As every year, by looking at the 2025 calendar it is possible to understand, bridges and holidays in hand, how to take the greatest number of vacation days with the least number of days of leave taken.
It starts with New Year's Day, a Wednesday , with Epiphany falling on Monday , right after the weekend. Easter will instead be on April 20, very close to Liberation Day and May 1 , a combination that could allow the luckiest ones to enjoy an extended break.
Here's a summary of the holidays:
- New Year's Eve: Wednesday, January 1, 2025,
- Epiphany: Monday, January 6, 2025,
- Easter and Easter Monday: Sunday 20 and Monday 21 April 2025,
- Liberation Day: Friday 25 April 2025,
- Labor Day: Thursday, May 1, 2025,
- Republic Day: Monday 2 June 2025,
- Ferragosto: Friday 15 August 2025,
- All Saints' Day: Saturday, November 1, 2025,
- Immaculate: Monday 8 December 2025,
- Christmas Day and Boxing Day: Thursday 25 and Friday 26 December 2025.
And here's how to get 38 days of vacation with 9 of holidays : right at the beginning of the year with two days of vacation, Thursday 2nd and Friday 3rd January, it is possible to "attack" New Year's Eve and Epiphany and have a full 6 days of vacation, from 1st to 6th January.
Between Easter and April 25, with only three days of vacation (Tuesday 22, Wednesday 23 and Thursday 24 April 2025) you will be able to have 10 days off between April 18 and 27.
May 1, 2025 will be a Thursday, so taking only Friday, May 2, off will allow you to have a long weekend until May 4.
Three-day weekend also on June 2nd (Monday), as well as on Ferragosto, with August 15th falling on a Friday, and for the Immaculate Conception, with December 8th falling on a Monday.
At Christmas, by taking three days off, Monday 29, Tuesday 30 and Wednesday 31 December, you can take advantage of eight days off, from 25 December to 1 January 2026.
(Online Union)
