Spain's public holidays in 2014: Official list
Spain will have a total of nine fully national public holidays in 2014 with two of those falling on a Saturday. For the full list and more information on regional holidays read on.
The nine public holidays to be celebrated nationwide in 2014 are: January 1st (Wednesday), January 6th (Epiphany, Monday), April 18th (Good Friday), May 1st (Labour Day, Thursday), August 15th (Assumption of Mary, Friday), November 1st (All Saints Day, Saturday), December 6th (Constitution Day, Saturday), December 8th (Immaculate Conception, Monday) and December 25th (Thursday).
Three of Spain's 2014 national public holidays fall during the week and two are to be celebrated on Saturday.
This means at the national level there will only be four so-called 'puentes' or long weekends.
However, Spain's many of Spain's 17 regions as well as individual cities, towns or villages, celebrate their own public holidays.
For more information about all of Spain's official regional holidays after May 2014 see the list below:
Andalucía
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Aragón
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Asturias
September 8th: Asturian Regional Day
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Balearic Islands
December 26th: Boxing Day
Canary Islands
May 30th: Canary Islands Day
Cantabria
July 25th: Day of Saint James Apostles
September 15th: Festival of the Patron Saint of Cantabria (Virgen de la Bien Aparecida)
Castilla-La Mancha
June 19th: Corpus Christi
Castilla Y Leon
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Catalonia
June 24th: Saint John
September 11th: Catalonia Regional Day
December 26th: Boxing Day
Valencia
October 9th: Valencian Regional Day
Extremadura
September 8th: Extremadura Regional Day
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Galicia
May 17th: Day of Galician Letters
July 25th: Galician Regional Day
Madrid
May 2nd: Community of Madrid Day
May 19th: Corpus Christi
Murcia
June 9th: Murcia Regional Day
Navarra
No more public holidays after April.
Basque Country
October 25th: Basque Country Day (Euskadiko Eguna)
La Rioja
June 9th: La Rioja Regional Day
Ceuta
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
October 6th: Festival of Easter Sacrifice (DUL-HIY-YA)
Melilla
October 4th: Day of the Sacrifice (Aid El Kebir)
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The nine public holidays to be celebrated nationwide in 2014 are: January 1st (Wednesday), January 6th (Epiphany, Monday), April 18th (Good Friday), May 1st (Labour Day, Thursday), August 15th (Assumption of Mary, Friday), November 1st (All Saints Day, Saturday), December 6th (Constitution Day, Saturday), December 8th (Immaculate Conception, Monday) and December 25th (Thursday).
Three of Spain's 2014 national public holidays fall during the week and two are to be celebrated on Saturday.
This means at the national level there will only be four so-called 'puentes' or long weekends.
However, Spain's many of Spain's 17 regions as well as individual cities, towns or villages, celebrate their own public holidays.
For more information about all of Spain's official regional holidays after May 2014 see the list below:
Andalucía
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Aragón
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Asturias
September 8th: Asturian Regional Day
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Balearic Islands
December 26th: Boxing Day
Canary Islands
May 30th: Canary Islands Day
Cantabria
July 25th: Day of Saint James Apostles
September 15th: Festival of the Patron Saint of Cantabria (Virgen de la Bien Aparecida)
Castilla-La Mancha
June 19th: Corpus Christi
Castilla Y Leon
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Catalonia
June 24th: Saint John
September 11th: Catalonia Regional Day
December 26th: Boxing Day
Valencia
October 9th: Valencian Regional Day
Extremadura
September 8th: Extremadura Regional Day
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
Galicia
May 17th: Day of Galician Letters
July 25th: Galician Regional Day
Madrid
May 2nd: Community of Madrid Day
May 19th: Corpus Christi
Murcia
June 9th: Murcia Regional Day
Navarra
No more public holidays after April.
Basque Country
October 25th: Basque Country Day (Euskadiko Eguna)
La Rioja
June 9th: La Rioja Regional Day
Ceuta
October 13rd: Monday after Spanish National Day
October 6th: Festival of Easter Sacrifice (DUL-HIY-YA)
Melilla
October 4th: Day of the Sacrifice (Aid El Kebir)
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