The Estepona Orchid House has received more than half a million visits since its opening in 2015.

The Botanical-Orchidarium Park of Estepona has received more than half a million visits in its first decade since opening in 2015, mostly from national visitors, hosting more than 3,000 plant species of which about 1,500 are orchids, as reported by the City Council this Friday.

Thus, the City Council has highlighted the consolidation of this municipal facility as one of the main attractions of the town, boasting the largest collection in Spain and one of the most significant in Europe.

Visitor records indicate that the majority of users are from Spain, including residents of Estepona, to whom the City Council grants two annual invitations.

European citizens such as Germans, French, English, Finns, Italians, or Swedes are also noteworthy, in addition to visitors from other destinations like the United States, Argentina, China, or Morocco, they noted.

According to details provided, the Botanical Orchidarium reached its record number of visits last year, exceeding 54,000, while spring is the time of year when there is a higher volume of visitors, coinciding with the flowering season of many of the species housed, followed by the months of August, September, and October.

Facilities of the botanical park

The Botanical-Orchidarium Park of Estepona is divided into two levels at different elevations, covering an area of 1,000 square meters and 15,000 cubic meters of volume. The building has three domes covered in glass, which have become its hallmark and have completely changed the town's appearance. The main vault of the building houses dozens of orchid species and a large waterfall.

On its exterior, it features a large green lung of more than 15,000 square meters in the heart of the city. The execution of this project completely transformed this space, equipping it with this unique facility and park that contemplate the sustainable urban development project ‘Estepona, Garden of the Costa del Sol’. Its opening recorded more than 35,000 visits in its first week of activity, highlighted by the City Council.

The Estepona Orchidarium aims, on one hand, at the conservation of its botanical collection and, on the other, its cultural projection through the promotion of information, communication, and promotion of the botanical heritage of the city of Estepona through individual or group visits, serving as a municipal public service of general interest.