Public holidays along the Vía de la Plata (2025)

Regional holidays are shown with the region in (brackets).

Public holidays which change their date are followed by (moveable).

When a public holiday falls on a weekend it may move to the previous Friday or the following Monday. However, there is no simple rule governing this, ask advice locally.

There are also local fiestas, often confined to one town or village.

January

1 New Years Day / Año Nuevo

6 Epiphany / Epifanía

February

13 Carnival (Extremadura)

28 Day of Andalusia / Día de Andalucía (Andalusia)

April

17 Maundy Thursday / Jueves Santo (moveable)

18 Good Friday / Viernes Santo (moveable)

23 Castile and León Day / Día de Castilla-y-León (Castilla-y-León)

May

1 May Day / Día del Trabajador

17 Galicia Literature Day / Día das Letras Galegas (Galicia)

July

25 Feast of Saint James the Apostle (Galicia)

August

15 Assumption / Asunción

September

8 Día de Extremadura (Extremadura)

October

13 Hispanic Day / Día de la Hispanidad (Andalusia, Extremadura, Galicia)

November

1 All Saints / Todos los Santos

December

6 Constitution Day / Día de la Consititución

8 Immaculate Conception / Inmaculada Concepción (Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-y-León)

25 Christmas Day / Navidad