National holidays
New Year’s Day - 1 January
Freedom Day - 25 April
Worker’s Day - 1 May
Portugal Day - 10 June
Feast of the Assumption - 15 August
Immaculate Conception - 8 December
Christmas Day - 25 December

Moveable public holidays:
Good Friday


School Holidays
For the 2012/13 academic year, school holidays are as follows:
- Christmas - 17 December 2012 to 2 January 2013
- Carnival - 11 to 13 February 2013
- Easter - 18 March to 1 April 2013
- Summer - end of June to mid-September