SIM card for Spain

Redvee

I'm off to Barcelona in December and looking for a data heavy SIM for the five days I'm away. Looking for an hour talktime and upto 1Gb data to be on the safe side.
Any recomendations?

grumbler

Check this recent thread: Any alternatives to EuropaSim for heavy data usage in Europe?

For calls check Togglemobile, but they are no good for data.

NiftyDigits

Just buy a local PAYG SIM when you get there.

Examples here and here
For SIM Mundo, you need to send a text containing Alta Mundo <pack size>" to 470
1 GB, 9 € per month
2 GB, 15 € per month

Redvee

A friend has come up with http://masmovil.es/en/rates-prepaid/ For €10/£7 I get 50 mins and 1Gb data which meets my needs. Still open to other suggestions though.

Terry98

Redvee wrote: »

A friend has come up with http://masmovil.es/en/rates-prepaid/ For €10/£7 I get 50 mins and 1Gb data which meets my needs. Still open to other suggestions though.

Looks like you can only order it online if you live in Spain.

Frozen_up_north

Redvee wrote: »

I'm off to Barcelona in December and looking for a data heavy SIM for the five days I'm away. Looking for an hour talktime and upto 1Gb data to be on the safe side.
Any recomendations?

I've not been to Barcelona, but when I visit friends in Torrevieja, there are quite a few bars and shopping centres with free WiFi, which could avoid the need for a data bundle entirely. Obviously without local knowledge it's only a guess as to the location and performance.

The La Zenia shopping centre (to the south of Torrevieja) has very good free WiFi, Habaneras in Torrevieja has slow but workable WiFi. There are several small bars with good WiFi too. None that I found needed the pain in the rear registration that most UK ones need, the shopping centres were completely open, the small bars usually needed the security code from the staff.

Redvee

Terry98 wrote: »

Looks like you can only order it online if you live in Spain.

The friend who put me onto this has a friend with a Spanish GF and her parents can buy them and post them back to the UK.

NiftyDigits

Tuenti Movil

W1zz

I got one of these last year when I went to Spain. (Smart 12 - 1gb data).

Lent it to a workmate who also went later on in the year. It just needed topping up.

http://www.simcardspain.es/en/118-vodafone-yu-smart-8-12-16-spanish-payg-prepaid-3g-data-sim-card-internet-for-spain.html

Redvee

After much searching for deals it ended up proving fruitelss as Tesco want £20 to unlock the handset so I can use another SIM in the handset so by time I've bought the SIM and paid them £20 I'll be better off being careful with the data usage and blagging as much wi-fi as possible.