Does siesta in spain happen everyday?

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kea5ter

A Siesta is not a fixed event, like Halloween or Midday, A Siesta is a break from your day.

Most Spanish workers start work early, maybe 6am, work till 11am and have a long break - until maybe 2 or 3pm and then work on till 6/7pm. Therefor having a normal working day but a long lunch break to allow them to have a big meal and a snooze afterwards.

Its less common in bigger cities, although you will still find alot of banks and shops closed for a few hours midday, and in suburban areas its alot more common.

Hope this helps

K

Xabier

around %99 of stores close for Siesta... local stores, banks ect.

Places like Hypermarkets usually stay open - also in touristic areas some thing's stay open.

BUT... it depends, in most schools they have siesta (p.d siesta translates to NAP) ... but not all schools

Most college's and univierties also don't have a siesta. but a siesta can be much more than a sleep. it can also be the lunch.

and many people still - I myself do - like to have a two hour lunch.

But it depend's on the person, their job, the region is also a factor - because of location. Not hot and cold. But for example in Madrid many of the bigger business offices won't have a siesta, also in tourist area's many thing's will stay open

a typical school/work day that includes siesta would be 09h00 - 12h30 then 15h30 - 17h00

I attend college, the only day's I get a "siesta" is Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. On a Monday I start around 13h00 (during a typical siesta)

Some places busses stop other places they don't. It depend's

EspaÃ±ola

Siesta is not scheduled.
In Spain we have lunch at 2 or 3 in the afternoon. I take a siesta after lunch when I'm tired and I don't have nothing better to do. Let's say It's not a job, It's a hobby!

prinzesa_perfecta

A siesta (Spanish pronunciation: [Ëˆsjesta]) is a short nap taken in the early afternoon, often after the midday meal. Such a period of sleep is a common tradition in some countries, particularly those where the weather is warm. The word siesta is Spanish, from the Latin hora sexta - "the sixth hour" (counting from dawn, therefore noon, hence "midday rest").

Afternoon sleep is also a common habit in the Philippines, China, Vietnam, Bangladesh, India, Italy, Greece, Croatia, Malta, the Middle East and North Africa.

It depends, for example, I do not have siesta. Young people usually don't. But most of the old people, always have :)

Kate J

yup.

34 Weeks Its a Girl!Due 06/18/09

Its basically a long lunch brake, mainly is Schools.
But when I worked at El Corte Ingles our lunch brakes where 2 and a half hours long, you don't necessary go and take a nap, but it does stand for nap.
Good luck

Turi

Commercial life does come to an end at the majority of stores. Some of the large chains are the exception.

On the personal level: more and more people are tending to shorten the lunch time and to get out of work earlier. That being said, there still are a lot of people who take two (or more) hours for lunch. Some go to the gym, other all the way back home for a warm home-cooked meal, etc. And yes, some do take a siesta (nap) during this time, but nowadays I think it is a minority of people who do that on a regular basis.

Vamp_Girl

Well i think siesta is spainish for sleep so yea it happens everyday. lol good luck on ur project!

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