Credential Stamps outside of Spain?

[vagabondette]

The thread about getting a stamp from Guinness in Dublin got me thinking about other places off the traditional camino route that might have stamps. After my camino I'll be visiting Portugal, Morocco, Italy, Turkey, Switzerland, Scotland and England and I'm wondering if people know of places to get stamps on my camino passport in any of those countries (I know of the places in Portugal as a camino route runs through there)? It'd be fun to kind of have my camino continue throughout my trip by collecting stamps from other places along the way.

Thanks

 

[Kitsambler]

Certainly all along the Le Puy route through France, in every town maire (town hall), lodging, and many churches one can get a credencial stamp.

 

[sillydoll]

When I took a group of walkers on the Coast to Coast in the UK in 2001, I had a 'credencial' made for them to have stamped at each overnight stop.
Add a few pages to your credencial and have it stamped at tourist offices, churches, monasteries, hotels etc.
It makes a lovely momento of the places you stayed in.

 

[vagabondette]

That's a good idea. They don't necessarily have to be a camino stamp. Did you find that most places like that had a stamp on hand?

 

[sillydoll]

Yes - most restaurants, bars, libraries, tourism offices, churches etc have stamps. On the Via Francigena there are very few dedicated pilgrim hostels but I still managed to fill a credencial with pretty stamps!

 

[borafi]

where & how can I the pilgrim's card before coming to the camino. intending to start on mid May 2012. are there places to get the pilgrims card on the way ? is it possible to get it by internet. what are the minimum walking distance to folfill the camino santiago de compostella demands ? Rafi

 

[sillydoll]

You can get one from Peterborough Pilgrims - based in the UK.
You can order one from Mundicamino.com
You can get one from your local Confraternity of St James if you become a member.
You can get one at the Pilgrim's Office in St Jean, at Roncesvalles, at the Pilgrim's albergue in Pamplona.
You need to have a stamp in your credencial from the places where you sleep in order to get a bed in the next albergue. You need to have two stamps per day on the last 100km in order to qualify for a Compostela.

 

[oursonpolaire]

Some churchgoing pilgrims have their credencial's first stamp from their parish (I have even seen bishops' seals used). I met a South African pilgrim who had his credencial stamped by the Spanish consulate which gave him his visa.