We had a nice stay at Maria's house. We are a family of 4 - parents and younger kids. The location is great for access to Malaga and traveling to other cities in the area (Nerja, Granada, etc). The house is near a tennis/golf club where our kids went tennis camp there - it was OK. You can walk to the nearby beach - but it is a big uphill walk back. The beach near the house is OK, not the best. I recommend going to El Limonar (which is awesome) or other beaches in other regions. You really need a car if you are going to stay here. We drove everywhere and there was not really much to walk to from the house. The house has an amazing view of the med - so relaxing to have a tea on the balcony in the morning or a glass of wine in the evening. Being on the hill you get a nice breeze which cools things down. The pool was amazing - We were there in July and swam every day and the water was quite warm. The house has everything you need. Everything worked well (probably needs some new pots and pans). The bedrooms were nice a quiet down below.