An iconic filming fix has become a tourism mecca for fans of Game of Thrones , changing the focal point of a long - standing religious shrine from John the Baptist to Jon the Bastard .
Spanish newspaperEl Paisreported on the touristry stiletto heel at San Juan de Gaztelugatxe in Basque , Spain , the location for Dragonstone in Game of Thrones . At least 75,000 people chaffer the site and climbed its step in July alone , which polish out to over 2,400 people per day . The local government activity has welcomed the addition in tourist , but it ’s also flow the risk of damaging a shrine that ’s served as a pilgrimage for many Christians .
The government ’s provincial Environment Department is working on ways to balance Game of Thrones tourism with conservation of the iconic religious shrine . option admit limit the identification number of tourists and transportation or charging a fee to reach the staircase .
The isle bear 241 steps that take to a hermitage ( later a monastery ) for John the Baptist , who ’s believed to have once visited the island — though it ’s never been proven . The hermitage has technically stomach there since the 9th century , though it ’s burned down before and is no longer absorb . Once a pilgrim has mount the rock steps to the monastery , they ’re encouraged to call up the church three time for luck .
Given that at least 2,400 people were visiting the site day by day , that means up to 7,200 ship’s bell ring . Every . Single . daytime . That ’d ferment anyone into the Grinch . All the noise noise noise noise noise noise noise noise … .
[ El Pais ]
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