New developments for sale in Estepona Town, Estepona.

Estepona's flower-filled heart — a working Andalusian old town, La Rada beach and the promenade on foot, and newer apartments a few minutes' stroll from the sand.

Who lives in Estepona Town

Estepona Town is one of the few places on this coast where Spanish families, long-settled expats and newer foreign buyers genuinely live side by side. The old town has always kept a strong local population, so you get real neighbours, a working pharmacy and bakery on the corner, and children walking to school rather than a resort that empties out in winter. Over the years more British, Belgian, Dutch, Scandinavian and Madrid buyers have moved in, drawn by the authenticity and the regeneration the town hall has poured into the centre. You'll find retirees who wanted to walk everywhere, remote workers who like a real town around them, and investors who let to the year-round demand. It suits people who want to be part of a place, not parked on the edge of one. If your idea of the Costa del Sol is gated golf urbanisations and a car for every errand, the centre of Estepona will feel different; for most of the people who settle here, that difference is the point.

Architecture & property types

Apartments dominate Estepona Town, and that's the honest centre of gravity here. You'll find a deep run of them, including plenty of ground-floor apartments with a patio or street-level terrace for anyone who doesn't want stairs or a lift, alongside more compact flats tucked into the old quarter. Above them sit penthouses and the prized duplex penthouses with rooftop solariums and sea or mountain views — the trophies of the centre, and priced accordingly. Town houses are the other classic old-town buy: narrow, often three storeys, sometimes with an inner patio, and ranging from beautifully renovated to projects that need full reconstruction. Architecturally the old town is whitewashed, low-rise and pedestrian, with painted flower pots, restored facades and the murals, sculpture and poetry routes woven through the streets around Plaza de las Flores. Closer to the seafront and the edges of the centre you'll find newer, contemporary blocks with parking, pools and modern insulation. One practical truth worth knowing: many traditional old-town homes carry low or no community fees, while the new blocks bring fees but also a lift, a garage and a pool.

Price expectations

Speaking in typical bands rather than headline asking prices, a small flat or a property needing renovation in the old town generally starts somewhere in the low-to-mid €200,000s. A comfortable, ready-to-live apartment in or beside the centre usually runs from the high €200,000s into the €400,000s, with modern new-build apartments often sitting in the €400,000s to €600,000s depending on terrace size, parking and how close you are to the beach. Town houses span a wide range according to condition: a project can be surprisingly affordable, while a fully restored old-town house with a solarium commands a premium. Duplex penthouses and frontline or sea-view homes are where you cross into and past the €1 million mark. The walkability and the beach proximity hold values up here, and we'll always tell you which homes are over-priced for what they are, and exactly why, before you fall for the flower pots.

Lifestyle, schools & getting around

Daily life here runs on foot. La Rada beach sits right in the centre, the Paseo Marítimo promenade runs the full length of town from the beach to the fishing port, and the port hosts a Sunday street market. You're a short walk from the Orchid House and its 1,300-plus species under glass, the tapas terraces of Plaza de las Flores, the restored bullring and the botanical and mural routes. For families, the bilingual Colegio Atalaya and the British-curriculum Mayfair International Academy are both a short drive east towards Atalaya, and there's a good spread of Spanish state schools in town. Golfers have Estepona Golf and Doña Julia within roughly twenty minutes, with Atalaya and the New Golden Mile courses close by. The AP-7 toll motorway and the coastal A-7 put Marbella around twenty-five minutes east and Gibraltar's airport about forty minutes west; Málaga Airport is usually fifty to fifty-five minutes by car. There's no train, so a car is genuinely useful once you leave the centre, even if you barely touch it day to day.

How we work in Estepona Town

We treat Estepona Town the way we'd treat buying for ourselves, because we live on this coast and our reputation is the only thing that lasts here. We'll walk you through the difference between an old-town house that's a sound renovation and one that's a money pit, point out which streets get a sea breeze and which bake in August, and be honest about noise, parking and community fees before you commit. We don't push the home with the biggest commission; we match you to the right one and tell you when to wait. Whether you want a ground-floor apartment to walk to the beach from, a duplex penthouse with a solarium, or a town house to make your own, come and see it through local eyes first, and drop us a line