Tenerife's official public holidays for 2013

[Janet]

I've been a day out over the last 24 hours or so ... 

edited. 

[Myrtle Hogan-Lance]

According to their site, Mercadona is open tomorrow morning, closed Friday.  I will be going shopping and if unsuccessful, will post in the Tenerife Rant thread.

[Nova]

A late reminder that tomorrow 1st May is a public holiday across Spain.   

[Guanche]

And Friday in Santa Cruz.

[Janet]

Although not a Tenerife-wide public holiday, a fiesta today in Los Realejos draws people from around the island and even further afield. The Exaltación de la Santa Cruz (Día de la Cruz) is known for providing the best fireworks display in Tenerife, and indeed, one of the ten best in the whole of Spain.

The fiesta is famous for the participation of the Hermanos Toste in a competition between two streets in Los Realejos for the best firework display, a tradition that started, incredibly, in 1770. The Hermanos Toste themselves date back to 1788 and have a factory in Los Realejos, the only one in the Canaries that makes fireworks. Tonight's display will be affected by the economic crisis, they say, but will still be a stunning exercise in light, colour and sound ... and it was deafening when I went a few years ago! The short video above of 2011′s displays will hopefully give some idea of what to expect.

[Janet]

If anyone wants to watch live ...

http://www.losrealejos.travel/

[Janet]

 Just a reminder that this Thursday, 30 May, is a Canaries-wide public holiday for Día de Canarias. The official notices of events are HERE but there will be events everywhere, many involving traditional aspects of Canarian life - food, costume, music, sport, etc.  Needless to say, most shops and offices will be closed. JA

[Janet]

Just a reminder that this Thursday, 15 August, is a Canaries-wide public holiday for Asunción de la Virgen. As usual, most shops and offices will be closed.

[Janet]

Now that we're in October, we're also in Arona's fiestas del Santísimo Cristo de la Salud, and the municipality will have a public holiday next Monday, 7 October. It is followed the subsequent Monday, 14 October, by a public holiday in Adeje, for the fiestas de Santa Úrsula. Further north, 21 October is a local holiday both in El Tanque for the fiesta del Santísimo Cristo del Calvario, and in Santa Ursula for Día de Santa Úrsula, and the 25th is a fiesta in Buenavista del Norte for the Festividad de Nuestra Señora de los Remedios. Apart from the local holidays, Saturday, 12 October, is a national holiday throughout the whole of Spain for the Día de la Hispanidad. JA

[Nova]

I hadn't realised about next Monday