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Public Holidays in Portugal

Portugal is officially named as the Portuguese Republic and is a famous country especially for visiting. There are some Portugal public holidays that you must keep in mind if you are visiting the state. As on these public holidays Portugal, everything might be close, or there might have some offers which you can advantage of. So in total, Portugal public holidays are almost 20. All of these Portugal holidays and celebrations are given on special occasions and are celebrated by everyone in the country.

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Public Holidays Portugal

The first holidays of Portugal holidays 2018 and Portugal holidays 2019 is of the New Year’s Day which is given on
1st of January every year by the government.
Then next holiday arrives on end Friday of March which is named as Good Friday.
The next Sunday that comes after this Friday is named as Easter Sunday and is included in the Portugal holidays and traditions.
Then 25th April is celebrated as Freedom day is one of the most favorite public holidays Portugal 2018/2019 of the people. On this day the patriotism of the nationals is on peak and is one of the best days you can witness there.
1st May is also included in the list of Portugal public holidays, and on these days workers are given an off as it is labor day.
21st of May is celebrated as Azores day then 31st May as Corpus day.

Portugal National Holidays 2019

Portugal national holidays 2019 as well as Portugal national holidays 2019 include the holiday of the National day of Portugal which comes on 10 June each year.
St Anthony’s day is celebrated in Lisbon only on 13 June which is also included in the list of Portugal public holidays 2018 as well as Portugal public holidays 2019.
In the same month on 24 June St John’s day is given a holiday in
Porto,
Braga,
Almada,
Figueira da Foz.
Madeira day is celebrated on 1st July which is only for the Madeira island. 15th August is considered as Assumption of Mary.
5th October is also one of the Portugal public holidays which is the Republic day of the country.
Then 1st November is All Saint’s day.
December has most of the Portugal public holidays. 1st December is the Restoration of Independence Day, and 8th December is the Immaculate Conception day.
On 24th December all the banks of the country are closed due to Christmas Eve. 25th December is celebrated as Christmas Day by the whole nation.