Long Weekends · Spain
Long Weekends in Spain 2026
Spain has 14 long weekends in 2026 of 3 days or more, built around its public holidays. Below is the full list with bridge-day opportunities.
About long weekends
A long weekend is any continuous run of three or more non-working days created when a public holiday lands next to the weekend. For a Mon-Fri working week, the recipe is simple: a public holiday on a Friday or Monday creates an automatic three-day break, while a holiday on a Tuesday or Thursday becomes a four-day weekend if employees take the intervening bridge day (Spanish puente, French pont) off. Every long weekend on the Spain 2026 table below is calculated from the official public-holiday list, accounting for weekends, observed-day substitutions, and any consecutive-holiday clusters (Christmas + Boxing Day, Easter Friday + Monday, multi-day Eid breaks). For each row we show the calendar span, the total day count, the holiday(s) that anchor the break, and any bridge day that would extend it. Use this to plan annual leave for travel, family time, or extended remote-work blocks.
| Dates | Days | Triggering holiday | Bridge day |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1 – Jan 4, 2026 | 4 | New Year's Day | Yes — Friday, Jan 2 |
| Jan 3 – Jan 6, 2026 | 4 | Epiphany | Yes — Monday, Jan 5 |
| Apr 2 – Apr 6, 2026 | 5 | Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Monday | — |
| Apr 23 – Apr 26, 2026 | 4 | Day of Aragón | Yes — Friday, Apr 24 |
| May 1 – May 3, 2026 | 3 | Labor Day, Day of Madrid | — |
| Jun 4 – Jun 7, 2026 | 4 | Corpus Christi | Yes — Friday, Jun 5 |
| Jun 6 – Jun 9, 2026 | 4 | Day of Murcia | Yes — Monday, Jun 8 |
| Jul 25 – Jul 28, 2026 | 4 | Santiago Apóstol, Day of the Cantabrian Institutions | Yes — Monday, Jul 27 |
| Sep 5 – Sep 8, 2026 | 4 | Day of Extremadura | Yes — Monday, Sep 7 |
| Sep 11 – Sep 15, 2026 | 5 | National Day of Catalonia, Feast of Our Lady of Bien Aparecida | Yes — Monday, Sep 14 |
| Sep 11 – Sep 13, 2026 | 3 | National Day of Catalonia | — |
| Oct 9 – Oct 12, 2026 | 4 | Day of the Valencian Community, National Day of Spain | — |
| Dec 5 – Dec 8, 2026 | 4 | Constitution Day, Immaculate Conception | Yes — Monday, Dec 7 |
| Dec 25 – Dec 27, 2026 | 3 | Christmas Day, St. Stephen's Day | — |
How we count long weekends
A long weekend is a contiguous run of weekend days plus public holidays of 3 days or more. A bridge day is a single weekday between two off-blocks — taking it as leave creates an even longer break.