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Saturday, 1 January 2011

Public Holidays in Tenerife 2011

2011

The Government of the Canary Islands has approved the following list of the Public Holidays in the Canary Islands for 2011:
  • 1 January, Año Nuevo / New Year
  • 6 January, Epifanía del Señor / Epiphany
  • 2 February, Virgen de la Candelaria / Candlemas
  • 21 April, Jueves Santo / Holy Thursday
  • 22 April, Viernes Santo / Good Friday
  • 30 May, Día de Canarias / Canaries Day
  • 15 August, Asunción de la Virgen / Assumption
  • 12 October, Fiesta Nacional de España / Spanish National Holiday
  • 1 November, Todos los Santos / All Saints
  • 6 December, Día de la Constitución Española / Constitution Day
  • 8 December, Inmaculada Concepción / Immaculate Conception
  • 26 December, Natividad del Señor / Day in lieu of Christmas Day
The two peculiarities in this list are that because Fiesta del Trabajo / Labour Day, May 1st falls on a Sunday, the day in lieu, rather than the next day, has been given as May 30th, for Día de Canarias / Canaries Day instead. Likewise, as Christmas Day in 2011 will also fall on a Sunday, December 26th has been given as a day in lieu. (Boxing Day isn’t a holiday in Spain.) There’s a legal right to days off on public holidays in Spain (there's no such right in Britain), however, you should note that the official working week in Spain consists of 6 days, Monday to Saturday, inclusive. To make up the 14 days public holidays decreed by law, two additional days are added that are specific to each municipal council area.