Lived in Fuengirola for over 18 years now, still love it here

I moved from Atlanta to Barcelona in 2005 and haven't looked back. Was a great decision for me.

Lived just outside Fuengirola my whole life, and now love in Fuengirola. Easy life, quiet, easy to meet other expats, but still 90% locals. Weather is perfecto!

This is such a huge help being Canadian. Thank you

Hi! We just moved from Toronto to Fuengirola, your story it’s so similar with ours, we just love it here, I wish you just the best !

Oh my goodness! Congratulations!! That is so exciting and what an amazing adventure. Spain looks like an absolutely incredible place to live! Applications can be super overwhelming to live in another country, we had to do so much crazy paperwork for a long time to help Greg move to Canada from the US, so great idea on the lawyer because we found it sooo overwhelming without one. So excited for you guys and your new adventure!! AMAZING! Have so much fun and can’t wait to follow along on your adventures there 😊

This is a really helpful video, thank you. Glad that you’re enjoying your new location 😊

Good choice. I will visit Spain in a week and will focus on "if it's an option for me" to live there. This video was already pretty informative. Thanks and all the best.

congratulations guys, such a positive story.Wish you both lots of fun and a good life in the sunshine.stay safe and take care now..

Hey, this was super helpful, thank you! No nonsense, no filler, highly informative. Fuengirola, Rincón de la Victoria, Benalmadena, Mijas, and Torremolinos are all on our radar.

Looks fabulous. Happy for you. Glad ur immersing yourself in the culture. Wish u many happy days.

Loved your article on Spain. You answered many questions except for the health care. I hope to see many more of your travels. Good luck.

Excellent information. I love that area you are in. Spent a couple weeks there in 2018 and really enjoyed El Puerta de Santa Maria. We walked for a couple hours a day and just explored the neighborhoods and the beach. Beautiful place to be and I love how laid back it feels in Spain.

One of the best ‘moving to Spain’ videos I’ve seen for a long time!!

Thank you for sharing. Exited to see your new home

Thanks for sharing, looking forward to coming to Spain sometime next year, stay blessed and let's go! 👪👪👪👪👪👪👪

Definately a good move. It is a lovely area, you chose well. l lived in Spain for 8 years, live back in UK now. No contest as to which is better, Spain all the way. Good luck and well done!

Congratulations on your move to Spain. My parents moved there in 1995. From then right up until they passed, they didn’t regret a single minute. I have now inherited their house just outside town. My wife, kids and I love the Fuengirola area…been visiting multiple times a year for the last 26 years + plus I holidayed there with my parents before that. I loved your video and look forward to more (if you make them).

Very thorough video. Thanks. I look forward to following your journey.

Brilliant video mate.. Really helpful. Thanks so much 👍👍

Absolutely the best decision! I lived in Sanlucar de Barrameda & Chipiona for 4 years, then moved to Fuengirola for 6 years in the 1990's and was the best place to live. I'm planning to move back in the near future. Thank you for explaining the process for NLV.

I love Fuengirola. I bought my house in 2015 behind the mall. Best town, right in the middle of Costa Del Sol. You can commute to Malaga and Marbella easily. Plus, you have so many supermarkets to choose from,unlike other towns. It’s just well balanced.

Excellent summary! Thanks! Will save me lots of time…. Good luck over there!

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. My husband and I live in Florida and have talked about moving to Spain. He has family there and his mom was originally from Spain. We are going to visit Spain this year in October. Super excited about that. Again, thank you for sharing. Will for sure check out the reference on your video. Stay safe.

Great helpful video thank you for going to the trouble of helping everyone who's thinking about this like us 🙂. Really useful even for us Brits

The first time I stayed on the Costa del Sol was back in 1972 for 9 months, 3 in Torremolinos, 6 in Foo. I was a teenager with my travel loving, adventurous parents. We all loved it so much, it was still relatively small and very charming. We lived across from the beach during summer and hung out at the beach bars, eating grilled sardines and playing volleyball, then moved closer to downtown during the school year and I attended an international school for a while. I know its grown exponentially since then (I've been back 15 times, tho not recently), After I married, I took my husband and kids there 4 times and each time we stayed in Los Boliches. Years have now passed and I've recently retired and am thinking of trying it out again to see if it still fits. I just moved to FL a year ago and it's nice but too political and too much weather (read: hurricanes - my area was hit twice here where I live this summer). Just recently the thought of going back "home" to my old stomping grounds has been tickling my brain, so I appreciate your video! Best of luck to you and your wife.

super informative, thank you. !!!!

Thanks for sharing mate

Been coming to Costa del sol for 20+ years .We stay in a beautiful village called La Cala..10mins bus ride from fuengy...love fish ally in fuengy.. coming out on June 24th..can't wait.. all the best..👍😎

Hi!!! Welcome to Spain and Fuengirola. I was a subscriber before you came here (I also live in Fuengirola).I wish you to be very happy here.

Good video, hope you’re settling in okay. Hope to be there soon myself (Malaga region).

Thank you very much for your efforts and research. Invaluable to those seeking a similar lifestyle change. Best wishes for the future.

Spain is awesome. We are moving back in 2024! Don't forget to tell them about Gibralter only 1.5 hours south! Such a beautiful. One big thing: LEARN SPANISH!! Once you learn Spanish the country is 1000% better!!

For Canadians doing their non lucrative visa, it is actually quite easy. Express post to Toronto, pre paid Express post back. Appointments for TIE and Padron are both online, with the only frustration being when to pick up actual TIE card. Your temporary one has a day code, and summonsed to let you know what day to return, however at the Fuengirola natuonal police station it stayed at one number for 8 days, then jumped up by 6 days. And the online appointment doesn't identify what date corresponds to which day posted Other than that, easy process, with the hardest just waiting for the consulate to return your visa in your passport!

Hello sir, I will be going back there in Fuengirola next month. Im happy to see your videos. I lived there back in october to december .

Welcome to Fuengirola. Great place to live. Been here almost 5 years now.

We stayed in Los Boliches summer past, amazing spot. We'd been previously back in 2016 but up the other end towards the Castle. Los Boliches is def the best area, can walk 10 minutes into the lively parts if you want to and everything on the doorstep as you say. Train station is super handy too. Been on plenty of Spain holidays but Fuengirola is def our go to now if we head that direction. Best of luck to you all on your new adventures.

Bienvenido amigo! no dejes de visitar otras ciudades del país. Puedes viajar rápidamente en coche o en tren, y los paisajes cambian mucho de un lugar a otro. Saludos

Wow brings back memories, I was there back in 1994, stayed over 6 months, I actually could live there back then without a visa, had a family book. Beautiful location, miss it very much.

Very helpful video. We are in the process of moving to Spain and guess what, we to have decided on Fuengirola 😊 Moving this November but yet to find a place. Going to keep an eye on Idealista by end of Oct.Hope things go well. See you there 😀

We love Fuengirola! Hoping to move there one day from the UK. Also, love Malaga but your wife is right Los Boliches is the best!

Hey Scott!! From your wife's coworker at IWK. I don't know how you filled your head with all this information so quicky. It is like you have lived there for years. Enjoy your new home.

Nice video!! I've lived in both Málaga city and Fuengirola and tbh i prefer Málaga city to live because more options to study and to work but i really love Fuengirola too, i come every week, it's so nice to be here

Congrats to you guys. we are looking to move to Spain in the near future

Congratulations on your move to Spain. You made a great choice.

Welcome and greetings from Málaga. We decided to settle down in Malaga, there are definitely neighbourhoods here that have way less tourists then Fuengirola and the airport is just a ride with the metro. But Fuengirola is a beautiful place too. Regards

Thank you for this info!

Congratulations on your move, I have been here well over 10 years. It’s a nice part of the world and you are right Fuengirola has everything and isn’t as hilly as Torremolinos or Benalmadena definitely the best option up to Marbella although Carvajal at the border of Fuengirola and Benalmadena is now becoming the new Marbella. Over the last 3 years or so prices have definitely been going up for housing fuel foods everything as it has been all over the world but still maybe cheaper than some parts of the world. for years there have been rumours of extending the local train line but I doubt that is going to happen anytime soon if at all.

I wish you and your wife the best times of your lije in Andalucia 💛 ☀ I'm portuguese but I loved it when we went on summer vacations ☀

Enjoyed the video and subscribed! Good luck 👍 😊

Gracias! Very helpful!

Congratulations. I wish more people would look at Spain vs Portugal, France and Italy. I know I am Canadian and happy to be here Thanks for the good summary from your experience. Very good tips Especially about renting before, this is critical and also learning spanish, you will love it a little more Happy to see another Canadian in Spain. We have been 15 years but living closer to Castellon/Valencia Your video had the major points. Another suggestion I should add for the viewers is to define what you will be doing when you live in Spain. In our case we decided to be in the country (10km from the beach and very quiet) and mostly interested in biking and trekking. We have no kids, so the decision is also different.

My wife and I have been going to Fuengirola for the last 15 years every chance we get. Fantastic little town and we love our time there, our trips all over Spain keeping Fuengirola as our home base and love Spain!!! Travelled all over and because we are over age of 60, we get Gold Card for transportation across Spain with discounts on trains which makes traveling easy peasy. I hope you will show some sights of Fuengirola, for people to see how beautiful, and less talking please. Will look forward to some exciting videos of Spain!!!

Wishing you and family the very best of luck!!! It's a lovely place!!!

Love Los Boliches. Been taking extended breaks there for several years now that we are in our 60's/70's. Heading back for 2 months in the Fall/Autumn. Plenty to do, and to see as this Gentleman is pointing out, plus i travel to watch Malaga CF for their home games with the local Scandanavian Fan Club which is akways fun. I think we are noow too old to move over permanently which is a shame but a few months at a time is next best thing. Yes, learn the language too.

You are my hero- I live in London ON almost 60 years old and I am in love with Spain. I am making plans to move. I spent last 15 years every summer in different parts of Spain. I am thinking Valencia or Malaga or even Fuengirola. Your tips are golden.

Sounds like a great move. i hope you are enjoying your new home. We love Andalusia, especially Cordoba and Granada. The food in this region is beyond compare. We are leaning toward Cortina d'Ampezzo to expat one day. Hope you like our content as well. Cheers!

Greetings from Alhaurín de la Torre,great video !!

This is a great video thank you. I'd love to move here from the UK. The costa del sol looks awesome. Fuengirola looks affordable. I appreciate the video and have subscribed to your channel!

First congratulations on your move!. I also wanted (and researched /visited) moving to Spain from the UK over a period of 20 years since my early twenties. Ironically, the move was delayed for many more years due to meeting my ex husband, who was spanish and never wanted to live there full time. So after the divorce 14 years later, I decided to pick-up where I had left of and sold up in the UK and bought a great property in Benalmadena, Montealto Up high between the sea and Benalmadena Pueblo with great 360 views of both mountain and sea from both the front and the rear of the property. Spain is a great place to live, with great people and a healthy climate. But although I had been married to a spanish person, researched and visited it many times over the years (both pre and post marriage and in between!) living there was difficult for me personally. And I put this down to not being able to adjust to the environment has a 'whole" (to stress, this was not the people or area) just the 'gut feel' of it not being everything it needed to be 'for me'. What I would advise, is wherever you choose to immigrate to , it's better to do it with your family then solo (although many people do immigrate solo every day) Because you definitely need that mental and social 'family' support and presence in something has big has this. (which can be overlooked and missed amongst all the initial excitement and idealism.

As a Spanish livin in the Malaga province all my life, welcome to Spain and welcome to Malaga Once the weather is less hot, I hardly recommend you to go to the inside of the province. Is a short ride by car or bus, and the history and art you can enjoy here is unbelievable.

Hi Scott, good decision you made there, you'll love Spain and all the travelling yo can do. I'm from TO but live in Bavaria now, Hubby is german and we ski the Alps nearby. Went to Malaga and Cordoba once and would seriously consider retiring there. I want to be able to drive. Thanks for all the info, Canada sounds so bad now so ain't looking back. Good Luck with the move . 🥨🥂

Great content....muchas graciás!

Congratulations on your move to Spain. I really enjoyed your video. It is very informative. I am curious about taxes. As an expat in Spain will you be paying Canadian taxes, Spanish taxes or both? It might be interesting if you can do a short video on this topic.

That was great bud. Good information packed in to a short video. My wife and I began discussing potentially leaving Canada once she retires in about 4 years. I’m not liking the prospects of Canada with some of the policies implemented the last few years. It’s almost like their trying to destroy western Canada to ensure dominance in central Canada. Never thought I would leave here but it’s almost like the country just changed and I’m not recognizing it. Spain sounds interesting. Again thanks for a concise overview. You sound like a guy who is willing to try and learn and seek adventure. Cool👍

Good luck with your new life. I hear you about winter, I’m from Montreal 🥶. I’m thinking of doing the same thing but want to head to Portugal. So you are going to have a HAPPY NEW YEAR. Have to subscribe to see how you are doing buena suerte………🤗🇨🇦

Oops - sorry - you are now answering those questions! THANK YOU!!!😊

Hi that’s exactly what we are doing in March. Just waiting for the visas. Got the bank account got a lawyer got the Health Insurance sold the house. Going to torremolinos. Already put a deposit on a condo. Can hardly wait. Done with USA.

Congrats on yr move to Andalusia life is very, very good here. We moved from CA to the Marbella area, it is fabulous but not really cheaper than the USA as it is the same everywhere all depending on the location, location. BTW you can work in Andalusia as a digital nomad as of 2023. Further to consider and make your life more comfy, not to be surrounded by short term rental tourist/holiday properties, just saying.

Great info. Thanks. I am thinking about retiring to Spain. The more I can learn beforehand the better.

Just went there a couple of months ago.. lovely place. Some good cigar shops too

Thank You. I lived in Boston ma for 35 years and decided to return to Ireland 4 years ago where I had a real nice house in Tramore. The weather there is awful and I just couldnt stand it, Boston has gotten way to expensive in the meantime and all my buisness contacts retired or moved on. So I decided that Ive got to live in the sun, but had never been to spain mainland, so 6 weeks ago I sold my house van all my tools. My stuff is in Storage back there. I arrived in Malaga 2 weeks ago and decided that place wasnt for me, so I came down to Estepona and have decided to visit towns along the coast like fuengiirola Im hoping to find an expat community Americans Canadians brits Irish and start a small biz. Im a painting contractor Buy a bungalow And just breath and live. And your right bout airb&b. I thought that i could find a room or a place for a few months but not sure about that now. Im currently staying in a hotel and its expensive.and have got to find a short or long term rental soon. I hope everything works out for you Sir. Im sure it will. Take care.

HI, Really enjoy your Spanish videos. Do you mind me asking how you finance your NLV for the monthly requirements? Have you a rental property/properties in Canada or just from savings? The money side of the NLV is (obviously) the biggest stumbling block for most people wanting to move to Spain. I myself own a house in Andalucia and would love to live there but my work commitments and future value of my pension probably won't be enough to qualify for the NLV. Just curious how you achieved yours.

Great video congrats as it is very practical and so interesting. Yes there are direct flights from Montreal to Malaga according a friend of mine as it was his first requirement to purchase a property here now he bought his second. I lived in Nova Scotia back in the day and more recently in NYC. There are will be again direct flights from Malaga to NYC from May to October with United. Before until the pandemic I used Delta. All the best and welcome to La Costa del Sol.

Welcome to the coast, this is a great place. Enjoy!

Man I’m so happy for you. Finally your dream came through. I’m also Canadian and my dream is also leaving Canada. Everything became ridiculous expensive in Canada. But I’m afraid that I would miss Canada if I leave it. How do you feel by being in another country using different language ?

Is there an Uber in Malaga too?

We have a apartment close to La Cala down the road. Love it. My parents are there now and I will go over March for a month.

Great choice for a surperb living relocation . Back in the late sixties I was stationed at the USN base in Rota , Spain for three years. Weekend escapes were always Costa del sol beach cities from Estepona to Torremolinos. Back in the day was the onset of the mass development of the coast. Last visit was in 2006. Thinking of a 3 month return to the area in the near future . I really enjoyed you informative video and will stay tuned . Good luck

This is very interesting, I grew up in Marbella, 25 minutes away from Fuengirola. I’ve lived in London, in Los Angeles (CA), in México and a few other countries, I came back to Marbella after my mom was diagnosed with terminal cancer, since she has now passed away, I’m leaving this coast and I will never ever come back, and I’ll tell you why... 1) it’s only a matter of time before they break into your home, most likely while you’re sleeping 2) taxes in Spain are absurdly high, there are taxes for everything 3) the economy of Spain is terrible, the Socialist/Communist government has ruined the country, highest unemployment rate of the EU 4) the cost of living is no longer cheap, and let’s not talk about gas prices, or natural gas 5) as soon as summer arrives, Fuengirola will be inundated with tourists Best of luck living in Fuengirola, hard to understand why anyone would want to live there, I wouldn’t buy anything as prices have gone through the roof since Covid started, you may want to check small town areas like “Alhaurin el Grande, or Coin” those towns are only 20 minutes away from Fuengirola, up behind that big mountain that you have in Fuengirola where you can buy a nice place for half the price of what you would pay by the coast.

The anglophone invasion continues. And barely a word of spanish between them. A donde fueres haz lo que vieres...

I stayed at Benalmadena, beautiful little town. I fell in love with it. Not much to do there, but Torremolinos and Malaga are a stones throw away

I spent most of 1996 in Fuengirola. Great memories.

Imagine us Brits voted to be out of the EU and not enjoy the freedom of movement to live in Spain. Absolute madness!

thankyou for the valuable info.

Superb video!

Great video mate. I've been in Alberta (Calgary) in the winter and Fuengirola will definitely be warmer! Hope all is going well for you.

Good luck to you and your wife sir,I’m British and completely understand your reasons for moving, will catch up on your other videos as well, stay blessed👏🏽☕️🥰

Enjoyed all your info. My parents and I just bought an apartment in Malaga. We bought a ruin near Vinuela in '88 and now they live there full time since 99. I live in Guelph and am getting to an age to consider, a full time move, and your video was helpful. I visit now 2-3 times a year and am back in March for 3 weeks. See you at La Tranca! P.S check out Roberto's restaurant in Fuengy- my uncles fav...

Another great video. Welcome to Fuengirola ❤ Our apartment is actually in the beige building with the red stripes behind you. Edificio La Reina 😊 7:46

This is fantastic! So very informative (and your other vids. too) Air Transat flies YUL - AGP! ✈️

Congratulations on your move. We have vacationed 3 times for 6 weeks at a time in Benelmadena so we're pretty familiar with Fuengirola. It is nice. We might follow you there in a few years. We love the flea market there. It's huge, fun and cheap! No further West though. The cercania is mandatory. Thanks for the lawyer recommendation. That sounds like the way to go. We're in the San Francisco (Santa Rosa) area.

Love your video, we are canadiens and are going to Torremolinos for 3 weeks in March/ April. Would love to move there. Your video is so inspiring….

Thank you for the information. Excellent presentation. 👍

Really good info

Great information thanks

Great video , very informative.

Well done…. Great video, very informative

I love Fuengirola I go one or two weekends of the month as I live in Gibraltar it haves also tradicional restaurants and in summer I love going to a villa or hotels

I love how beautiful the parks and even the sidewalks are as you're walking through Spain.. I studied in Salamanca so I know how clean Spain is and the contrast to Chicago. This might be TMI but me and my girlfriend had a good dinner kinzie Street honor walk home we had a Dodge human feces.. dozens of tents underneath Bridges