Public holidays along the Vía de la Plata (2024)

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

6 Epiphany

February

13 Carnival (Extremadura)

28 Day of Andalusia (Andalusia)

March

28 Maundy Thursday (moveable)

29 Good Friday (moveable)

April

23 Castile and León Day (Castilla-y-León)

May

1 May Day

17 Galicia Literature Day (Galicia)

July

25 Feast of Saint James the Apostle (Galicia)

August

15 Assumption

October

12 Hispanic Day

November

1 All Saints

December

6 Constitution Day

9 Immaculate Conception (Andalusia, Extremadura, Castilla-y-León)

25 Christmas Day




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