Entry to the Cathedral

Camo said:

Thanks for that but OMG these people walk 800 km and then have to wait in a queue in the hot sun? - makes me glad I am relegated to being a virtual pilgrim

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The majority hasn’t walked 800 km. And nobody has to go at 1 pm. These people had chosen to go at a time of the day when many others had the same idea. The first pilgrim mass of the day will start in 7 minutes at 7:30 am. There are no queues. The pews in the transept are empty, barely a dozen people are sitting there.

The Cathedral is open from 7 am in the morning until 9 pm in the evening, and the Camarín for the Embrace of the Apostle is open from 8:30 am until 7:30 pm.

The queues in the screenshots appear so long because the midday pilgrim mass is still going on and the portals have been closed for an hour so as to not disturb those who attend mass. As soon as mass ends the queues will start to move and they move quickly.