door I firstly complained to reception who managed to reduce the noise for about 15 minutes and then complained to our rep the next day and asked to be moved. She arranged this straight away and informed me that she had heard from another tour company that they had a party of 54 teenagers. I assume because there were so many of them that it was a school or college trip , but at no time did I see a teacher controlling them and no teachers were on the same landing otherwise they would have surely asked them to stop the noise. My final bugbear is the state of the so called 'entertainment' provided in the hotel. The first night we went down there was a parrot show which consisted of 3 parrots doing sums by ringing a bell with the answers( and they got them wrong) It was an insult to the intelligence but some of the residents did seem enthralled, perhaps they are used to watching paint dry or need to get out more.
The next night there was a keyboard player and a drummer, with no singer, plonking away making a lot of racket which a lot of pensioners seemed to enjoy by dancing to it.
By then we had just about lost the will to live so went into the resort looking for entertainment. As the world cup was on , every single bar along the front of Fuengirola had TV coverage of the football until 11pm each night, so unless you are a football fan it is really disapointing to go on holiday and only have the choice of looking at parrots or football.
Some handy information for the return journey is that the airport is a nightmare for night flights. We were picked up at 9.25pm from the hotel and were still standing in the queue to put our backage through at 12.55am, our flight being at 1.25am. We had to rush through and I am surprised everyone caught the flight. Anyone infirm wouldn,t have made it.
We travelled with My Travel and they charge everyone 9 Euros for every kilo you are overweight so despite their being children standing in the queue who were tired and weary everyone had to wait while the company worked out how much everyone owed them. It seems amazing to me that despite being overweight on the outward journey we were only charged on the return , when the company will be aware people buy souveniers.
A final word is that the duty free is shut at the airport on nights so buy your duty free in resort or you could end up with a load of euros( apart from your baggage charge)
Overall despite it sounding like I'm having a good moan I think the hotel is good value and if tthey sorted out the entertainment it would be recommended

I have just returned from the Fuegirola Park after a 5 day break with my 31 yr old twin daughters. It was a last minute holiday. We found the hotel very pleasing. Clean and comfortable rooms, spacious dining room with a good choice of food (we had breakfast only). The hotel is geared to older tourists but has an excellent, spotlessly clean and underused pool with smaller pool for children. Plenty of sunbathing areas with free use of sunbeds etc.

The hotel patrons are mainly Spanish but we found them in no way rude or unpleasant.
Occasional problems with the lifts. If you are booking independently ask for rooms in B block facing outwards where you get good views of the mountainside and upper parts of Torreblanca. Rooms immediately above the lounge area would probably be very noisy. There is nightly entertainment which we did not bother with and this again was directed towards a Spanish audience. Pleasant bar area on first floor.

There is a railway stop just behind the hotel which runs into Fuengirola centre and costs just 2E or in the opposite direction to Malaga (and also directly into the Airport)

You can pick up a bus on the main road just outside the hotel so getting around is very easy. If you choose to walk to the centre of Fuengirola it takes approximately 25 mins.

We found the stretch of beach immediately in front of the hotel very good, clean and safe.

We had excellent weather with just one half day of cloud and rain so the whole experience was excellent. Enjoy!