Buying property in Fuengirola & Mijas Costa.
Twelve-month towns with the best trains on the coast — the C-1 runs you into Málaga without a car.
A working coastal town, lively year-round.
Fuengirola is a working town with a twelve-month life — €4,451/m² in 2026 — and the C-1 rail line runs you into Málaga in about 45 minutes, no car needed. A hill higher, Mijas is the value ticket at €3,684/m².
Málaga airport (AGP) 25–35 min, or about 35 min by C-1 train from Fuengirola. See it in context on the Costa del Sol Map, or read the town-by-town numbers below.
Districts, in full.
A region page is the overview. These go a level down — one district at a time, with its own price line, its own trade-offs and what each rung of the ladder actually buys.
Fuengirola · Sep 2026 €/m²
A proper town on the sea that stays open all year, with the best train on the coast. Priced above Mijas next door, and the beachfront costs about a third more than the streets behind it.
Mijas · Sep 2026 €/m²
Three places under one name: the white village on the hill, the town that runs into Fuengirola, and twelve kilometres of coast. The same sea as Fuengirola for about a sixth less per square metre, and more new building than almost anywhere else on the Costa del Sol.
El Higuerón · Sep 2026 €/m²
The hill at the eastern end of Fuengirola, where most of the town’s new building is, with the view over the bay and a train station at the bottom. Priced a quarter above the town it belongs to.
Los Pacos · Sep 2026 €/m²
The ordinary residential quarter on the north side of Fuengirola, with the cheapest new-build starting prices in the town and the fastest-rising price line. Not on the beach, and priced accordingly.
Las Lagunas · Sep 2026 €/m²
The town part of Mijas, joined to Fuengirola, where most of the municipality lives and most of its building happens. The lowest starting prices on the central stretch of the coast, two or three kilometres from the sea.
New developments in Fuengirola & Mijas and the surrounding area.
Off-plan and newly finished apartments here, each one researched and assessed the same way as every property I work on.
Mijas · Calahonda
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · La Cala Golf
Two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · La Cala Golf
Three bedroom homes · Under construction
Mijas · Entrerríos
Three bedroom homes · Planning phase
Mijas · Riviera del Sol
Three and four bedroom homes · Under construction
Mijas · La Cala Golf
Two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · Riviera del Sol
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · Riviera del Sol
Two bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Riviera del Sol
Two bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · La Cala de Mijas
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · La Cala de Mijas
Two and three bedroom apartments · Complete
Mijas · Torrenueva
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Lagar Martel
Three bedroom homes · Planning phase
Mijas · Lagar Martel
Three, four and five bedroom homes · Under construction
Mijas · La Cala de Mijas
One and two bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · La Cala de Mijas
One and two bedroom apartments · Complete
La Cala de Mijas · Ensanche de La Cala
Three and four bedroom homes · Planning phase
Mijas · Mijas Golf
Four bedroom villa · Under construction
Mijas · Cerrado del Águila
One to four bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · El Chaparral
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Hipódromo
Two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · El Chaparral
Three and four bedroom homes · Complete
Mijas · El Chaparral
Three and four bedroom homes · Under construction
Mijas · Hipódromo
Two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Mijas Golf
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · Cerrado del Águila
Two and three bedroom homes · Planning phase
Mijas · Hipódromo
Three and four bedroom homes · Under construction
Mijas · Las Lagunas de Mijas
Two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · El Chaparral
Two and three bedroom apartments · Complete
Mijas · Hipódromo
Two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Hipódromo
Two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · El Chaparral
Two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · El Chaparral
Two, three and four bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Las Lagunas
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · Las Lagunas
Two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Las Lagunas de Mijas
One, two and three bedroom homes · Complete
Mijas · Las Lagunas de Mijas
Studios, two and three bedroom homes · Complete
Mijas · Las Lagunas de Mijas
Two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Las Lagunas
One bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · Las Lagunas
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Las Lagunas
One and two bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · Las Lagunas
Three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · Parque de las Lagunas
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Las Lagunas de Mijas
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Las Lagunas
Two, three and four bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Urbanización Olimpo
Three and four bedroom homes · Complete
Mijas · Las Lagunas
One and two bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · El Coto
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Mijas · El Chaparral
Two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · El Lagarejo
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Fuengirola · Calle San Salvador
One and two bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Avenida Santa Amalia
Three, four and five bedroom homes · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
Two, three and four bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Town centre
Two bedroom apartments · Under construction
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
Two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
Two and three bedroom homes · Under construction
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
One and two bedroom homes · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
Two bedroom apartments · Under construction
Fuengirola · Los Pacos
One, two, three and four bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Torreblanca
One, two, three and four bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Torreblanca
Two, three and four bedroom apartments · Under construction
Mijas · Buenavista
Three bedroom homes · Complete
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · Torreblanca
Two and three bedroom homes · Under construction
Mijas · Buenavista
Two, three, four, five and six bedroom homes · Under construction
Mijas · Buenavista
Three and four bedroom homes · Under construction
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Fuengirola · Torreblanca
Three bedroom homes · Planning phase
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Three bedroom homes · Planning phase
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Two and three bedroom apartments · Complete
Fuengirola · Carvajal
Two and three bedroom apartments · Planning phase
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Two and three bedroom apartments · Complete
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Two and three bedroom apartments · Complete
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Three and four bedroom homes · Under construction
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Two and four bedroom homes · Complete
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Three bedroom homes · Under construction
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Two and three bedroom apartments · Complete
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
Two and three bedroom apartments · Complete
Fuengirola · El Higuerón
One, two and three bedroom apartments · Under construction
Two questions about new builds in Fuengirola & Mijas and the surrounding area
Can you buy a finished new build in Fuengirola or Mijas?
Yes. 14 of the 82 developments here are finished, so you can walk round the home itself before you buy. The three with the lowest starting prices are Suite Mijas Phase Two (from €239,000), Suite Mijas Phase One (from €458,000) and Bahía (from €495,000).
Are there new-build villas in Fuengirola and Mijas?
Yes. 12 of the 82 developments here include villas or houses. The cheapest on the developers’ lists is a two-bedroom house of 79 m² at Green Valley, €480,000.
What I actually know about Fuengirola & Mijas
- Fuengirola averages €4,451/m² (2026) — the central stretch’s dearest, for its year-round life.
- Mijas averages €3,684/m² — the value ticket, a hill higher.
- Fuengirola sits on the C-1 rail line — about 45 minutes to Málaga city, no car needed.
- A twelve-month town, not a summer one — shops, market and services run year-round.
- 25–35 minutes from Málaga airport.
5 local facts on file — no brochure talk.
Updated 14 October 2026.
Worth your time in Fuengirola & Mijas.
A hillside white village above a lively, family-friendly resort strip.
- Mijas Pueblo — hilltop views, donkey taxis and a bullring carved into rock.
- Fuengirola’s Bioparc — an open, naturalistic zoo in the town centre.
- Sohail Castle — a Moorish fortress by the beach, hosts summer concerts.
- The Tuesday market — one of the coast’s largest.
Looking for a buyer’s agent in Fuengirola & Mijas?
That is what I do. I’m Michael from Lunessa Homes — a British buyer’s agent living in Málaga, fluent in Spanish, working on the buyer’s side of the search. One client at a time, and Fuengirola & Mijas sits inside the stretch of coast I cover, Estepona to Nerja.
- Viewings you don’t have to fly for. I walk Fuengirola & Mijas myself and report back straight — including the places that aren’t worth your trip.
- A viewing trip planned around real distances. Málaga airport (AGP) 25–35 min, or about 35 min by C-1 train from Fuengirola, so a day of viewings is built around how this coast actually moves.
- A price sense you can hold me to. Fuengirola · 2026 avg €/m² is €4,451. When an asking price ignores that, I’ll tell you.
- The parts that trip people up. The NIE, the lawyer, the bank, the paperwork in Spanish — handled alongside the search, not left to you afterwards.
Two related pages: buying a property to renovate in Fuengirola & Mijas, and selling a home here.
From 6 months unsold to a 3-week turnaround: Daniel’s sale
Daniel’s property sat on the market for 6 months with almost no viewings. He came to me on a recommendation, and after advising on a few key changes, we relaunched his home with a fresh, strategic approach — sold for a price he was thrilled with just 3 weeks later.
More of the coast.
AGP → 12–18 min
Twin resort towns with a marina and a long promenade
AGP → 35–50 min
The coast’s most famous name, old town to marina
AGP → 15 min
A real Spanish city, not just a resort
AGP → 55–70 min
A fast-changing old town with a walkable centre
Thinking about Fuengirola & Mijas?
Tell me what you’re picturing and your budget — if another stretch of coast fits better, you’ll hear that on the first call.
Thanks for reaching out.
I’ll be in touch shortly — usually the same day.