Hey, that's not far, Stoop! One of my mates lives not far from Chiclana! Estepona is a pretty wide area, stretching from about five kms west of the actual town to about 17 kms east! I live about 10 kms out of the town in an animal park called Selwo. For location - think about halfway between Gibraltar and Marbella. Estepona (when I arrived in 1994) used to be a lovely, unpretentious little fishing town, but it is now obscenely over-developed - although still much nicer than Marbella!!!