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Where to get credential in Ponferrada?

ungiroingiro

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10 days from Ponferrada
Good morning, I’m booking the flight for the Camino, starting the 12th of August from Ponferrada. I’d like to be sure that once I’ll be in Ponferrada I can buy and pick up the Camino passport. Could anyone give me more information and the opening time of the place where they delivery the passport?
I’m worried that once I’ll be there I can’t have it.
Thanks
Andrea
 
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Get a spanish phone number with Airalo. eSim, so no physical SIM card. Easy to use app to add more funds if needed.
Albergue parroquial San Nicolás de Flüe has credentials available. They open at 1:00 pm

A really top notch, clean and well run donativo. I have stayed a few times. Really well equipped and large kitchen. Probably the biggest kitchen I remember of any albergue.
One time when I stayed there was a bunch of food trucks in a lot next to the albergue. There were some really good and well priced foods to choose from.
 
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The first edition came out in 2003 and has become the go-to-guide for many pilgrims over the years. It is shipping with a Pilgrim Passport (Credential) from the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela.
A really top notch, clean and well run donativo. I have stayed a few times. Really well equipped and large kitchen. Probably the biggest kitchen I remember of any albergue.
One time when I stayed there was a bunch of food trucks in a lot next to the albergue. There were some really good and well priced foods to choose from.
Oh! Do they allow the use of the kitchen nowadays? On my first visit a very autocratic Swiss hospitalera loudly declared "The kitchen is NOT for cooking in!"
Otherwise it's a lovely place to stay in.
 
You may also be able to get a credencial in your home country, in advance. I see you have a short timeline, but you could check it out if your country has a pilgrim organization.
 
...and ship it to Santiago for storage. You pick it up once in Santiago. Service offered by Casa Ivar (we use DHL for transportation).
Oh! Do they allow the use of the kitchen nowadays? On my first visit a very autocratic Swiss hospitalera loudly declared "The kitchen is NOT for cooking in!"
Otherwise it's a lovely place to stay in.
It has been three years since I was there if memory serves me correctly. Maybe things have changed. I know I ate in the albergue but i do not remember if I cooked or if I just used the microwave. I do remember the kitchen was big.
 

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