THE STORY BEHIND A PLACE NAME
Estepona, a garden with Celtic or Arabic roots
Although its name has clear Arabic origins, another theory suggests the town was originally a Celtic enclave dedicated to the goddess Epona
Tony Bryant
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Junta estimates Solheim Cup will be worth 500m euros to local economy
Some 82,000 tickets have already been sold for the event in September, the most important women's golf tournament in the world
Andrea Jiménez | -
Manilva's August fair is well under way
Festivities last until Sunday and include live music performances and parades
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Parents of two-month-old baby who tested positive for cocaine arrested in Marbella
The child was admitted to the Costa del Sol hospital with a fractured femur, among other injuries, and the child has been taken into care as a precautionary measure
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Long tailbacks on AP-7 motorway due to vehicle fire in Casares tunnel
The fire brigade and Guardia Civil traffic police are currently at the scene dealing with the incident
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New five-star luxury hotel on Costa del Sol opens after 27-million-euro investment
This beachfront resort in Estepona is part of the top-end Mett chain
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A 66-year-old man dies after being found in swimming pool of a villa in Estepona
A family member alerted the emergency services but paramedics who rushed to the scene were only able to confirm the death of the individual
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Two men arrested after 15,000-euro gunpoint robbery at pharmacy in Estepona
Police have also linked the two individuals to another robbery attempt on a bus four days later, on which 19 passengers were travelling
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Special branch police team called in to rescue kestrel trapped in Benahavis chimney
The weakened bird was taken to a recovery centre for threatened species after it was released by members of the Guardia Civil's Seprona nature protection group from Estepona
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Loggerhead turtle is returned to the sea in Estepona after it was found stranded on a Vélez-Málaga beach
It is the tenth specimen to be released into the wild by the Junta de Andalucía as part a special programme to help sea creatures in distress
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Record number of Estepona fair visitors has big economic impact on the town
The town hall said that more than 400,000 people visited this year's feria, making it one of the "most important in the province"
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Travel
This is the hotel in Andalucía rated among the 10 best in the world on Tripadvisor
The luxury resort, which opened on the Costa del Sol in 2021, was recently recognised in the travel platform's annual Travellers' Choice awards
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New five-star hotel in Estepona set to open in August
It will be the first METT Hotels & Beach Resorts luxury establishment in Spain, and only the second in the world, and offer 249 sea view rooms on the Costa del Sol
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Operation Rambo: more than fifty assault weapons found at a rental house in Estepona
Sub-machine guns, pistols, rifles and around thirty balaclavas were recovered from the Costa del Sol property, after the occupants seemingly left in a hurry
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Overturned car causes traffic tailbacks in both directions of A-7 near Estepona
The accident happened at around 7.15 am this Wednesday morning at kilometre 1062 on the Cadiz carriageway