5/5 Turista I. 3 years ago on Google • 141 reviews
An
excellent
little
museum,
a
real
gem.
Some
small-town
museums
are
not
very
good,
but
this
is
great.
And
even
better
since
the
ground
floor
revamping
in
Spring
2021.
If
you
wonder
if
it
will
interest
children,
I
can
tell
you
that
my
visits
are
under
conditions
that
you
are
unlikely
to
replicate:
accompanied
by
110
Primary
school
children,
who
were
thrilled
by
the
museum's
exhibits
It
is
underneath
the
main
seating
in
the
Bull-Ring,
opposite
the
Marina.
Just
walk
around
the
outside
of
the
ring
until
you
come
to
a
little
archway
that
says
"Museos
Municipales"
It's
free,
but
not
suitable
for
wheelchair
users
above
the
ground
floor.
There
is
no
drinks
or
snacks
machine
-
take
your
own
bottles
of
water
Firstly
the
Bullfighting
museum.
On
the
right
as
you
enter,
and
at
the
start
there
is
a
low
wall
on
your
left.
Peer
over
it
and
you'll
see
the
passageway
through
which
they
release
the
bulls
into
the
ring
when
there
are
bullfights
on.
Not
very
often,
and
never
during
museum
opening
hours!
On
either
side
of
the
passageway
are
the
"cells"
in
which
the
bulls
are
kept
prior
to
being
released
into
the
ring
Also
in
the
entrance
to
the
Bullfighting
museum,
on
the
floor,
are
what
seem
to
be
square
wooden
manhole
covers.
Take
off
a
lid
and
have
a
look:
there's
a
grille
covering
a
peephole
down
into
one
of
the
cells
The
museum
itself
is
made
up
of
souvenirs
of
famous
bullfighters
and
famous
bulls.
The
shirts
and
jackets
of
the
former,
the
heads
of
the
latter.
It
is
interesting
to
see
up
close
the
fancywork
on
the
jackets
-
embroidery
and
sparkle.
They
are
called
Trajes
de
Luces
-
Suits
of
Light
-
because
of
the
way
that
the
sun
catches
the
sequins.
Just
imagine
what
these
jackets
cost!
Unless
they
come
from
a
family
with
a
long
bullfighting
tradition
and
thus
wealth,
these
young
men
are
from
modest
origins.
How
could
they
afford
them?
Either
now
or
at
the
end
you
can
ask
the
very
helpful
staff
to
let
you
go
into
the
ring
-
la
plaza
-
and
sit
on
the
stepped
seats
and
get
a
real
feel
for
what
a
bull
ring
is
like
inside,
without
any
of
the
bloodthirsty
bits
Then
the
Palaeontological
section,
which
basically
means
fossils
and
dinosaurs.
The
fossils
are
local,
the
dinosaurs
replicas
of
some
bones
dug
up
in
Argentina,
but
no
accompanying
child
is
going
to
object
to
that!
Quite
some
time
can
be
spent
here,
as
this
is
the
section
that
is
most
obviously
of
interest
to
children.
There
are
also
some
butterfly
cases
here;
not
sure
why
-
they
had
to
put
them
somewhere
Then
upstairs
to
the
Ethnological
museum.
Estepona
lived,
in
the
past,
on
The
Land
and
The
Sea.
Nowadays
you
add
Tourism
to
that,
of
course.
This
museum
shows
us
what
were
the
everyday
objects
used
in
these
two
professions.
So
here
we
have
sections
devoted
to
the
past.
Not
the
distant
past
-
some
of
the
things
displayed
here
were
used
in
my
youth!
There
is
a
section
on
farming
in
the
twentieth
century,
with
all
sorts
of
weird
and
wonderful
articles.
I
particularly
like
the
farm-cart
which
is
decorated
with
.
.
.
a
picture
of
an
early
motor
tractor!
To
own
such
a
machine
would
have
been
a
dream
to
the
modest
farmer
who
had
a
donkey
to
pull
his
cart.
Then
there
is
the
fishing
section,
with
a
whole
boat.
Estepona
used
to
have
4
or
5
fish-canning
and
salting
factories,
one
near
the
port
on
the
Paseo
Maritimo,
the
other
where
the
big
Carrefour
Hypermarket
is
at
the
other
end
of
the
town.
I
know
women
in
their
early
seventies
who
worked
18-
20
years
in
one
of
these.
Assuming
they
began
aged
13
or
14
(normal
age),
the
factories
were
still
going
strong
40
years
ago.
Nowadays
the
fish
is
packed
in
ice
and
put
into
enormous
refrigerated
lorries
and
rushed
off
to
the
wholesale
markets.
Or
bought
by
local
shops
and
restaurants
for
our
delight,
of
course.
There's
also
the
household
section.
Just
look
at
the
size
of
some
of
the
bottles,
jars,
bowls.
You
could
cook
and
serve
a
whole
five-year-old
child
in
some
of
the
dishes!
Masses
to
keep
you
occupied.
Well
worth
a
visit
If
I
can
say
that
I
much
enjoy
my
visits
even
when
accompanied
by
110
kids,
then
I
am
sure
that
you
will
too.
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