This should maybe be put in a new thread but here goes. My hubby and I are currently in Fuengirola on a 55+ holiday break. Day 2 of our holiday, my handbag was stolen (money, cards, jewellery, the lot) and having reported it to the police, discovered that this is a regular occurence here. To my horror, apparently not even the hotel is safe - 2 occurences in the past week of handbags taken from the hotel restaurant, one man had wallet taken from buttoned pocket outside the hotel, another had wallet taken from leg pocket of shorts in the hotel lobby, a woman's bag was snatched by a 'she-person' who arrived at the hotel reception in a car, jumped out and snatched the bag. Police can't cope - the Spanish shrug is the response to all and any robberies.
DON'T COME TO FUENGIROLA IF YOU CAN HELP IT - I never will again, can't wait to get out of the place.