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Example sentences for: siesta

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A day’s itinerary is often confounded, as shops, offices, mosques, and museums are closed for religious or patriotic festivals, prayers, traditions, or a summer afternoon’s siesta.
Department stores do not close for the siesta.
You can buy almost anything here, from foodstuffs to footwear, but be advised that the siesta still reigns in this part of Spain and nothing is open between about 2pm and 5pm.
However, enjoying a lunch of fresh fish, followed by a siesta in a hammock strung between two palms makes the trip absolutely worthwhile.
During the hottest hours, things come to a virtual standstill, though the Caribbean siesta is an hour or two shorter than its Mediterranean counterpart.