May 1, 2023 holiday

mspath

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• Feb 3, 2023

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For all planning to travel on May 1, 2023 --

In France, Spain and Portugal May 1 is Labor day/ Fête de Travail/ Día del Trabajador / Dia do Trabalho.
This is a public holiday and much will be closed. In 2023 it occurs on a Monday. Multitudes of tourists travel then.Transport and accommodation is usually heavily booked in advance.
Be prepared !!

 

Last edited: Feb 3, 2023

wisepilgrim

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• Feb 3, 2023

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It might be worth making a good list of these dates. Here are some more:
June 15th to June 17th in Santiago, book now if you can. The music festival causes a severe bed crunch.

 

snuz55

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• Feb 3, 2023

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mspath said:

For all planning to travel on May 1, 2023 --

In France and Spain May 1 is Labor day/ Fête de Travail/ Día del Trabajador .
This is a public holiday and much will be closed. In 2023 it occurs on a Monday. Multitudes of tourists travel then.Transport and accommodation is usually heavily booked in advance.
Be prepared !!

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It looks like the same in Portugal…

 

mspath

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snuz55 said:

It looks like the same in Portugal…

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Thanks for your update. I've now added Portugal to the list

 

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Tammom

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• Feb 3, 2023

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will busses be running on a regular
schedule?

 

lindam

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• Feb 3, 2023

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Tammom said:

will busses be running on a regular
schedule?

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I would think they would be following Sunday and holiday schedules.

 

Bob from L.A. !

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• Feb 5, 2023

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(May 1st.) - The same in England. Bank Holiday - A public holiday.
(For those starting their Via Francigena walk in Canterbury).