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. […]

The City Council of Bembibre will begin the process that allows an international recognition of the Festival de Exaltación del Botillo. With her sights set on the 50th anniversary (in 2022), the Councilor for Culture and Festivities, Belén Martín, considers that she must take this step because of her career and the interest that arouses [...]

A botillo of record, following in the ascending line of previous years, that maintains the interest of the citizens. And with a different format using the two pavilions as a dining room. In recent years, maintainers such as the coach Vicente del Bosque, the journalist Sergio Martín or the counselor of Development Juan Carlos Suárez [...]

“It is the first time that I am in Bembibre, my first foray into the Bierzo, and the first time that I am going to eat a botillo”. In this way, the maintainer of the XLVIII National Festival of Exaltation of Botillo, Ana Ibáñez, began her speech. But it is never too late, “I can’t [...]