Credencial stamp Location

[RayZee]

Where can I get my credencial stamped in Vila Franca de Xira?

Is there a master list of stamp locations for the Camino Portugues (Lisbon to Santiago)?

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[dougfitz]

I got mine stamped where I stayed at Hostal DP. I didn't check if there were other places that might provide a stamp.

As to master list, not that I know of, and I just wonder why you think such a thing would exist. I got stamps at cafes, pastelarias, restaurants and churchs, as well as albergues B&Bs, hostels and hotels. It was never a problem.

 

[RayZee]

I've done a bit of reading on the Camino Portugues and it seemed that the authors always mentioned that finding a stamp location wasn't as easy as it was on the Frances, Also, I didn't expect that there was a list but if you don't ask.......

 

[jungleboy]

Most Portuguese hotels and some other businesses have business stamps for official purposes. They’re not camino-specific stamps but they are fine for your credential.

 

[mspath]

You can always ask at a police station.

December 2011 when I arrived at
Caldas de Reis much was closed for siesta; I was pooped and could neither find the tourist office nor an open albergue.

When I entered to ask for help at the local police station they formally stamped my Credential and kindly directed me to a nearby open bar.

 

[dougfitz]

Also, I didn't expect that there was a list but if you don't ask.......

True.

If this is your first camino, you might be surprised about how organic you find it. Many, if not most, things get provided, supplied or otherwise happen because of the initiatives of local people, friends organisations or town councils. There are some central sources, such as Gronze, but largely I think the Camino is a wonderful example of a bottom-up arrangement.

The CP appears to have somewhat stronger central mechanisms, although this appears focussed on coordinating the routes to Fatima. Where the two routes join together, south of Santarem and north of Ansiao, you can see some influences that a central body might have made in waymarking and signboards being more consistent.

 

[roving_rufus]

Apart from Lisbon itself, i never had issue on CP with finding a stamp - yes they aren't as ubiquitous as on the camino frances but they aren't difficult to find. Most accomodation used to having pilgrims have one (or can tell you were to get one). But many government offices and businesses have some form of stamp, many churches too but often locked up in sacristy.
My current credentials on a route from home in Ireland which is definitely off any high traffic pilgrim route includes stamps from cafes, churches, libraries, government offices, accomodation, bars, bakeries, ferry operator, tourism offices, post office, shops, ... very few actual "pilgrim" stamps but official or business ones make up most of them. Part of my fun is now finding unusual places to find a stamp! (I am only missing one day which was a public holiday and everything was closed, even the campsite had no staff on duty.) But it won't be anywhere as tricky on the CP to find one!

 

[trecile]

Apart from Lisbon itself, i never had issue on CP with finding a stamp

I got a stamp at the Se Cathedral in Lisbon

 

[Lindsay53]

I got my stamp at Hostel DP in Villafranca De Xira, but most cafes and all hostels and albergues will have a stamp. You will have no trouble getting one.

 

[henrythedog]

If not, improvise. My ‘bits and pieces’ credencial has stamps from unsuspecting offices, signatures, doodles and the label from a can of anchovies; all of which would be accepted as proof of passage.

 

[roving_rufus]

I got a stamp at the Se Cathedral in Lisbon

I arrived too late and left too early for the cathedral one, which is why I found it tricky. But elsewhere on the CP pilgrims are more easily recognised than in the crazy busy Lisboa, and far easier to find stamps.

 

[dougfitz]

I arrived too late and left too early for the cathedral one, which is why I found it tricky. But elsewhere on the CP pilgrims are more easily recognised than in the crazy busy Lisboa, and far easier to find stamps.

I got mine on a Sunday, immediately following the midday mass. If I hadn't attended that, I wouldn't have been let anywhere near someone who was able to find the stamp, and almost immediately I left, it appeared that there wouldn't be any way for a pilgrim to get their credencial stamped.

 

[La Rubia]

We got ours on a Sunday afternoon at the Se in Lisbon - didn't realize that the cathedral's loja (store) would be closed, but asked and a kindly gentleman unlocked the drawer and stamped our credencials.

 

[El Cascayal]

I got stamps at cafes, pastelarias, restaurants and churchs, as well as albergues B&Bs, hostels and hotels. It was never a problem.

And don’t forget pharmacies. On my first Camino, I managed to get plenty of Farmacia stamps.

 

[roving_rufus]

And don’t forget pharmacies. On my first Camino, I managed to get plenty of Farmacia stamps.

Never thought of pharmacies! That will be on list of places to try to get a stamp from.

 

[dougfitz]

And don’t forget pharmacies. On my first Camino, I managed to get plenty of Farmacia stamps.

I didn't get stamps at pharmacies, but will add it to my list of places should I visit them more frequently than I otherwise do.

 

[trecile]

Until the last 100 km I usually just get a stamp at my albergue or hotel.

 

[roving_rufus]

Until the last 100 km I usually just get a stamp at my albergue or hotel.

I suspect we have deviated from the original question...maybe time to start a new thread

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/unusual-places-to-collect-sellos-stamps.77938/

 

[dougfitz]

I suspect we have deviated from the original question...maybe time to start a new thread

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/unusual-places-to-collect-sellos-stamps.77938/

Really? I suspect that you just wanted an excuse to start a new thread.

 

[Lost Pilgrims]

Where can I get my credencial stamped in Vila Franca de Xira?

Is there a master list of stamp locations for the Camino Portugues (Lisbon to Santiago)?

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We stayed at the Pensao Ribatenjana in Via Franca de Xira in 2017 and were able to get a stamp there. https://g.co/kgs/CmTsNp

 

[Lost Pilgrims]

Also, there is an app called Jaco Stamp which has stamp locations all over Spain, Portugal and France.