The best features: beautiful, beautiful home, excellent location, rooms with en-suites on each of three floors, so multiple families had full privacy, TWO terraces and ground-floor indoor/outdoor space with fountain ... and the owner is a true gentleman.
Features that may be problematic: (I had to think about this) only one bedroom is on the ground floor (perfect for one elderly or disabled couple)
It would probably suffice to say that this is the first place we have ever rented which was far lovelier in reality than even the pictures or the description would suggest, and we have travelled far and wide. The entire experience exceeded all of our expectations ... as a family of 7, ages 5 to 80 traveling from three separate continents to meet up for my father's 80th birthday, we had many expectations!
The details: This house is very roomy, charming and has been lovingly care for. House and family are new to the rental scene so were guests NOT renters! The house is laid out very nicely, with communicating indoor and outdoor spaces, tasteful old wood and wrought-iron/brass lamp details balanced by modern touches to keep us connected, caffeinated and generally pampered. The kitchen is a cook's kitchen, stocked with cheese, ham, drinks, ... The bowl on the dinner table offered juicy oranges from the owner's groves (we later found out). The bathrooms EACH had toiletries, unexpected in a house rental and four full sets of fluffy towels! Total of 16 sets!!! All linens were super clean, looked new and all the beds were ruled very comfy by their respective (some curmudgeonly) inhabitants.
The location is very central in the cobble-stoned old town with landmark sights and shopping an easy walk away, BUT close to the periphery for a quick getaway even during crowded times of day. We used a car ONLY for day trips to white villages, the coast, etc. The icing on the cake is definitely the owners (really a host family) who were welcoming, thorough, and very thoughtful. They went out of their way to make sure we had a smooth trip even down to suggesting then booking a parking spot for us in the nearby parking garage after we told them we would be renting a car during semana santa. We were very grateful when we realized it was fully booked upon arrival!
The final highlight was being able to witness the emergence of the El-Silencio procession from their church (late Thursday night/ early Friday am) ... only one and a half blocks away from our house!