Work is progressing well on Estepona’s botanical park, which will be home to one of Europe’s largest orchid displays. According to the mayor, José María García Urbano, in mid-December the project was 60 per cent complete, and due to be finished in March – with the various tree, flower and orchid species (numbering in the thousands) scheduled to be planted in January, in order to offer “a spectacular image” when opened to the public.
Known as the “Pulmón Verde-Parque Botánico” (“Greenbelt-Botanical Park”), the project comprises three domed areas, with the building housing the orchid collection designed in a “vanguard” style crowned by a 30-metre high dome as well as a 17-metre waterfall and divided into two distinctive areas – for species from the Americas and Asia, respectively.
García Urbano said the building would become an extension of the city’s “Estepona: garden of the Costa del Sol” project, involving the remodelling and embellishment of more than 60 streets in the old town. He added that it would include 150 parking areas around its perimeter, thus providing residents with privileged views as well as additional care spaces.
