Hermanos Torres
Mantenedores (Chairpeople)
Víctor Manuel
Music performance
The festival
Gastronomy, culture and tradition
The Botillo festival is one of the most relevant gastronomic events of northern Spain and it is also considered a Festival of National Tourist Interest in the country.
Bembibre’s Botillo Festival have been an annual gastronomic and cultural event since 1973. It enlightens the bond of this village population with this meat-stuffed pork intestine preparation.
Botillo is a meat-stuffed dish typical from the county of El Bierzo, in the Spanish province of León. Its main ingredients are the pork ribs and tail. It can also include the pig’s tongue, cheeks, shoulder blade, and backbone, but never exceeding 20% of the total volume.
Botillo is a kind of embutido (cold meat) normally consumed in the winter season for its high amount of calories. It is a product that has remained in popular culture as an emblematic food and tradition coming from the ancestors of the region.
Nowadays, this product is endorsed by the official logo of the Protected Geographical Indication. A sales description that certifies its quality of production in a specific area, which coincides with the limits of El Bierzo county.
With this background, the celebration of Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo keeps its popular culture with the elation of this delicacy in a party that has become one of the most important gastronomic events in north-western Spain. Not surprisingly, botillo has the capacity to bring together more than a thousand people in each edition.
Cultural event and gala dinner
The Festival consists of two parts: on the one hand, the institutional and cultural act, which includes the mantenedor’s (chairperson) speech and, on the other, the tasting of the botillo in a great gala dinner.
The main act also includes the, often musical, performance of groups or artists recognized on the national scene. Bembibre’s Botillo Festival has been attended, among others, by artists such as José Mercé, Bertín Osborne, Café Quijano, Shayla Dúrcal, Carlos Núñez, Diana Navarro, el Consorcio, etc.
After dinner, the event finishes with a ball to end this celebration that continues to gain followers every year.
Gastronomy, culture and tradition
The Botillo festival is one of the most relevant gastronomic events of northern Spain and it is also considered a Festival of National Tourist Interest in the country.
Bembibre’s Botillo Festival have been an annual gastronomic and cultural event since 1973. It enlightens the bond of this village population with this meat-stuffed pork intestine preparation.
Botillo is a meat-stuffed dish typical from the county of El Bierzo, in the Spanish province of León. Its main ingredients are the pork ribs and tail. It can also include the pig’s tongue, cheeks, shoulder blade, and backbone, but never exceeding 20% of the total volume.
Botillo is a kind of embutido (cold meat) normally consumed in the winter season for its high amount of calories. It is a product that has remained in popular culture as an emblematic food and tradition coming from the ancestors of the region.
Nowadays, this product is endorsed by the official logo of the Protected Geographical Indication. A sales description that certifies its quality of production in a specific area, which coincides with the limits of El Bierzo county.
With this background, the celebration of Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo keeps its popular culture with the elation of this delicacy in a party that has become one of the most important gastronomic events in north-western Spain. Not surprisingly, botillo has the capacity to bring together more than a thousand people in each edition.
The Festival consists of two parts: on the one hand, the institutional and cultural act, which includes the mantenedor’s (chairperson) speech and, on the other, the tasting of the botillo in a great gala dinner.
The main act also includes the, often musical, performance of groups or artists recognized on the national scene. Bembibre’s Botillo Festival has been attended, among others, by artists such as José Mercé, Bertín Osborne, Café Quijano, Shayla Dúrcal, Carlos Núñez, Diana Navarro, el Consorcio, etc.
After dinner, the event finishes with a ball to end this celebration that continues to gain followers every year.
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Bembibre will be present at FITUR on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Botillo Festival
The Bembibre City Council will be present at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) 2023, and will do so by promoting the town through the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo […]
The Bembibre City Council encourages participation in the XII Jornadas de Pinchos del Botillo (Pinchos Days)
Next Friday, January 20, restaurateurs who so wish may formalize their registration in the Jornadas de Pinchos del Botillo (Pinchos Days), which include the characteristic Pinchos Contest to recognize the best creations made with the typical sausage from Berciano. This twelfth edition has as novelties the economic contribution of 100 [...]
Registration is open to participate in the Bembibre Farm and Food Fair
The Municipal Festival Board has opened the registration period to participate in the Villa of Bembibre Farm and Food Fair, which will take place in the Bembibre Arena pavilion on February 10th, 11th and 12th, coinciding with the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo. […]
The tickets for the Bembibre’s Botillo Festival dinner were sold out on line
The first 1,200 tickets for the dinner of the Bembibre’s National Festival of the Botillo´s Exaltation were sold out in less than two hours. […]
This is the poster of the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo, signed by the Bembibrense Susana Gomes
Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo already has an official image for the poster and program of activities. This is the work of Susana Gomes, from Bembibrana, who has been the winner for the third consecutive year. The mayoress of Bembibre, Silvia Cao, and the councilor for Culture, [...]
The Torres´s brothers and Víctor Manuel will be the stars of the Botillo Festival that celebrates its golden anniversary
The brothers Javier and Sergio Torres will be the mantenedores- chairmen of the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo, which will be held on February 11th in the Manuel Marqués Patarita pavilion. Last November, the twin brothers were awarded three Michelin stars, the maximum that a restaurant can [...]
Tickets for the Botillo dinner will go on sale on January 9
ENTRADAS ONLINE AGOTADAS. Only 300 tickets available at physical point of sale People interested in attending the Botillo Festival dinner can purchase tickets from next Monday, January 9, online. Subsequently, on January 18 and 19, a face-to-face point of sale will be set up at the Casa de las Culturas. [...]
The Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo presents its commemorative logo of the 50th anniversary
The Councilor for Culture, Festivals, Tourism and Commerce of the Bembibre City Council, Belén Martín Díaz, today presented the commemorative logo for the 50th anniversary of the Botillo Festival, a cultural and gastronomic event that will take place on February 11th. […]
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Bembibre will be present at FITUR on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Botillo Festival
The Bembibre City Council will be present at the International Tourism Fair (FITUR) 2023, and will do so by promoting the town through the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo […]
The Bembibre City Council encourages participation in the XII Jornadas de Pinchos del Botillo (Pinchos Days)
Next Friday, January 20, restaurateurs who so wish may formalize their registration in the Jornadas de Pinchos del Botillo (Pinchos Days), which include the characteristic Pinchos Contest to recognize the best creations made with the typical sausage from Berciano. This twelfth edition has as novelties the economic contribution of 100 [...]
Registration is open to participate in the Bembibre Farm and Food Fair
The Municipal Festival Board has opened the registration period to participate in the Villa of Bembibre Farm and Food Fair, which will take place in the Bembibre Arena pavilion on February 10th, 11th and 12th, coinciding with the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo. […]
The tickets for the Bembibre’s Botillo Festival dinner were sold out on line
The first 1,200 tickets for the dinner of the Bembibre’s National Festival of the Botillo´s Exaltation were sold out in less than two hours. […]
This is the poster of the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo, signed by the Bembibrense Susana Gomes
Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo already has an official image for the poster and program of activities. This is the work of Susana Gomes, from Bembibrana, who has been the winner for the third consecutive year. The mayoress of Bembibre, Silvia Cao, and the councilor for Culture, [...]
The Torres´s brothers and Víctor Manuel will be the stars of the Botillo Festival that celebrates its golden anniversary
The brothers Javier and Sergio Torres will be the mantenedores- chairmen of the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo, which will be held on February 11th in the Manuel Marqués Patarita pavilion. Last November, the twin brothers were awarded three Michelin stars, the maximum that a restaurant can [...]
