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As well as the national, regional and island-wide public holidays for 2018, here is a list of local public holidays in the thirty-one municipalities of Tenerife. Each has these additional two holidays when town halls and businesses in that location will be closed and often the local main fiestas there are celebrated.
ADEJE.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
15 October: Festival
of Santa Úrsula.
ARAFO.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
27 August: Festival
of San Bernardo.
ARONA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
8 October: Festival
of Santísimo Cristo de la Salud.
ARICO.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
8 September:
Festival of Nuestra Señora de Abona.
BUENAVISTA DEL
NORTE.
24 August: Festival
of San Bartolomé.
25 October: Festival
of Nuestra Señora de Los Remedios.
CANDELARIA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
26 July: Festival of
Santa Ana.
EL ROSARIO.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
6 August: Festival
of Nuestra Señora de La Esperanza, Monday after the first Sunday in
August.
EL SAUZAL.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
29 June: Festival of
San Pedro Apóstol.
EL TANQUE.
31 August: Festival
of Nuestra Señora de Buen Viaje.
22 October: Festival
of Santísimo Cristo del Calvario.
FASNIA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
20 August: Fiestas
for the town’s patron.
GARACHICO.
26 July: Festival of
Santa Ana.
16 August: Festival
of San Roque.
GRANADILLA DE
ABONA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
13 June: Festival of
San Antonio de Padua.
GUÍA DE ISORA.
25 June: Festival of
San Juan Bautista.
17 September:
Festival of Santísimo Cristo de la Dulce Muerte.
GÜÍMAR.
29 June: Festival of
San Pedro Apóstol.
7 September:
Festival of Nuestra Señora del Socorro.
ICOD DE LOS
VINOS.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
25 April: Festival
of San Marcos Evangelista.
LA GUANCHA.
18 January: Festival
of Nuestra Señora de la Esperanza.
20 August: Monday of
the Fiestas for the town’s patron.
LA MATANZA DE
ACENTEJO.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
6 August: Fiestas
for the town’s patron.
LA OROTAVA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
7 June: 8th
Day of Corpus Christi.
LA VICTORIA DE
ACENTEJO.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
3 September: Fiestas
for the town’s patron.
LOS REALEJOS.
22 January: Festival
of San Vicente.
3 May: Exaltation of the
Holy Cross.
LOS SILOS.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
8 September:
Festival of Nuestra Señora de la Luz.
PUERTO DE LA
CRUZ.
3 May: Fiesta of the
Exaltation of the Holy Cross and Commemoration of the Foundation of
the City.
10 July: Festival of
the Virgen del Carmen.
SAN CRISTÓBAL DE
LA LAGUNA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
14 September:
Festival of Santísimo Cristo de La Laguna.
SAN JUAN DE LA
RAMBLA.
24 June: Festival of
San Juan Bautista.
10 September:
Festival of San José.
SAN MIGUEL DE
ABONA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
29 September:
Festival of San Miguel Arcángel.
SANTA CRUZ DE
TENERIFE.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
3 May: Festival of the Santa
Cruz (Holy Cross).
SANTA ÚRSULA.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
22 October: Festival
of Santa Úrsula.
SANTIAGO DEL
TEIDE.
16 July: Festival of
Nuestra Señora del Carmen.
25 July: Festival of
Santiago Apóstol.
TACORONTE.
13 February:
Carnival Tuesday.
26 November:
Festival of Santa Catalina.
TEGUESTE.
25 April: Festival
of San Marcos Evangelista.
8 September:
Festival of Nuestra Señora de los Remedios.
VILAFLOR DE
CHASNA.
23 April: Festival
of Santo Hermano Pedro.
27 August: Festival
of San Agustín and San Roque.
