Oct 10, 2024
It's well known that Spain knows how to celebrate and relax. Here, people celebrate from the heart, with joy. In 2025, national holidays with days off are expected, as are local festivals, carnivals, and fairs during which the main institutions operate.
In total, the Valencian Community will have 12 official holidays in 2025, plus one more, June 24th (Tuesday, San Juan). In addition, workers will receive two more holidays corresponding to local holidays..
Thus, the year will begin with the New Year's and Three Kings' Day holidays, which will be Wednesdays and Mondays respectively, and in March, the feast of Saint Joseph (March 19) will arrive, which will fall on a Wednesday.
In April, Holy Week 2025 will be celebrated with the holidays of Good Friday (April 18) and Easter Monday (April 21).
The Valencian Community's working calendar also includes the holidays of May 1, August 15, October 9, November 1, and December 6, 8, and 25.
For 2025, the Generalitat (Generalitat) has opted to include the holiday of October 9 (Thursday, the regional holiday) in its working calendar instead of moving the National Holiday (October 12) to the following Monday, which falls on a Sunday.
This is one of the "substitutable holidays," and each autonomous community is free to include it or not in its calendars.
January 1 (Wednesday) - New Year's Day
January 6 (Monday) - Three Kings' Day
February 7 to March 2 - Carnival (Torrevieja) *
March 19 (Wednesday) - Saint Joseph
April 14-20 - Holy Week *
April 18 - Good Friday
April 21 - Easter Monday
May 1 (Thursday) - Labor Day
June 23 (Monday) - Alicante Local Holiday
June 24 (Tuesday) - Saint John's Day
August 15 (Friday) - Assumption of the Virgin
October 9 (Thursday) - Valencian Community Day
November 1 (Saturday) - All Saints' Day
December 6 (Saturday) - Spanish Constitution Day
December 8 (Monday) - Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 25 (Thursday) - Christmas
December 25-31 – Christmas Break *
In the Region of Murcia, in addition to national holidays, the following days are also closed:
April 17 – Holy Thursday (Murcia Region only)
June 9 (Monday) – Murcia Region Day 2024
* on these public holidays the institutions will be able to work according to a special timetable
And this is not the whole list of brilliant events and festivals on the Costa Blanca, because there is also the unforgettable Moors and Christians Festival, the Habanera Choral Singing Competition in Torrevieja, the Burial of the Sardine in Murcia, the All Saints Fair and many other unusual and exciting events that will make your stay here unforgettable..