Estepona is worth a stop: 20 minutes from Manilva, 26km from A-397 Ronda to San Pedro Road.
Estepona is in Andalusia, Spain, with about 67,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Manilva, about 11 km away.
Estepona (Spanish pronunciation: [esteˈpona]) is a town and municipality in the comarca of the Costa del Sol, southern Spain. It is located in the province of Málaga, part of the autonomous community of Andalusia. Its district covers an area of 137 square kilometers in a fertile valley crossed by small streams and aRead more mountainous areas dominated by the Sierra Bermeja, which reaches an elevation of 1,449 m at the peak of Los Reales.
Estepona is renowned for its beaches, which stretch along some 21 km of coastline. It is a popular resort and holiday destination.
Due to its natural environment, surrounded by the sea and the mountains, Estepona has a micro-climate with over 325 days of sunshine per year.
Estepona is a popular year-round holiday destination; it has two EC Blue Flag beaches, a modern sports marina with many tapas bars and restaurants. The white-walled town centre has many shops and picturesque squares. In the early 1990s, the Walt Disney Company chose Estepona as the original site for its Eurodisney project, but Paris, France, was later awarded the installation.
Within an hour or so of Estepona: Júzcar (22 km), A-397 Ronda to San Pedro Road (26 km), A-397 San Pedro to Ronda (26 km), Ronda Puente Nuevo Viewpoint (35 km).
Are there any good drives near Estepona?
The nearest famous roads are A-397 Ronda to San Pedro Road and A-397 San Pedro to Ronda.
Where is Estepona?
Estepona is in Andalusia, Spain, about 11 km from Manilva.
Road trip
Drive to Estepona
Add it as a stop and the planner works out the driving, the nights and what's worth seeing on the way.
Serranía de Ronda village painted entirely Smurf-blue for a 2011 film premiere: the residents voted to keep it, and the lone blue pueblo glows against the white villages around it. Reached by a twisting mountain road from Ronda.
22 km · about 25 min drive
famous road
A-397 Ronda to San Pedro Road
A sweeping mountain road climbing from the coast at San Pedro over the Serranía de Ronda, all long curves and cork-oak hills.
26 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
A-397 San Pedro to Ronda
A smooth, empty mountain road climbing from the Costa del Sol into the Serrania de Ronda, all long radius curves.
26 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Ronda Puente Nuevo Viewpoint
The 18th-century bridge spanning the 120-metre-deep El Tajo gorge, splitting the town of Ronda in two with dizzying views into the abyss.
35 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Ronda & Puente Nuevo
A breathtaking Andalusian hilltop town bisected by the El Tajo gorge, spanned by the dramatic 18th-century New Bridge.
36 km · about 40 min drive
natural wonder
Rock of Gibraltar
The iconic limestone monolith guarding the strait between Europe and Africa, home to the famous Barbary macaques.
37 km · about 45 min drive
landmark
White Villages of Andalusia
A stunning string of whitewashed hilltop villages scattered across the mountain landscapes between Ronda and the coast.
42 km · about 50 min drive
national park
Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park
A green limestone wilderness of gorges and Spanish-fir forests linking the white villages of Cádiz province.
42 km · about 50 min drive
Driving roads near Estepona
26 kmA-397 Ronda to San Pedro RoadA sweeping mountain road climbing from the coast at San Pedro over the Serranía de Ronda, all long curves and cork-oak hills.
26 kmA-397 San Pedro to RondaA smooth, empty mountain road climbing from the Costa del Sol into the Serrania de Ronda, all long radius curves.
35 kmRonda Puente Nuevo ViewpointThe 18th-century bridge spanning the 120-metre-deep El Tajo gorge, splitting the town of Ronda in two with dizzying views into the abyss.
45 kmPuerto de las Palomas, GrazalemaThe 1,357 m 'Pass of the Doves' on the hairpinned CA-9104 between Zahara de la Sierra and Grazalema: the signature drive of Andalusia's white villages, with griffon vultures overhead.
64 kmCaminito del ReyA thrilling boardwalk pinned to sheer cliff faces above the El Chorro gorge, once called the world's most dangerous path.
69 kmArcos de la FronteraA dramatic white town balanced on a narrow limestone ridge with sheer drops on three sides above the Guadalete River.