Overview
- Mercadona will close across the Comunitat Valenciana, Galicia, Región de Murcia, Navarra and the Basque Country, affecting roughly 12 provinces and about 400 supermarkets.
- Stores in municipalities that declared San José as a local holiday will also close, even where the day is otherwise a normal workday.
- Where March 19 is not a holiday, Mercadona will operate on its usual 9:00–21:30 schedule, with normal hours resuming nationwide on Friday and the customary Sunday closure.
- In the Región de Murcia, major shopping centres plan to open, including Nueva Condomina, Thader, Noria Outlet, Atalayas, Dos Mares, Espacio Mediterráneo and Parque Almenara.
- Large retailers in Murcia announce specific holiday hours: El Corte Inglés (11:00–21:00) and Ikea (11:00–20:00) open, MediaMarkt and Leroy Merlin open with varying times, and supermarkets such as Carrefour, Alcampo and Lidl plan to trade.