Beaches
The nearest beach is a 4 minute drive, where there is a rustic beach bar, English run, with good food and live music at the weekend. Next to this is Laguna Village, with designer shops, restaurants and bars, and Puro Beach with luxury sun beds around a lovely pool, right next to the beach.
All water sports at nearby beaches, and Tarifa well known for world class windsurfing is one and a half hours drive.
Places to visit
Puerto Banus and Marbella are a 15 minute drive, great for sight seeing, shopping and relaxing.
Granada, Seville and Cordoba are 2 hours away, Gibraltar 40 minutes and Jerez famous for the Andalucian horse and of course sherry. Historic Ronda is an hour’s drive. All well worth a visit, especially during their Feria weeks.
Selwo safari park is just 10 minutes away, where you can take one of their special buses to view the animals, sun hats and walking shoes are recommended.
Estepona
Estepona town a short 3 minutes, with ample underground parking, is right on the beach and there are many Spanish beach bars along the promenade.
The old part of town is beautiful and well worth a walk. There is an excellent choice of tapas bars and restaurants, all serving great food. Lots of good shops too.
A large supermarket is situated just before you get to Estepona.
On the other side of town is the port of Estepona, lots of yachts, bars and restaurants, and very lively in the evenings.
On Sunday mornings a rastro market is held, great bargains to be found.
Sport
For horse lovers, there are two riding stables within a kilometre of the house, and regular horse shows.
The area is famous for the huge number of golf courses, all within easy reach.
There are tennis and paddle tennis clubs nearby.