Where to obtain credential in Sevilla?

[arturo]

Dear all,

I am starting this route from Sevilla, June this year. Where to obtain credential in Sevilla? How long it takes? Plan to stay in Seviila one full day for acclimatisation, then start.

[HuskyNerd]

Hi Arturo ~
I hope we'll meet on the Via de la Plata once I arrive there in mid-July. You'll be the muscular, weather-beaten pilgrim and I'll be the fresh and flabby American looking for adventure!

Here's what I've heard about finding the credentiale in Seville:

From Rosina Blaroli on Gocamino
“Hello you all,
You can get the pilgrims' credential in Sevilla at the Cathedral,
which is not always easy to do. Except for Saint Peter's in Rome
the Seville Cathedral is the largest, anywhere, and getting around
it may be daunting. The office that dispenses the credentials is
located by one of the six "main" doors and it has a tiny medieval-
type door which can be easily missed. Further, its hours of operation
are pretty much subject to Andalucian ways.... which means that
maybe it will be open at the posted hours, or maybe it will not.

But.... not to worry: You can get the credential at the "Taberna Miami "
in Triana which is always open during the daytime and until
midnight or so every day. The Association of Friends of the Camino
in Sevilla is located by, and ancillary to, the tavern. (Yup!....
that's Sevillians for you). To get to the Tavern all you need do is
walk over the lovely Triana bridge (ask anyone) and keep walking; the
bar is located half-way down the first commercial block on
the left-hand side. It has a big sign over the sidewalk that says
"Miami".

Furthermore, at the Cathedral you will get the regular accordion-
style credential, with the walking staff and the gourd in front and
Camino maps behind, which is produced in Santiago and distributed
throughout Spain; while that credential is very pretty, practical and
informative, the credential that you will get at the Miami Bar is
uncommonly handsome: it is laminated and with colourful illustrations
of the main points throughout the Via. If Manuel, the owner
of the bar, who also founded and is president of the Seville Camino
Friends Association, is there, you will also get wine and beer to go
with the credential.

This super-typical Sevillian, is something else. He is colourfully
short, pudgy, energetic, has quite an eye for the ladies and always
wears a hat covered with Santiago shells and other Camino
memorabilia. In 2004 he went on the Santiago pilgrimage on horseback,
for the umpteenth time, alone, except for his mount and a
spare horse, to commemorate, among other things, his 77th (seventy-
seventh birthday). If he is not at the bar, the bartenders will do
the credential honors. While none speaks anything but Spanish, if you
can say "Santiago", "peregrino" and "credencial" (remembering to
smile and pointing to yourself) you should have no trouble whatever.

Regards,
Rosina”

[arturo]

Thank you very much!