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A Record-Breaking Botillo Festival to Celebrate the Golden Anniversary of the Grandest Gastronomic Event
The Gala of the National Festival of Botillo Exaltation in Bembibre paid homage, with all honors, to its most emblematic sausage. And it featured a pavilion filled with an audience from the very beginning and a record-breaking dinner. Both the mayor, Silvia Cao, and the councilor for Culture, Festivities, Tourism, and Commerce, Belén Martín, reflected on this, expressing their pride for such a emblematic celebration that has been accompanied by a series [...]
“El onírico entomólogo”, by Javier Abelardo González Quintana from Palencia, receives the award for the literary contest of Botillo
The Jury of the Literary Contest of the National Festival of Botillo Exaltation in Bembibre, which met extraordinarily last Friday, has chosen the story "El onírico entomólogo", by Javier Abelardo González Quintana (Palencia, 1969), as the winner of this edition. González Quintana is a member of the Body of Procedural Management of the Judiciary Administration, serving as Legal Counsel at the Court of Cártama, province of Málaga. He is the author of [...]
The XII Jornadas de Pinchos del Botillo (Pinchos Days) have their winners
The 'Botillo 2.3' pintxo by O Pulpeiro has taken the first prize in the Botillo Pintxos Days, according to the evaluation of the jury that met this very evening. After the decision, the awards ceremony took place for the top six finalists of this twelfth edition of the competition. The winner received a plaque and a voucher for two people at Spa&Food, at The Rock Suite Spa. The top three are completed [...]
The ONCE coupon promotes the 50th Anniversary of the National Festival of Botillo Exaltation in Bembibre
The ONCE coupon for Saturday, February 11th, features the 50th Anniversary of the National Festival of Botillo Exaltation, celebrated in Bembibre on that date. Five and a half million coupons will spread awareness of this event in the Bierzo region, declared a National Tourist Interest Festival. […]
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 euros to support the participants and the suppression of the requirement of ornamentation of the premises. […]
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, Festivals, Tourism and Commerce, Belén Martín, today unveiled the winning image of the Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo. The [...]
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 achieve, entering the gastronomic Olympus. […]
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. […]
Awarded the restoration and tent installation services to two companies from Bercian
Bembibre City Council has awarded the services of restoration and decoration and installation of tents to the companies from Bercia Hanason Bierzo, S.L. and Carpalia S.L., the only two that submitted bids in the respective lots. […]
The Bembibre’s Botillo Festival continues to gain followers after the extraordinary reception of the XLIX edition
Bembibre wanted to enjoy his National Botillo Exaltation Festival again after the suspension of activities in 2021 due to Covid-19. For this reason, it is not surprising that this 49th edition returned in style, and in fact the mayor of Bembibre, Silvia Cao, during her speech was no stranger to the health emergency experienced until recently, although it has not yet been reached normal. […]
The Botillo Pinchos Days already have winners
The pincho of El Pulpeiro 'Botillo 2.2' has won the first prize in the Jornadas de Pinchos del Botillo, according to the jury's assessment. This morning the trophy was awarded to the six winners, as well as two tickets for the Festival del Botillo dinner for the first three. The first three places are completed, in second place, by the bar La Obrera, which this year participates for the first time with [...]
“Con el alma engalanada”, round table at the Cultural Week of the Botillo Festival
This Thursday, March 17, the Cultural Week of the National Festival of Exaltation of the Botillo will focus on the Bembibre Sewing Workshop, following the common thread of this edition of the gastronomic event. It will be with a round table, moderated by the Bembibrense journalist María Ángeles Cebrones, entitled “Con el alma engalanada”, at 8:00 p.m. in the Casa de las Culturas. […]
These are the creations of the establishments participating in the Botillo Pinchos Days (Jornada de Pinchos del Botillo)
Last Friday the Botillo Pinchos Days began and the jury is already preparing the verdict that will decide the name of the winner. There are still three days left for those who have not tasted these gastronomic delights, to enjoy their drink with a botillo skewer. It will be this coming weekend, coinciding with the National Festival of Exaltation of Botillo, on March 18, 19 and 20. To whet your appetite, these [...]
The Murcian Miguel Sánchez Robles wins the literary contest of the XLIX Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo
The professor of Geography and History and writer Miguel Sánchez Robles (Caravaca de la Cruz, 1957) has been the winner of the literary contest of the Bembibre’s Botillo Festival with the story Rosi “La blonde”. […]
Almost 600 tickets sold for the Botillo dinner on the first day of online sales
El primer día se han vendido cerca de 600 entradas para la cena del Botillo, concretamente 587. This figure shows the great interest in the cultural and gastronomic event that we celebrate in Bembibre. […]
Luis Larrodera, chairman of the XLIX Bembibre’s National Festival for the Exaltation of Botillo that will feature the performance of Pastora Soler
The presenter, actor, comedian and announcer from Zaragoza, Luis Larrodera, will be the maintainer of the XLIX National Festival of Exaltation of Botillo de Bembibre, which will be held on March 19 in the Manuel Marqués Patarita pavilion. The musical note will be borne by the artist Pastora Soler, who will present some of the most outstanding songs of her musical career. […]