Estepona is a family resort on the Costa del Sol, where the main form of relaxation is lying on the beach and walking around the city. But still, there is an opportunity to diversify the cultural program. Children, for example, will not refuse to visit the Estepona Paleontological Museum — because how can you refuse the chance to see dinosaur skeletons? Entry to the museum is free for everyone, so adults can also wonder what prehistoric animals roamed the Earth millions of years ago.
The principal value for children is the skeletons of giant lizards. The museum exhibits ten dinosaur skeletons found in Argentina. Although these are only copies of real finds, they are no less impressive: large heads on a powerful necks, jaws studded with sharp teeth, paws well adapted for running — no one would like to meet these creatures in reality.
The Paleontological Museum (Museo de Paleontología) presents other interesting finds. For example, you can see giant sea urchins here and learn how the whales got into the ocean. The shells of extinct molluscs glisten in the windows, and a unique find is displayed on a separate table — a fragment of a coral colony dating back to the Mesozoic era. This modest greyish “bouquet” is at least 66 million years old.
Note that Estepona is the only palaeontology museum in the Malaga province. Next to it are the Archaeological and Ethnographic Museums, where you can learn about the life of ancient and modern people in the south of Andalusia. Also in this town is the famous Selwo Aventura park in Spain, which families with children especially like to visit.
