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Bullring and its museums (Palaeontological, Ethnographic and Bullfighting)
From Estepona centre5 min
Duration1-2 h
DifficultyEasy
PriceFree
Best timeAll year
KidsYes (kids love the dinosaurs)
AddressC/ Matías Prats (Plaza de Toros), Estepona
Opening hoursTuesday to Saturday 9:00–15:00; closed Sundays, Mondays and public holidays (turismo.estepona.es).
About
- Bullring from 1972, by architect Juan de Mora Urbano, with an elliptical, asymmetrical design that the official website calls 'unique in the world'
- Palaeontological Museum: replicas of dinosaurs from Patagonia (Egidio Feruglio Museum, Argentina), a Late Triassic coral reef (about 210 million years old) and Pliocene marine fossils from Estepona
- Ethnographic Museum: more than 2,000 objects from the countryside and the sea, and the Miguel López Mateo nautical collection (navigation instruments, 19th-century diving suits, models)
- 'Antonio Ordóñez' Bullfighting Museum: suits of lights donated by great bullfighters, posters, ranch brands and photographs
Good to know
- Open mornings only, Tuesday to Saturday: a good plan for a cloudy day
- Free entry and accessible spaces
- On Sundays the museums are closed, but in the morning there's a flea market (rastro) at the Plaza de Toros (9:00-15:00)
Near here
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Estepona seafront promenade, Boulevard, Lighthouse and PortCulture · Estepona · 5 minAlmost 3 km of seafront promenade from Playa de la Rada to the fishing port
El PalangreFish, seafood and rice dishes · Puerto deportivo · 5 minFamily-run fish, seafood and rice restaurant at the marina, opened in 1999 according to its website.
La EscolleraFish and seafood · Puerto pesquero · 5 minFish restaurant opened in 1940 next to the fish market of the fishing port, below the Punta Doncella lighthouse (Guía Repsol).