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Stamps in Galicia?

Kellzies

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Hi everyone!
I apologize if this has been answered before, but I'm currently on Day 28 of my Camino, using the app and nothing popped up in my search. So here goes.
I just noticed at the end of my credential that it says 2 stamps are needed each day on Galicia. Can someone clarify this? Do we need to stop in at a church or bar or somewhere extra each day? I'm a little worries about all the stamps fitting. And then also if someone can clarify needing two stamps for the day before entering Santiago that'd be great!

Again I'm sorry if this has been answered a million times (and if so if appreciate a link to that thread).
Thanks!

Buen Camino!

Kelly
 
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Bars and churches are good. You need two a day in the last 100km.
 
MendiWalker said:
Yep that´s right you need two stamps per day in the last 100 kms.
But it´s quite easy to get. One will always be from the place you spend the night. And the other can be a church , bar, restaurant , etc........

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Thanks for the quick reply!! A follow up question (and forgive my ignorance on it). Is it just the last 100k that needs the 2 stamps/day or all of Galicia, or is that one in the same?

I'll just have to ask people to really squeeze them in so they all fit!
 
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Just the last 100km. Add a sheet of paper if you need more space; nothing fancy.
 
MendiWalker said:
As I said above , you need two stamps per day in the last 100 kms

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Thanks! I just got confused because my credential said Galicia. I really appreciate the clarification

You and falcon have definitely put my mind at ease on this.

Muchas gracias!
 
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G'day Kelly,

I think this is a bit flexible, but better to be on the safe side. Technically, I had no stamps on my last day into Santiago except the one they did in the Pilgrim Office signing me off. But I had stayed in the San Paio Hostal in Lavacolla the night before and had their stamp, then walked in the 10k early the next morning in the rain. The sopping filthy state I was in would have belied any attempts to claim I hadn't walked in that day.

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The one from Galicia (the round) and the one from Castilla & Leon. Individually numbered and made by the same people that make the ones you see on your walk.
We spent our last night in Lavacollo, then got stamps at the snack bar of the campground just past the big TV Galicia building and at Capilla San Marco at Monte del Gozo on our way into Santiago.
 
they're hardly going to count your stamps at the pilgrims' office after 28 days on the Camino... but lots of bars to get that second one if you need it (and very few churches).
 
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Depends which character you encounter in the office.
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Jochen
 
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Somehow I missed the two-a-day-stamps-for-last-100k compostela prerequisite on my February/March walk from SJPDP. Fortunately, it didn't matter ... in my case. Perhaps the worn-out, hadn't-shaved-in-a-month look helped!
 
jmcarp said:
We spent our last night in Lavacollo, then got stamps at the snack bar of the campground just past the big TV Galicia building and at Capilla San Marco at Monte del Gozo on our way into Santiago.
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I did exactly the same.
 
Question: I know you need 2 stamps per day in Galicia. But what if you take a rest day (even on the last 100 km)? They are expecting rain this weekend so I was planning on just staying wherever I landed until the rain let up on Monday. Will I still need 4-6 stamps from the same city over the course of 2-3 days?
 
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I thought the two stamps a day was for people walking only the last 100 kilometers, showing that you had walked and not taking the bus by getting a stamp along the way!
I have on my caminoes never had more than one stamp a day and nobody at the pilgrimsoffice questioned that.
I will soon start from Porto and see now that I must collect two stamps each day from Tui.
 
Getting 2 stamps a day over the last 100 kms should be quite easy. Any bar, restaurant and sometimes simple shops have a stamp available. And since the main daily stamp will be from the albergue/hostal where you passed the night, no one in Santiago is going to quibble about whether or not you might have missed a stamp (or two). Buen Camino!



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And if you like, why not get a second credential ( which most of us do) to join on to your first one, instead of using a piece of paper. Anne
 
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