Puente de la Constitución 2026: the December long weekend in Spain
In 2026 Constitution Day (6 Dec) falls on a Sunday and the Immaculate Conception (8 Dec) on a Tuesday. In 10 regions the BOE list also shows Monday 7 Dec as a public holiday, so people who work Monday to Friday there get Saturday 5 to Tuesday 8 off. Everything below comes from the official pages listed under Sources, checked on 22 October 2026.
The three dates
- Sunday 6 Dec: Día de la Constitución Española. It falls on a Sunday this year. The BOE list for 2026 shows no separate row for it; it shows "Lunes siguiente al Día de la Constitución Española" (Monday 7 Dec) instead.
- Monday 7 Dec: a holiday only in the regions listed in the next section.
- Tuesday 8 Dec: Inmaculada Concepción. The BOE list marks it as a national holiday, not replaceable by regions, in all 17 autonomous communities and in Ceuta and Melilla.
Where Monday 7 Dec is a public holiday
Source: the BOE resolution of 17 Oct 2025 (BOE-A-2025-21667), built from the lists that all 17 autonomous communities, Ceuta and Melilla sent to the Ministry of Labour. It marks 7 Dec as a holiday in these 10:
- Andalucía
- Aragón
- Principado de Asturias
- Cantabria
- Castilla y León
- Extremadura
- Comunidad de Madrid
- Región de Murcia
- La Rioja
- Ciudad de Melilla
Where the BOE list shows no 7 Dec holiday
These 9 have no 7 Dec entry in the same BOE list: Illes Balears, Canarias, Castilla-La Mancha, Cataluña, Galicia, Comunidad Foral de Navarra, País Vasco, Comunitat Valenciana and Ciudad de Ceuta. Tuesday 8 Dec is still a holiday there. Whether you get Monday off anyway depends on your employer, so check your contract and your region's calendar. Each municipality can also have up to two local holidays, published in the regional or provincial bulletin (BOE-A-2025-21667, fundamentos de derecho, cuarto): check your town's calendar.
What is typically closed
- Shops. Spanish law lets each region decide on which Sundays and holidays shops may open: at least 16 a year by default, never fewer than 10 (Ley 1/2004, art. 4). When two or more holidays come together, regions must give priority to allowing opening on at least one of them (art. 4.5.a), but that is a criterion, not a promise for your town. Some shops set their own days and hours: bakeries, press shops, florists, fuel stations, convenience stores, shops in stations and tourist areas, and small shops under 300 m² (art. 5). Expect many other shops to be closed on 8 Dec, and on 7 Dec in the regions above.
- Public offices. For deadline counting, the state administration treats Saturdays, Sundays and national non-replaceable holidays as non-working days, plus each region's own holidays (BOE-A-2025-23702). The same resolution says this does not by itself decide whether offices open or whether you can use the registries. Check the office's own notice.
- Banks. We found no official source on bank branch hours for these days and list none. Check your bank's app or branch door.
- We give no opening hours: they differ by shop, city and region.
If you're alone this weekend
- Things to do alone in Madrid (en español)
- Things to do alone in Barcelona (en español)
- Alone in Valencia: questions and answers
- Christmas markets 2026: opening dates and how to go alone
Buy food, medicine and cash before the weekend, and use these pages to find a plan for Saturday to Tuesday. For urgent problems call 112.
Portugal: 1 and 8 December
Law 8/2016 (Diário da República, 1 April 2016) changed art. 234(1) of the Código do Trabalho so that the mandatory holidays include 1, 8 and 25 December; its art. 1 names 1 December as the Restauração da Independência. In 2026 both 1 Dec and 8 Dec are Tuesdays. We checked this law as published; later amendments to the Code were not checked, and the law does not name 8 Dec.
FAQ
- Is the Constitution Day holiday moved to Monday everywhere in Spain? No. The BOE list shows Monday 7 Dec as a holiday in 10 regions (Andalucía, Aragón, Asturias, Cantabria, Castilla y León, Extremadura, Madrid, Murcia, La Rioja, Melilla). In the other 9 it shows none.
- Is Tuesday 8 Dec a holiday in every region? Yes. The BOE list marks the Inmaculada Concepción as a national holiday, not replaceable, in all 17 autonomous communities and in Ceuta and Melilla.
- Will shops be open? It depends on region, shop type and size. By law regions pick the Sundays and holidays when shops may open, and some shops choose their own days (Ley 1/2004, arts. 4 and 5). Check the shop before you go.
- My region is not on the Monday list. Is 7 Dec a day off? Not as a public holiday in the BOE list. Any day off is arranged with your employer; check your contract and your town's local holidays.
Sources
- BOE-A-2025-21667, Resolución de 17 de octubre de 2025, Dirección General de Trabajo, relación de fiestas laborales para 2026: https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2025-21667
- BOE-A-2025-23702, Resolución de 18 de noviembre de 2025, calendario de días inhábiles de la Administración General del Estado para 2026: https://www.boe.es/diario_boe/txt.php?id=BOE-A-2025-23702
- BOE-A-2004-21421, Ley 1/2004, de 21 de diciembre, de Horarios Comerciales (arts. 4 and 5, consolidated text): https://www.boe.es/buscar/act.php?id=BOE-A-2004-21421
- Portugal: Lei n.º 8/2016, de 1 de abril, Diário da República, 1.ª série, n.º 64 (art. 234 n.º 1 Código do Trabalho): https://files.dre.pt/1s/2016/04/06400/0111201116.pdf
- Regional bulletins were not read one by one: the regional choices are taken from the BOE resolution, which publishes the lists sent by each community. Local holidays are in the regional or provincial bulletins.
Last checked: 2026-10-22.
Also read: Closed days in November 2026
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