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Best 1 month esim for Europe including Switzerland

TC77
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I'm hoping for advice on the best esim for Europe for a month including Switzerland. It will be mainly for data but would be great to be able to make calls within Europe (ok if excludes the uk).

My cheap mobile charges alot for adding europe.

Many thanks

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  • Woodstok2000
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    I was travelling across Europe last year and couldn't find an eSim to cover both EU and CH (that I was happy with). I ended up getting one for EU and one for Switzerland and switching between them as needed. Worked out cheaper than the other options I could find (as I could just buy the CH sim for the period I was there) and never had any issues.

  • muffinhead
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    This site may help you find a good deal:

    https://esimdb.com/switzerland

  • redux
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    I started making a list of eSIMs and adapters for them, then I found three comparison sites, including the one posted above

    https://mybestsim.com/en/

    https://travelsims.app/

    The latter says it chooses the best deals, not the most

    Generally these are going to do only data. If any might accept incoming calls, it might be tricky to find out the number, and in any case many SIMs will have one or more other country identities, such as USA, Netherlands, Hong Kong

    So if you're going to want calls as well, maybe use WhatApp or VoIP apps on that data SIM,.or choose a suitable one month deal on a different ordinary UK SIM with free roaming

  • TC77
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    Thanks for the advice, i'm going to check my provider about calls abroad as should be minimal and some data maybe to cover switzerland and then check the sites for European cover!

  • ruflonger
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    You might want to look at Spusu. They do rolling monthly contracts that can be easily cancelled with 500 mins for EU calls in the allowance and include Switzerland in their roaming. I have a Spusu sim which I have used around Europe including Switzerland with out any issues. The only thing is that I cannot confirm if calls from the UK to Switzerland count in the EU calls however they have worked for EU countries.

  • TC77
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    Thank you. I will use wahtsapp for calls to the uk its more if I need to call accommodation places etc while away. Appreciated.

  • 531063
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    Have a look at Viber Out

  • redux
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    Other calls providers are available, some starting from about a quarter of that price

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