Mobile phone advice

17POSTS

2 years ago

Hi,

coming to stay in Valencia for n5 weeks in the New Year.

Any advice regarding using my UK mobile noe that Roaming is charged currently (on my network) at £2 per day. Am I better getting a Spanish Network Sim .

Thanks in advance

regards

Norman

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Fred Indonesia Expert

30583POSTS

2 years ago

I keep seeing adverts for virtual SIM cards with international roaming.

I have absolutely no clue how good they are.

In general, a local SIM is likely to be the best

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drrengland New member

3POSTS

2 years ago

@normanhardwick

grab a sim card from smarty and get the app

SimCityAT Expert

14155POSTS

2 years ago

I would get a local PAYG SIM. I guess you are staying at a hotel, you will have Free WiFi?

spa2000 New member

7POSTS

2 years ago

I would suggest getting giff gaff sim in uk and their goodbag.. it has favourable roaming arrangement in Spain. If you buy payg sim in spain them get ready to pay higher price for calls/text back to uk

rangfar Member

18POSTS

2 years ago

Hello, I simply went to a local store and bought a rechargeable SIM from Másmovil: for 10€ I have 40Gb of data and unlimited calls for one month. But I suppose there are other providers with inexpensive rechargeable offers for which you do not need to have a Spanish bank account.

Enjoy your stay in Valencia!