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Peter Fransiscus

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• Jun 25, 2017

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According to the website of the Spanish Federation of Friends of the Camino de Santiago arrived on 23 - 06 Pilgrim 100.000 in the Pilgrims office in Santiago .

Wish you well,Peter.

 

SYates

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• Jun 25, 2017

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I wonder if s/he got a special Compostela? Or a bunch of flowers? Just kidding Buen Camino, SY

 

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• Jun 25, 2017

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Peter Fransiscus said:

According to the website of the Spanish Federation of Friends of the Camino de Santiago arrived on 23 - 06 Pilgrim 100.000 in the Pilgrims office in Santiago .

Wish you well,Peter.

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Wow where were they when I was walking on April and early May, apart that is from semana santa?

 

Peter Fransiscus

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• Jun 25, 2017

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It was a male biker and there where no flowers.

 

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• Jun 25, 2017

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SYates said:

I wonder if s/he got a special Compostela? Or a bunch of flowers? Just kidding Buen Camino, SY

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I read that the couple got a special blessing in the Cathedral.

 

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• Jun 25, 2017

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That is up from 35, 000 at the end of March.

 

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• Jun 25, 2017

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Wow!
World goes crazy we walk for sanity.
Buen camino

 

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• Jun 25, 2017

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Peter Fransiscus said:

It was a male biker and there where no flowers.

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A bell for his bike would have been nice beats been shouted at from afar

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Peter Fransiscus said:

According to the website of the Spanish Federation of Friends of the Camino de Santiago arrived on 23 - 06 Pilgrim 100.000 in the Pilgrims office in Santiago .

Wish you well,Peter.

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That's for the year so far? Am I reading that correctly?

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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alaskadiver said:

That's for the year so far? Am I reading that correctly?

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Yes , thats correct.
Wish you well,Peter.

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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alaskadiver said:

That's for the year so far? Am I reading that correctly?

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Yup!

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Anemone del Camino said:

Yup!

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Yeah, that just seems insane. I wonder what it will be when the year ends? At the rate it's going now.

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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alaskadiver said:

Yeah, that just seems insane. I wonder what it will be when the year ends? At the rate it's going now.

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Way too many.

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Anemone del Camino said:

Way too many.

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Wow. For once I think we agree on something

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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alaskadiver said:

Wow. For once I think we agree on something

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Walk a few more C., and we may agree on more .

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Anemone del Camino said:

Walk a few more C., and we may agree on more .

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I'm working on that for 2018. We might walk with our friend the first part of the Frances for 2 weeks or if he can't make that work, we might do the Primitivo again. All contingent on my plantar fasciitis getting resolved.

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Am walking again this year starting on 13th July. If the numbers are as high as suggested I'll be finding another route I think.

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Is this for pilgrims arriving from all routes?

 

Kieran Kenneally

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• Jun 26, 2017

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I reckon so that doesn't account for those who only do a few stages so pretty busy I think

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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GPeachy said:

Is this for pilgrims arriving from all routes?

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Yes, the 100.000 are the arrivels from all routes.
Wish you well,Peter.

 

Peter Fransiscus

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Kieran Kenneally said:

I reckon so that doesn't account for those who only do a few stages so pretty busy I think

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The number is for the Pilgrims who got there Compostela.
Wish you well,Peter.

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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Never had any issue with crowds on any of my Camino's, but I always go in early April. Not only for the lack of crowds, but to avoid the blazing heat. April can be a wet month, but in 4 years in a row now we have barely ever used our rain gear. But given the choice, I would take rain over 35 to 40 C heat any day.

 

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• Jun 26, 2017

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In my experience on less populated Caminos and with repeat offenders you can add at least 20% to that number. Not everyone walking and ending their Camino in SdC is obtaining the Compostela. Therefore they/we are not in that statistics

 

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• Jul 1, 2017

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zrexer said:

Never had any issue with crowds on any of my Camino's, but I always go in early April. Not only for the lack of crowds, but to avoid the blazing heat. April can be a wet month, but in 4 years in a row now we have barely ever used our rain gear. But given the choice, I would take rain over 35 to 40 C heat any day.

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Boy, I agree...I wouldn't even consider doing it in the summer because of the heat and because of the mobs of people. We walked in September and in May another. While both times of the year were fabulous, I would have to say the September experience was a bit nicer because of the grape harvest!

 

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• Jul 4, 2017

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Elizabeth-o said:

Boy, I agree...I wouldn't even consider doing it in the summer because of the heat and because of the mobs of people. We walked in September and in May another. While both times of the year were fabulous, I would have to say the September experience was a bit nicer because of the grape harvest!

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And the blackberries!

 

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• Aug 30, 2017

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The figure has doubled as of August 22 to 200,000. In years past, there were that many pilgrims but 9 days later and three weeks later. So, bottom line, not that many, considering. Historically, there are less foreigners - in July and August only.

What is most encouraging for those who've "been there, done that" is that in July 2017, the Frances counted for 57% of camino choices with the Portuguese "only" 18% (met less than a dozen pilgrims), the Norte 8% (saw 6 pilgrims in 40 days), the Ingles 5%, the Via de la Plata 3,5% (12 pilgrims max), the Portuguese by the Coast 2% with others less than one percent.

For those who care to discover other itineraries off-season, far from the maddening crowds, not included in official stats (less than half of one percent) is the Ruta de la Lana from Alicante to Burgos via Cuenca, which looks quite attractive.

Yet another, truly off the map, not yet recognized by the Obispado in Santiago is The Way of Saint James through Eastern Portugal, from the most beautiful village of the Algarve, Tavira.

Yearly official stats are available as PDF's here.

 

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MarcosdeParticuba said:

The figure has doubled as of August 22 to 200,000. In years past, there were that many pilgrims but 9 days later and three weeks later. So, bottom line, not that many, considering. Historically, there are less foreigners - in July and August only.View attachment 35916.

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@MarcosdeParticuba , welsome to the forum.

Thank you for this beautiful picture but especially for the heads up on this rarely talked about Portuguese route.