Spain's holiday calendar is built in three layers: national holidays celebrated everywhere, regional holidays chosen by each of the 17 autonomous communities, and local holidays set by each individual town. Add it all up and most workers in Spain end up with around 14 days off a year — but only a handful of those dates actually apply nationwide. This feed sends you a single reminder covering the calendar that matters to you, so you don't have to recalculate it every year. Click the green Configure button and choose how far ahead you want to be alerted.
Why use a reminder for Spanish public holidays?
- The same week looks different city to city: A holiday in Seville might be a completely normal working day in Valencia — a reminder takes the guesswork out of remembering what's closed where you actually are.
- Catch the "puentes" before they're booked: Spaniards are famously skilled at turning a Thursday or Tuesday holiday into a four-day weekend by adding a single vacation day — a reminder with enough lead time means you can plan the same trick.
- Don't get caught by closures: On national holidays, nearly all shops and businesses close, with exceptions mainly for petrol stations, restaurants, and some tourist-area supermarkets.
- One feed, the whole year: Instead of juggling national, regional, and local calendars separately, get the dates that matter to you handled with one setup.
The national list
New Year's Day, Epiphany, Good Friday, Labour Day, the Feast of the Assumption, Spain's National Day (October 12th), All Saints' Day, Constitution Day, Immaculate Conception, and Christmas Day make up the core national calendar.
A holiday that's been quietly reinterpreted
Spain's National Day on October 12th originally commemorated Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas in 1492. Given the controversy this carries for Spain's large Latin American community, the day's focus has shifted nationally toward honoring the historical ties and friendship between Spain and Spanish-speaking America, rather than colonization itself.
Regional fiestas worth knowing about
Even when they're not technically public holidays everywhere, some regional celebrations completely reshape daily life in their host cities — Pamplona's San Fermín week (the Running of the Bulls) in July, Valencia's Las Fallas in March, and Buñol's tomato-throwing festival, La Tomatina, in August all draw crowds well beyond the regions that officially observe them as holidays.
Worth knowing
Unlike some countries, when a Spanish national holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, it generally isn't shifted to the nearest weekday — it's simply missed. Regional holidays, however, are sometimes moved to the following Monday at the discretion of the local government.
So whether you're tracking a national closure or your own region's specific calendar, click that green Configure button and let the dates come to you.