National Holidays in Italy

National and Public Holidays in Italy are as follows.

On national holidays you may find information offices closed, museums open for shorter hours and public transport running a limited service. Be forewarned by checking the dates of your vacation against the list below.

(Note that Easter Monday is a mobile feast-day, and changes every year, while all the other holidays keep to the same date.)

• January 1: New Year's Day**
  
• January 6: Epiphany
  
• March 28: Easter Monday (in 2005)
  
• April 25: Liberation Day
  
• May 1: Labor Day**
  
• June 2: Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic
  
• August 15: Feast of the Assumption (also known as Ferragosto)
  
• November 1: All Saints
  
• December 8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception
  
• December 25: Christmas Day**
  
• December 26: St. Stephen's Day (Boxing Day)
  (The dates marked ** are particularly difficult: practically all museums and monuments are shut and many restaurants too.)

As well as the above national holidays, each town celebrates the feast-day of its patron saint, which differs from town to town.
Dates for the major cities are as follows:

• Rome: June 29 (Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul)
  
• Florence: June 24 (Feast of St. John the Baptist)
  
• Venice: April 25 (Feast of St. Mark - but also Liberation Day and a holiday anyway)
  
• Naples: September 19 (San Gennaro)