Shopping in Estepona

Shopping in Estepona © Gonzalo Alvarez
Shopping in Estepona

Estepona Shopping

Most of the shops are situated in the town centre on Calle Real or Calle Terraza. There is a wide variety, including boutiques, souvenir shops, delicatessens, stationers and bakeries.

Laguna Village

Luxury shopping and designer brands are available from the Laguna beach village complex on the beach, east of the town centre near the Kimpinski Hotel. Burned down in 2019, will be replace by a beach club complex.

 

 

ESTEPONA MARKETS

Tourist Markets -  Sunday Morning
Officially called 'Mercadillo del Puerto' in the Marina - Gifts, leather work, watches, costume jewellery, arts and crafts, presents, novelties, music CD's and tapes. This market has been established for 30 years and is very popular. From 09.00 to 14.00hrs. The adjacent bars and cafes of the port provide welcome relief for the weary. The numerous restaurants are popular for Sunday lunch. The traders white vans occupy the prime parking spaces in the port from dawn to dusk clearly should be forced to park elswhere. Entering the port by car on a Sunday morning is chaotic, We suggest the nearby parking that is always available behind the Bullring at the end of Calle Matias Prats.

Estepona tourist market in the Marina.
Estepona tourist market in the Marina

Car Boot Rastro -  Sunday Morning
Is in the Estepona Bullring Market in the old items, jewelery, book, old photographs, games, memorabilia, leather work, watches, arts and crafts, music CD's and video tapes. From 09.00 to 14.00hrs. Easy to visit if parking behind the bullring and visiting the marina

Mercadillo Ecologico y de Artesania
For thosse that want more on a Sunday there is also a craft market on a Sunday morning called Mercadillo Ecologico y de Artesania in Plaza ABC, just back from the Paseo Maritimo between the port and the old town where the old Portillo bus station used to be. Sunday 10.00 to 14.00 hrs.

Handicraft Market 
Mercadillo de Artesanía) every Saturday in Plaza Begines from 09.00 to 14.00hrs.

Town Market
Wednesday Morning 09.00 to 14.00 "El Rastro" is off the Avenida Puerta del Mar.  Actually Calle Eslovaquia, Calle Polonia and Calle Eslovenia  in the Parque de Los Niños area.This is the traditional town market that has taken place for 50 years although it has moved locations a few times due to housing developments and permanent feria grounds. Good for fresh fruit and vegetables, clothes and house wares available.

Covered Market
The Mercado de Abastos was closed in 2016 and opened after refurbisment as Gastro food market called Gastro Mercardo de San Luis

Poligono - Industrial Estate

The industrial estate is located to the west to the town. To reach here take the signposted junction from the bypass. This is where you can find auto repairs, wood yards, furniture makers, printers, marble suppliers and builders merchants. To reach here from the centre of town, take Avenida Juan Carlos and turn left at the top by the BP petrol station.

Larger Supermarkets

Carrefour on the Eastern Link road opposite the Palacio de Congresos.
Mercadona on the inner ring road Avenida del Andalucia, and on the A-7 just west of the town oposite Costa Natura.
Aldi on the A-7 just west of the town oposite Costa Natura.

Aldi Avenida Juan Carlos on large roundamout oposite BP petrol station.

Lidl on Avenida Puerto delMar opposite Rainbow steps.

Post Office

The main office is in the seafront promenade near the centre of the old town. The collection of parcels and "Lista de Correos" you will find at this main office to. A second office is on Calle Huerta Nueva in the 'Huerta Nueva' district west of the old town centre. 

Sunday Opening hours in Andalucia

Sunday Trading in Andalucia

Traditionally very few shops used to open on a Sunday or public holiday in Andalucia. This was due to restrictions on Sunday trading by the Junta de Andalucía (regional government). However, since 2020, the number of Sundays when shopping centres and large supermarkets are permitted to open has increased substantially.

Trading on Sundays and bank holidays for shopping centres and shops whose floor space is more than 300 square metres is decreed by the Junta de Andalucía. Shops that can open on any Sunday or holiday are:

Shops selling cakes and pastries, bread, ready meals, chips (French fries), nuts and sweets, newspapers, flowers and plants; also the preparation and sale of churros.

Shops selling cultural and sporting products located inside museums, and cultural or sporting establishments.

Petrol stations and shops designated as 'convenience stores'.

Shops in train and bus stations, and airports and sea ports.

Larger shops and shopping centres are permitted to open on the following Sundays and holidays throughout Andalucía. Note that this does not imply that all shops in a town or village will be open on a Sunday; it simply means that they are permitted to open. In practice, larger shopping centres and retail parks will definitely be open, while some shops in towns and cities will open. Shops in smaller towns and villages will be closed, apart from small convenience stores and petrol stations.

Permitted Sunday and bank holiday trading days in 2024 - Andalucia-wide

There are 16 permitted Sunday and Bank Holiday trading days in 2024 - Andalucia-wide:
6 January 2024
28 March 2024 (Easter Thursday)
30 June 2024
7 July 2024
28 July 2024
4 August 2024
15 August 2024(Asunción de la Virgen)
1 September 2024
12 October 2024 (Día de Colon)
1 November 2024 (Día de Todos los Santos)r
1 December 2024
6 December 2024
9 December 2024 (following Día de la Concepción Inmaculada)
15 December 2024
22 December 2024
29 December 2024

This list is similar each year; depending on the day of the week that a publich holliday falls. Local town halls are permitted to modify two days with respect to their local holidays.

Permitted Sunday and bank holiday trading days in 2024 - Costa del Sol

Any town that the Junta de Andalucia has designated ‘an Area of Great Tourist Influx' can open on additional Sundays or Holidays. This aplies to Easter week (from Palm Sunday to Resurection Sunday inclusive) and Summer from 1st June to 30th September. This applies to Sunday and holiday trading in the Costa del Sol towns and cities: Malaga, Marbella, Fuengirola, Estepona, Benalmádena, Torremolinos, Nerja, Rincón de la Victoria, Mijas and Manilva. It also applies to coastal resort towns on the Costa de la Luz and the Costa Almeria.

There are 16 permitted Sunday and Bank Holiday trading days in 2024 - Costa del Sol
6 January 2024
24 March 2024 (Palm Sunday)
28 March 2024 (Easter Thursday)
29 March 2024 (Good Friday)
31 March 2024 (Easter Sunday)
June 2024: every Sunday
July 2024: every Sunday
August 2024: every Sunday
15 August 2024 (Asunción de la Virgen)
September 2024: every Sunday
12 October 2024 (Día de Colon)
1 November 2024 (Día de Todos los Santos)r
1 December 2024
6 December 2024
9 December 2024 (following Día de la Concepción Inmaculada)
15 December 2024
22 December 2024
29 December 2024

This list is similar each year; depending on the day of the week that a publich holliday falls. Local town halls are permitted to modify two days with respect to their local holidays.

Permitted Sunday and Bank Holidays trading days in 2023 - Inland Cities

The historic city centres of Almeria, Granada, Seville, Cordoba and Jerez de la Frontera are also 'Areas of Great Tourist Influx' also have their additional holiday trading dates from the 'Andalucia-wide' list above. However these are generally related to Sundays and holidays during Easter week.

Opening Hours

Shopping centres are generally open from 10.00 to 22.00 Monday to Saturday. They are also open for the same or slightly reduced trading hours on the Sundays and bank holidays listed above.

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