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The only "registration" that you have to do for the Camino is to pre-register with the Pilgrim's Office in Santiago towards the end of your Camino if you want a Compostela.I have one already (purchased from Ivar) but was still planning to go to the Pilgrim's office in SJPP to register
There is no requirement to register, as others have already said, at the start of the camino. Your fist stamp can be provided anywhere, and you should make sure that you fill in the date this occurs inside the front cover of the credential and the name of the town where you started. The Pilgrim Office in SDC will stamp this page when you collect your Compostela as well as providing a 'final' stamp on the last page of the credential. That said, I have often collected stamps after that from places I have then visited after the end of my Camino to remind me of what I did after arriving at the end.My question is this: do I NEED to go to a Pilgrim's office to register OR can I just show up at the municipal/main albergue in Pamplona (or wherever I start) on my first day, Pilgrim's Passport in my eager hand, and be 'official'?
In my recent experience, February, this is not accurate.The only "registration" that you have to do for the Camino is to pre-register with the Pilgrim's Office in Santiago towards the end of your Camino if you want a Compostela.
That's exactly my thinking too. It is a complete journey for me if I walk from my starting point to Santiago or another pilgrimage destination. Doesn't matter if that is 10km, 100km or 1000km. And it certainly doesn't have to be from some completely arbitrary starting point like SJPDP. Cherry-picking sections would ruin the experience for me.Given it's my first camino and first pilgrimage, the most important thing for me is to walk one path from wherever I start and make a complete journey all the way to Santiago de Compostela. If need to start a little further up the road, so be it.
No. In fact, several of my Caminos started from the hotel I stayed in the night before departure. Some started at a church. I cannot recall any that startted from a pilgrim office.Ultreia, y'all!
I am excited to start my first camino soon and have a question about the first time I use my Pilgrim's Passport. I have one already (purchased from Ivar) but was still planning to go to the Pilgrim's office in SJPP to register, get useful information from volunteers, and be excited with others starting out. However, given time limitations with my job, I may have to start a little further up the road than SJPP to make it in time to Santiago before I have to fly home.
My question is this: do I NEED to go to a Pilgrim's office to register OR can I just show up at the municipal/main albergue in Pamplona (or wherever I start) on my first day, Pilgrim's Passport in my eager hand, and be 'official'?
Does the mere fact of possessing the Pilgrim's Passport make me official OR do I need have something done to to the Pilgrim's Passport first to make it (and me) official on my first day of the Camino? I should add I am planning on staying at albergues that are for pilgrims only and that don't take reservations.
I speak Spanish and could figure it out once I'm there, but I thought I would ask here since you folks know everything!
I am trying to be a responsible 'newbie" and I promise I searched the threads before asking this but couldn't find this specific information, though I suspect it's there somewhere. I also promise I will not start a new thread to ask about whether to use a rain poncho or a rain jacket, even though I am tempted because still don't know what to do about that.
Finally, I have learned a lot reading on this site and want to thank you all.
Et suseia!
I almost always arrive in December. I never preregister. When I get to the pilgrim office I do it there in about a minute on the touchscreen. I am sure when things are busier it would be better to preregister so you don’t get aced out. But this is one of the many reasons I walk when it is quiet and on less traveled caminosIn my recent experience, February, this is not accurate.
You are encouraged to register online before you reach Santiago and obviously it helps the Pilgrims' Office to manage numbers. But it is not mandatory. If you forget or don't have, or won't use the smartphone technology, you can still receive a Compostela. There is a touch screen inside the door of the Office where you can enter your basic details (which are transmitted to the issuing desk) before you join the queue for a Compostela.
If your time is limited, skip the journey to SJPdP as it’s not particularly easy to reach,
I think you have a good grasp of the most important thing.I really, really want to start in SJPP and feel a little sad about possibly not being able to, but I am trying to accept it might not happen this time given my work obligations and be at peace with whatever I get to do. Given it's my first camino and first pilgrimage, the most important thing for me is to walk one path from wherever I start and make a complete journey all the way to Santiago de Compostela. If need to start a little further up the road, so be it.
My experience is no you do not need to register. When I arrived in SJPDP, the office was closed for a very long lunch and I never got back to register or get my stamp from them (one of my few regrets). I did get a stamp from the albergue I was staying at and that was enough.Ultreia, y'all!
I am excited to start my first camino soon and have a question about the first time I use my Pilgrim's Passport. I have one already (purchased from Ivar) but was still planning to go to the Pilgrim's office in SJPP to register, get useful information from volunteers, and be excited with others starting out. However, given time limitations with my job, I may have to start a little further up the road than SJPP to make it in time to Santiago before I have to fly home.
My question is this: do I NEED to go to a Pilgrim's office to register OR can I just show up at the municipal/main albergue in Pamplona (or wherever I start) on my first day, Pilgrim's Passport in my eager hand, and be 'official'?
Does the mere fact of possessing the Pilgrim's Passport make me official OR do I need have something done to to the Pilgrim's Passport first to make it (and me) official on my first day of the Camino? I should add I am planning on staying at albergues that are for pilgrims only and that don't take reservations.
I speak Spanish and could figure it out once I'm there, but I thought I would ask here since you folks know everything!
I am trying to be a responsible 'newbie" and I promise I searched the threads before asking this but couldn't find this specific information, though I suspect it's there somewhere. I also promise I will not start a new thread to ask about whether to use a rain poncho or a rain jacket, even though I am tempted because still don't know what to do about that.
Finally, I have learned a lot reading on this site and want to thank you all.
Et suseia!
Don't worry: stricto sensu, Camino Francés begins from Puente La Reina. Therefore, starting in Pamplona is a good idea.I really, really want to start in SJPP and feel a little sad about possibly not being able to, but I am trying to accept it might not happen this time given my work obligations and be at peace with whatever I get to do. Given it's my first camino and first pilgrimage, the most important thing for me is to walk one path from wherever I start and make a complete journey all the way to Santiago de Compostela. If need to start a little further up the road, so be it.
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