Estepona, Spain and Canary Islands Travel Blogs

Venue Potential
Nov 27, 2006 (6 photos)

... 'Why?' D: 'It makes the air-conditioning work overtime..' It's worked out well having made our last overnight in Estepona. Another glorious start today saw us dawdling along its lengthy promenade as the sun followed slowly behind us. We passed ...

Costa del Sol
Nov 9, 2007 (33 photos)

... into town, and collecting sea glass. We spent many a day lazing in the sun poolside and writing in our journals and reading. The town of Estepona is a mix of old and new. The old winding streets with it's little plazas and fountains were exactly what we ...

Estepona
Dec 9, 2008

... to stop as soon as possible. We found a hotel (the 'Paloma Piedra' or Stone Dove) at the side of the A7 in 'Estepona' and stopped. A little old lady was surprised to see us and we booked in, being the only ones in the hotel. There was no restaurant ...

I Estepona
Sep 23, 2007

... Han lyckades med sina fa penselstrack verkligen illustera sina kluvenhet gentemot detta gamla spanska nationalnoje. Väl framme i Estepona väntade min fars avspända svenskspanska fastighetsskotare Krister med vin, juice och nyckeln till lagenheten. Det visade ...

Moths'n'all that! Cesares, Spain
May 26, 2008 (5 photos)

... wielding weapons that looked as if they'd make a sizable hole in the  terminus wall if not the Rock itself. And then the walk  to Spain - Gibraltar gets so clogged up with traffic its always best to walk to La Linea on the Spanish side to pick up ...

A Fair Awakening
Aug 4, 2006 (1 photos)

... ;  I spent the morning having a refreshing swim to be followed by a delightful lunch. The tomatoes here are delicious, large and juicy a lot different from the ones available at home. In the afternoon I took a stroll along the beach, with Amée, that ...

Morocco to Spain
Mar 21, 1977

Ferry from Ceuta to Algeciras, then drove up the coast a bit to a littel beach near Estepona

Dia Uno
May 11, 2008

... a difficulty sleeping.  I passed out on the plane and didn't wake up until I saw that we were about to land in Malaga.  From above it looked beautiful, just being right on the coast of Spain.         

flight change
Jan 12, 2006

... our booking so we had to re-book tickets. Luckily we found cheaper seats on Air France so leave lunchtime saturday bound for Paris. Then Paris on to JFK in New York, 5 hours there and then onto San Pedro Sula in Honduras - arriving 6.20 local time.

Playa Atalaya
May 27, 2007

... you could have ended up in the sea with one wrong footing.  So, we turned around and headed back in the direction towards Estepona and seemed to walk for miles.  The beach is very stoney at Playa Atalaya and it is more residential than full of ...

Day 51- My eating challenge
Sep 2, 2009

... to you? Well when i was younger than ten i was warned to watch out for stuff like this. But, well, 22 now, so we accepted and hoped that it wasnt laced with rohipnol. and to be fair he did have a girlfriend with him. A while back olly tried to eat 2 ...

Estepona By Bus
May 28, 2007

... , it's a big place and we were staying on the edge of it at Playa Atalaya.  We decided to take the bus into Estepona and take a look around.  We left the apartment at 9.30am and walked up the road to the nearest bus stop over the footbridge.  ...

Estepona...nothing much
Oct 20, 2007 (2 photos)

All I have to report about Estepona is that Joe had a lousy burger that had a taste of grilled cat food. The whole town was so quiet, and no real prospects for opening a bar. Yeah, we'll give this town a miss... Probably better when the season is ...

Arrival in Andalusia
Jan 21, 2009 (11 photos)

... of towns. I was expected lots of hotels along the beaches, but the entire distance from Malaga to Estepona is buildings: mostly hotels and restaurants, or holiday apartments. Most are reasonably attractive, but one only receives glimpses of the sea. ...

Estopona - Gateway to Ceuta
Feb 17, 1999

Trying to sort out ferry tickets to Ceuta for our entry into Africa.

Drive to Estepona
May 17, 2006

day trip to beaches and market at Estapona

Playa Andaluza
Feb 4, 2007

Checked into the resort (courtesy of Bruce) on the Costa del Sol after stops in Toledo (for marzipan), Granada (for nightlife), and Nerja (for amazing views).

Dreary London To Sunny Spain
May 25, 2007

... Sunny Spain for a week just to get away from it all.  Our destination was an apartment just on the outskirts of Estepona at Atalaya-Isdabe.  We arrived to find that for three weeks prior to our arrival, Spain had also experienced some dreadful ...