Long weekends 2026 in Italy: what is left in December
The year is nearly over, but two bridges are still ahead: enter how many leave days you have left and the planner puts them where they pay off most.
Long weekends 2026 in Italy: using 4 leave days
14 days off
Each leave day buys 3.5 consecutive days off.
| Thu 1 January – Tue 6 January | 2 → 6 days |
| Sat 30 May – Tue 2 June | 1 → 4 days |
| Sat 5 December – Tue 8 December | 1 → 4 days |
1 day no longer extend a long weekend: free to plan, for a summer break for instance.
| Take leave | Leave days | Off in a row | Days off | Thanks to |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 January – Mon 5 January | 2 | Thu 1 January – Tue 6 January | 6 | New Year's Day, Epiphany |
| Mon 1 June | 1 | Sat 30 May – Tue 2 June | 4 | Republic Day |
| Mon 7 December | 1 | Sat 5 December – Tue 8 December | 4 | Immaculate Conception |
| Take leave | Leave days | Off in a row | Days off | Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 January | 1 | Thu 1 January – Sun 4 January | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 5 January | 1 | Sat 3 January – Tue 6 January | 4 | Epiphany |
| Mon 1 June | 1 | Sat 30 May – Tue 2 June | 4 | Republic Day |
| Mon 7 December | 1 | Sat 5 December – Tue 8 December | 4 | Immaculate Conception |
| Mon 28 December – Thu 31 December | 4 | Fri 25 December – Sun 3 January | 10 | Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day, New Year's Day |
| Tue 7 April – Fri 10 April | 4 | Sat 4 April – Sun 12 April | 9 | Easter Sunday, Easter Monday (Pasquetta) |
| Mon 27 April – Thu 30 April | 4 | Sat 25 April – Sun 3 May | 9 | Liberation Day, Labour Day |
| Mon 21 December – Thu 24 December | 4 | Sat 19 December – Sun 27 December | 9 | Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day |
| Wed 7 January – Fri 9 January | 3 | Tue 6 January – Sun 11 January | 6 | Epiphany |
| Wed 3 June – Fri 5 June | 3 | Tue 2 June – Sun 7 June | 6 | Republic Day |
| Wed 9 December – Fri 11 December | 3 | Tue 8 December – Sun 13 December | 6 | Immaculate Conception |
Prepared by Radif Partners · Method · Law 260/1949 and amendments checked on 28 October 2026
Two bridges remain in 2026, and they are among the best of the year. The Immaculate Conception falls on a Tuesday: a single leave day on 7 December gives 4 days off, from 5 December to 8 December. Then Christmas, on a Friday, with St Stephen's Day on Saturday and New Year's Day 2027 on a Friday again: 4 leave days, Mon 28 December – Thu 31 December, give 10 days off in a row up to 3 January 2027. If your contract gives you 24 and 31 December off, 3 leave days buy 11 days off. Over the whole year, ten leave days spread at best were worth 28 days off; for the months already gone the tool still shows the result, handy for comparing 2026 with 2027 and 2028.
The bridges at the end of 2026, day by day
The table sorts every bridge of 2026 from the best value down. The first ones, costing a single leave day, are nearly all behind us: 2 January, 5 January before Epiphany and 1 June before Republic Day. The one on 7 December remains. Among the longer ones, Christmas week remains, the best of the year because it joins three holidays.
| Take leave | Leave days | Off in a row | Days off | Holiday |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 2 January | 1 | Thu 1 January – Sun 4 January | 4 | New Year's Day |
| Mon 5 January | 1 | Sat 3 January – Tue 6 January | 4 | Epiphany |
| Mon 1 June | 1 | Sat 30 May – Tue 2 June | 4 | Republic Day |
| Mon 7 December | 1 | Sat 5 December – Tue 8 December | 4 | Immaculate Conception |
| Mon 28 December – Thu 31 December | 4 | Fri 25 December – Sun 3 January | 10 | Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day, New Year's Day |
| Tue 7 April – Fri 10 April | 4 | Sat 4 April – Sun 12 April | 9 | Easter Sunday, Easter Monday (Pasquetta) |
| Mon 27 April – Thu 30 April | 4 | Sat 25 April – Sun 3 May | 9 | Liberation Day, Labour Day |
| Mon 21 December – Thu 24 December | 4 | Sat 19 December – Sun 27 December | 9 | Christmas Day, St Stephen's Day |
2026 was the first year with 4 October as a holiday, but St Francis fell on a Sunday and brought nothing; All Saints' Day was a Sunday too. The first 4 October that makes a bridge is in 2027, on a Monday: see St Francis, 4 October.
Christmas 2026 with and without Christmas Eve off
Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve are not public holidays. If your contract or employer gives them off, choose "Days off" in the tool's extra options: the year-end block then starts on 24 December and 3 leave days stretch it to 11 days. Without them you need 4 days for 10.
Long weekends 2026 in Italy: using 4 leave days
Long weekends 2026 in Italy: using 4 leave days
14 days off
| Thu 1 January – Tue 6 January | 2 → 6 days |
| Sat 30 May – Tue 2 June | 1 → 4 days |
| Sat 5 December – Tue 8 December | 1 → 4 days |
If you still have 2026 leave and are unsure whether to use it now, remember the rule in article 10 of Legislative Decree 66 of 2003: two weeks within the year, the rest within eighteen months. Your minimum leave is worked out on the annual leave page; next year's bridges are on the long weekends 2027 page.
2026 compared
What the same number of leave days buys changes a lot from year to year, because it depends on how many holidays fall on a weekday. In 2026 there were 7, in 2027 there will be 7, in 2028 11.
| Year | 5 leave days | 10 leave days | 15 leave days |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 14 | 28 | 40 |
| 2027 | 11 | 25 | 35 |
| 2028 | 18 | 32 | 42 |