Estepona due for €900,000 beach makeover with new toilets and concrete walkways

Estepona is preparing a major upgrade of its beach facilities, with almost €900,000 being invested in new lifeguard stations, public toilets and more durable access routes across the town’s coastline.

Six more lifeguard stations and nine new toilets

A €421,685 contract will cover six new lifeguard and rescue modules, nine toilet modules and a storage unit. Facilities will be distributed between Arroyo Vaquero, El Cristo, La Rada, El Saladillo, El Padrón and the Paseo Maritimo.

New rescue stations will provide space for lifeguards to rest while also allowing rescue and accessibility equipment to be kept close to the water. The storage facility will house items, including amphibious chairs and stretchers.

Nine new toilet units will include toilets, washbasins, foot-washing facilities and accessible areas for people with reduced mobility. Ramps will provide easier access, while construction materials have been chosen to cope with the harsh coastal environment.

1,250 metres of concrete beach walkways

A second contract worth €457,259 will replace Estepona’s existing, but battered, wooden beach walkways with 1,250 metres of prefabricated concrete paths.

Each walkway will be 1.8 metres wide, linking public beach entrances with dry and wet sand, toilets and lifeguard facilities. Their greater resistance should also make them better able to cope with storms and beach-cleaning machinery.

Forty-two new drainage platforms for showers and foot washes will also be installed, together with another 40 platforms for beach modules.

Estepona continues coastal investment

Work follows last summer’s installation of 17 new lifeguard and rescue towers at La Rada, El Cristo, El Padrón, El Saladillo and Arroyo Vaquero.

Estepona’s current beach investment also has a clear accessibility element. Andalucia requires public beaches to provide accessible routes, with permanent or stable walkways permitted where conventional access is not possible.

Current regional beach information lists the main Estepona beaches covered by the works as suitable for bathing, with several receiving an “excellent” water-quality classification in May 2026.

The changes should give residents and visitors easier access to the sand while reducing the repeated maintenance needed for temporary wooden walkways.