Estepona

Estepona is a town and municipality within the comarca of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is located inside the province of Málaga, a part of the independent community of Andalusia. Its district covers a place of 137 rectangular kilometers in a fertile valley crossed by small streams and a mountainous areas dominated via the Sierra Bermeja, which reaches an elevation of 1,449 m at the height of Los Reales. Estepona is renowned for its beaches, which stretch alongside a few 21 km of shoreline.

It is a famous resort and vacation destination. Due to its natural environment, surrounded via the ocean and the mountains, Estepona has a micro-climate with over 325 days of sunshine in keeping. Estepona is a popular 12 months-round excursion destination; it has EC Blue Flag seashores, a current sports activities marina with many tapas bars and restaurants. The white-walled city centre has many shops and picturesque squares. In the early Nineties, the Walt Disney Company chose Estepona because the original web site for its Eurodisney task, but Paris, France become later presented the set up.

The area has been occupied because prehistoric instances; stone-age gear and dolmens have been observed. Romans occupied the area, but a seaquake destroyed their town or villa within the 4th century. Archeologists have unearthed some foundations and ceramics, even though the catastrophe's consequences together with huge redevelopment within the Sixties make further finds not going. References to 'Salduba' or 'Silniana' as an important herbal port in vintage documents can also consult with this metropolis, or possibly Marbella's San Pedro Alcantara district.