Verifying distance...actual walking or established route. Does Vigo to Santiago qualify for a Compostela?

[walkingfischer]

hoping someone can help me ASAP. We have a trip planned from Vigo to Compostela for the end of August. I used several resources to plan our trip and it looked like the route was just over 100km. But now, with Wise Camino and another travel site, it is listed as 99km. I am certain we will take side paths along the way, not to mention wrong turns, etc which will get us that extra km. My question is this: to receive the official Compostela, is it based on the distance a pilgrim walks or the distance of the established route? Many thanks.

 

[Tincatinker]

The PO relies on the assumed / assessed distance of an established route. The actual distance walked is irrelevant. Getting lost or diverting to a bar doesn't count.

You cannot register Vigo as a starting point on the PO's website: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/sigle-register/ Try Tui.
Edited: often useful to question the reliability of information provided by a tinker

 

[JabbaPapa]

You cannot register Vigo as a starting point on the PO's website: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/sigle-register/ Try Tui.

Yes you can.

Choosing Camino Portugues por la Costa.

Vigo is a bit of an exception, but I understand that the Xunta Albergue actually is slightly over 100K to Santiago whereas the official town centre is slightly below.

 

[Kathor1]

You cannot register Vigo as a starting point on the PO's website: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/sigle-register/ Try Tui.

You may want to review your statement .

So far, 8.574 pilgrims registered Vigo as their starting point this year and received their Compostela - see PO statistics page.

The list of the starting points in the drop down menu on the PO's registration webpage is not static but dynamic. The starting points depend on the chosen Camino. Vigo is listed as a starting point for the "Portuguese Camino along the Coast" - see screenshot:

 

[Kirkie]

As they say here where I live: xxxx xxxx xxx xxxxxx.
Invocation of holy names.
People, let's get real!
Be pilgrim, and let the current rules, based on whatever commercial controls pull the strings go to hang.
If you need a Compostela, obey the current rules.
If you want to align yourself with the reality of pilgrim, dig deep inside.

 

[Flog]

It's been a while, perhaps it's due another airing about now...

Vigo is officially 100km from Santiago according to the Pilgrims Office, and any stamp from anywhere in Vigo will do you just fine.The fact that the city is a couple of kilometres from one end to the other is irrelevant, as is getting lost and sidetracked.

Vigo is 100km. Get your stamp, any stamp from there and don't fret.

Buen Camino

 

[Bradypus]

The fact that the city is a couple of kilometres from one end to the other is irrelevant, as is getting lost and sidetracked.

The same is true of Lugo on the Primitivo. Quite a lot of argument at one point about whether it was 100km from Santiago or not as it depended on where precisely you measured from. But the pilgrim office accepts it as a valid starting point for Compostela purposes.

 

[nickyvee]

Vigo to Santiago QUALIFIES for the Compostela. My wife and I did it just last 28 May - 1 June, after walking the C. Ingles a week earlier. When you get to the Pulgrim Office, Select the Camino Portuguese coastal route in the drop down menu of the computer when registering for the Compostela.

It doesn't matter if you start at the cathedral or at the city outskirt on the way to Redondela...Vigo is Vigo. I would suggest that you visit the beautiful cathedral and get a stamp as one of your Vigo stamps.

Buen Camino! Be safe

 

[BRSmith13]

hoping someone can help me ASAP. We have a trip planned from Vigo to Compostela for the end of August. I used several resources to plan our trip and it looked like the route was just over 100km. But now, with Wise Camino and another travel site, it is listed as 99km. I am certain we will take side paths along the way, not to mention wrong turns, etc which will get us that extra km. My question is this: to receive the official Compostela, is it based on the distance a pilgrim walks or the distance of the established route? Many thanks.

Yes. We walked around his route. We also added the spiritual variant - but wasn’t necessary. If you start on the waterfront near the train stations just walk up Rua Urzaiz - it will join the route. Buen Camino!

 

[RESOMERS]

My husband and I walked from Vigo to Santiago in May 2023. It is recognized by the pilgrims office as 104 km. You need 2 stamps per day. We got the Compostela.

 

[Flog]

It is recognized by the pilgrims office as 104 km.

I'm not sure where you got this from, but for the sake of clarity, and hopefully prevent us from going back around in circles, though that seems to be an inevitability on this forum:

The distance from Vigo to Santiago is 100 km, that's what it says on all of the screens behind the counter at the Pilgrims Office. It doesn't say 99 km or 104 km. It just says 100 km.

Edit: It may or may not necessarily be accurate, but for the sake of getting a compostela or a distance certificate, that is what the official distance is.

 

[sharonking]

Plus there is a marker in Vigo, showing distance at 102kms.
(Tried to post photos but I must be doing something wrong.)

 

[Flog]

Sigh.. OK, I give up

 

[RESOMERS]

It qualifies.

 

[walkingfischer]

It's been a while, perhaps it's due another airing about now...

Vigo is officially 100km from Santiago according to the Pilgrims Office, and any stamp from anywhere in Vigo will do you just fine.The fact that the city is a couple of kilometres from one end to the other is irrelevant, as is getting lost and sidetracked.

Vigo is 100km. Get your stamp, any stamp from there and don't fret.

Buen Camino

Thank you! I will sleep well tonight!

 

[walkingfischer]

Plus there is a marker in Vigo, showing distance at 102kms.
(Tried to post photos but I must be doing something wrong.)

thank you for responding so quickly.

 

[walkingfischer]

I'm not sure where you got this from, but for the sake of clarity, and hopefully prevent us from going back around in circles, though that seems to be an inevitability on this forum:

The distance from Vigo to Santiago is 100 km, that's what it says on all of the screens behind the counter at the Pilgrims Office. It doesn't say 99 km or 104 km. It just says 100 km.

Edit: It may or may not necessarily be accurate, but for the sake of getting a compostela or a distance certificate, that is what the official distance is.

Thank you for the reassurance!

 

[walkingfischer]

Yes you can.

Choosing Camino Portugues por la Costa.

Vigo is a bit of an exception, but I understand that the Xunta Albergue actually is slightly over 100K to Santiago whereas the official town centre is slightly below.

Thank you for the clarification---panic gone.

 

[walkingfischer]

My husband and I walked from Vigo to Santiago in May 2023. It is recognized by the pilgrims office as 104 km. You need 2 stamps per day. We got the Compostela.

Looking forward to being able to say the same thing in about 6 weeks!!!

 

[walkingfischer]

Yes. We walked around his route. We also added the spiritual variant - but wasn’t necessary. If you start on the waterfront near the train stations just walk up Rua Urzaiz - it will join the route. Buen Camino!

cannot wait. Thanks for taking the time to respond.

 

[walkingfischer]

The PO relies on the assumed / assessed distance of an established route. The actual distance walked is irrelevant. Getting lost or diverting to a bar doesn't count.

You cannot register Vigo as a starting point on the PO's website: https://oficinadelperegrino.com/en/sigle-register/ Try Tui.
Edited: often useful to question the reliability of information provided by a tinker

thank you for responding and clarifying. Plan on many diversions , but that is what I thought and why I panicked. Grateful for this community who responding so quickly.

 

[walkingfischer]

Vigo to Santiago QUALIFIES for the Compostela. My wife and I did it just last 28 May - 1 June, after walking the C. Ingles a week earlier. When you get to the Pulgrim Office, Select the Camino Portuguese coastal route in the drop down menu of the computer when registering for the Compostela.

It doesn't matter if you start at the cathedral or at the city outskirt on the way to Redondela...Vigo is Vigo. I would suggest that you visit the beautiful cathedral and get a stamp as one of your Vigo stamps.

Buen Camino! Be safe

Thank you---counting the days til we hit the Camino.

 

[sharonking]

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[sharonking]