Listed below are the Costa Rican official holidays. On these days, most businesses close and there is little commercial activity:
January 1 New year's day
March 19 St. Joseph's Day (Patron Saint of the Capital City) Holy Week Thursday and Friday
April 11 Juan Santamaria's Day (National hero)
May 1 Labor Day
June 29 Saints Peter & Paul
July 25 Annexation of the Province of Guanacaste
August 2 Virgin of Los Angeles Day (Patron Saint of Costa Rica)
August 15 Mother's Day
Sept. 15 Independence day
Oct. 12 Discovery of America
Dec. 8 Immaculate Conception
Dec. 25 Christmas