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Yumbo Centrum

Coordinates: 27°45′29″N 15°34′38″W / 27.7579668°N 15.5773201°W / 27.7579668; -15.5773201
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Yumbo Centrum
The entrance to the Yumbo Centrum
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LocationMaspalomas/Playa Del Ingles, Gran Canaria
Coordinates27°45′29″N 15°34′38″W / 27.7579668°N 15.5773201°W / 27.7579668; -15.5773201
AddressAv. Estados Unidos 54, 35100 Maspalomas, Gran Canaria, Spain
Opening date1982
No. of stores and services200+
Total retail floor area20,000 square metres (220,000 sq ft)
No. of floors4
Websiteyumbocentrum.com
This article is about the shopping centre on Gran Canaria. For the centre in Finland, see Jumbo shopping centre.

The Yumbo Centrum (Spanish: El Centro Comercial Yumbo) is a shopping centre on the island of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. It is situated in the tourist resort of Playa Del Ingles, between Avenida de Tirajana and Avenida de España.

The centre was built 1982-85 by the tourism entrepreneur Estanislao Mañaricúa Belacortu and Alejandro del Castillo.[1][2]

Amenities

View over the Yumbo Centre terraces

The shopping centre consists of a series of open-air courtyards and terraces. It has over 200 shops and international restaurants situated over multiple floors ranging from clothes, shoes, perfume and jewelry to electronics. Access is at ground level, with retail floors on several levels below ground.[3]

The Yumbo is also noted for its busy nightlife and is a popular attraction for LGBT visitors, offering a wide range of gay bars, discos, nightclubs and drag cabarets.[4][5] The Cabildo insular de Gran Canaria (the island government) operates a tourist information office within the Yumbo Centre, on the ground level by the entrance on Avenida de España.[6]

In May the events of the annual Gran Canaria Gay Pride celebration are usually centred on the Yumbo Centre, attracting several thousand participants.[7]

References

  1. ^ Quintana, Teresa Aguiar; Canino, Rosa M. Batista (2017). Successful Case Studies in the Canary Islands' Tourism Industry. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. p. 86. ISBN 9781527502789. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. ^ Suárez, Gabriel (7 February 2012). "Adiós a un empresario excelente". www.canarias7.es (in European Spanish). Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Yumbo Centre - Maspalomas - Gran Canaria". C.C.Yumbo Centrum (in European Spanish). Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  4. ^ Walker, Neville (18 March 2000). "Boy zone". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  5. ^ Travel, D. K. (2017). Top 10 Gran Canaria. Dorling Kindersley Limited. p. 104. ISBN 9780241318812. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Offices - The Official Gran Canaria Tourist Website". www.grancanaria.com. Cabildo insular de Gran Canaria. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  7. ^ Fimiani, Roberta (2014). "The Role of Gay Spaces for a Gay Destination: Gay Tourism in Gran Canaria" (PDF). Dalarna University, School of Technology and Business Studies, Tourism Studies. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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