What a wonderful stay at Marthe's place! Let me start by saying she's a wonderful host: considerate, making sure we knew everything but never overbearing, and really giving us the information we needed to enjoy the beautiful home. We kept in contact over the few weeks we stayed at the place and she was always quick to respond, for example arranging her cleaner to clean the home for us once during our stay (we wanted to pay that at our own cost).

The place itself is beautiful: the interior decoration is well thought of, but surprisingly child-friendly (as our 1,5 year old didn't wreck it and thoroughly enjoyed her time), and as we love to cook the kitchen was a boon. It has everything you need to cook lovely dinners. While the neighbourhood is lively, especially the first and second bedrooms are quiet, and we didn't have any issues while sleeping in the third. We were also super thankful for Marthe arraning a baby travel cot in addition to the baby bath already in the apartment.

The neighbourhood is great too. On the same street (which is almost pedestrian) there are bakeries, fishmongers, butcher's shops etc. and at the end a big market hall, where we usually got our fresh fish and produce from. If you need to, getting to central Malaga is easy – under 10 euros by taxi or 1,30 euro by bus. But most of what you need is also in El Palo: nice restaurants line the beachfront and it's a short walk to Pedregalejo where you find more. The beaches are lovely, more quiet than in the centre but no less beautiful. For a jogger, it's easy to find a great route between 5-12 km along the beachfront. And as a parent El Palo is simply playground heaven! There are so many playgrounds our kid's first words in the morning would be: swings! So all in all we had a perfect time at Marthe's. Thanks so much!