CC Yumbo, Gran Canaria's largest shopping centre, located in Playa del Ingles

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Yumbo Shopping Centre

The huge, the largest in Playa del Ingles, Yumbo shopping centre is built in a giant hole in the ground. The shops, bars, restaurants, nightclubs and businesses are basically built around the sides of the hole. The open to the sky centre includes grass areas, a children's playground, and wide paved areas where small stalls are set up in the evening.

Photograph Yumbo Commercial Centre main entrance in Av. de Espanya

Carnival

The Yumbo has 4 floors or Levels (Planta)

Level 1 being the lowest floor. This level often referred to as the ground floor is in fact 2 floor down from the street level. This floor is crammed with bars, show or cabaret bars, restaurants and late clubs. Most of the bars and all the late clubs are gay. The cabaret bars are gay owned but mainly attract a Non gay audience. In an evening market stalls are set up, and the goods tend to be of an artistic nature. There are plenty of artists to do a portrait for you.
Level 2 is one floor up from the bottom. Both level 2 and 3 have bars, restaurants and shops including supermarkets on level 3,
Level 3 Street level.
Level 4 is only found in the north east corner of the shopping complex and all establishments are gay.

You will find Floor maps on the 4 levels. These have the heading Planta Floor Etage

Up to around 10 pm. the Yumbo is very hetro. orientated with families and straights doing there shopping, having a drink or meal. Then slowly they start to disappear and the gays appear in more numbers. Very popular with both hetro and straight groups are the show or cabaret bars. Most of these are Brit owned You will find Floor maps on the 4 levels. These have the heading Planta Floor Etage

Up to around 10 pm the Yumbo is very hetro. orientated with families and straights doing there shopping, having a drink or meal. Then slowly they start to disappear and the gays appear in more numbers. Very popular with both hetro and straight groups are the show or cabaret bars. Most of these are Brit owned

Car Parks

There are 2 car parks

On the south west corner with the Shopping centre main entrance on Avenida de los Estados Unidos.
On the east side by the main shopping centre entrance on Avenida de Espanya.

Taxi Rank

The 24 hour Taxi Rank is on the south side in Avenida de los Estados Unidos

Tourist information centre

The Tourist information centre is located in the Yumbo centre at the corner of Avenida de los Estados Unidos and Avenida de Espanya

My Favourite Cafe in the Yumbo

Cafe de Paris, Yumbo Centre

This is my personal best cafe in the Yumbo Centre
Perfect for a nice cup of coffee , a quality sandwich and a mouth watering slice of cream cake
Located on Floor 3 (The Ground Floor) in the North East Corner of the Yumbo on a very busy corner making it ideal for people watching from its terrace

Cafe de Paris, Yunmbo Centre
Live Music on the Terrace Cafe de Paris, Yumbo Centre

Video of Cafe de Paris in Yumbo Playa del Ingles & Meloneras

Cafe de Paris Video

List of the top Show bars

Buddies bar

Show nightly - from live singers to comedy Drag. Your hosts Jim and Kevin

Centre Stage Theatre bar

Very funny quality drag shows every night. Mixed (Straight, gay friendly, gay crowd) very popular show bar. Popular late evening. The Centre Stage has been pleasing tourists for over 20 years.

Located on Floor 2

Ricky's Cabaret bar

Ricky's Cabaret bar logo.

Gay friendly Karaoke from 8pm, until Comedy Cabaret Drag Show at 11:30. Very poplar with a mixed audience of hetro. couples, groups, families, gays and lesbians. The fun show includes plenty of audience participation. Located on Floor 1..

Amusment Arcade Yumbo Centre

Located on the ground floor

Shops

You will find plenty of shops

Bazaars
Clothing
Cosmetics
Electronic stores
Fashion
Hardware store
Jewellery
Leather clothing and goods
Money-changer
Perfume
Sex shops
Souvenir
Sports goods
Supermarkets
plus others

Stalls

On an evening an array of stalls are set up on the Bottom floor, level 1. These are mainly craft, jewellery, T shirts and art stalls and there is usually artists who will do portraits of you or do them from a photograph.

Food and drinking

Bars
Cafes
Nightclubs
Restaurants

Although the Yumbo centre has a large number of these establishments cater for the gay tourists, especially later at night. It also has a large number of straight establishments as well which are busier earlier in the evening than the gay ones.

You will find a list of these on the right.