Holidays & Festivals

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We love them and we’d love them more if they were uniform across the globe. Holidays and Festivals have a habit of happening after you’ve worked out your travel schedule to the last nanosecond. Find out how your trip figures with calendars around the world with JourneyMart’s exhaustive list.
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Date 2008 Occasion
January 1 New Year's Day
February 5 Carnival
March 21 Good Friday
May 1 Labour Day
May 24 Anniversary of the Battle of Pichincha
July 24 Simon Bolivar Day
July 25 Foundation of Guayaquil
August 10 Independence of Quito
October 9 Independence of Guayaquil (Guayaquil only)
October 12 Día de la Raza (Day of the Race)
October 31 National Flag Day
November 2 Memorial Day/All Souls Day  
November 3 Foundation of Cuenca
December 6 Foundation of Quito
December 25 Christmas Day  
December 31 New Year's Eve


Weekend
Saturday, Sunday