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Howdy Future Pilgrim,
The stamping process only gets slightly complicated within 100 km's of Santiago de Compostela, as you need two stamps a day in that range to receive your Compostela. You do not need your credencial stamped every day to be accepted into the albergues. Though some pilgrims like getting as much stamps as possible just for the fun of it!
You might find that the albergues prefer that you walk in and therefore spend the first night there and the second in the private accommodation. The added advantage is that you can probably go back in the evening of the second night to chat to the newly arrived pilgrims if you want to do so.Hi all, I am planing on spending 2 nights in some of the bigger cities.
I plan to spend one evening in a hostel and then one evening in a single room.
My plan was to stay in private accomodation the first evening, sleep late, rest and then check into the hostel in the afternoon, spend the night with fellow pilgrims and then continue walking the next moring
Does my pilgrim passport have to be stamped everyday in order for me to be stay in the hostels?
You might find that the albergues prefer that you walk in and therefore spend the first night there and the second in the private accommodation. The added advantage is that you can probably go back in the evening of the second night to chat to the newly arrived pilgrims if you want to do so.
Is it true that if you get twenty Burger King stamps you qualify for a free burger?!?I even have a stamp from the Burger King in Santiago.
I totally agree with you and Camino Addict, I like collecting the stamps, as odd as it may seem, they mean a lot to me. However I have a question on this. With the new and "improved" and smaller credential del Peregrino, where does one put all their stamps? Can I get a second credential?Camino Addict is right that in terms of qualifying for your compostella it is the last 100kms that really matter. However you do need to demonstrate to those at albergues that you are actually doing the camino to gain admittance, so certainly don't assume that it's not important. Also, for me at least, my Camino passports are a far more important record of my journey than my compostellas reminding me where I was and when.
But to clarify on your original question- a couple of days without a stamp isn't an issue.
I have been itching to write this since I first saw your name: ad altari Dei...Or you could pitch up at the albergue on your second day and open with "I feel like I've been walking round in a circle today"
Can I stay two nights at the same albergue if I want to take a day of rest?
This may be an exception, but at Emaus Albergue in Burgos, where I was a hospitalera in Sept. 2017, we were supposed to ask everyone who wanted to stay there where they had spent the night before, and to refuse them admission if they said "In Burgos." This was regardless of what type of accommodation they had stayed in. I don't know if any other albergues enforce such a regulation, but I have an impression that some do.
Emaus is run strictly (which I like!) I know people who stayed there for the first night, and then went to the municipal albergue for the second night.
My plan was to stay in private accomodation the first evening, sleep late, rest and then check into the hostel
Brilliant!! Thanks, didn't know this - I'll get a stamp every day, just to be safe and for my own records hahaYou will find that all accomondation will have sellos (stamps) not just albergues. There really is no reason to not have a sello of the place you stay...if you want one.
Virtually everywhere along the Camino Frances offers stamps..bars, stores, coffee stands, bakery shops,...local people at tables, churches
I even have a stamp from the Burger King in Santiago.
Can someone point me to thread on adding extra stamp pages ? Put it in search and came up with nothing. ThanksSecond and even third credentials are very common. Some people are very clever at adding the extra stamp pages to the original credential.
There have been several good threads on how to do this in the past.
Never mind found itSecond and even third credentials are very common. Some people are very clever at adding the extra stamp pages to the original credential.
There have been several good threads on how to do this in the past.
Where did you find it? I was hoping to see the response.Never mind found it
We have a sello from the mountain rescue team in Cangas de Onis (Ruta de la Reina to Covadonga). They were based in the police station and were pleased that we had come round from LLanes to Arriondas to walk in rather than trying to cross the Picos on the GR route from LLanes to Cangas de Onis that year. They were not wanting 'customers'. Stamp offered because we stopped at the gate to check we were on the right road out of town.I was stopped by the police in one small town. He had a gun. I wasn't going to argue. He pointed to my backpack. B----y h--l! He was going to search me! I started to take it off - he shook his head and pointed to a beautiful building across the street. I went into the palacial place, and found it was the Police Station. The guy at the desk said "Credential!" He also had a gun, so I gave it to him, wondering if he was going to confiscate it - like a passport.
He took it from me, opened it, carefully stamped the next vacant position, handed it back with a smile and said "Buen camino! Adios!"
So I think the moral of the story is - you can also get your credential stamped at police stations.
Buen camino! Adios!
Where does the compostella start? which city?
I can vouch for that, I had food poisoning on my 2014 camino and I was in really bad shape by the time I reached Santa Domingo de la Calazada. We stayed at Albergue Casa del Santo and not only was it okay for me and my sister to stay a second night they would not take any money from us! Talk about the camino providing!If you do spend 2 nights in an alberque, the hosts usually want everybody out for a period of time during the day so that they can clean - except when people really are sick or injured, then they generally make an exception.
Some will let you and some will not.Can I stay two nights at the same albergue if I want to take a day of rest?
You can get a burger king stamp?? I now have a new goal in life..You will find that all accomondation will have sellos (stamps) not just albergues. There really is no reason to not have a sello of the place you stay...if you want one.
Virtually everywhere along the Camino Frances offers stamps..bars, stores, coffee stands, bakery shops,...local people at tables, churches
I even have a stamp from the Burger King in Santiago.
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