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54th Cabrales Cheese Contest 2026

54th Cabrales Cheese Contest 2026

In search of the best Cabrales cheese in the world

Aug
25

Martes

2026
Aug
30

Sunday

2026
54th Cabrales Cheese Contest 2026

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WhenFrom 25-Aug-2026 al 30-Aug-2026
Where Sands of Cabrales - Cabrales


Latitude: 43.3025055 Length: -4.8188567
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Here we share the agenda of the events organized in Cabrales to celebrate the most famous cheese competition in Asturias.

The main day is Sunday, August 30st . The event has been declared a Festival of Regional Tourist Interest . From 10:00 AM and throughout the day, in addition to the cheese competition itself, there will be exhibitions, tastings, sales of Asturian products, a parade of folk groups, and much more.

A total of 14 cheeses will compete to win the award for best Cabrales in this new edition, and will then be auctioned in the traditional auction.

Brothers Iker and Eneko Pou will be the official announcers of the 54th Cabrales Cheese Competition . The renowned Basque climbers and mountaineers will be in charge of kicking off this year's event.

Nuria Prieto Cotera, an athlete from Cabrales, has been chosen as "Xana Naranjo de Bulnes ," after the Association of Historical Climbers of Naranjo de Bulnes awarded her the "José Ángel Lucas" Young Promise Award this year.

Hortensia López Sánchez , at 79 years old, has been chosen as the Head Shepherdess of the Picos de Europa . This is a tribute to a lifetime dedicated to livestock farming and the production of Cabrales cheese.

August 25, 26, 27 and 28
12 hours.
Free Cabrales cheese tastings. Tasting room of the Cabrales PDO Regulatory Council.
Carreña de Cabrales.
Prior registration at 985 845 335.

August 26th, XNUMX
18 hours.
Puppet Workshop.
Asturian Mythology for boys and girls. Inside the Traditional Market or Athenaeum.

August 27th, XNUMX
from 10:00h 14:00h
Free entry and visit to the Cabrales Cheese Exhibition Cave. Until capacity is reached.
Arenas de Cabrales.

18 hours.
Concert: "If Beethoven were Asturian." Arenas de Cabrales Public Park.

August 28th, XNUMX
12:30/13:30 hours.
Book presentation: "In the defeats of Nava", by Luis González Fernández. Ateneo Cabraliego. Moderator: Alberto Pardo.

August 29th, XNUMX
18 hours.
Pancho and Cundo Memorial. Arenas de Cabrales Public Park.
• Asturian Song
• I ran, I ran
• Cuévanu Concert.

August 30th, XNUMX
54th Cabrales Cheese Competition
Arenas de Cabrales.



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