Charming Corners Route

The renovated old town of Estepona is one of the most beautiful in Andalusia and offers visitors the possibility of enjoying a true urban garden, “The Garden of the Costa del Sol”. It preserves the charm of a typically Andalusian town, with quiet squares, white houses, and streets decorated with pots full of flowers. We invite you to follow this route to discover the most beautiful and charming corners of the city.

Itinerary : Departure Municipal Tourism Office (Plaza de Las Flores) – Calle Damas – Calle Murillo – Calle Sirena – Plaza Manuel Alcántara – Calle Sevilla – Rincón de la Saeta – Pasaje María Cintrano – Pasaje Francisca Contreras – Calle Pozo de los Palos – Plaza Begines – Florida Street – Casares Street – Alicia Padierna Passage – Miño Street – Plaza Antonio Gala – Montecillo Street – Papuecas Street – Terraza Street – Plaza Antonia Guerrero – Extremadura Street – Antonio Ortega Vela Plaza – Lozano Street – Manilva Plaza – Bermudez Street – Street Cover – San Miguel Street – Juan Bazán Square – Cover Street – Felipe Campuzano Square.

1. Damas Street – Amor Salva Sculpture : on the corner between Damas Street and Adolfo Suárez de Figueroa Street is this beautiful corner where we can contemplate the sculpture “El Amor Salva” by Santiago de Santiago, which represents love and passion in a work made of bronze and measuring more than 1 meter high.

2. Plaza Manuel Alcántara: in the heart of the old town is this typical Andalusian square dedicated to the Malaga journalist and poet Manuel Alcántara. Decorated with a fountain with waterfalls surrounded by flowers, a cobbled floor, a bust of the poet and several ceramic plaques that collect verses from the author and that are part of the Poetry Route. A place to relax listening to the sound of water.

3. Rincón de la Saeta: located on Sevilla Street, we find a small corner with a plaque where you can read the verses dedicated to the song that best represents Holy Week, the saeta, written by Antonio Machado. A bust of the poet and colorful pots complete this charming place.

4. María Cintrano Passage: an arch of flowers is the entrance door to this passage where a beautiful bougainvillea awaits us and in the background Sierra Bermeja. Another charming little corner decorated with flower pots, a pretty wall fountain and several poems, one dedicated to Estepona by Cristina Maruri, a plaque with the poem Sazón by Mª Victoria Atencia and another with the verses Sola en casa by Aurora Luque. A staircase completely covered with floors goes down to Pozo de los Palos street.

5. Francisca Contreras Passage: we pass through a passage with arches all covered by vegetation to access this passage located between Sevilla Street and Pozo de Los Palos Street. A well in the center, more pots with flowers and a poem by Rocío Sánchez Naranjo and another titled “Semanas” by Julia Uceda Valiente, beautify this place.

6. Plaza Begine s: beautiful square surrounded by pedestrian streets, white houses, majestic pine trees that dominate the place, orange trees, plants, flowers and benches where you can sit to rest, read or simply contemplate all the details of this beautiful corner. It is a very quiet and charming place where its neighbors still maintain the custom of bringing chairs out to the doors of their houses to talk.

7. Alicia Padierna Passage : This passage connects Casares and Miño streets. It is adorned with a sculpture donated by the family, a wall fountain, benches, cypresses and many different colored pots loaded with flowers.

8. Plaza Antonio Gala: this beautiful square dedicated to the writer Antonio Gala recreates an Andalusian patio. It can be accessed from both Guadiana and Montecillo streets. It is dominated by a bust of the poet and two ceramic plaques with two sonnets by the author, two fountains, a grove and flower pots. It is a very pleasant place to sit and read or relax with the sound of the water.

9. Antonio Ortega Vela Passage : connects Lozano and Extremadura streets. This corner of the old town is decorated respecting the typical Andalusian style. It has a round fountain in the center, an old medium well recovered in the works, a grove and pots loaded with flowers.

10. Plaza Manilva: beautiful corner dominated by orange trees that give it a special aroma, especially during the orange blossom flowering season. Decorated with a stone floor, flower pots on the facades, this place is characterized by its typical Andalusian architecture.

11. Plaza Juan Bazán: When you enter Calle San Miguel you will be surprised to find this beautiful square that preserves the aesthetics of the Andalusian patios. It is dominated by 2 central fountains, rectangular in shape, a cobbled floor, a well, trees and vegetation, and as could not be missing, the pots loaded with flowers. The bougainvillea on the back wall stand out, blooming almost all year round. An ideal place to sit on one of the benches and relax with the sound of the water.

12. Felipe Campuzano Passage: An iron arch with a bougainvillea is the entrance to this passage on Calle Portada, and a beautiful exposed brick arch on Calle Huelva. Dedicated to the Cádiz composer Felipe Campuzano, two ceramic plaques have been placed on its walls with two scores by the author, one of the paso doble “Viva Estepona” and another with “Las Salinas”. The dozens of pots of different colors and flowers that decorate this passage and make it another charming place in the city are striking.