ESTEPONA - most BEAUTIFUL Towns in Spain - Malaga Province

Estepona is a town and municipality in the comarca of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is located in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia.
Estepona is located closer to Gibraltar airport, whose destinations are starting to open up now. There are a several flights from the UK and EasyJet fly into Gibraltar. However, Malaga is just 50 minutes to one hour’s drive away.
Estepona is called the garden of the Costa del Sol and this term has certainly not been given to it exaggeratedly. The richness of jasmine, green parks and tourist trails full of flowers and palm trees, charming squares full of orange trees. In addition, thousands of colorful pots hanging everywhere along the cobbled streets of the old town introduce the atmosphere of a typical Andalusian town. The contrast between the white houses and the vibrant colors of the plants is delightful.
The name Estepona more likely derives from its Moorish occupation, when it was named Astabbuna. Like most of the Iberian Penisula, Estepona was fought over by the Moors and Christians and reoccupied by Enrique IV Castile in 1457 who ordered a church to be built over the old Mosque, and it’s this church that became the centre of the community that we would finally know as Estepona.
In 1729 the king gave Estepona its own charter and from there it began to grow its own identity, away from Marbella and develop its industrious nature.
For many years Estepona’s main economic industries were fishing, agriculture and cattle, and even today, remain an important income for many in the area. Nevertheless for over a decade now tourism has become an important economic factor, due to the town’s redevelopment, wonderful climate, well kept sandy beaches, and an extraordinary touristic offer, which incorporates golf, a pleasure craft harbour, excellent dining options, and of course the development of urbanisations, apartments and villa complexes, which all in all makes Estepona the chosen city for thousands of tourists every year.
Estepona has a subtropical Mediterranean climate with very mild, humid winters and hot, very dry summers. The summers are hot and very dry, with normally stable temperatures but temperatures above 35 °C (95 °F) are not rare. Winter temperatures are very mild, with average daytime highs around 18 °C (64 °F) and lows around 11 °C (52 °F). The annual average temperature is over 19 °C (66 °F).[7] The city gets more than 300 sunny days per year, and it gets between 2,800-3,000 sunshine hours on average.