Estepona - Museum

Estepona has four small museums devoted to its history and function as an agricultural town.

All of the museums, except the Archeological Museum are located in the bullring and open from 09.00 to 15.00 Monday to Friday and from 10.00 to 14.00 on a Saturday all year round. There is no admission charge.

Bullfighting museum

Appropriately located in the Estepona bullring, the museum has a fascinating display of a wide variety of exhibits associated with bullfighting, including a complete collection of posters and, of particular note, several suits donated by some of Spain's top bullfighters.

Local Museum

Also located in the bullring this museum has many names, including the Tool Museum (Museo de Aperos) and the quaint, Museum to the Sea and the Countryside. Exhibits here include a range of old farming and fishing implements and tools.

Palaeontology (Fossil) Museum

Also located at the back of the bullring this museum has a large collection of fossils. There are good fossils of Pliocene fauna from 4 million years ago. The exhibition contains over 2000 fossils from 600 species making it one of the largest local fossil museums in Europe.

Archaeological Museum

This museum is located in the old casa consistorial (Town Hall) on Plaza Augusto Suárez. The museum houses over 400 pieces from several eras, including remains from the Palaeolithic era, some 100.000 years ago and the famous 'Venus de Estepona', a clay figure thought to be over 5,000 years old. Some of the museums prize exhibits are remains from the 'El Torreon" site where Phoenicians settled 2.600 year ago. There are remains found in most of the Archaeological sites section. The museum is open Monday - Friday from 09.00 - 15.00.