Friday, 1 January 2016

Public Holidays in Tenerife 2016

2016

The Canarian government has fixed the calendar of public holidays for 2016:
  • 1 January (Año Nuevo/New Year’s Day)
  • 6 January (Epifanía del Señor/Epihany)
  • 2 February (Virgen de la Candelaria/Candlemas)
  • 24 March (Jueves Santo/Easter Thursday)
  • 25 March (Viernes Santo/Easter Friday)
  • 2 May (Monday in lieu of Fiesta del Trabajo/Workers’ Day)
  • 30 May (Día de Canarias/Canaries Day)
  • 15 August (Asunción de la Virgen/Assumption)
  • 12 October (Fiesta Nacional de España/Spain Day)
  • 1 November (Todos los Santos/All Saints Day)
  • 6 December (Día de la Constitución Española/Constitution Day)
  • 8 December (Inmaculada Concepción/Immaculate Conception)
  • 26 December (in lieu of Christmas Day, which falls on a Sunday.)
Ten of those are "fixed" National Fiestas, two are decided at the the level of the whole Canary Islands, then each island also has an additional day of it’s own, which in Tenerife’s case is 2 February (Candlemass – Feast of the Purification of the Virgin), the Virgen de la Candelaria

In addition, each municipality has a further 2 local days.