Stamps per day from Porto??

[Sacha]

Hello, I have just picked up my pilgrim passport in Porto. Inside it says I need atleast 2 stamps a day. I thought that wasn’t necessary until the last 100km? Did anything change?

 

[Former member 22438]

Depending on your route, from Tui if you walk the Central or from Vigo if you walk the Coastal. Both are around 100 kms + , 2 stamps per day.
From Porto to both named places it is one stamp per day.
But what let you to collect two stamps per day. Your credential will be a memory to your caminho. You can gather them everywhere, albergues, hotels, campings , restaurants, bars etc.
Bon camino e molts regrats

 

[Peterexpatkiwi]

No, nothing's changed - it's still one stamp a day and two for the last one hundred kilometers. But as @Albertinho says you've got plenty of room, doesn't hurt to get into the habit and get two per day.

Bom Caminho

 

[Sacha]

Thank you!

 

[t2andreo]

One per day until Tui. Then two per day to Santiago - if you are coming from Valença, across the bridge from Portugal.

Hope this helps,

Tom

 

[Jeff Crawley]

One per day until Tui. Then two per day to Santiago - if you are coming from Valença, across the bridge from Portugal.

Hope this helps,

Tom

Tom, if it's one stamp per day until Tui then why does it say TWO stamps per day on every single (stamp) page right from the start?
Just askin'

 

[trecile]

if it's one stamp per day until Tui then why does it say TWO stamps per day on every single (stamp) page right from the start?

I think this is why:

doesn't hurt to get into the habit and get two per day.

 

[jungleboy]

Tom, if it's one stamp per day until Tui then why does it say TWO stamps per day on every single (stamp) page right from the start?
Just askin'

I guess because they don’t know where your ‘start’ is when they print the credential. Many pilgrims only walk the last 100km.

 

[Molly Cassidy]

The truth is that, for the Compostela, only the last 100km count. Unless you want the distance certificate you don't need to get any stamps before the last 100km.

 

[Jeff Crawley]

I guess because they don’t know where your ‘start’ is when they print the credential. Many pilgrims only walk the last 100km.

The truth is that, for the Compostela, only the last 100km count. Unless you want the distance certificate you don't need to get any stamps before the last 100km.

It was a tongue in cheek posting you know?

 

[Former member 22438]

I guess because they don’t know where your ‘start’ is when they print the credential. Many pilgrims only walk the last 100km.

As a volunteer at the Pilgrims Office I have an eye for the first 100 km stamp ( if you are a walker , 200 kms if you are a biker ) from either Ferrol, Sarria, O Porriño , Vigo , Ourense or other places . The stamps before those points aren’t interesting for the printing of a Compostela. Only for the owner of the credential.And for a certificate of distance , if desirered

 

[Roland49]

Since Tui (last 116km) I collected two stamps per day like on the CF.
Mainly on breakfast-break and in Albergue.

Have fun!

 

[t2andreo]

Tom, if it's one stamp per day until Tui then why does it say TWO stamps per day on every single (stamp) page right from the start?
Just askin'

The two sellos/stamps per day rule only applies to the final 100km if on foot, and final 200km if on a bicycle.

I do not know why it is worded the way it is.

If you have the space, either in the base credencial, or with extra pages attached, do feel free to get two or more sellos daily. Many pilgrims find their credencial to be the very best souvenir of their Camino.

Hope this helps,

Tom

 

[MarcoPolo616]

The truth is that, for the Compostela, only the last 100km count. Unless you want the distance certificate you don't need to get any stamps before the last 100km.

But if you DO want the distance certificate, and Tom ( my mentor) will attest, one stamp per day prior to the last 100k (200k for cyclists) helps those of us working in the pilgrims office to decipher your Camino. My wife and I just spent two weeks of volunteers, and it was very difficult for those who did not get stamps every day to determine their entire Camino. The goal of those working in the pilgrims office is to give you credit for all of the Camino that you have walked. However, with an incomplete could’ve then seal, it is very difficult. I highly recommend one stamp a day from wherever you start prior to the last 100 km. Also, please provide a date for each stamp. Buen Camino!