What qualities as a Camino?

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jerby

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Primitivo

• Jun 24, 2018

• #1

After walking the full french route back in 2013, I was thinking of walking the primitivo next year and just wondering if I need to walk from Oviedo all the way to Santiago or just to Melide to qualify for the compostela. Likewise with Let Puy I guess.
Thanks in advance.

 

Bradypus

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Too many and too often!

• Jun 24, 2018

• #2

To qualify for a Compostela you must walk at least the final 100km into Santiago de Compostela. If you end your journey before Santiago - no matter how many km you have already walked - then you cannot receive a Compostela for that journey. Having walked that final 100km on some previous Camino does not alter that.

 

ksam

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Via Francigena...2024

• Jun 24, 2018

• #3

So, to get your Compostella and have it read for the Primitivo, you'd have to begin in Lugo. But that's only if you want the documentation.

 

naplesdon

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Multiple Caminos 2010 to 2019

• Jun 24, 2018

• #4

You can wander around Spain and Portugal for months collecting sellos and get a completion stamp at the Pilgrim Office. That's enough for me.

 

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• Jun 30, 2018

• #5

jerby said:

After walking the full french route back in 2013, I was thinking of walking the primitivo next year and just wondering if I need to walk from Oviedo all the way to Santiago or just to Melide to qualify for the compostela. Likewise with Let Puy I guess.
Thanks in advance.

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To get a compistela you walk 100km and 2 stamps daily. Lugo to Santiago qualifies

 

happymarkos

HappyMark

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2023. Finish the VDLP. Zamora to Santiago.

• Jul 1, 2018

• #6

There are many pilgrims routes all over Europe including Italy, Sweden, the UK, Ireland etc that obviously don’t end in Santiago yet to my way of thinking are still a “ camino “. For example some end in Rome or Fatima or other holy sites.
So to me the distinction is between walking a route ( camino) that qualifies for a Compostela as distinct from others that follow old pilgrim walking paths to holy places. Both are “Caminos “. The one in Santiago provides a certificate if you meet the conditions. I am one of many people who have walked to Santiago a number of times and met the requirements but don’t queue up now for another Compostela.
Others may disagree with my reasoning so let’s hear from them.
Happymark