Seville Easter weekend - getting a stamp at the cathedral

[JamesGeier]

I will arrive in Seville by train from Madrid late afternoon Saturday, April 8, 2023, the day before Easter. Planning on starting the pilgrimage from Seville to Santiago de Compostela on Monday the 10th. I already have credentials from the Confraternity of St. James. I would like to get my first stamp from the cathedral in Seville. Searching through this forum, it seems that it might be difficult to find a time when one can get a stamp at the cathedral. Given that the focus of the cathedral on Easter will be the Easter pageantry and events, might getting a stamp on Easter Sunday even be possible? And given that Monday is a public holiday, is it likely that one could get a stamp on Monday?
Thank-you,
Buen Camino!
--james--

 

[OzAnnie]

Hi James
It will be really busy … but go to the catedral ..find the line and walk up beside it and indicate (holding your credencial ) that you’re only after the sello for it - not in the line to go in. There are helpers there who will take you to the spot just inside and stamp the credencial for you. I’d try Saturday afternoon if you’re near there.
Buen camino.

 

[Tali]

I don’t have an answer to your question. But do have a funny Easter in Seville story. In 1978 I backpacked thru Europe with my sister and 2 friends. We arrived in Seville on Saturday in time to see the prosessions and planned to attend Easter Mass, then catch the train to Portugal. As it were, daylight savings time was set to begin on Easter that year. So we made plans to get to the cathedral, setting our alarms so as not to miss waking up on time. We walked thru the city with our backpacks on and felt only a little confused that we were the only ones on the streets. NOONE was at the cathedral! Easter morning! Turns out, Seville just ignored the whole change of clock thing and didn’t show up!

 

[henrythedog]

Just go up to the ticket desk and you’ll get a stamp.

You might consider as an alternative getting a stamp from la bodega Santa Cruz, just about opposite. I’ve had many a near-religious experience in there.

 

[lt56ny]

I will arrive in Seville by train from Madrid late afternoon Saturday, April 8, 2023, the day before Easter. Planning on starting the pilgrimage from Seville to Santiago de Compostela on Monday the 10th. I already have credentials from the Confraternity of St. James. I would like to get my first stamp from the cathedral in Seville. Searching through this forum, it seems that it might be difficult to find a time when one can get a stamp at the cathedral. Given that the focus of the cathedral on Easter will be the Easter pageantry and events, might getting a stamp on Easter Sunday even be possible? And given that Monday is a public holiday, is it likely that one could get a stamp on Monday?
Thank-you,
Buen Camino!
--james--

I walked up to the front door of the cathedral the day before I started from Sevilla and there was a uniformed man in front who walked my friend and I inside and stamped our credential.