Holidays & Festivals
Costa Rica:
Holidays:
January 1 – New Year’s Day
March 19 – Feast of St. Josephs
April-Easter Sunday – Holy Week
April 11 – Anniversary of the Battle of Rivas
May 1 – Labor Day
June – Corpus Christi
June 29 – St. Peters and St. Pauls Day
July 25 – Guana Caste Annexation
August 2 – Our Lady of Angels
August 15 – Mother’s Day
September 15 – Independence Day
December 25 – Christmas
Festivals:
February-March – Orchid Show in Cartago
Mid-March – Day of Oxcart Driver
July 25 – Week of the Annexation of Guanacaste
Week of October 12 – Carnival in Limon
Week of Christmas – Parades in San Jose
