The holidays Three Kings, Carnival and May 1 fall on days that generate more rest days this 2023. Date by date, see which ones remain this year:
Long weekend for May 1st
Saturday 30, Sunday 31 and Monday May 1. The non-working holiday for Workers’ Day that does not run from May 1, there is a long weekend the last days of April and the first of May.
Long weekend for August 25
Friday the 25th, Saturday the 26th and Sunday the 27th. The holiday for the Declaration of Independence, on August 25, generates a non-working holiday that does not run.
Long weekend for Christmas
Saturday 23, Sunday 24 and Monday 25 December. On the occasion of Christmas 2023 on December 25, there will be a long weekend between the 23rd and Monday the 25th.
This 2023 there are at least five holidays that fall on Friday or Monday throughout the year.
There are three working holidays in Uruguay that fall on the previous Monday in case they fall between Tuesday and Friday, to generate long weekends and promote tourism: April 19 (Desembarco de los Treinta y Tres Orientales), May 18 (Batalla de Las Piedras) and October 12 (Day of race).
The intention of President Luis Lacalle Pou is that the holidays do not run, since its raison d’être is not tourist.
However For that to happen, it must be modified by law. The Executive sent a bill to Parliament, but since September 2021 it has not yet been treated. hUntil it is done, those three holidays will continue to run.
