The most important holiday in Italy is August 15, the Opening of the Heavens. On this day, almost everything is closed and everyone heads to the coastal towns.
In addition to our well-known holidays such as Christmas, Easter, Ascension Day and Pentecost, we have more holidays in Italy:
National holidays
- January 1 (New Year’s Day),
- January 6 (Epiphany),
- April 5 and 6 (Easter),
- April 25 (National holiday, liberation day),
- March 8: Feast of the Woman (Mimosa)
- May 1 (Labor Day),
- 21st Sunday of June (Republic Day),
- August 15 (Assumption of Mary),
- November 1 (All Saints’ Day),
- December 8 (Mary Immaculate Conception),
- December 25 (Christmas),
- December 26 (St. Stephen’s Day).
- Regional holidays
- April 25 Venice
- June 24 Torino, Genova, Florence
- June 29 Roma
- July 2 Siena
- July 15 Palermo
- August 16 Siena
- September 19 Napoli
- October 4 Bologna
- November 3 Sad
- December 6, Bari
- December 7 Milano
On these days, government offices in those cities are closed.