1729. Philip V of Spain then granted Estepona its own town charter. As the 20th century began, Estepona had 9000 residents, mostly farmers and fisherman. Estepona Port and Marina is a working fishing port offering restaurants and bars. Te port features daily auctions for a wide variety of seafood. Te port is also the location of the Estepona street market - a collection of stalls selling numerous textile and leather goods mostly. Te market is usually in Estepona on Sundays but it travels around the Málaga municipality to areas like Puerto Banús, Marbella, Casares, Torremolinos, Fuengirola and more. Estepona has over 20 km of coastline, and 17 different beaches. Most of these are immediately next to the various
hotels and residential complexes outside the town itself. Te nearest beaches to the town are the Playa del Cristo, and the Playa de la Rada. Te Playa del Cristo is five minutes west of Estepona Marina. It is a small, sheltered, cove with lifeguards in season and also two “chiringuitos” or beach front bar/restaurants, a rough car park, and children’s play area. As it is both sheltered from the east wind (locally known as Levante) and very shallow, it is very popular with families with primary-age children; this means that you need to come here early to get a seafront spot on the beach in July and August. La Rada Beach is much larger and more open; it is over 2.5 km in length, and runs from the marina past the Estepona Old Town to the beginning of the boardwalk near the
big Carrefour supermarket in the east. It is the town’s main beach, is backed by a very attractive Paseo Maritimo seafront promenade, and has every facility: bars, restaurants, play areas for children, showers, lavatories, access points for those in wheelchairs, and of course lifeguards in season. Parking is in the underground car parks along the seafront. Tere is also a popular naturist/nudist beach of Costa Natura to the west of Estepona, which was the first official naturist site in Spain. >>
“ESTEPONA IS ONE OF THE FEW
COASTAL TOWNS THAT HAS SUCCEEDED IN MAINTAINING ITS PUEBLO CHARM AND CHARACTER.”
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