{"id":5483,"date":"2017-09-12T09:49:36","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T07:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2017-09-18T10:08:28","modified_gmt":"2017-09-18T08:08:28","slug":"take-a-trip-back-in-time-visit-the-medieval-market-in-fuengirolas-sohail-castle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/whats-on\/take-a-trip-back-in-time-visit-the-medieval-market-in-fuengirolas-sohail-castle\/","title":{"rendered":"Take a Trip Back in Time\u2026 Visit the Medieval Market in Fuengirola\u2019s Sohail Castle"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-via=\"sunsetbeachclub\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/whats-on\/take-a-trip-back-in-time-visit-the-medieval-market-in-fuengirolas-sohail-castle\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5484\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Medieval-Market.png\" alt=\"Medieval Market at Sohail Castle in Fuengirola\" width=\"489\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Medieval-Market.png 489w, https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Medieval-Market-300x184.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 489px) 100vw, 489px\" \/>In previous years it has managed to attract over 90.000 visitors and this year, organisers are hoping to improve upon this impressive figure. We\u2019re referring to the <\/span><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Medieval Market<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\"> which is taking place in <\/span><b style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Fuengirola\u2019s Sohail Castle<\/b><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&nbsp;from Wednesday&nbsp;<span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">13<\/span><sup style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">th<\/sup>&nbsp;September&nbsp;until &nbsp;Sunday the 17<\/span><sup style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">th<\/sup><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&nbsp;September.<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is the 14<sup>th<\/sup> consecutive year that the event has been held and just goes to prove its success. So much so that it has now become one of the most important in Spain thanks, mainly, to its unique setting in an <b>XIth century Muslim fortress<\/b>.&nbsp;<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6894\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cartel-Mercado-Medieval-de-Fuengirola-2017-2.jpg\" alt=\"poster for medieval market in Fuengirola\" width=\"465\" height=\"658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cartel-Mercado-Medieval-de-Fuengirola-2017-2.jpg 465w, https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/Cartel-Mercado-Medieval-de-Fuengirola-2017-2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 465px) 100vw, 465px\" \/>All who enter its walls this weekend will be able to enjoy a whole series of themed activities as well as stroll through the more than <strong>100<\/strong><b>&nbsp;stalls selling delicious food, leather goods, and lots more.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Here\u2019s a quick summary of the programmed activities available at the market:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Storytelling<\/li>\n<li>Traditional Archery<\/li>\n<li>Juggling games<\/li>\n<li>Pony rides<\/li>\n<li>Falconry shows<\/li>\n<li>Exotic animal display<\/li>\n<li>Circus acts<\/li>\n<li>Musical street performers<\/li>\n<li>Workshops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This truly is an event for the whole family. Adults and kids alike will have a wonderful time at this special market; the setting alone makes it worth a visit!<\/p>\n<p><b>Entrance to the Medieval Market in Sohail Castle is FREE<\/b> and the doors open each day from 7pm to 2am.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please ask at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\"><i><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sunset Beach Club<\/span><\/i><\/a> leisure desk located on the 6<sup>th<\/sup> floor of the hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet In previous years it has managed to attract over 90.000 visitors and this year, organisers are hoping to improve upon this impressive figure. We\u2019re referring to the Medieval Market which is taking place in Fuengirola\u2019s Sohail Castle&nbsp;from Wednesday&nbsp;13th&nbsp;September&nbsp;until &nbsp;Sunday the 17th&nbsp;September.&nbsp; This is the 14th consecutive year that the event has been held and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[530,528],"tags":[1681,279,1292,885,808],"class_list":["post-5483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-costa-del-sol","category-whats-on","tag-events","tag-fuengirola","tag-medieval-market","tag-sohail-castle","tag-things-to-do-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5483"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6517,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5483\/revisions\/6517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunsetbeachclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}