Shopping
Most shops are situated in the town centre of Estepona on 'Calle Real' and 'Calle Terraza'. Estepona has some charming boutiques selling fantastic clothes at reasonable prices. Shoes are a good buy as Spanish leather made shoes are good quality and well priced. In general leather goods are reasonable and in the sales you can pick up some excellent bargains. Also, in Estepona there are a good number of craftsmen who work with pottery, commissioned woodwork, marble sculpture, iron forging, metal furniture, tapestry, etc.
Laguna Beach Village is a new upmarket shopping area just to the east of Estepona - including Armani, Boss, Escada Sport, Loewe, Elle, and Morgan to name but a few. There are several restaurants including Trader Vics & Fashion Sushi Bar. You can also spend the day at Puro Beach Club which is a really cool hangout ... it's a beautiful decked area with stunning white beds and tents and a lovely pool. There is a choice of sunbeds, singles to doubles, with shade, tents etc. Its like its own little piece of heaven, all white and tranquil. There is a restaurant, bar and you can even do yoga there. For full details see www.laguna-village.com
The neighbouring towns of Marbella and Puerto Banus are home to the rich and famous. Marbella itself has a lovely shopping and historic area centred around the Orange Square. There are many high quality, elegant clothes shops and designer boutiques.
Local Markets
- Estepona Tourist Market - Sunday Morning (10am - 2pm ish), Estepona Marina. You will find most things here including: gifts, leather, shoes, fake Rolex watches, fake Gucci, Armani, YSL sunglasses, music, jewellery, souvenirs, arts & crafts etc.
- Estepona Town Market - Wednesday morning, big open-air market on 'Avenida Juan Carlos', fresh fruit and Vegetables, clothes, shoes and general house-wares.