Estepona

Estepona municipality
	Guadalmansa Tower
Basic data
Autonomous Community :	Andalusia
Province :	Málaga
Comarca :	Costa del Sol Occidental
Coordinates	36 ° 26 ′ N , 5 ° 9 ′ W Coordinates: 36 ° 26 ′ N , 5 ° 9 ′ W
Height :	18 msnm
Area :	137 km²
Residents :	68,286 (Jan 1, 2019)
Population density :	498.44 inhabitants / km²
Postal code :	29680
Municipality number ( INE ):	29051
Nearest airport :	Gibraltar ( Gibraltar Airport , 39 km )
administration
Official language :	Castilian
Mayor :	José María García Urbano ( Partido Popular (PP) )
Address of the municipal administration:	Plaza Blas Infante
Website :	www.estepona.es
Location of the municipality
Málaga Province;

Estepona is a city on the Costa del Sol in the province of Málaga in Andalusia in Spain . It has 68,286 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2019) on an area of 137 km². The population density is 498 inhabitants / km². Estepona has 21 kilometers of coastline.

Estepona is a popular holiday destination all year round.

Attractions

The city of Estepona has many sights such as the clock tower, municipal museums, a bullring, the San Luis Castle or the Church of Los Remedios and the Los Pedregales Park. In the city park, also known as San Isidro Labrador, stands the pilgrimage chapel of St. Isidros.

Estepona Port

Monument in front of the bullring

Particularly noteworthy are the “Torres Almenaras” towers with Muslim-Castilian origins. They are evidence of a defensive structure that lasted until the 19th century. To defend against the Spaniards during the Conquista and against pirates, the Christians built a bulwark of towers, from which smoke signals were sent during the day and light signals at night. The goal was to be quick to give notice of a possible invasion by enemies. 7 such towers can be found along the 21 km long coastline: torre de Arroyo Vaquero, torre de Saladavieja o celada vieja, torre del Padrón o Paredón, torre del Velerín, torre de Guadalmansa o Desmochada, torre del Saladillo and torre de Casasola o Baños .

In September 2012 "La Ruta de Murales Artísticos de Estepona" (Estepona's Route of Artistic Wall Paintings) was implemented.

Festivals

San Isidro Labrador, Festival of Agriculture (small town festival Feria)
Fiesta Mayores and annual main town festival in early July. (This festival begins every year on the first Wednesday of July and ends on the following Sunday)
Quema de Los Bigotes de San Juan. Traditional night celebration on June 23rd.
Virgen Del Carmen, celebration of the fishermen on July 16th.

Estepona

traffic

Gibraltar Airport is the closest airport. It is 28 miles away and has links to Manchester, London Gatwick and London Luton. Another airport is in Málaga, 80 km away. Estepona is on the A7 motorway that runs along the Costa del Sol.

beaches

Estepona has two beaches that have been awarded the blue flag and a modern marina with many tapas bars and restaurants. The "Playa del Cristo" or Christ Beach is five minutes from the port. It is a small beach with rescue staff and two “chirinquitos” (beach bars). The Rada beach (Playa de laRada) is located 2 minutes east of Estepona's marina and runs over 1.5 km to Estepona's old town.

Individual evidence

↑ Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).
↑ Fiestas y tradiciones . Estepona Tourism Website. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
↑ Playas Estepona . Estepona Tourism Website. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Estepona - collection of images, videos and audio files

[1] Cifras oficiales de población resultantes de la revisión del Padrón municipal a 1 de enero . Population statistics from the Instituto Nacional de Estadística (population update).

[2] Fiestas y tradiciones . Estepona Tourism Website. Retrieved September 18, 2014.

[3] Playas Estepona . Estepona Tourism Website. Retrieved September 18, 2014.