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Find out when the Spanish public holidays fall throughout the year...
The Spanish term for a bank holiday/public holiday/legal holiday is día feriado or fiesta nacional.
- Each autonomous province has regional holidays each year in addition to the standard national holidays. Local holidays usually include a local "community day" and a celebration of certain Saints
- If a public holiday falls on a Sunday it may be celebrated on a weekday
- All banks and most shops and museums close on public holidays. Bars and restaurants outside tourist areas may close too
- Hospitals and emergency services do not close on public holidays
- Taxis may increase their rates for journeys on public holidays
- When a public holiday falls on a Thursday or Tuesday, it is common practice to "make the bridge" (hacer puente) by taking off the Friday or Monday so creating a very long weekend. When this happens you may find businesses running on short staff or smaller family run business closed for the full period
- Seguridad Social provides a calendar including local, regional and town holidays in Spain
Public Holidays in Spain 2018
- 1st January - New Year's Day
- 6th January - Epiphany
- 30 March - Good Friday
- 1st May - Labour Day Holiday
- August 15th - Assumption Day
- October 12th - Hispanic Day
- November 1st - All Saints' Day
- December 6th - Constitution Day
- December 8th - Immaculate Conception
- December 25th - Christmas Day
There are many other holidays in Spain that are regional only, listed below:
- 29th February - Andalusia day
- 1 March - Balearics regional holiday
- 19 March - St Joseph's Day (Murcia and Valenciana)
- 29th March - Maundy Thursday (except Canary Islands, Cantabria, Catalonia and Valenciana)
- 2 April - Easter Monday (Balearics, Catalonia, Basque Country, Navarra, Valenciana)
- 23 April - Community day in Castille y Leon; St George's Day in Aragon
- 2 May - Community Festival in Madrid
- 15 May - Feast of St Isidro (Madrid)
- 17 May - Literature Day (Galicia)
- 30 May - Canary Islands Day
- 31 May - Castilla-La Mancha Day and Corpus Christi (Castilla-La Mancha)
- 9 June - La Rioja; Murcia (to celebrate the statute of autonomous community)
- 13 June - Feast of St Anthony (Ceuta)
- 25 July - St James Day (Galicia)
- 28 July - Day of Cantabria Institutions
- 6 August - Our Lady of Africa (Ceuta)
- 22 August - Feast of Sacrifice (Ceuta & Melilla)
- 2 September - Ceuta Day
- 8 September - Day of Extramadura; Day of Asturias
- 11 September - National Day of Catalonia
- 15 September - Patron Saint of Cantabria
- 17 September - Day of Melilla
- 9 October - Valencian Community Day
- 9 November - Our Lady of the Almudena (Madrid)
- 3 December - Feast of Saint Francis Xavier (Navarra)