Yumbo Centrum is an open-air shopping and leisure centre in Playa del Ingles, laid out on four levels around a central plaza with planted terraces. It opened in October 1982 and holds more than 200 businesses: fashion, jewellery, perfume and electronics shops, a supermarket, a pharmacy, souvenir bazaars, and cafes and restaurants covering Spanish, Chinese, Indian, German and Italian food.
During the day it is an ordinary shopping centre with a mixed, largely family crowd. After dark the upper floors become the gay nightlife of the resort, with bars, drag show venues, cruising bars and clubs. The centre calls itself the one and only LGTBI shopping centre in the world.
The plaza in the middle is where Maspalomas Pride and the Maspalomas international carnival are held.
Every business inside shares the same street address, so a venue in the Yumbo is found by its floor and its own sign rather than by a house number. Walking into the centre costs nothing, and each bar, shop and club keeps its own door.
The people in this picture are AI-generated.
