Can you buy a shell in Santiago itself?

[rainswift]

I've got a pretty small scallop shell on a little bit of cord that only weighs 9g for the walk to Santiago de Compostela. I was thinking I'd like to pick up one of the big classic Camino shells with the Cross of St. James painted on it, as a souvenir to take home. Can anyone who has been in SdC comment on whether I can get a shell there? Or, if not there, what about in Finisterre or Muxia?

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

[trecile]

Absolutely. You can buy shells in Santiago and probably in Finisterre and Muxía too.

 

[rainswift]

Thanks! Thread over, answer found.

 

[trecile]

I should have mentioned that I know that you can buy a shell in Santiago because I have, twice.

 

[Kathar1na]

It looks like there is a new forum feature: It is possible to mark a thread when a question is answered and also to upvote and downvote posts in such threads. Which I just did of course, just to try it out . Can only moderators mark a thread as solved or the original poster?

 

[ivar]

It looks like there is a new forum feature: It is possible to mark a thread when a question is answered and also to upvote and downvote posts in such threads. Which I just did of course, just to try it out . Can only moderators mark a thread as solved or the original poster?

I am trying this out for now. Only in the Equipment section for now... the original poster can mark the correct answer or a moderator. Many threads on the forum will not have one correct answer, but for the question that does have one answer... here it is.

 

[Frankybaby66]

I've got a pretty small scallop shell on a little bit of cord that only weighs 9g for the walk to Santiago de Compostela. I was thinking I'd like to pick up one of the big classic Camino shells with the Cross of St. James painted on it, as a souvenir to take home. Can anyone who has been in SdC comment on whether I can get a shell there? Or, if not there, what about in Finisterre or Muxia?

Thanks in advance for your help.

It's pretty difficult to find anything that ISN'T shell-shaped in Santiago!
But yes, large scallop shells are available pretty much everywhere along the Camino. You'll even see them for sale/ for donations in the middle of forests.
Have a great Camino

 

[SeñorJacques]

I've got a pretty small scallop shell on a little bit of cord that only weighs 9g for the walk to Santiago de Compostela. I was thinking I'd like to pick up one of the big classic Camino shells with the Cross of St. James painted on it, as a souvenir to take home. Can anyone who has been in SdC comment on whether I can get a shell there? Or, if not there, what about in Finisterre or Muxia?

Thanks in advance for your help.

I know this has been answered as far as SDC is concerned, but just to confirm that there are plenty of places to buy the shells you describe in Fisterra - I bought mine at a small souvenir stand near the lighthouse at the very end of the cape (for ca. 3 euro, I think.) It felt very well deserved after making it as far as I could go!