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City guide Fuengirola

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €4,000 per m² (e.g., 55 m² = €220,000) ⁠About 3,698 €/m² in Centro ciudad in October 2026 (Fotocasa, all home sizes). A 55 m² flat…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,900 per m² (e.g., 55 m² = €159,500) ⁠About 3,679 €/m² in Los Pacos in October 2026 (Fotocasa). A 55 m² flat at that rate is…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €3,800 per m² (e.g., 85 m² = €323,000) ⁠About 3,698 €/m² in Centro ciudad in October 2026 (Fotocasa, all home sizes). An 85 m²…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €2,700 per m² (e.g., 85 m² = €229,500) ⁠About 3,679 €/m² in Los Pacos in October 2026 (Fotocasa). An 85 m² flat at that rate is…
• Accommodation Mix of holiday apartments and long-term rentals (€800 - €1,500/month for 1-bed) ⁠Fotocasa asking rent in October 2026 was about 16 €/m² in Fuengirola and the same in the…
• Affordable Shopping Spots Mercadillo de Fuengirola (Tuesday market at Recinto Ferial) for fresh produce ⁠Tuesday market at the Recinto Ferial, Calle Recinto Ferial, 09:00-14:00, with more than…
• Annual Events Feria de Fuengirola (October); Marenostrum Music Festival (Summer) ⁠Feria de Fuengirola in October. The municipal library shortens its hours from 6 to 11…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Beckham Law (flat 24% on Spanish income) or the new Startup Law/Nomad Visa (0-24% options) ⁠Qualifying newcomers, including eligible teleworkers, can elect the impatriate regime: 24%…
• Bar/Nightlife Area Calle Moncayo (Hunger Street) and the Port (Puerto Deportivo) area ⁠Nightlife centres on the marina and the seafront promenade. The travel guide says most of…
• Best Coworking Space SmartWorkPlaza (Calle Maestra Concepción Guidet, 6); €20/day, €195/month ⁠SmartWorkPlaza, second floor of Hotel Puerto, Paseo Marítimo 32, 29640 Fuengirola. The…
• Best Hospital Hospital Quirónsalud Málaga (20 min drive) or Centro de Salud Fuengirola Oeste for… ⁠Centro de Salud Fuengirola-Oeste, Calle Doctor García Verdugo, phone 951 26 94 11…
• Cashless Friendly Yes, contactless payments accepted in almost all shops and restaurants ⁠Most shops and restaurants take cards, including contactless. Some Spanish shops ask for…
• Controlled Foreign Company (CFC) Rules Yes, applicable to Spanish residents with foreign companies ⁠Yes. Spanish residents are taxed on a foreign company when they hold over 50% and the…
• Corporate Tax Standard rate 25%; 15% for new companies for the first two years ⁠The general corporation tax rate is 25%. Newly created companies pay 15% in the first tax…
• Currency & Banking Euro (€); 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks: BBVA, Santander, CaixaBank ⁠Euro (EUR, €). ECB reference on 19 October 2026: 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD (1 USD = 0.8909 EUR)…
• Cycling/Walking Paths The Paseo Marítimo (Promenade), stretching 7km for flat walking/cycling ⁠The seafront promenade runs beside more than 8 km of sandy beach.
• Dividend Withholding Tax 19% to 26% for residents; 19% for EU/EEA residents ⁠Dividends are savings income: 19% on the first €6,000, 21% to €50,000, 23% to €200,000…
• Highest Income Tax Bracket Graduated scale up to 47% ⁠The national general-income withholding scale reaches 47% above €300,000. Combined…
• Highway Access A-7 coastal highway and AP-7 toll road connect to Málaga and Marbella ⁠The A-7 motorway serves the town, and the nearest airport is Málaga-Costa del Sol.
• Historic Buildings Plaza de Toros (Fuengirola Bullring), built in 1962 ⁠Fuengirola bullring, listed among the town sights. The city article says it is used for…
• Libraries & Study Spots Biblioteca Municipal Lope de Vega (Calle de la Feria) ⁠Biblioteca Pública Municipal Lope de Vega, Calle Mallorca 14 A, El Boquetillo, 29640. The…
• Local Markets Fuengirola Street Market (Tuesdays at Recinto Ferial); Sunday Second-hand Market ⁠Tuesday market and Saturday flea market at the Recinto Ferial, both 09:00-14:00. The…
• Main Train/Transit Hub Fuengirola Train Station (C-1 Cercanías line connecting to Málaga City and Airport) ⁠Fuengirola station, Avenida Jesús Santos Rein, is the western end of Renfe Cercanías line…
• Museums & Art Venues Museo de la Ciudad (City Museum) in the Town Hall square ⁠Museo de la Ciudad, Calle María Josefa Larrucea 3. The city article says it opened in 2003…
• Must-See Landmarks Sohail Castle (Castillo de Sohail), Bioparc Fuengirola ⁠Castillo Sohail, Calle Tartesios, a Moorish castle beside the beach that hosts summer…
• National Parks Nearby Sierra de las Nieves National Park (approx. 1 hour drive) ⁠Sierra de las Nieves National Park, in Málaga province, behind Marbella and east of the…
• Popular International Cuisine Ku'Damm (German/International) or Tandoori Shack (Indian) ⁠Ku Damm, a German restaurant on the waterfront by the marina. The travel guide mentions…
• Population 85,000 (increases significantly with tourists in peak seasons) ⁠84,857 inhabitants in 2025 on the Andalusian statistics sheet for Fuengirola. The city…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C and F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz. Sockets are Type C (Europlug) and Type F (Schuko).

fix pass. Currency & Banking, Tap Water and SIM Card aligned with the Spain prep and the shared wording in Estepona and Cádiz; Highest Income Tax Bracket, Property Tax and Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads aligned with Estepona and the national tax sources. Annual Events precise closure dates and SIM Card renewal-period evidence gaps added under Not verified; retained address and price gaps made explicit. Research attribution and verification date updated. (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spain) (https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/taxes-on-personal-income) Source

City guide Formentera

• Population Approximately 12,000 (year-round) ⁠11,661 inhabitants in 2025, a definitive figure from the national statistics institute…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and F (Europlug and Schuko).
• Regional Travel Balearia or Trasmapi Ferry to Ibiza (approx. €20-30 one way, 30 mins). ⁠Fast boats from Ibiza include Baleària and Trasmapi. A travel guide puts a foot-passenger…
• Religious Sites Sant Francesc Xavier Church (18th-century fortress-church). ⁠Església de Sant Francesc Xavier, an 18th-century church on Plaça de sa Constitució.
• SIM Card Movistar, Vodafone, and Orange. Available at local tech shops in Sant Francesc. ⁠Orange Prepago 10 is 10 euro including VAT for 28 days (80 GB, with 15 GB of EU roaming)…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €10,000 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €400,000 in Sant Francesc). ⁠Fotocasa asking prices for October 2026 put the whole municipality at 8,943 euro per…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €7,500 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €300,000 in rural zones). ⁠Fotocasa October 2026 does not publish a separate outskirts rate. The municipal asking…
• Tap Water Safe but very high mineral content; most residents use bottled water or filtered systems… ⁠Tap water is generally safe to drink throughout Spain. Some southern regions have higher…
• Tax System Spanish Worldwide income basis for residents (>183 days). ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. You are tax-resident if you spend more than 183…
• VAT 21% (IVA). ⁠IVA is 21 percent standard, with reduced rates of 10 percent and 4 percent, and 0 percent…

Fix pass. Tap Water now uses the shared Spain wording. SIM Card now states the country prep’s 28-day bundle, removing the separate card-validity detail. Corporate Tax and Tax System use the corrected comparison-city wording. Dividend Withholding Tax adds the non-resident rate and treaty caveat. Highest Income Tax Bracket distinguishes the national withholding guideline from combined regional rates and includes the country profile’s effective top. Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads explicitly includes eligible international-telework employees and the 600,000 euro threshold. Updated research attribution and date, and added the Orange tariff-table citation. Best Coworking Space, Best Hospital, Religious Sites and Historical Sites now have explicit evidence limitations under Not verified; their item values are unchanged. (https://www.orange.es/tarifas/movil/prepago, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Spain, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/taxes-on-personal-income, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/spain/individual/residence, https://sede.agenciatributaria.gob.es/Sede/en_gb/ayuda/manuales-videos-folletos/manuales-practicos/manual-tributacion-no-residentes/regimenes-opcionales/regimen-especial-impatriados.html)