Festa da filloa de Lestedo, gastronomic festival in Boqueixón, Galicia

THE FILLOA DE LESTEDO FESTIVAL

The Filloa de Lestedo Festival is a gastronomic initiative to promote this traditional Galician dessert that is characteristic of Carnival time. Tastings, cooking shows, music, Generals of the Ulla, and filloa-making machines make up the programme of activities of this event that has been renowned as Festival of National Tourist Interest since 2024, which has been held for the 43^rd time this year.

THE RECIPE OF THE FILLOA DE LESTEDO

Dating from Roman times, the Filloa de Lestedo is made with wheat flour, eggs, water, and salt. With this basis, we obtain a delicious dish that can be used as a base for a wide ranging of versions, from traditional to modern. A product with high gastronomic value.

Dating from Roman times, the Filloa de Lestedo is made with wheat flour, eggs, water, and salt. With this basis, we obtain a delicious dish that can be used as a base for a wide ranging of versions, from traditional to modern. A product with high gastronomic value.

Opening Speech

The director of the programme ‘Galicia por diante Fin de Semana’ on Radio Galega, Isabel Pichel, will deliver the opening speech of the 42nd edition of the Filloa de Lestedo Festival. An excellent connoisseur of our product, she will be in charge of extolling it at the official opening of our event.

The 43^RD Festa da Filloa de Lestedo in figures

+ 47.000

participants in the different
activities

+ 70.000

Lestedo Filloas savoured
on the main day of the festival

+ 1 M €

of expenditure in the town
and surroundings

+ 240

local residents involved
in orgnanising the event

THE ULLA CARNIVAL

The Carnival of the Generals of the Ulla also forms part of the Filloa de Lestedo Festival programme. This is a traditional Carnival, declared to be of Galician Tourist Interest, that takes place in 8 municipal districts in the provinces of A Coruña and Pontevedra. Every year, Lestedo becomes the epicentre of this event featuring a gathering of the Generals of the Ullas, which brought together more than fifty horse riders this year.

LOCATION

The event takes place in the parish of Lestedo, in the municipal district of Boqueixón, A Coruña, on the first Sunday of Lent. The programme lasts for two weeks and includes all types of cultural, gastronomic, and leisure events.