>>2813643
There's a lot of Spaniards on the bike (proportionally). Only 9000 people a year take Via De La Plata (as opposed to 300,000 on the French). But proportionally speaking, it probably has the highest number of bicyclists to walkers.

Keep in mind tho the route is UNWALKABLE, during the summer because the temperatures in the desert rise to 50 degrees celsius. Early Spring or Late Autumn are your best bets.

No I didn't see any gypsies.

I am at two minds of recommending it, because the reason it was so awesome is because there were so few people, so the more of you fuckers walk it the more lame it will become, but I think it's fairly inaccessible to the tourists, because you are forced to do 30-40km days sometimes, you can't ship your bags and the temperature is much more inhospitable than the other routes, so it deters tourists.

One of my favorite aspects is the fact that I never had to worry about Albergue, they were never full because of the low traffic, I did days as long as 50-60km arriving near 8pm and I still had available beds.

I did genuinely meet a lot of cool people, after arriving to Santiago and deciding to walk to Fisterra it dawned on me how touristy the commercial routes are.

I've heard good things about Primitivo, Inverno and North if you wanna walk a less commercial route. Avoid the French route especially the last 100km from Sierra, it's a zoomer/tiktok/instagram influncer infested hellhole.