As a host myself in Edinburgh, Scotland, I had to give writing this review some thought.
When I was deciding to book, cooking on the premises was important to me and I was really dismayed to find cooking would be all but impossible. There was crockery (no wine glasses) and cutlery, 2 frying pans and 1 absolutely huge pot. That was it! There were no cooking utensils with which to cook and there wasn't even a corkscrew to open a wine bottle....this doesn't really qualify for accommodation that you can cook in as it says in the listing. The is no salt/pepper/teabags/sugar/coffee so you will have to buy all that.
The accommodations itself was really clean but unfortunately the area it is in is not so. The stench of dog urine directly outside the main door to the flat was overpowering as was the walk down to the beach, and although the host can't do anything about that it does leave the location of the flat questionable. That said the area was extremely quiet which was relaxing.
Further to that, when I entered the flat for the first time I was hit by the strong smell of cigarettes, it was not mentioned in the listing that smoking was permitted inside the premises or else I would not have booked (perhaps I should have asked before booking).
Checking in and checking out was easy and communication (although sparse) with the host was adequate. Would I use this listing again?......probably not but getting into and out of Malaga was easy so the general overall location of El Palo was good, if only the flat had been on a cleaner street.
I know how frustrating some reviews can be and I have tried to be very honest and fair in writing this one.