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Cruise Bar opened in 1994, becoming the first bear and leather venue in the Canary Islands. It is located on the second floor of the Yumbo Centre and features a large, popular outside terrace and a much more cruisy inside bar. There is an infinity of corridors, slings, a porn video room, labyrinths, ***s and two dark rooms where you can freely unleash your imagination and personal curiosity. An ideal place to meet and make friends, have drinks, listen to good music and flirt. Lockers are provided to store your valuables if yo head into the darkrooms.

Bar Junior is a GayMapper favourite in the Yumbo Centre, with a very friendly welcome from the two owners, plus delicious gin and tonics. On the ground floor of the Yumbo, in the area known as the Six Pack, opposite Parrots, Bar Junior is one of the smaller bars, but tends to stay busy throughout the evening, and has a perfect location to people watch from their terrace.

If you are looking for great British food in Playa del Ingles, then head to the English Bakery Cafe. Hosted by Brits Jae and Steve, you'll find a wide range of home baked items, including scones and a wide range of pies. Plus their fish and chips cannot be beaten! If you just want a drink, then they have plenty of gins to choose from. Now in a new location in Los Arcos Bungalows.

Tom's Cruising Bar has been at the Yumbo formany years offering a bar only for men with a large outside terrace. In this Cruising bar with an international atmosphere, you will find people of all ages with which to enjoy various booths an exclusive area for smokers and more. Entrance is free. Located just up the ramp by Burger King.

A small and cosy bar with a Danish twist - the only Danish gay bar in the Yumbo centre. Friendly welcome and good service from owners Jack and Erik. You'll find the bar on the ground floor, in the area that is set back, by the trampolines.

The main bear bar in the Yumbo Centre, Bärenhöhle can be found on the ground floor on the plaza, next door to the large Chins Town Restaurant. A smaller bar with a cosy outdoor terrace, with a huge number of cuddly teddy bears all over the walls inside the bar. Especially popular with the German crowd, but everyone is welcome.