T The XXXVII Gastronomic Days of El Bierzo are already underway. With thirty restaurants in the region and one in Valdeorras, this event will offer the public the most relevant products of the land. An edition that was attended by the scientist Saúl Ares, chairman of this Botillo Festival edition. Ares did not overlook his [...]
Bembibre participated last May in the so-called ‘World Map Challenge’, an Ecovidrio initiative to stimulate recycling. The challenge was overcome. It involved increasing the amount of recycled glass by 10% for May and June. The municipality got its prize: five containers vinyl with representative elements of the municipality. The big surprise has been that the [...]
The Cante de las Minas International Festival (La Unión, Murcia) has recognized the relevance of Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo. The festival was awarded with the Pencho Cros in the Gastronomy category. This event, which has just turned 60, is focused on the spread of flamenco art and mining songs. Bembibre’s Botillo [...]
The National Festival of Exaltation of the Botillo de Bembibre adds a new tourist recognition that highlights the importance of the event, which has been held in Bembibre since 1973. The El Bierzo County Council has approved a series of manifestations of regional interest in which it could not be missing this gastronomic event, which already has the declarations of provincial, regional and national interest.
Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo and the International Festival Cante de las Minas de La Unión (Murcia) began the twinning protocol in February 2020, on the occasion of the last edition of the gastronomic event in Bierzo. This year, our most representative event has received the ‘Pencho Cros’ Gastronomy award. This announcement [...]
On Saturday, February 6th, the town of Bembibre would have dressed up to host the 49th edition of Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo. The pandemic has not allowed it, but the television network La 8 Bierzo has reminded us of the importance of this day taking spectators in a journey through its [...]
Bembibre’s Botillo Festival could not be celebrated in 2021, but it did keep its commitment to the literary contest. The jury has decided that the work presented by Yolanda Navarro, from Bembibre, “The Last Supper”, will receive the award. 60 works were presented this year. It is possible to find the last awarded title and [...]
In a year marked by the pandemic, and despite the fact that there will not be an in-person Botillo Festival, the Bembibre Department of Culture has opted to maintain the literary contest. An event that encourages creation beyond, even, the municipality itself or the Bierzo region. […]
With the arrival of the date on which the National Festival of Exaltation of Botillo should be held, the mayor of Bembibre, Silvia Cao, has spoken about it on Radio Bierzo where she gave some clues as to how the next appointment can be. An in-person Botillo Festival "unthinkable", assured the mayor, who also assured [...]
If the Botillo de Bembibre Festival has an impact on the gastronomic field, its presence on the Internet is no less important, which continuously shows its benefits and what it manages to gather, edition after edition. But an important element was missing: having your own web portal. […]
