Public Holidays in Spain 2015

List of Spain's public holidays in 2015

Public holidays (or Fiestas) in Spain are divided into two main types; national and regional.  Obviously, the national fiestas are observed across the whole country and the regional fiestas are relevant only in the individual autonomous communities, Javea is the the 'Communidad Valencia' and so has slightly different dates to Andalusia for example.

Below is a list of the dates for National Fiestas in Spain for 2015:

• January 1st: (Thursday)
• January 6th: (Epiphany, Tuesday)
• April 3rd: (Good Friday)
• May 1st: (Labour Day, Friday)
• August 15th: (Assumption of Mary, Saturday)
• October 12th  (Spanish National Day, Monday)
• December 8th: (Immaculate Conception, Tuesday).
• December 25th: (Christmas Day, Friday)

Valencia Public Holidays (which includes Javea, Denia, Moraira etc)

• March 19th: Saint Joseph
• April 6th: Easter Monday
• October 9th: Valencian Regional Day
• December 7th: Monday after Constitution Day

In addition to the above fiestas, there are often certain dates set aside by the individual towns for local fiestas, a full description of the fiestas in Javea will follow later this week.

To see a full list of all the National and Regional fiestas, visit www.thelocal.es