Getting a Credential

You can now get credentials from Santiago Cathedral from the Camino forum for €2.50. Visit

http://www.santiagodecompostela.me/collections/from-the-pilgrims-office/products/official-pilgrim-credencial-pilgrim-passport-from-the-pilgrims-office-in-santiago

Also remember that your local confraternity will have credentials (eg the English confraternity in London will do for members or the American Pilgrims on the Camino will do if you are a member or not at

http://www.americanpilgrims.com/camino/credential_req.html

Or there's the Peterborough Pilgrims at

http://www.pilgrims-to-santiago.com/freecredential.html

[both of these offer 'free' credentials but do make a donation if you can]).

Hope this helps (and if you know of anywhere else to get Credentials then please add it in the comments :-) thanks).

You can also get a credential from many places on the camino of course - St Jean Pied du Port certainly has them and a fair few albergues along the way and a few Churches too.

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