Monday, March 22, 2010

Yoyuba Fuengirola

The Yoyuba is a soft play center in Fuengirola. We went there yesterday so our little one could let of some steam and while it's not the first time we've been I always come away thinking it's a really nice little place and so deserves a bit of a write up!

The Yoyuba is situated on the Camino de Coin near the garden center. It's not a huge place but does have 3 different soft play areas. A baby area ( with all the usual baby play things ... ball pond, little slide, little house etc ) and then a larger area for toddlers upwards with two levels of soft play. There is also another section reserved for older children and presumably adults which has rock/wall climbing and rope climbing.

There is a party area, decent toilets, often someone doing face painting and a bar selling drinks and snacks. ( sweets and crisps really, although I think proper party food can be ordered )

It's Spanish run and very friendly. Sometimes ( not all the time ) there are staff moniteering the softplay but this isn't guarunteed.

The thing with the Yoyuba is that you really have to pick the right time to go, especially with little ones ... The Spanish love this place and so late afternoons it is often heaving and too busy for little one's who just get trampled on in the soft play. Yet if you go around lunchtime or early afternoon it is much quieter and you avoid the parties ( which tend to be late pm ) and so much safer for little one's who can run around with more freedom. We've been on a saturday morning which was fantastic as our little one and her friends virtually had the place to themselves and also yesterday we went at around 3pm which was also perfect as by 5 when it began to get really busy our's were exhausted and ready to go home ....

Price wise it's not bad .... we paid 4.50 for an hour and a half, if you stay longer than that you pay for unlimited time which is 5.50 ... not bad when you consider that for over 3's Kidz Kingdom is 10 euros. There is no pricing per age here, just pricing per time of play. I think there is also a cheaper tariff for just an hours play ....

A great venue for a rainy play date .... just ensure you pick the right time to go! ( Friday pm's are a no no by the way! )

To find out more visit www.yoyuba.com

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