Is 19th March a bank holiday?

[Ursula]

Can anyone confirm please if 19th March (Father´s Day /San Jose) is a bank holiday this year?

Ta

[Jennifer]

Hi,
On my Jaén Calendarios there is nothing listed for March 2009

Although a "website" does list it as Public Holiday...check in Mercadona (there are other supermarkets ) to see if they are closing.

J

[julian]

no holiday in andalucia...we had 28th february instead!

[redsoxbrit]

Well, the schools are closed so I would assume it is........

[pilgrim2]

Are they?? Im sure ours is open, will check tomorrow.

[Andy1]

Think it depends on area. Our schools are shut today (puente) and tomorrow for San Patricio as it is our Patron Saint, but the village 3 kms away is open for business as normal. To my knowledge, schools are open on Thurdays, but who knows, we only usually find out a day before!

[redsoxbrit]

Yes, Mercadona is closed on Thursday in this area and the schools are closed on Thursday and Friday (puente)

[julian]

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where are you exactly redsoxbrit?is the patron saint of your town san jose maybe?

Calendario laboral 2009 Andalucía
Posted by gon October 11, 2008

Seguimos con el tema del Calendario Laboral 2009. Esta vez le toca el turno a la comunidad de Andalucía. Según lo aprobado por el Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía, el 15 de julio de 2008, serán festivos los siguientes días.

1 de enero, jueves: Fiesta de Año Nuevo. Fiesta en toda España.
6 de enero, martes: Día de la Epifanía, es decir, de la Adoración de los Reyes Magos. Fiesta en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía y en otras comunidades autónomas.
28 de febrero, sábado: Día de Andalucía. Fiesta de la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía.
9 de abril, jueves: Festividad del Jueves Santo. Fiesta en la Comunidad Autónoma de Andalucía y en otras comunidades autónomas.

[Jool]

Its in red as a bank holiday on our local Town Hall issued calendar.....

[spanbox]

Its a Public Holiday in Coin and the La Trocha Shopping Centre is closed.

[julian]

it should be a holiday in most of spain except andalucia, the 19th is definitly not an official holiday in andalucia "según lo aprobado por el Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía, el 15 de julio de 2008" !!
looks like a few civil cervants are cheating !!

[spanbox]

Be that as it may.......................They are closed

[cannylass]

Not always falling on the same date, this Thursday is known as 'dia de la vieja' mainly in the eastern Almeria region.
It is celebrated each year on the Thursday which coincides with the middle of Lent (This year 19th March) and is always the Thursday before the english 'mother's day'.
Families and friends go to the countryside or beach to have a pic nic lunch....a kind of break from the fasting of Lent.
At sunset a colourful paper doll, La Vieja, (the old one) is broken up to liberate the sweets within.
The destruction of the ‘old lady’ symbolises the end of winter.

[El Cid]

it should be a holiday in most of spain except andalucia, the 19th is definitly not an official holiday in andalucia "según lo aprobado por el Consejo de Gobierno de la Junta de Andalucía, el 15 de julio de 2008" !!
looks like a few civil cervants are cheating !!

It's a holiday in La Herradura in Granada province. It is not a holiday in "most of Spain" - only certain areas.

It doesn't stop people taking the day off and travelling.

http://www.typicallyspanish.com/news/pu ... 0519.shtml

Sid

[julian]

La jornada de mañana es festiva en nueve comunidades autónomas. Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, Castilla y León, Comunidad Valenciana, Galicia, Murcia, Navarra, La Rioja y Euskadi son las comunidades en las que, por ser festivo el jueves, se espera un mayor movimiento de vehículos.

it´s holiday in many areas of Spain, not including andalucia