Italy Travel Planning
Italy Public Holidays 2027: All 13 Dates, the Long Weekends and What Closes
Italy has 13 national holidays in 2027, and Saint Francis on 4 October is a weekday off for the first time. Every date, the long weekends and what closes.
Italy has 13 national holidays in 2027, counting Easter Sunday.
One of them is back after half a century. Saint Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of Italy, is a national holiday again on 4 October under Law 151 of 8 October 2025, with the same effects as the others. In 2026 it fell on a Sunday, so nothing changed. In 2027 it is a Monday, and the country gets the day off for the first time, as greenMe explained when the law passed.
The rest of the year is less generous. Five holidays land on a Saturday or a Sunday, and Italy does not move them to the Monday.
Quick answer
National holidays: 13, Easter Sunday included.
On a weekday: seven. Friday 1 January, Wednesday 6 January, Easter Monday 29 March, Wednesday 2 June, Monday 4 October, Monday 1 November and Wednesday 8 December.
Three-day weekends: four. New Year, Easter, Saint Francis and All Saints.
Lost to the weekend: 25 April, 1 May, 15 August, Christmas Day and Saint Stephen's Day.
New: Monday 4 October, Saint Francis.
All 13 dates
| Date | Day | Holiday |
|---|---|---|
| 1 January | Friday | New Year's Day (Capodanno) |
| 6 January | Wednesday | Epiphany (Epifania) |
| 28 March | Sunday | Easter (Pasqua) |
| 29 March | Monday | Easter Monday (Lunedì dell'Angelo) |
| 25 April | Sunday | Liberation Day |
| 1 May | Saturday | Labour Day |
| 2 June | Wednesday | Republic Day |
| 15 August | Sunday | Assumption (Ferragosto) |
| 4 October | Monday | Saint Francis of Assisi |
| 1 November | Monday | All Saints (Ognissanti) |
| 8 December | Wednesday | Immaculate Conception |
| 25 December | Saturday | Christmas Day |
| 26 December | Sunday | Saint Stephen's Day |
The four long weekends
New Year runs from Friday 1 to Sunday 3 January. Easter is early, with the long weekend from Saturday 27 to Easter Monday 29 March. Saint Francis gives Saturday 2 to Monday 4 October, and All Saints follows four weeks later, from Saturday 30 October to Monday 1 November.
These are the weekends when Italians travel. Trains between the big cities sell out first, the motorways are busy on the Friday evening and the return, and the cities of art fill with domestic visitors. The two autumn weekends are new territory: a year ago neither existed.
The three Wednesdays are a different case. On 6 January, 2 June and 8 December many Italians take two days of leave and build a five-day break, which spreads the crowds across the whole week.
City holidays: the patron saints
Every city also stops for its own patron saint. Offices and schools close, and many shops follow. These are local days, not national ones.
Rome closes on Tuesday 29 June for Saints Peter and Paul. Florence, Turin and Genoa stop on Thursday 24 June for Saint John. Milan has Sant'Ambrogio on Tuesday 7 December, the day before the Immaculate Conception, which gives the city two holidays in a row. Naples celebrates San Gennaro on Sunday 19 September. In Venice, Saint Mark falls on 25 April, the same day as Liberation Day. Bologna's San Petronio is on 4 October, now shared with Saint Francis.
What closes
Schools, public offices, banks and post offices close on every national holiday. Shops have been free to open on holidays since 2012, and in the historic centres many do. Christmas Day, New Year's Day and Easter Sunday are the days when most stay shut, supermarkets included.
Museums follow their own calendars. Many state sites open on holidays, with Christmas Day and New Year's Day as the usual closures. Check the site's own page for the exact date. Local buses and regional trains usually switch to their Sunday timetable.
In Rome, Republic Day on 2 June brings the military parade along Via dei Fori Imperiali, with roads closed around the Colosseum and Piazza Venezia that morning.
The mistake to avoid
Do not plan a first visit to Florence or Venice for 2 to 4 October or 30 October to 1 November without booking. Until now those were ordinary autumn weekends. In 2027 they are three-day breaks for the whole country, in some of the best weeks of the year for the weather.
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