Estepona, blue flag beaches in Costa Del Sol

Estepona, blue flag beaches in Costa Del Sol

Estepona 

Along the coast, you will find Málaga's best beaches with their fish and seafood restaurants. High-quality and good prices are what is on the menu. Here are also Andalusia's old quarter with its whitewashed walls and the magical narrow streets. By retaining its Spanish identity, it is like disappearing into a fairy tale, and you just want to move here. Take part in its Spanish community, culture, and cuisine.  

Where can I find the best beach in Estepona? 

The beaches on the eastern part of the Costa del Sol have received the blue flag. This means that the beach has received the international environmental award for safety and cleanliness. 

Playa de la Rada is located in the centre of Estepona with a beautiful beach of 2.5 kilometres. A lovely sandy beach that is kept immaculately clean and has beautiful soft sand. Good activities for both adults and children. There are also fantastic bars and restaurants. The classic paella, also fish and seafood but also international dishes. 

Playa el Padron is a popular beach with a large and free car park. There are also beach bars and a small shopping centre for those who want to shop. Here you can enjoy high-quality meals, sip cocktails, or treat yourself to a nice massage. 

Playa el Cristo is located just outside the city, to the west of the harbour. The location on the beach is located in a bay. This makes the water a little warmer. This means that you get significantly more hours of sunshine to enjoy in the deck chair or in the sand below the parasol.  The place is child-friendly and shallow but gets deep gradually with good facilities. The beach has received excellent reviews. 

Mediterranean delicacies 

The city has a varied culinary environment. It serves excellent Spanish food but also has international food from around all corners of the world. There is a large selection of fresh seafood. The fish caught immediately from the Mediterranean are served in the award-winning seafood restaurants. Even the sea delicacies are available as small picks at tapas bars with superb prices. 

If you want to experience something special, you should join the daily fish auction that is in the fishing port.  You'll find a  large selection of seafood plates here.

What to do in Estepona?

Estepona is a real cultural city with a high atmosphere. How about the bullring? High-class jazz evenings at the bell tower.  Experience flamenco at El Patio, or why not go to the Archaeological Museum? There are other events in culture, sports, and other good leisure activities. 

If you want completely different experiences, here are some tips on activities you can do the area. 

● Boat trips

● Boat rental 

● Dolphin and whale watching 

● Racing boat trips 

● Parachuting and paragliding 

● Diving and snorkelling 

● Surfing, windsurfing, and kite surfing 

The streets of Estepona

The Plaza de las Flores is surrounded by infinite beauty vegetation. 

A quiet calm occurs when walking along the narrow pedestrian streets. A swarm of various colourful flowers hanging in their pots set on the beautiful ones whitewashed walls. Each flower pot has its colour based on different streets. Through the experience and atmosphere, you get a feeling of an authentic Spanish environment and where the inhabitants live side by side with tourism.

Orange trees in Calle Real

Along with the bar and restaurant street, Calle Real is beautiful orange trees, there is the mythology and symbolic language of Naranja — the colour orange — lives on. There is an expression that the Spaniards say: “find the half of his Naranja”, which means: find your other half.

Shopping on Calle Málaga 

If you want some shopping, they have opened a new square in the centre in 2019. It is located between Calle Málaga and Calle Real. There is a central fountain, non-slip Indian marble, five palm trees, classic benches to rest on and so much more. Here are many experiences with a large selection in one place. 

How to get to Estepona, Málaga, Spain? 

The Nearest airport from Estepona 

Gibraltar Airport (GIB) 35.56 km 

Málaga Airport (AGP) 54.65 km 

The Nearest train stations from Estepona 

Railway station in Málaga — Maria Zambrano 71.12 km 

Seville — Santa Justa Train Station 130.20 km 

There are also shuttle buses and taxis to use. 

How is the climate in Estepona?

Estepona is surrounded by both the Sierra Bermeja mountains and the Mediterranean. Together, it creates a special microclimate that is favourable for both man and nature. Not to mention its wonderful 325 sunny days. The whole of the wonderful environment includes one beautiful nature and blue, lovely sea and fantastic accommodation. 

How is the property market in Estepona?

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