Stamps for final day?

[Mananath]

Do I need to collect stamps on my final day in order to receive the compostela? I have about 2 hours of walking tomorrow and don't plan on stopping until I arrive at Santiago. My hotel for this last night took up the final free space in my credential. Had I been paying more attention I would have skipped a few extra stamps today haha

 

[J Willhaus]

Just get a stamp somewhere on the map or other printing. You can point it out if they ask at the pilgrim office. Stop at a bar on your way into town.

 

[Grousedoctor]

We, too, ran out of space on our Credencial this past spring about a day out of SdC. Just have the map or any open space stamped. I have to be truthful, in five trips to the Pilgrim’s Office, I’ve never had my Credencial scrutinized for when and where I got stamps. Nonetheless, I still collected stamps even for the last day of walking. There will be plenty of cafés that you will pass in your last two hours of walking. Congratulations!

 

[Tincatinker]

Do I need to collect stamps on my final day in order to receive the compostela?

Pilgrims' Office says yes. Anyone can get a bus or a taxi into Santiago

I got a sello from here https://www.drmortiis.com/ one year. Well, it proved I'd walked down the Rua de San Pedro.....

 

[Peter Fransiscus]

Do I need to collect stamps on my final day in order to receive the compostela? I have about 2 hours of walking tomorrow and don't plan on stopping until I arrive at Santiago. My hotel for this last night took up the final free space in my credential. Had I been paying more attention I would have skipped a few extra stamps today haha

Ask for a piece of paper and put the stamps and date on there. No problem.

 

[LavanyaLea]

Yes! I had to remember to stop for coffee before reaching the cathedral. Was quite a nice sello, pic of octopus..

 

[DoughnutANZ]

The kind lady who was issuing my Compostela gave me my final stamp and then congratulated me for having my first and final stamps from the Cathedrals in St. Jean and Santiago de Compostela.

 

[Mananath]

As it turned out they didn't care. They barely looked at my stamps and certainly didn't count back to Sarria. Oh well.

 

[lt56ny]

As it turned out they didn't care. They barely looked at my stamps and certainly didn't count back to Sarria. Oh well.

I have had two people really check my credentials out, two that looked, I guess from 100K out and 2 that barely looked and just asked where I started. How I remember this meaningless personal camino fact I have no idea.

 

[Mananath]

I have had two people really check my credentials out, two that looked, I guess from 100K out and 2 that barely looked and just asked where I started. How I remember this meaningless personal camino fact I have no idea.

Ha. Probably because the occasion marked the end of such a meaningful experience...

 

[Pilgrino21]

As it turned out they didn't care. They barely looked at my stamps and certainly didn't count back to Sarria. Oh well.

Congrats on completing your first Camino. So much to unpack, all the could haves, should haves, would haves, I'm sure. Most important thing is you made it and have memories to take along. Tomorrow will come soon enough so enjoy today as best as you can, Peregrino!

 

[lt56ny]

Ha. Probably because the occasion marked the end of such a meaningful experience...

You probably have a good point there!

 

[Kev&Kath]

Just needed one stamp on the walk in to SdC. The Pilgrim Office completion stamp was the second.

 

[Ultreia et Suseia!]

All Spanish post offices (Correos)and police stations on the route provide stamps; no need to buy anything.

 

[Camino Chrissy]

I don't recall if, or where, I got any stamps in Santiago either time I qualified for a Compostela, but don't think I did.

 

[WGroleau]

For what it's worth, people like me can skip the line and get a cathedral stamp in a separate room from the certificates. But there are albergues and bars in Santiago as well. And tourist offices there and in other cities have stamps.