Traditional holidays in Spain

Mother’s Day in Spain, or Día de la Madre, is celebrated on the first Sunday of May each year. This means, unlike Father’s Day in Spain, which is always on 19th March, Mother’s Day varies each year.

One of Spain's most romantic festivals takes place in Barcelona on 23 April. This special day honours Catalonia's patron saint, Sant Jordi, known to many as Saint George. It also coincides with World Book Day.

Explore the vibrant and unique Tomatina Festival in Buñol, Valencia, set to take place on 28th August of this year 2024.

Spain public holidays 2023: we're already counting down to Christmas, and before you know it, 2023 will be here. It's time to take a look at the 2023 holiday calendar in Spain so that you can be prepared, and even start planning your long weekends and getaways.

The cancellations of major national and international events due to the coronavirus is something we’ve become highly used to in recent times, and Spain’s world-famous Tomatina de Buñol has ended up with the same destiny in 2020.

In Spain, the Easter holidays are traditionally one of the biggest events in the calendar and the most important celebrations take place during Holy Week.

La Floración de Cieza When: 1st-31st March 2020 Where: Cieza, Murcia Website: murciaturistica.es When you think of Murcia, the first thing on your mind could be beaches, nightlife or sunny weather. These things are all true, but Murcia also has so much more to offer.

Carnival time is a strange celebration at the end of winter and just before Lent when the world dresses up in extravagant clothing and goes wild.

Spain's finest national holiday 'Fiesta Nacional de España', takes place on 12th October every year and is one of the most important festivals in Spain, being a bank holiday for all workers.The celebration involves a military parade through the centre of Madrid, attended by the Royal Family, the Pre

The Feria de Albacete 2019 When: 7th – 17th September 2019 Where: Albacete, Spain Website: feriadealbacete.net The Feria de Albacete is one of the most authentic festivals in Spain considered to be of International Tourist Interest.

The Cascamorras Festival When: 6th – 9th September 2019 Where: Baza and Guadix, Spain Website: el-cascamorras.com The Cascamorras is one of the oldest and weirdest festivals in Spain.

La Tomatina 2019 When: 28th August 2019 Where: Buñol, Spain Website: latomatina.info La Tomatina is Spain’s famous tomato-throwing festival, one of the best known and wackiest fiestas in the country.

Cante de las Minas 2019 When: 1st – 10th August 2019 Where: La Unión, Spain Website: festivalcantedelasminas.org Spain is the home of flamenco, and the best flamenco festival in Spain 2019 is the Cante de las Minas in La Unión, Murcia.

Saint James’s Day When: 15th – 31st July 2019 Where: Santiago de Compostela, Spain Website: santiagoturismo.com St.

James, son of Zebedee, disciple of Jesus Christ and later canonised as St James the Greater, is the patron saint of both Spain and Galicia. Saint James is known in Spanish as Santiago and he’s also the patron saint of Guatemala, Nicaragua and of fishermen.

Pamplona Sanfermines bull running festivalWhen: 6th - 15th July 2019Where: Pamplona, SpainWebsite: www.sanfermin.comPamplona is well known as the city where the running of the bulls takes place in Spain every year in July.

In Spain, the Holy Week of Easter is more than chocolate eggs and bunnies; it is a commemoration of the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ, celebrated in the most sombre, most extravagantly Catholic way possible.

Easter 2020 in Cuenca, Spain When: 5th - 12th April 2020 Where: Cuenca, Spain Website: turismo.cuenca.es There’s so much to see in Cuenca that it’s not surprising that visitors from all corners of the globe choose their Easter holidays to come to this city and see the Spanish E

Spain’s Holy Week 2020 in Toledo When: 5th - 12th April 2020 Where: Toledo, Spain Website: turismocastillalamancha.es One of the main attractions in Toledo, Spain is Holy Week leading up to Easter, which in 2020 is from Sunday 5th April - Sunday 12th April 2020.

Salamanca Easter week 2020 When: 5th - 12th April 2020 Where: Salamanca, Spain Website: spain.info The Holy Week of Easter in Salamanca, Spain stands out for its beautiful processions celebrated in the streets of its historic centre, which take on special significance during these few da

Madrid Easter week 2019When: 14th – 21st April 2019Where: Madrid, SpainWebsite: www.esmadrid.comAs well as many other cities in Spain, the Spanish capital of Madrid will be celebrating the Easter week public holiday 2019 in style.

Granada Holy Week festival 2019 When: 14th – 21st April 2019 Where: Granada, Spain Website: www.lovegranada.com/holy-weekVisiting Granada, Spain during the Holy Week of Easter is a great idea, not only because you can exp

Malaga Easter celebrations 2019 When: 14th – 21st April 2019 Where: Malaga, Spain Website: www.semana-santa-malaga.comAs the holidays get closer, lots of people are wondering where to go for their Easter holidays 2019.

Semana Santa Seville 2020 When: 5th -12th April 2020 Where: Seville, Spain Website: semana-santa.org Of all the Holy Week celebrations in Spain, Seville’s Easter week is a religious spectacle like no other and this year, Semana Santa, Spain’s Easter celebrations, are from the 5th to