Estepona - Places of Interest

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Tourism Office

Avda. San Lorenzo, 1

29680 Estepona

Tlf. 952 802 002

Fax. 952 792 181

turismo@infoestepona.com



PAST AND PRESENT







Area: 136,80. Altitude Above Sea Level: 5 metres. Average Annual Rainfall: 900 l/m². Average Annual Temperature: 17 ºC. Population: 36.221







The city has become a tourist center of first order, by its magnificent beaches and the abundance of services and facilities for enjoying the holidays.







Its origin is imputed to the Phoenicians and its existence it is confirmed during the Roman domination.







Etepona conserves some elements of the past like some Almenara Towers, XV - XVI Century, the Clock Tower and the remains of the Nicio Castle.







PLACES OF INTEREST







-Clock Square.



-Flowers Square.



-Remedios Church, XVIII century.



-Clock Tower. XV century



-Almenara Tower.



-The remains of the castle walls, XV century.



-The remains of the Nicio Castle.



-Bullring.



-Estepona’s Lighthouse. 1861.



-The Marina.



-Marqués de Mondéjar Palace and de la Borrega House.



-The Tool Museum, C/ Plaza de Toros. Tlf. 952-80-57-09.



-The Dolls Museum. Avda. España. Tlf. 952-80-70-52.



-Sea Museum. C/ Veracruz.







WHAT TO DO







The town has several museums that we can visit. Very interesting is The Tool Museum that houses all kinds of implements which regularly used in fishing and agricultural works. Later and after visiting the Clock Tower or the ruins of the Nicio Castle, we can seat and rest in the nice Flowers Square.







A good moment to visit Estepona is during the Fiestas Mayores (3 - 10 of July). Also the Virgen del Carmen religious celebration (16 of July) is celebrated with a procession with many little fishing boats.







Estepona has a wonderful marina ESTEPONA PUERTO DEPORTIVO with capacity to 900 boats, located near the centre of town, and as night falls it is transformed into crowded and enjoyable night-spot.







The surroundings of Estepona are propitious for the practice of adventure and mountain sports. In addition it has a ESCUELA DE ARTE ECUESTRE founded in 1998 and located at 800 meters from the beach and not far from Sierra Bermeja.







Here is located SELWO. COSTA DEL SOL, a big nature park where everybody will discover a lot of animals from the five continents living in semi-freedom.







FESTIVITIES







The major festivities are from the 3rd to the 10th July. On the 16th July they celebrate the Virgen del Carmen with a showy maritime procession in which all the fishing boats participate, all adorned and sounding their horns.







On the night of the 23rd June they celebrated the San Juan Night on the beach with bonfires and fireworks. For good luck, the people dip their feet in the sea just after midnight and on the 15th May is the San Isidro fair.







TYPICAL DISHES







Country soup, chilled tomato and garlic soup known as 'gazpacho', barbecued sardines, the renowned Malaguenian fish fry-ups, or 'frituras', not to mention the salt-baked fish. Another typical dish is the 'tile-baked sardines' or 'sardinas a la teja'.