After the Easter break, we all asked the same question: when will the next holiday be? For the inhabitants of Aragón and Castilla y León, the date was April 23 (day of both communities). The rest of Spain had to wait until this Friday, May 1: International Workers’ Day, which is a national holiday.
The fact that it falls on a Friday automatically creates a three-day national long weekend, mandatory and non-substitutable in all autonomous communities.
In the special case of the Community of Madrid, where the regional holiday is Saturday, May 2, Madrilenians will have the same three-day break as the rest of the national territory, unlike last year when a four-day long weekend was formed because the community holiday fell on a Friday.
Other localities combine local holidays with the national holiday, achieving extra-long weekends of up to 5 consecutive days.
Why is May 1 celebrated?
Beyond the rest, these days have a deep historical significance. May 1 commemorates the 1886 demands in Chicago for the eight-hour workday. In Spain, after being suspended in 1936 and transformed under the patronage of Saint Joseph the Worker in 1955, the holiday was restored with its original character in 1978.
Which municipalities will enjoy the 4-day long weekend
Much luckier than Madrilenians will be the inhabitants of the localities that have established April 30 as a local holiday:
Andalusia:
Atajate and Genalguacil (Málaga)
Aragón:
Abiego, Antillón and Villanova (Huesca), Burbáguena and Tramacastiel (Teruel), Pinseque and Sediles (Zaragoza)
Asturias
Somiedo (Fair)
Balearic Islands
Alaior (Menorca)
Castilla La Mancha
La Gineta (Albacete), Pedro Muñoz (Ciudad Real), Almodóvar del Pinar and San Lorenzo de la Parrilla (Cuenca), Chozas de Canales, Ciruelos, and Menasalbas (in Toledo)
Castilla y León
Muro (district of Ólvega, Soria), Villar del Río and Yanguas (Soria), Cabezón de Pisuerga and Villamarciel (Valladolid), Burganes de Valverde and Valdefinjas (Zamora)
Catalonia:
Òdena (Barcelona), La Torreta (district of Roca del Vallès, Barcelona). Cistella, Navata, Ordis, Palau de Santa Eulàlia, Pau, Regencós, Saus, Camallera i Llampaies, Siurana, Vilabertran and Vilanant (all in Girona). Clariana de Cardener (Lleida) and its districts (Hortoneda, Sant Just i Joval and Sant Ponç)
Community of Madrid
Anchuelo, Berzosa de Lozoya and Colmenar de Oreja
Valencian Community
Balones (Alicante), Costur (Castellón) and La Pobla de Benifassà (also in Castellón)
Murcia
Ulea
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On the other hand, a considerable number of localities in Spain have set May 4, 2026 as a local holiday, often coinciding with celebrations linked to the Holy Cross. In these cases, the break will also be 4 days (from Friday to Monday inclusive). The lucky ones are:
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Andalusia:
Huércal de Almería (Almería); Agrón, Alquife and Benalúa de las Villas (Granada); Aljaraque, Almonaster la Real, Berrocal and El Campillo (Huelva)
Aragón
Capdesaso and Santa Cruz de la Serós (Huesca); Bordón and Nogueruelas (Teruel); Borja, Cadrete, Malanquilla, Paracuellos de Jiloca, Sádaba, San Martín de la Virgen del Moncayo and Santa Cruz de Moncayo (Zaragoza)
Canary Islands
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
Castilla-La Mancha
Alpera, Balazote, Balsa de Ves, Lezuza, Pozo Lorente, Riópar, Tinajeros, Viveros and Yeste (Albacete); Carrizosa, Picón and Saceruela (Ciudad Real); Villar de Olalla and Villares del Saz (Cuenca); Buenaventura, Ciruelos, Lillo, Lominchar, Mazarambroz, Navalmoralejo, Noblejas, Noez, San Martín de Pusa, Santa Olalla, Valmojado and the locality of Piedraescrita (Toledo)
Castilla y León
Cardeñosa, Garganta del Villar, Narros de Saldueña and Riocabado (Ávila); Baquerín de Campos and Pedraza de Campos (Palencia); Añover de Tormes (Salamanca); Torremediana, Muriel de la Fuente, Rioseco de Soria, Santa María de las Hoyas and Serón de Nágima (Soria); Ataquines, Cervillego de la Cruz, Curiel de Duero, El Campillo, Villabáñez and Villamuriel de Campos (Valladolid); Andavías, Bermillo de Sayago, Cañizal, Castro de Sanabria, Riego de Lomba, Grijalba de Vidriales, Donadillo, Bercianos de Aliste, Santa Clara de Avedillo and La Torre del Valle (Zamora)
Catalonia
Cabanelles, Darnius, El Far d’Empordà, Sant Miquel de Fluvià, Vilafant, Vilamacolum and Vilamaniscle (Girona); Can Cartró, Aguilar de Segarra, Castellgalí, Rajadell and Salomó (Barcelona); Aguilar, Ciutadilla, Penelles, Torrelameu, El Cogul and Els Torms (in Lleida); Maspujols and Sort (Tarragona)
Valencian Community
Senija (Alicante); Ares del Maestrat, Canet lo Roig, Catí, Chóvar, Cirat, San Jorge and Vallat (in Castellón); and Bicorp and Domeño (in Valencia)
Other localities
Castañeda and Santa Cruz de Bezana (Cantabria); A Teixeira (Ourense, Galicia); Erbi (Álava) and Orexa (Gipuzkoa) in the Basque Country; Aguilar del Río Alhama, Mansilla de la Sierra and Quel (in La Rioja); Abanilla and Caravaca de la Cruz (Murcia) and Sánsoain (Navarra)
Localities with XXL holiday: 5 days off
There are five localities that will have an extra-long weekend at these dates, as they have both April 29 and 30 among their local holidays. They are Anchuelo (Community of Madrid), Costur (Castellón, Valencian Community), Genalguacil (Málaga, Andalusia), Pinseque (Zaragoza) and Villanova (Huesca).
Something similar happens with the locality of Ciruelos (Toledo, Castilla La Mancha) which has officially established its two local holidays for April 30 and May 4.
Another 7 localities have their local holidays set for May 4 and 5, which also allows them to enjoy a five-day long weekend, from Friday to Tuesday inclusive. These are Senija (Alicante); Chóvar (Castellón), Lezuza and Tinajeros (Albacete), Piedraescrita (Robledo del Mazo, Toledo); Civit (Talavera, Lleida), and Valdesogo de Arriba (Villaturiel, León).