Spain Public Holidays

Spain public holidays are endorsed by the state. Spain public holidays are religious or historical or political based. Spain public holidays also depend upon particular and vary from one place to another. Spain public holiday has 4 national holidays applicable all over Spain. There are about 14 holidays listed in Spain public holiday list.

Day List of Holiday
1st    January New Year's Day
6th    January Epiphany
19th    March Father’s Day
Date not fixed    depends on Easter Holy Thursday
Date not fixed    depends on Easter Good Friday
Date not fixed    depends on Easter Easter Sunday
1st May    Labor Day
24th June    St. John’s
29th June    St. Peter’s Day or St. Paul’s Day
25th July    St. James Day
15th August    Assumption
12th October    Columbus Day
1st November    All Saints
6th December    Constitution Day
8th December    Immaculate Conception
25th December    Christmas Day

About the holidays:
Epiphany - is a Christian feast celebrating the recognition of God in human form that is Jesus.
Holy Thursday – a great Thursday feast day just before the Easter commemorating the last supper of Jesus Christ.
St John’s Day – Gospel of Luke states that John was born 6 months before Jesus, thus St. John’s Baptism feast is held on this day.
St. Peter’s Day or St. Paul’s Day – also known as San Pedro and San Pablo are amongst the 12 apostles of Jesus.
St. James Day – a two day took place on 4-5 August 1666 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War and was fought between fleets of England and the United Provinces
Columbus Day – celebrating Christopher Columbus’s arrival in America on October 12, 1492, celebrated as national day in Spain.
All Saints – celebration in honor of all known and unknown saints.
Constitution Day - is a holiday to mark and pay respect to the constitution of a country.

National Holidays:
New Year, Labor Day, National Day, Christmas