The apartment is in a perfect location to explore Malaga by foot. A few points to note: There is approx 85 steps for you to climb to get to the apartment with no lift, so bare that in mind. There is also no air-conditioning, just a ceiling fan, which isn't much help when its 30 degrees plus outside! The terrace is not actually fully private! Its overlooked by 2 windows from another apartment.

There were a few things with the host that I had never encountered before with Airbnb. Christine requires you to print off a load of documents prior to your arrival. She sent the documents to me when we were already in Spain on holidays and expected them to be printed, even though I advised her that we were away! A big 5 page document with pictures of how everything in the apartment was to be left, a page with the house rules that was to be signed on check in and also she wanted a copy of our passports, to comply with a new law that was brought in in Spain on the 11th of May apparently. I found this unusual and annoying to receive all this information when we were already away.

Also, Christine charges extra for linen, I had also never encountered this before with Airbnb, everywhere else I've stayed has included linen with no question! I paid 15 euro to Christine for linen and to be honest, my advice would be to bring your own towels! The towels we got were well worn and if they were in my house I would have thrown them out! and similarly to the sheets on the bed, they were also well worn and I certainly would not be paying 15 euro to rent them! Pillows were also well worn and very lumpy and uncomfortable.

Christine also offers you the option to pay for a final clean, the fee for this is 30 euro and again, I paid it because I didn't want to worry about cleaning on holidays but to be honest its just another money making scheme. As a guest a cleaning fee is incorporated in the total fee, and you shouldn't be expected to pay an extra fee on top of that.

There is also a check in and check out procedure where someone from a company comes to check you in and also check you out. the person we got needed to rearrange the check in and out time at the last minute which was a little irritating. In all other experiences with Airbnb we have just left the keys on the table when leaving.

Christine never contacted us during our stay to see how we were getting on.

So in short, a good location, however I felt that there were too many rules imposed on holiday makers!