All Saints' Day (Spain)
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About
All Saints' Day (Todos los Santos) on 1 November is a national holiday when families visit and decorate cemeteries with flowers. In 2026 it falls on a Sunday, so the day off is observed in Andalusia on Monday 2 November.
Highlights
- National holiday honouring the dead
- Cemeteries adorned with chrysanthemums
- Andalusia observes the Monday substitute in 2026
Practical tips
- Try seasonal sweets like huesos de santo and buñuelos.
- Florists and cemeteries are busy in the days before 1 November.
- Shops close on the observed holiday; sights generally stay open.
Other upcoming events
Granada International Festival of Music and Dance 2026
One of Europe's oldest classical-music festivals stages a month of concerts, ballet and recitals in the incomparable setting of the Alhambra's palaces and gardens, plus venues across Granada. The 75th edition runs from June into July.
Velá de Santiago y Santa Ana 2026 — Triana
Triana's beloved summer street fiesta honours the district's patroness, Santa Ana, with six days of riverside revelry on Calle Betis and Plaza del Altozano. Nightly concerts, stalls and the daring 'cucaña' — a greased pole jutting over the Guadalquivir — define this most quintessentially Sevillian of celebrations.
Assumption of Mary (Spain)
The Feast of the Assumption on 15 August is a national public holiday and one of the high points of the Spanish summer, with patron-saint ferias in many towns. In Seville it falls during the sweltering, quieter August low season.