| 1/1/1988, Fri | New Year's Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 2/15/1988, Mon | Carnival/ Rose Monday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 2/16/1988, Tue | Carnival/ Shrove Tuesday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 3/27/1988, Sun | Palm Sunday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 3/31/1988, Thu | Holy Thursday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Banks are not closed per Bank of Portugal.
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| 4/1/1988, Fri | Good Friday |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 4/3/1988, Sun | Easter |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 4/25/1988, Mon | Liberty Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 5/1/1988, Sun | Labor Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 6/2/1988, Thu | Corpus Christi |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 6/10/1988, Fri | Portugal Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 6/23/1988, Thu | St. John the Baptist Eve |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Huge fireworks display
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| 6/24/1988, Fri | St. John the Baptist Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- Porto saint’s day. This is observed in Porto and Braga ONLY.
1999 Businesses choose to open or not
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| 8/15/1988, Mon | Assumption |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 10/5/1988, Wed | Republic Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
- Note
- *New Addition
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| 11/1/1988, Tue | All Saints' Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/1/1988, Thu | Independence Day/Youth Day |
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/8/1988, Thu | Immaculate Conception |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
|
| 12/24/1988, Sat | Christmas Eve |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 12/25/1988, Sun | Christmas Day |
- Religion
- Christian
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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| 12/31/1988, Sat | New Year's Eve |
- Banks Closed
- PM
- Religion
- –
- Disrespectful to Hold an Event
- –
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