Estepona opens beach season with new showers for people with reduced mobility

They have been installed in La Rada and El Cristo and will allow users to shower without having to transfer from their chair or amphibious chair.

The Estepona City Council has installed new showers on several beaches in the municipality that will facilitate bathing for people with reduced mobility. It is an adapted model that, although it is designed for general use, has a unique wing-shaped design that allows showering comfortably to users who use wheelchairs or amphibious chair.

These showers have been located on the beaches where each year the City Council offers the assisted bathing service, that is, on the beach of Christ and on the beach of La Rada, at the height of the Monterroso River. “These are showers that will facilitate the bathing of these people, who can access them directly with their wheelchairs or amphibious chair, being much more comfortable and safe,” said the councilor attached to the delegation of Beaches, Susana Aragon. This assisted bathing service, which is free, will be activated from June 15, and will be available until September 15 from 12.00 to 20.00 hours. In addition, there will be a technician from the surveillance service who will be responsible for delivering the adapted material available for people with reduced mobility who require it.

The City Council of Estepona has authorized this summer the opening of showers on the beaches of the municipality, once lifted the restrictions that, due to the drought situation, had been established by the Junta de Andalucía. This is reflected in the Order of April 28, 2025 published in BOJA of May 8, 2025, where the measures to be taken in relation to the state of drought in the Western Costa del Sol System have been published. On the one hand, the state of scarcity of the Western Costa del Sol System has been modified, adopting the formal transition to a situation of normality. In addition, it has established a maximum allocation of up to 250 liters per inhabitant per day considering the total resources, an allocation that will be reviewed depending on the hydrological situation.

Therefore, the City Council has opted this summer for the opening of showers and footbaths but maintaining a policy aimed at the rational, responsible and supportive use of water, hence the showers have saving devices. In this regard, Councilwoman Susana Aragón, explained that the showers have timer buttons to avoid wasting water. “The fact that the restrictions have been lifted does not mean that we do not continue to ensure responsible consumption and solidarity, and we must do so together,” she said.