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Celebrities on Tenerife

Last update May 21, 2025

Overview of festivals, events and public holidays in Tenerife Nightlife in Tenerife - 3 hotspots

Celebrities on Tenerife

Matt Damon, George Clooney, Liam Neeson - the list of celebrities on Tenerife is long and international. Actors and musicians in particular have a penchant for the most beautiful and largest of the Canary Islands. Over the years, film stars, writers and politicians have arrived. Many have spent their holidays in the island's largest cities: Puerto de la Cruz and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

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Celebrities on Tenerife

For decades, the Canary Islands have been a hotspot for celebrities from all over the world - even if it is less exciting here than in other VIP destinations. On Lanzarote, Gran Canaria or Tenerife, you can sometimes spot the odd celebrity. And why not? Tenerife in particular, known as the "island of eternal spring", naturally attracts stars and starlets with its year-round mild temperatures and breathtaking natural scenery. They are pampered with golf courses, spas, pools, butler service and gourmet cuisine. The large number of 5- and 6-star hotels on the island is probably another good reason why the largest Canary Island is a favourite destination for international celebrities.

Elizabeth Taylor

One of the most famous actresses of earlier years, film diva Elizabeth Taylor, stayed at the Ibero Grand Hotel Mencey in Santa Cruz de Tenerife several times. She was accompanied by her husband of several years, Richard Burton.

Matt Damon

Hollywood actor Matt Damon also stayed at the 5-star hotel in Santa Cruz during the highly publicised filming of "Bourne 5". At the time, Damon was also spotted jogging on the beach and walking the streets of Santa Cruz.

George Clooney

His friend and colleague George Clooney paid a visit to the island in 2019 - in search of filming locations for the Netflix film adaptation of "Good Morning, Midnight". As so often, Clooney showed himself to be a likeable and approachable philanthropist. In a restaurant in Santa Cruz, he enjoyed the best Spanish tapas with his crew and then had his photo taken with the staff.

Liam Neeson & Ralph Fiennes

Years earlier, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes and Mads Milkesons, a number of high-calibre actors, visited the island for the filming of The Clash of the Titans.

Bill Clinton

Former US President Bill Clinton visited the Canary Islands in 2005 for a celebrity golf tournament and rented an entire floor in the Hotel Botanico in Puerto de la Cruz. The suite he stayed in was named directly after him - to this day one of the best addresses not only for golfers.

Michael Jackson in concert

Many musical guests also treat themselves to a holiday in Tenerife: the luxury hotel Bahia del Duque in the island's capital Santa Cruz has hosted Shakira and Maria Carey on more than one occasion. The King of Pop Michael Jackson also stayed on the Canary Island during his lifetime - albeit only once in 1993 as part of his "Dangerous World" tour. More than 45,000 people attended the concert.

Brian May & U2

Brian May or U2 - they all love a sunny Tenerife holiday. There is even photo evidence that U2 were in Tenerife on the cover of the LP "Achtung Baby": the black and white picture shows the band in costume at the Tenerife carnival. Many of the other pictures were also taken in Tenerife in 1991 by photographer Anton Corbijn.

Promis auf Teneriffa — A photo on the cover of the album "Achtung Baby" proves that U2 was on the island. (Photo: Pixabay).

Beatles on island holiday

The Beatles came to the island on holiday in the spring of 1963 - albeit not all of them. John Lennon was travelling elsewhere, but Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr enjoyed their time under the Canary Islands sun. The band had just released their first album - two days after their departure, "Pleas, please me" reached number one in the English charts. At the time, the Beatles were not allowed to perform on Tenerife - the upmarket clientele in Puerto de la Cruz did not want to put up with the young band. Shakira, on the other hand, gave a highly acclaimed concert on Tenerife in 2006 and even bought a property in the north-east with her husband (footballer Gerard Piqué) in 2014.

Prominente auf Teneriffa — The Beetles recuperated on Tenerife in 1963 (without John Lennon) - two days after their departure, the album "Please, please me" stormed the charts. (Photo: Pixabay).

Agatha Christie writes in Puerto de la Cruz

For Agatha Christie, an internationally renowned writer, all of this was of secondary importance in 1927. Above all, she was looking for peace and distraction on the island after a severe stroke of fate. During her stay in Puerto de la Cruz, she completed several stories such as "The Mystery of the Blue Train" and "The Mysterious Mr Quin". Christie was a frequent and popular guest at the Sitio Litre orchid garden, where the Briton Charles Smith occasionally hosted parties with well-known personalities of the time.

Eva Padberg and Paz Vega

Today, you can also see more "current" celebrities on Tenerife's beaches - including Stéphanie of Monaco, Caitlyn Jenner, Eva Padberg and Paz Vega. Not forgetting all those stars and starlets who prefer to remain unrecognised ...