New Year's Day
Moveable
Carnival
Tuesday, date varies. This is an optional holiday, although it is usually observed. 47 days before Easter Sunday.
Moveable
Good Friday
Friday before Easter
Moveable
Easter
Sunday, date varies.
25 April
Freedom Day
Celebrates the 1974 Revolution that ended the Dictatorship and started Democracy
1 May
Labour Day
Moveable
Corpus Christi (feast)
Thursday, date varies. 60 days after Easter Sunday.
10 June
Portugal Day
Dia de Portugal, de Camões e das Comunidades Portuguesas
National Day
13 June
St Anthony's Day
Local holiday
15 August
Assumption
5 October
Republic Day
Celebrates the end of Monarchy and the beginning of the Portuguese Republic
1 November
All Saints Day
1 December
Restauration of Independence
Celebrates the end of the Iberian Union (1580-1640)
8 December
Immaculate Conception
25 December
Christmas Day
