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Fuengirola Water Park
If you are looking for "things to do" then Fuengirola water park won't
dissapoint, it is a great family day out for all the family.
For this month's tried and tested of things to do we went Parque Aquatico
Mijas which is The water park in Fuengirola. It's only a 20 minute drive
from Marbella and is well worth it for a fun family day out.
We arrived at about 11.30 and set up camp next to the childs play area.
There are plenty of sunbeds and parasols which although the sign says 2.80
euros per day, turned out to be free because nobody asked us for any
money (maybe they only charge in July and August). Once the kids were
creamed up we let them loose in the children's area which is divided in two,
with one side for really small kids and babies and the other side for kids up to
1.2 metres.
If your kids love water as much as my kids do then there is enough here to
keep them occupied all day which is just as well because they are very strict
on 1.2 metre rule as i found out after trying to smuggle my 6 year old
daughter on to one of the larger slides. I was punished by the lifeguard
blowing his whistle at me for a full five seconds with that finger wagging that
we've all come to know since living in Spain followed by everyone looking at
me as if to say "can't you read". So in the interest of this article I had to test
all of the slides myself and although they don't compare to the water slides in
the Disney parks they weren't bad.
Every hour on the hour they turn on the wave machine for 5 minutes in the
bigger of the pools but this is more of a big ripple than a wave and was a bit
disappointing. At 3pm there was a dancing show by the local modern ballet
school which lasted for about 45 minutes and was quite entertaining however
there was no shade for the spectators and the hot afternoon sun forced us to
leave after only 30 minutes to go and have a dip in the pool to cool down. All
in all it was a good day out and very good value for money at only €15.50 for
adults and €10.50 for children from 4-12 and under 4's are free.
If you are looking for "things to do" then Fuengirola water park won't
dissapoint, it is a great family day out for all the family.
For this month's tried and tested of things to do we went Parque Aquatico
Mijas which is The water park in Fuengirola. It's only a 20 minute drive
from Marbella and is well worth it for a fun family day out.
We arrived at about 11.30 and set up camp next to the childs play area.
There are plenty of sunbeds and parasols which although the sign says 2.80
euros per day, turned out to be free because nobody asked us for any
money (maybe they only charge in July and August). Once the kids were
creamed up we let them loose in the children's area which is divided in two,
with one side for really small kids and babies and the other side for kids up to
1.2 metres.
If your kids love water as much as my kids do then there is enough here to
keep them occupied all day which is just as well because they are very strict
on 1.2 metre rule as i found out after trying to smuggle my 6 year old
daughter on to one of the larger slides. I was punished by the lifeguard
blowing his whistle at me for a full five seconds with that finger wagging that
we've all come to know since living in Spain followed by everyone looking at
me as if to say "can't you read". So in the interest of this article I had to test
all of the slides myself and although they don't compare to the water slides in
the Disney parks they weren't bad.
Every hour on the hour they turn on the wave machine for 5 minutes in the
bigger of the pools but this is more of a big ripple than a wave and was a bit
disappointing. At 3pm there was a dancing show by the local modern ballet
school which lasted for about 45 minutes and was quite entertaining however
there was no shade for the spectators and the hot afternoon sun forced us to
leave after only 30 minutes to go and have a dip in the pool to cool down. All
in all it was a good day out and very good value for money at only €15.50 for
adults and €10.50 for children from 4-12 and under 4's are free.
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