Tips and travel guide Estepona

Climate and weather in Estepona

Estepona is located in a fertile valley at the foot of the Bermejo Mountains. This place has about 325 days of sunshine per year, significantly above the average for the region. Estepona is not known as the garden of the Costa del Sol for nothing. You can see it at the 1st traffic circle, a wealth of jasmine and orange blossoms, parks and green walkways filled with flowers and palm trees.

Due to its unique location in the valley with the shelter of a real mountain range up to almost 1500 meters, Estepona has its own special micro-climate. It is greener and sunnier than anywhere else on the Costa del Sol.

The town of Estepona has it all, sun and sea, port, beautiful beaches hiking in the mountains, art & culture, architecture, gastronomy.

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Our first day in Estepona was pretty grey and rainy but the town still looks gorgeous in the rain 😍 I mentioned some of my favorite streets in my post yesterday (check it out if you missed it) and this is one I mentioned – Calle San Antonio. I love this street for the glimpse of the church tower 😁 ✨ This church is known in full as “Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios” or in English, “Parish Church of Our Lady of Remedies. Our lady of remedies is a title of the Virgin Mary (she has a fair few tbh) and other places with a church of the same name include Cholula in Mexico, Olutanga Island in the Philippines, Estremera in Spain and there is even a similarly named church (with gorgeous architecture actually, I looked it up 😆) on Saipan, one of the Northern Mariana Islands. ✨ I also wanted to mention some of my favorite food and drink spots in Estepona too 😋 since one was on this very street! Save this post for food and drink recs when you visit 😉 🥘 Darcy’s Delicatessen – delicious tapas! The owners are lovely and they also have great wine too. 🥘 La Casa de Mi Abuela – amazing steakhouse! Huge portions, good value for money and delicious Argentinian steaks 😋 ☕️ Café de Theresa – great coffee and delicious toasts. The other dishes looked great too! Run by a lovely Dutch lady 😁 ☕️ Pastelería Honore – French style patisserie offering delicious pastries and cakes! Also they have excellent coffee 👌🏼 🍰 Granier – great spot for cake and/or a bocadillo (sandwich). The cherry cake was so good 😋 🍺 Lío Beach – nice beachfront bar. Cheap caña (small beer) 🍻 🍸 Manila Cafe Bar – great cocktails!!! The Espresso Martini was great and @robert.blackburn recommends the mojito 😁 ✨ There are a few other places on my list for our next visit 😎 so if you’ve been to Estepona, let me know where else we should go! ✨ Do you like to try lots of different restaurants and cafes when you travel? Or do you try to keep to more of a budget and cook in your hostel or apartment if you can? ✨ #TFGinSpain #andalucia_turismo #estepona #topspainphoto #villages #kings_villages.

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Aloe Vera

Come and visit the Santaverde Finca

In the hills of Estepona, you can find everything you ever wanted to know about the organic cultivation, harvesting and processing of the medicinal Aloe plant.

During the harvest periods from September to December, and also from January to April, you can follow the complicated procedures involved in the extraction of the rich Aloe Vera gel and Aloe Vera blossom nectar, through the glass walls of our production lab.

You can also purchase plants and leaves fresh from the field, as well as our natural cosmetic products available directly from the site.

Finca Santaverde Camino Cala Bujeo s/n 29680 Estepona – Málaga

The Bee Gurus Apprentice

Let me tell you about a little secret in Estepona!

The Bee Guru’s Apprentice.

100% pure raw honey from the Sierra de Ronda made from orange and lemon blossoms, eucalyptus, spearmint and all the wild flowers about the Sierra de Ronda. Our honey is purely tested and certified and contains no traces of glyphosphates, insecticides, pesticides or refined sugar. Helps against allergies such as hay fever and asthma and is an ideal substitute for sugar. We do not treat our honey with heat or filter it either, nor do we feed our bees with sugar, which is why it is purely certified. Raw honey from the hive to the jar. 12 euros per kilo of pot delivered to your door or somewhere on the Costa del sol.

The Bee Guru’s Apprentice group is all about bees, bee conservation and awareness, beekeeping and the by-products (wax & honey). I would ask everyone to save all posts related to this topic. I show you videos on how I record bee colonies, re-live and beekeeping. Follow me through a season of bee keeping from catching a swarm to harvesting the honey. My goal is to raise awareness of the dwindling bee population worldwide and also provide help, tips and information to anyone who wants to keep bees or is just generally interested.

Website available soon. But good news: there is an outlet in Estepona Port. At Bar de la Mar (instant tip!), you can take the honey straight away.

Bee Gurus

This is also a great way to keep in touch to find out when we have honey available, which is at different times throughout the year.

Most beautiful beaches in and around Estepona

Tapas, sun, sea and beach. Of course, you can also read about the stunning mountains and downtown on #VisitEstepona.

We make a top 10 of the beaches in Estepona. Curious to see yours….

  1. Playa del Christo

2. Playa Rada

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To be continued 😉 It is still winter when we write this 😉

Bike rental in Estepona

What is a Dutchman doing in Estepona? Who rents a bicycle. And you can also do that in Estepona, right in the center you will find Costa Bike, Eco&Bike, among others. Also a tip if you get a Benidorm bastard visiting, we rent a Mobility scooter.

Explore the #SendaLiteroral both left and right and share your best photos with us #VisiteEstepona and @CostaBike or @ecoandbike on Instagram

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Nice marketing 🌺#esteponaspain

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Eco&Bike

5***** in Estepona

Spain’s first five-star all-inclusive hotel with 411 rooms in 7 buildings . Greek hotel chain Ikos opens its 1st hotel in Spain: in our Estepona.

Funny though that they already have so many reviews. It is still finished.

https://www.spanjevandaag.com/21/01/2020/eerste-vijfsterren-all-inclusive-hotel-van-spanje-in-estepona/

Estepona measures over 20 kilometers along the coast and this location is 10 kilometers from charming Estepona OldTown.

The beach on the visualization looks slightly different from the beach on site. Rather, it is located in San Pedro / Nueva Andalusia…: A brisk walk along the magnificent SendaLitoral or at least 15 minutes by car which you wouldn’t need in Estepona itself – also not really easy to park anywhere during vacation time.

Then let it be an exceptionally good hotel.

Please: please like the only All inclusive resort in Estepona 😉 because for us, we don’t need that.

Carting in Estepona

Kart & Fun Estepona

Are you on vacation in Estepona and feel like going go-karting?

The new KART & FUN circuit is located next to the fairgrounds of Estepona and lets you enjoy the emotions of the best karting without leaving the Costa del Sol.

With 1160 meters of track and a minimum width of 8 meters, Kart & Fun Estepona is worth a visit.

Carting in Estepona

Karting in Estepona with groups or children

The kart track in Estepona is specially designed for group racing, you can step into the shoes of a real Formula 1 driver Enjoy competing with rivals or breaking your own record. All of our sessions are timed and we have lighting, so you can continue to enjoy when the sun goes down.

And little ones can ride on our kids’ kart track starting at age 6 or enjoy our spectacular two-seat karts with their parents.

Our qualified team will always monitor your presence on the track, so you and your companions only have to worry about two things: accelerating and enjoying yourself to the fullest.

Took the kids and raced there…. Had a great time… The carts are very good and the track is a nice challenge with many corners and hairpin turns…. We paid just over 100 euros for 3 people to each do 2 races which amounts to less than 20 euros per race which is reasonable. I likes the management of the races too. Very safe and proper for kart races as they are fast and some more experienced drivers kind if go very fast.

Carting in Estepona rates

Good instructions formed by two circuits, one for the little ones and the second for the rest. The treatment of the staff is very professional and they take good care of security. They have cars for the little ones, for tandem and the standard for the rest. Ideal for spending time with family and groups.

Reservations by phone: 951 13 69 18
Emails: reservas@kartfun.es / info@kartfun.es

How to get to the Kart track in Estepona?

Exit 155 A-7. Next to gas station GALP.

29680 Estepona. SPAIN.

Coordinates: 36.434894, -5.161569.

Great karts, great track, happy kids, heartbroken parents. All in all, fun. Money well spent on a very enjoyable experience.

Kart & Fun Kart track Estepona
Official importer PAROLIN in Spain. Official TONY KART distributor in Andalusia.

What else is there to do in Estepona? Check out our Estepona Tips 2020

Feria: Fiestas & Festivals in Malaga province 2020

3 Kings is the 1st big party of the year in Estepona with parade in the center.

Herewith the following celebrations for Estepona:

February or March – Carnival Estepona

March or April – Semana Santa (Easter).

Semana Santa : the traditional week of Easter festivities: From Thursday to Easter Sunday, processions and feasts take place.

May 15 – San Isidro Labrador (“Romeria”= pilgrimage).

June 23-June 24 – San Juan

First week of July -Feria of Estepona party week (Salida 155 Estepona.)

July 16 – Virgen del Carmen

Virgen del Carmen

Weekend in July – Medieval Market in Estepona (old town).

Feria Estepona 2020

All celebrations in Malaga province 2020: Download PDF

INTERNATIONAL MURAL COMPETITION OF ESTEPONA

2nd INTERNATIONAL MURALS COMPETITION of Estepona … if you are interested in participating, please review the contest rules in this link: https://bit.ly/39Tv25I

2nd ESTEPONA INTERNATIONAL MURALISSES CONTEST COMPETITION RULES

  1. This contest was created for young artists between the ages of 16 and 25, who may participate with individual or collective proposals.
  2. The mural proposals must be original, unpublished and not awarded in any other contest. Projects must be submitted by sealed bid to protect the artist’s anonymity Envelope must include the following information: name, DNI, NIF or passport, mailing address, e-mail address and phone number of the artist or artistic collective.
  3. Proposals received by e-mail will not be accepted. They are accepted only from Monday to Fridays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., from Jan. 2 to Jan. 31, 2020, in person or by mail to the following address: II CONCURSO INTERNACIONAL DE MURALES DE ESTEPONA Ayuntamiento de Estepona. Alcaldía Calle del Puerto, 2. Edificio Puertosol 29680 Estepona. Malaga
  4. The artist will freely present a theme, argument or plastic composition. The project or mural proposal must include the following information:
  • Artistic project including sketch and design according to the final result (measures will be maximum 297 mm x 420 mm).
  • Technical report including name and quantity of materials required for a standard measure (mural of 162 square meters, height 18 m and width 9 m).
  1. Estepona Townhall covers engineering costs, materials and personnel needed for project selected and must be done in the following month after the competition decision.
  2. The selection of proposals, from the works presented, will be carried out by a jury formed by relevant personalities from our cultural life and will be published on Feb. 14, 2020. 7.The selected artist must perform their work from March 1 to March 10, 2020. The price is awarded with 4,000 euros. The judges will announce the winner on March 11, 2020. The jury decision does not apply and the prize is indivisible and will not be invalidated.
  3. Estepona Townhall may publish the selected prize-winning mural as considered and whose image rights will become property of the municipality after the election.
  4. Unexpected facts or cases will be resolved by the organization and the jury. The submission of works to this contest imply the acceptnace on behalf of the author of these rules with contractual value.

Tip for best car rental Estepona Malaga

If you want to rent a car at Malaga airport: look no further.

With connecting flight times – also check the avanza bus. This is an excellent fast and inexpensive way to get from Malaga to Estepona. But not at any time of day.

Rather rent a car from Malaga to Estepona?

Good experience 2022: https://esteponacar.com/ Pick up in Malaga and if you want you can return in Estepona Puerto.
Ideal if you need the car for transportation from airport to Estepona and, for example, the first groceries. Convenient if you don’t actually need a car otherwise.

In 2020 good experiences with https://www.holacarrent.com but last time the car was not available – so telephone contact is recommended.