Botafumeiro - A group request a service

[jsmith199]

I will be traveling the Camino Frances in June and plan to arrive in SdC on July 14th. I will be there for two nights. I have read that the cathedral will provide a special service with the botafumeiro for groups who are paying. Does anyone know more about this and is anyone interested in forming a group?

 

[wayfarer]

All I know is that its supposed to cost about €300

 

[JohnnieWalker]

Hola

As the summer progresses tour groups book and pay for the botafumeiro frequently so it is used more often than in the winter months. The Chamber of Commerce has also arranged for the botafumeiro to fly every Friday evening at 7.30pm.

John

 

[miguel_gp]

All I know is that its supposed to cost about €300

I understand that the cost has now changed depending on the type of group requesting it. See this post from JohnnieWalker which gives more detailed information.

Mig

 

[Deleted member 3000]

It just was swinging at the 1930 mass. This summer it was swung for free at the Friday evening mass, but today someone will have paid.

 

[piogaw]

All I know is that its supposed to cost about €300

Please ask johnnie walker to clarify the fees. I believe he mentioned €300 euros as a minimum. But in his website, he mentioned €800 for tourist in group of less than 50. Is the €300 for school, church or pilgrim group? Or is it for everybody as a minimum fee?

 

[JohnnieWalker]

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/botafumeiro.17262/#p125091

 

[Kathy F.]

I went to Mass at the Cathedral about three times, at different times of day and on different days, during the end of my Camino. I was surprised, and delighted, to find that the butafumeiro was swung at all three Masses.
At any rate, my purpose for going to the Cathedral was not to see the (admittedly famous) swinging of the incense, but to give thanks for all the lessons of the Camino, to pray for the safe return home of all the members of my new Camino family, and to ask for blessings for my family and friends who supported me, long distance, every step of the way.
In other words, serendipity may allow one to see the butofumeiro anyway!
Kathy
PS - I notice the original poster has, hopefully, long since finished his/her Camino and is at home, no doubt wistfully toying with the butofumeiro keychain he/she picked up in Santiago, already planning the next visit.

 

[piogaw]

http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/botafumeiro.17262/#p125091

Thanks john.

Sorry i did not see the first line. So it is €300 minimum.

God bless.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

It was just swinging for the Pilgrim Mass.

 

[Deleted member 3000]

It is swinging today at the Pilgrim Mass, and there is a gaggle of robed men. It is probably swinging for them rather than the pilgrims...