History
Little is known about the history of Estepona town as records were lost during the Civil War. It's history involved the Phoenicians, the Romans and the Moors. The latter settled in this region for the longest period and left many defensive cultural remains such as walls and watchtowers, unfortunately many have not been saved.
Today you can encounter 7 ruins of watchtowers along the beaches of Estepona. These are either Castilian or Muslim in origin and helped form the defence of the coast well into the 19th century and proved effective in holding of attacks from the pirates that came from North Africa and Turkey.
Estepona has four small museums, all located in the Estepona bullring. There is no admission charge.
- The Museum of Archaeology remains form the Palaeolithic era, some 100.000 years ago.
- The Local Museum include a range of old farming and fishing implements and tools.
- The Museum of Palaeontology (Fossil) contains over 2000 fossils from 600 species.