Credencial in Santiago?

[dermotlavelle]

Hi there...we (couple) are walking the final section of the Camino Frances from Sarria to Santiago de Compostela over 5 days this coming Easter. We arrive into Santiago airport on a Wednesday morning and are getting a bus to Sarria that same evening. However, we firstly need to go into Santiago city centre to drop off some luggage at a hotel we plan to stay at when we finish the walk (we are staying in Santiago for a few days after the walk). Will it be possible for us to get our Camino 'passports' (credencial) in Sanitago when we are there the day we arrive before getting the bus to Sarria? I know you can them from the society of St. James in Ireland in advance of travelling but if we don't go with that option I'm wondering if we can get them in Santiago. I hear they are available in Sarria also but it may be late when we get there Wednesday evening and we plan to start walking early Thursday morning so the Sarria office may be closed at both those times. Many thanks in advance!

 

[Deleted member 3000]

The Pilgrim Office has credentials. Explain your plans. They don't sell them to go FROM Santiago, but will sell them if you are headed somewhere else in order to GO to Santiago.

 

[fortview]

Hi,
Apparently it's good practice to get two stamps ( sellos) a day if you are walking the last 100 km . Not difficult to do though...
Buen camino

 

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Apparently it's good practice to get two stamps ( sellos) a day if you are walking the last 100 km

The requirement for two sellos a day is written on the credential!

La Credencial también explica claramente que cada peregrino debería poner en la credencial dos sellos al día, al menos en los últimos 100 Km., en el caso de los peregrinos a pie o a caballo, o en los últimos 200 Km. para los peregrinos en bici. El resto de las páginas de la credencial contiene casillas para ir sellando a lo largo de la ruta de peregrinación. Los sellos se consiguen normalmente en los lugares donde duermen los peregrinos, como los albergues, pero también se pueden obtener en parroquias, monasterios, catedrales, hostales, ayuntamientos y otros lugares.

 

[fortview]

Doh
Doesn't hurt to mention it here though, in case of difficulty in translating that info ?

 

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No one (almost) on the Camino speaks English, and your credential will have the instructions in Spanish! It is never too early to learn to deal with that.