Holidays in Rome

It’s always interesting to find out the holidays of the place you’re travelling to beforehand. This allows you to make the most of holidays, and also gives you an idea of when museums and other places of interest are closed.

Holidays

New Year: 1 January.
Epiphany: 6 January. It is celebrated on the day of the witch named Befana, who brings candy to good children and coal to bad children.
Maundy Thursday: (date varies).
Easter Monday: first Monday after Easter.
Liberation Day: April 25. Celebration of the end of Nazism.
Labour Day: 1 May.
Republic Day: 2 June. Commemoration of the day on which, after being under a Fascist regime, Italy became a republic.
Assumption Day: 15 August.
All Saints’ Day: 1 November.
Feast of the Immaculate Conception: 8 December.
Christmas: 25 December.
St. Steven’s Day: 26 December.