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I think it has been quite a long time since pilgrims were fed in the staff dining room. For a couple of years before COVID the free meals were already being served in one of the parador restaurants.I know that in the past some have said the meals were served in the staff kitchen, but according to the article, the meal will now be served in one of the parador restaurants.
Yes, I love the looks we rif raf get at San Martin Pinario from those not having the privilege of staying on the 4th floor, the Peregrin@ wing.that’s a good time to get the rif raf in and out
Correct! From one of the lucky beneficiarys...I think it has been quite a long time since pilgrims were fed in the staff dining room. For a couple of years before COVID the free meals were already being served in one of the parador restaurants.
yup, the first ten pilgrims in line in the morning get an extra voucher with a number on it which then they give to the staff at the door of the restaurant at 13h. the restaurant has the entry on the ramp going down from the parador towards the pilgrim office.Can someone discuss how the process works? For example, do the first 10 pilgrims that get their compostelas at the pilgrim's office receive a voucher for breakfast at the parador? When do the doors of the pilgrim's office open each morning and is there generally a queue of hungry pilgrims standing in line hoping to be one of 10 pilgrims to be awarded the free breakfast? My wife and I have stayed in numerous paradors over the years throughout Spain. The breakfast buffet is sumptuous and delicious. Is the free breakfast for pilgrims entry for the full buffet, or a more modest version? Next fall, I'm hiking Camino Portuguese and will be staying at the paradors of Tui and Pontevedra so will once again enjoy the parador morning breakfasts. Bob
I got the free lunch once at the parador. It was a little problematic. I was one of the first to line up at the Pilgrim Office, so was given a ticket for lunch at a small and fairly casual restaurant, opening on a sidewalk. I was there, with others on the sidewalk, waiting in the rain for the restaurant to open at noon. When we a got in, we were all placed at a table for ten and served the same lunch. I was given a meal which offered me, as a vegetarian, nothing to eat. Eventually, the server noticed and my plate was exchanged for something I could eat. I enjoyed visiting with others who had just finished their caminos. And I enjoyed a free meal that was a little more interesting than what I usually budget for on camino. But it didn't have any similarity to what I see as a meal in a parador, either in the food or in the setting.In 2019 I was one of the first in line and received the free lunch. There was no choice, but the meal was delicious. A pilgrim meal - soup, main course of fish and potatoes and dessert with wine. You are right that it was before the restaurant opened for paying customers, but it was really nice.
It is not breakfast. It is a meal served at 13:00.Is the free breakfast for pilgrims entry for the full buffet, or a more modest version?
I was fortunate to get the “golden ticket “ in 2018 after completing the Camino Portugues from Porto. Was served in the dining room and was delicious. Lovely group of fellow PeregrinosThe parador will once again offer a free lunch to the first ten pilgrims who arrive at the pilgrim’s office. The practice had been suspended due to covid. I know that in the past some have said the meals were served in the staff kitchen, but according to the article, the meal will now be served in one of the parador restaurants. I saw that the lunch will be served at 1:00 pm, and the cynic in me suspects that that’s a good time to get the rif raf in and out before the lunch traffic begins.
La tradición de acogida al peregrino en el Hostal de los Reyes Católicos - Fundación Jacobea
Durante la pandemia el confinamiento y las dificultades para viajar desde otros países o para desplazarse por el territorio español hicieron al Camino inaccesible, pero, además, las restricciones hicieron imposibles muchas de las principales tradiciones y rituales de la peregrinación a...www.fundacionjacobea.org
Surely some forum members will luck out and get the golden ticket!
Can you share which paradors in tui and pontevedra to stay at as i will be on Camino next mayCan someone discuss how the process works? For example, do the first 10 pilgrims that get their compostelas at the pilgrim's office receive a voucher for breakfast at the parador? When do the doors of the pilgrim's office open each morning and is there generally a queue of hungry pilgrims standing in line hoping to be one of 10 pilgrims to be awarded the free breakfast? My wife and I have stayed in numerous paradors over the years throughout Spain. The breakfast buffet is sumptuous and delicious. Is the free breakfast for pilgrims entry for the full buffet, or a more modest version? Next fall, I'm hiking Camino Portuguese and will be staying at the paradors of Tui and Pontevedra so will once again enjoy the parador morning breakfasts. Bob
Which paradors in tui and Pontevedra please will be there may next yearCan someone discuss how the process works? For example, do the first 10 pilgrims that get their compostelas at the pilgrim's office receive a voucher for breakfast at the parador? When do the doors of the pilgrim's office open each morning and is there generally a queue of hungry pilgrims standing in line hoping to be one of 10 pilgrims to be awarded the free breakfast? My wife and I have stayed in numerous paradors over the years throughout Spain. The breakfast buffet is sumptuous and delicious. Is the free breakfast for pilgrims entry for the full buffet, or a more modest version? Next fall, I'm hiking Camino Portuguese and will be staying at the paradors of Tui and Pontevedra so will once again enjoy the parador morning breakfasts. Bob
This has been back in operation a while now, at least since September. The first ten pilgrims in the queue, when given a ticket by security at the door, get a voucher stapled to it. It has to be used at 13:00 on the day.The parador will once again offer a free lunch to the first ten pilgrims who arrive at the pilgrim’s office. The practice had been suspended due to covid.
Very swanky!We've never gotten a "free" meal, but there is a pilgrim discount at several paradores if you stay there overnight. I have eaten Christmas day dinner at the Parador in Zamora (quite a treat!) and we celebrated our anniversary at one of the Paradors in Santo Domingo de Calzada. View attachment 137532View attachment 137533View attachment 137534View attachment 137535View attachment 137536
My walking partners and I were in the lucky 10 to get a free lunch at the Parador last month. We had heard about it from another person who had done it the day before. I don’t think many of the first 10 knew they were getting this and in fact only 8 showed up. It was a very nice little reward!! We also had cocktails in the hotel bar (not free nor cheap) and that too was special!The parador will once again offer a free lunch to the first ten pilgrims who arrive at the pilgrim’s office. The practice had been suspended due to covid. I know that in the past some have said the meals were served in the staff kitchen, but according to the article, the meal will now be served in one of the parador restaurants. I saw that the lunch will be served at 1:00 pm, and the cynic in me suspects that that’s a good time to get the rif raf in and out before the lunch traffic begins.
La tradición de acogida al peregrino en el Hostal de los Reyes Católicos - Fundación Jacobea
Durante la pandemia el confinamiento y las dificultades para viajar desde otros países o para desplazarse por el territorio español hicieron al Camino inaccesible, pero, además, las restricciones hicieron imposibles muchas de las principales tradiciones y rituales de la peregrinación a...www.fundacionjacobea.org
Surely some forum members will luck out and get the golden ticket!
Nope. I ate the pilgrim meal in the end of Nov 2019 and we were a table of 8. 2 did not arrive… and we were at the staff table. It was lovely. I am a little bit sad to hear that this tradition is being moved to the regular restaurant setting as the kitchen location had a ”family meal” feel to it.I think it has been quite a long time since pilgrims were fed in the staff dining room. For a couple of years before COVID the free meals were already being served in one of the parador restaurants.
The parador will once again offer a free lunch to the first ten pilgrims who arrive at the pilgrim’s office. The practice had been suspended due to covid. I know that in the past some have said the meals were served in the staff kitchen, but according to the article, the meal will now be served in one of the parador restaurants. I saw that the lunch will be served at 1:00 pm, and the cynic in me suspects that that’s a good time to get the rif raf in and out before the lunch traffic begins.
La tradición de acogida al peregrino en el Hostal de los Reyes Católicos - Fundación Jacobea
Durante la pandemia el confinamiento y las dificultades para viajar desde otros países o para desplazarse por el territorio español hicieron al Camino inaccesible, pero, además, las restricciones hicieron imposibles muchas de las principales tradiciones y rituales de la peregrinación a...www.fundacionjacobea.org
Surely some forum members will luck out and get the golden ticket!
That's interesting - it must literally be a moveable feast. A number of people in 2018 reported that the pilgrim lunch was being served in the Enxerbe restaurant and not in the old staff area.Nope. I ate the pilgrim meal in the end of Nov 2019 and we were a table of 8. 2 did not arrive… and we were at the staff table. It was lovely. I am a little bit sad to hear that this tradition is being moved to the regular restaurant setting as the kitchen location had a ”family meal” feel to it.
we were a table of 8. 2 did not arrive
If I were in charge of the world, I would give the free meal vouchers to the first ten people who requested one or asked about it! It sounds like the vouchers are just given out to the first ten people — I’m sure they can refuse them, but I also think that some will just take it.yup, the first ten pilgrims in line in the morning get an extra voucher with a number on it which then they give to the staff at the door of the restaurant at 13h.
Yes, only through the website, same day, and for the late afternoon. I was lucky last week to check the site at 5:15 and get a ticket for 5:30. No one else showed up and I was alone in the Portico for 30 minutes (except for the guard who lost interest in me and the blissful look on my face and, who walkie-talkie played with the other guards). It was amazing!Now I think all free tickets are distributed, to pilgrims and non-pilgrims alike, through the Cathedral’s website.
Yeah, I agree that would be a good idea. They are given to the first ten with their ticket. Some just look at the voucher and shrug their shoulders, some are delighted. It's not surprising there are often no-shows.If I were in charge of the world, I would give the free meal vouchers to the first ten people who requested one or asked about it! It sounds like the vouchers are just given out to the first ten people — I’m sure they can refuse them, but I also think that some will just take it.
I was #1 three weeks ago for the free lunch at the Parador. It was my fourth time, 2 in the old days in the room between the garage entrance and the kitchen, and two in the real Parador restaurant. There were only six of us at the 10 person table; not many pilgrims that morning at the Pilgrim Office and only the Spaniard and I had intentionally arrived early in the hopes of getting a ticket to lunch. The menu is set and has not changed since pre-pandemic times: red wine,white wine, empanadas, Galician soup, meat/French fries/Galician egg-cheese-“pudding”, and tarta de Santiago. No coffee. The staff were kind…..and hurried us out when we were done, to turn our part of the restaurant into a more respectable area. For me, it was an opportunity to make our Korean, Spanish, Italian, Finnish and U.S. group of pilgrims, with no common language, a coherent group for the hour. For the Spaniard, it was his 34th Compostela; for the Korean and Finn, their first. The Italian had walked from Lucca in Italy. After my solitary caminos it was very nice to have a communal meal in a real restaurant.The parador will once again offer a free lunch to the first ten pilgrims who arrive at the pilgrim’s office. The practice had been suspended due to covid. I know that in the past some have said the meals were served in the staff kitchen, but according to the article, the meal will now be served in one of the parador restaurants. I saw that the lunch will be served at 1:00 pm, and the cynic in me suspects that that’s a good time to get the rif raf in and out before the lunch traffic begins.
La tradición de acogida al peregrino en el Hostal de los Reyes Católicos - Fundación Jacobea
Durante la pandemia el confinamiento y las dificultades para viajar desde otros países o para desplazarse por el territorio español hicieron al Camino inaccesible, pero, además, las restricciones hicieron imposibles muchas de las principales tradiciones y rituales de la peregrinación a...www.fundacionjacobea.org
Surely some forum members will luck out and get the golden ticket!
I think they just came out with the vouchers and went one, two, three... from the start of the queue. I don't remember if we were asked, it was getting a bit chaotic with all the new arrivals. Noone refused. One was a bit late for lunch but we all showed up.If I were in charge of the world, I would give the free meal vouchers to the first ten people who requested one or asked about it! It sounds like the vouchers are just given out to the first ten people — I’m sure they can refuse them, but I also think that some will just take it.
But maybe I don’t understand how the process workd — @caminka and @Perambulating Griffin — were you just given the voucher, or were you asked if you wanted it? Or something else altogether?
It needn't be an issue:The vouchers are stapled to the queue ticket, so I'm not sure how easy would it be to turn them down. It would probably require queue skipping backwards and cause quite some confusion.
Yes I was a lucky one in June 2018 to be one of the 10 to get a golden ticket. to a free lunch. Of course we got in line at the Pilgrim's Office at about 7 am. We beat the rush and scored a free lunch. The lunch was served in a lovely restaurant on the street level near the stairs that lead up to the Parador. You did not order off of the menu but they did give you a choice of several entrees etc. It was a lovely meal and so much fun to chat with the other lucky 10. Good Luck.The parador will once again offer a free lunch to the first ten pilgrims who arrive at the pilgrim’s office. The practice had been suspended due to covid. I know that in the past some have said the meals were served in the staff kitchen, but according to the article, the meal will now be served in one of the parador restaurants. I saw that the lunch will be served at 1:00 pm, and the cynic in me suspects that that’s a good time to get the rif raf in and out before the lunch traffic begins.
La tradición de acogida al peregrino en el Hostal de los Reyes Católicos - Fundación Jacobea
Durante la pandemia el confinamiento y las dificultades para viajar desde otros países o para desplazarse por el territorio español hicieron al Camino inaccesible, pero, además, las restricciones hicieron imposibles muchas de las principales tradiciones y rituales de la peregrinación a...www.fundacionjacobea.org
Surely some forum members will luck out and get the golden ticket!
I was fortunate to get the “golden ticket “ in October 2018. It was served in the restaurant and was delicious—they made accommodation for my gluten allergy, and also for a fellow pilgrim who was vegetarianThe parador will once again offer a free lunch to the first ten pilgrims who arrive at the pilgrim’s office. The practice had been suspended due to covid. I know that in the past some have said the meals were served in the staff kitchen, but according to the article, the meal will now be served in one of the parador restaurants. I saw that the lunch will be served at 1:00 pm, and the cynic in me suspects that that’s a good time to get the rif raf in and out before the lunch traffic begins.
La tradición de acogida al peregrino en el Hostal de los Reyes Católicos - Fundación Jacobea
Durante la pandemia el confinamiento y las dificultades para viajar desde otros países o para desplazarse por el territorio español hicieron al Camino inaccesible, pero, además, las restricciones hicieron imposibles muchas de las principales tradiciones y rituales de la peregrinación a...www.fundacionjacobea.org
Surely some forum members will luck out and get the golden ticket!
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