When I was in Gran Canaria in 1996, I went down to that closed nightclub downstairs which at the time was called The Hippodrome. Great nightclub. It also had great jewellery shops on the lower level which had air conditioning I remember.
20 yrs ago I was there a few times and that was the hippodrome etc down the escalators, I can remember when that place was THE place in that part of the centre……. Crazy to see the place so dead… wow, so glad we have booked for meloneras next year
Reason The Plaza shopping centre is closed down, is there was an electrical fire in 1 of the units, leading to the whole place potentially needing rewiring. No one wants to pay for it. Sad state of affairs.
I used to love going kasbah about 10 years back. Now we avoid the place like yhe plague.the touts drive you insane to the point they followed us into shops.
Last time I was in GC I was in the Bull Eugenia Victoria, great hotel with underground spa, and a rooftop terrace for sunbathing. Food was also great. But not impressed with the area, run down and very dated, dusty, broken pavement tiles, a bit dis-jointed when it came to bars etc, there is just no comparison when you compare to Tenerife, lovely and clean, modern, just a great place to be. I'm trying Fuerteventura in December, first time there for me.
Never let reps take you into discos or bars because they will order the drinks and you pay twice as much , ask at the bar how much a drink is and only give them that much, than you can't get sort changed , ps not all bars are like that most ok
Hi we stayed in Las arenas in October 2021 the shopping centre was closed then was derelict. We stayed in Green Field in May and Tagoror in September 2022 not many people around and more places closed down.
20+ years ago they had the same scam in Tenerife, “free drinks for two hours” - slow service and bottles only, had to take your empty to the bar to get a new one, but the glass/bottle collectors would pick up your near empty bottle & then you couldn’t get a new one 😔
Most have all left. I used to work for Anfi and Club Puerto Atlantico as a liner and an OPC for timeshare companies. Left in 2010 and so did everyone else I knew.
Will let you know in a few weeks of Tenerife or Gran Can is our fave,when we go to Puerto de la cruz and then playa del ingles. That scam goes on in the UK as well, to get the place looking busy for free.
Hard to compare those resorts a bit different , Puerto de la cruz lovely down past church and old town I have done lots of videos there. Molly malones for late night live music.
Sure one of those bars was called Scandvik, I'm guessing Swedish or something, down in that circle, this was 2002 ish, couldn't move up and down the escalators then, packed. All changed now
Hi wee Kev.I.N I have stayed at the Corona Blanca apartments several times, good holiday flats and better still after they were refreshed several years ago. Jet2 holidays sell 'basic flats' or the 'de luxe' flats holidays 🧐 There was a real problem with cockroaches in the development at one time (it's a common problem all over GC island) I hope they cleared the roaches when it was refreshed. Saying that I would stay in the Corona Blanca anytime. There are other bigger scams to worry about in PdI than night club tickets 😎😎 Cheers DougT
That Kasbah was rocking 30 yrs ago , we used to get pounced on by prostitutes walking back from the Irish centre back to our hotel in the Yumbo area ,Maspolamas was just a golf course and nude beach, think ill stick to the reef Kev much better vibe ,part of the enjoyment of watching your videos shows where to avoid
Had a picture on them stairs at the shopping centre 2mins in on a barcrawl 18 years ago. Woke up on a wall outside pasha and someone had stole my trainers 😬 was bouncing back then so sad really
First went to Playa de Ingles 1985 and went back in 2008 couldn't believe how much it had gone down hill. Dont think Masplomas even existed in the 80s but the Kasbah used to be the main place to party. It seems stuck in the 80s. We used to go down the famous guatemala campsite by Mogan for 3 months back in the 80s.
GC defo not a patch on Tenerife! Just my opinion but I found it a bit grubby. Hubby liked it so went back for a 2nd time but won't let him talk me into it again 🤣
Looks like Chinawhite has moved from the top of the kasbah to where pacha was located. Incidentally have done the party boats where they added free VIP tickets with a bottle of bubbly, if you paid €10 extra per person.
Shit, well the comments are disappointing, was going to book a holiday here tomorrow but it doesn't sound too attractive. I worked there years ago back in the 80s touting people into the bars. It was a lot of fun back in the day. Any ideas where I can travel from the U.K to somewhere hot that the flight isn't too long. Thanks
You mean, within the Canary islands. Otherwise, the Marquesas Islands, Bora Bora, Seychelles, Fiji, and a few thousand other islands, may be slightly more appealing, in some cases.
@@garycox740 yip got video it was dead when I went , it's actually massive inside with lots of bars so probably hard to fill. I find shopping centres everywhere in canaries pretty dead during the day.
The Yumbo Centre is pretty much your only option I'd agree and it's dead during the day. I went to Tipsy Hammock too every day last time as not much to do just a good crimbo deal. Had a nice fish and chips and watched a good live singer doing rock music 60s and 70s etc. from Dundee with another musician at Mulligans at the Irish Centre but for three adults sitting there having pub grub and drinks it was silly money dearer than Magic or any of the nicer bars in Del Duque or the safari centre in a pretty run down area, oh and the kasbah Centre was closed too.
Best thing to do is go to the gay bars in the yumbo. They are quite mixed gay/straight anyway but they don't have touts and they don't rip you off. Just avoid the straight bars with touts.
I have never heard of anywhere charging 20 euros to go into a nightclub.Gran Canaria is far superior to Tenerife...No idiot would fall for it.Use your common sense never mind reviews
I have been to Tenerife on 4 occasions and Gran Canaria on around about 15 times. Now I'm Gay so GC does have a certain attraction for my community, but I do feel these videos are very biased towards Tenerife. Each to tneir own I suppose.
My mate lives in GC Kev, last time I went to see him was at least 10-12 years ago and the Kasbah and surrounding area was a dump then, the escalators were out of order and rusting, brasses were doing blowies in the bushes, it was and still is a complete 💩hole, you never felt safe there like you do in Tenerife, bout time they spent money on it or Semtex it😂
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Playa des Ingles 1998. 17yrs old and first ever holiday abroad. Great times
Me to Bro😊 But I was 5 then
When I was in Gran Canaria in 1996, I went down to that closed nightclub downstairs which at the time was called The Hippodrome. Great nightclub. It also had great jewellery shops on the lower level which had air conditioning I remember.
20 yrs ago I was there a few times and that was the hippodrome etc down the escalators, I can remember when that place was THE place in that part of the centre……. Crazy to see the place so dead… wow, so glad we have booked for meloneras next year
Not our cup of tea 🫖 but appreciate you showing us Playa del Ingles so we know where to avoid 👍🏻
Reason The Plaza shopping centre is closed down, is there was an electrical fire in 1 of the units, leading to the whole place potentially needing rewiring. No one wants to pay for it. Sad state of affairs.
Thanks good info. Shame.
I used to love going kasbah about 10 years back. Now we avoid the place like yhe plague.the touts drive you insane to the point they followed us into shops.
@@Kelly-just-kelly Been there last week, wasn't too bad to be honest. First day it was annoying, but after that they recognized us and backed off.
I lived there in 97 the kasbah,metro and plaza was choca then,had some good times there.
Can't believe how dead it is there now kev compared to 2018 when I was there please we heading to Puerto Rico next June
Last time I was in GC I was in the Bull Eugenia Victoria, great hotel with underground spa, and a rooftop terrace for sunbathing. Food was also great. But not impressed with the area, run down and very dated, dusty, broken pavement tiles, a bit dis-jointed when it came to bars etc, there is just no comparison when you compare to Tenerife, lovely and clean, modern, just a great place to be. I'm trying Fuerteventura in December, first time there for me.
Passed the bull hotel looked nice , as u said area not the best.
Never let reps take you into discos or bars because they will order the drinks and you pay twice as much , ask at the bar how much a drink is and only give them that much, than you can't get sort changed , ps not all bars are like that most ok
Hi we stayed in Las arenas in October 2021 the shopping centre was closed then was derelict. We stayed in Green Field in May and Tagoror in September 2022 not many people around and more places closed down.
yip its struggling there.
20+ years ago they had the same scam in Tenerife, “free drinks for two hours” - slow service and bottles only, had to take your empty to the bar to get a new one, but the glass/bottle collectors would pick up your near empty bottle & then you couldn’t get a new one 😔
Forgot about that one lol
Kevin, last time I went to Gran Canaria, just before the Pandemic, PDI and Puert Rico were crawling with timeshare touts. Are they still about?
never seen any at all
Most have all left. I used to work for Anfi and Club Puerto Atlantico as a liner and an OPC for timeshare companies. Left in 2010 and so did everyone else I knew.
Will let you know in a few weeks of Tenerife or Gran Can is our fave,when we go to Puerto de la cruz and then playa del ingles.
That scam goes on in the UK as well, to get the place looking busy for free.
Hard to compare those resorts a bit different , Puerto de la cruz lovely down past church and old town I have done lots of videos there. Molly malones for late night live music.
@@ScotsmaninTenerife after watching your videos, we definitely think it will be two different weeks.
Love molly malone...brilliant atmosphere!!
Sure one of those bars was called Scandvik, I'm guessing Swedish or something, down in that circle, this was 2002 ish, couldn't move up and down the escalators then, packed.
All changed now
Hi wee Kev.I.N I have stayed at the Corona Blanca apartments several times, good holiday flats and better still after they were refreshed several years ago. Jet2 holidays sell 'basic flats' or the 'de luxe' flats holidays 🧐 There was a real problem with cockroaches in the development at one time (it's a common problem all over GC island) I hope they cleared the roaches when it was refreshed. Saying that I would stay in the Corona Blanca anytime. There are other bigger scams to worry about in PdI than night club tickets 😎😎 Cheers DougT
Yip heard apartments were fine.
I d be petrified I hate roaches
Kasbah was as good as Veronica's in tenerife 20 years ago kev , what a shame.
Smart move Kevin
There was a major flooding which accounts for the places closed.
Was the night club cream ?? I went about 20 years ago n spent most of my nights at the kasbah
Not that one lol
I went there too when it was cream.
That Kasbah was rocking 30 yrs ago , we used to get pounced on by prostitutes walking back from the Irish centre back to our hotel in the Yumbo area ,Maspolamas was just a golf course and nude beach, think ill stick to the reef Kev much better vibe ,part of the enjoyment of watching your videos shows where to avoid
Ladies are still there lol
@@ScotsmaninTenerife they're not all ladies mate as my mate found out to his disappointment and a few pesetas lighter 🤣😂
The walking dead was going to be filmed here,but it was too dead.
Had a picture on them stairs at the shopping centre 2mins in on a barcrawl 18 years ago. Woke up on a wall outside pasha and someone had stole my trainers 😬 was bouncing back then so sad really
Yip sad
Only been to Gran Canaria once and nearly got scammed by timeshare touts, they where rife and hard sell everywhere. Put me off for ever.
We all went to other places turkey and USA was where we started going 20 years ago. They took over hence the decline
First went to Playa de Ingles 1985 and went back in 2008 couldn't believe how much it had gone down hill. Dont think Masplomas even existed in the 80s but the Kasbah used to be the main place to party. It seems stuck in the 80s. We used to go down the famous guatemala campsite by Mogan for 3 months back in the 80s.
Omg that place use to be banging. In the naughty 90°...I always wonder what happened to that place ...brilliant 30 years ago ...❤
Yip it's struggling now
It is shut down below. Bars are still open though like irish tavern!
yip video soon there.
Gran Canrrrrrria 🙈🙈🙈 cannot take it anymore, I’m going on the drink . Regards the geordie moderate drinker
GC defo not a patch on Tenerife! Just my opinion but I found it a bit grubby. Hubby liked it so went back for a 2nd time but won't let him talk me into it again 🤣
@@barneyrubble8839 I don't go there either.
I was there a few years ago Kevin not impressed then less so now
Looks like Chinawhite has moved from the top of the kasbah to where pacha was located. Incidentally have done the party boats where they added free VIP tickets with a bottle of bubbly, if you paid €10 extra per person.
Never mind being payed to go in a nightclub, you couldn't pay me enough to go on a holiday to Gran Canaria especially playa del Ingles!!!
Tipsy hammock is a swinging place is it not ?
lol
Sorry Guantanamo campsite
haha yes yes club 18/30 i was there 30 years ago down the stairs
Shit, well the comments are disappointing, was going to book a holiday here tomorrow but it doesn't sound too attractive. I worked there years ago back in the 80s touting people into the bars. It was a lot of fun back in the day. Any ideas where I can travel from the U.K to somewhere hot that the flight isn't too long. Thanks
Any Canary Island, Puerto del carmen lanzarote lots of bars but mixed age group.
Personally I think you'd find it very hard to beat Tenerife .It's got a special vibe .
Tenergoodgrief..right oh!
Ibiza is better than tenerife !
You mean, within the Canary islands. Otherwise, the Marquesas Islands, Bora Bora, Seychelles, Fiji, and a few thousand other islands, may be slightly more appealing, in some cases.
was in playa de ingles in june absolutley nothing to do great weather nice beach if it wasnt for the tipsy hammock id have caught a flight home
Oh wow!
@@barneyrubble8839 i am actually if there were any parties to go to as your the expert pray do tell where the action was then
@@ScotsmaninTenerife went to the cita dead in the afternoon and not much better in the evening
@@garycox740 yip got video it was dead when I went , it's actually massive inside with lots of bars so probably hard to fill. I find shopping centres everywhere in canaries pretty dead during the day.
The Yumbo Centre is pretty much your only option I'd agree and it's dead during the day. I went to Tipsy Hammock too every day last time as not much to do just a good crimbo deal. Had a nice fish and chips and watched a good live singer doing rock music 60s and 70s etc. from Dundee with another musician at Mulligans at the Irish Centre but for three adults sitting there having pub grub and drinks it was silly money dearer than Magic or any of the nicer bars in Del Duque or the safari centre in a pretty run down area, oh and the kasbah Centre was closed too.
About the clup name is chinawhite the entry is for free 🤐 not 20 €to get in 👍
Went there once years ago never again pal Tenerife much better😎
Went to Gran canaria years ago... timeshare scam. taxi drivers were In on scams... Shite hole place.
Gran Canaria is a kip !
never go close to kasbah
Best thing to do is go to the gay bars in the yumbo. They are quite mixed gay/straight anyway but they don't have touts and they don't rip you off. Just avoid the straight bars with touts.
Fair point
Brilliant place
GC is the gay hot spot. Lots of scam there! Tenerife is another class! 🙂
Pacha?
All I can say is that's a good guess lol
This is the most non-English sounding version of English commentary I have ever heard (by "native ENG speaker")
thanks
If you are contemplating going on holiday here my advice would be DONT!!!!
6 mins to get to the scam 😅
I have never heard of anywhere charging 20 euros to go into a nightclub.Gran Canaria is far superior to Tenerife...No idiot would fall for it.Use your common sense never mind reviews
lol not everyone has common sense.
@@ScotsmaninTenerife OK,maybe although sad that is true.
I have been to Tenerife on 4 occasions and Gran Canaria on around about 15 times.
Now I'm Gay so GC does have a certain attraction for my community, but I do feel these videos are very biased towards Tenerife.
Each to tneir own I suppose.
What language is this guy speaking
Scottish
U Need to get to the point wow
Get to the point already, urged to press neeext
My mate lives in GC Kev, last time I went to see him was at least 10-12 years ago and the Kasbah and surrounding area was a dump then, the escalators were out of order and rusting, brasses were doing blowies in the bushes, it was and still is a complete 💩hole, you never felt safe there like you do in Tenerife, bout time they spent money on it or Semtex it😂
Fair points in that area for sure.
@@barneyrubble8839 Liverpool must have been playing that night😂
@@santorini8423
You are about as funny as piles to a jockey.
Ya talking too much
Thanks I do agree.
It looks a kip.
Mate yah lost me ... cause you just rabbited on