Spanish sim card in SJPP?

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evergreen05

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• Apr 24, 2013

• #1

Does anyone know if it's possible to buy a Spanish sim card in SJPP? I only need one for my old mobile for emergencies & prefer not to wait until the first bigger town. Have probably left it too late to buy online.

Thanks
Elizabeth

 

flyswatty

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Walked in May 2012 - Burgos to Santiago; Planning to walk in May 2013 - SJPP to Burgos!

• Apr 24, 2013

• #2

I await responses. I need to do the same. Any ideas of which companies offer the best rates? I have a Nokia and an iPhone and need to figure out which might be best to bring. The former is simpler, the latter I will need a sim with data. Ideas?

 

Yallah

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• Apr 24, 2013

• #3

Hello,

I doubt that they sell Spanish SIM cards in SJPP. You probably need to wait until Pamplona for Spanish mobile phone stores. I have used Vodafone and found it to be good coverage and a reasonable cost.

 

mspath

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• Apr 24, 2013

• #4

Here is a Spanish link listing the location of 11 Vodafone shops in Pamplona. Hit 'mapa' to see their location. >> http://11870.com/k/tiendas-vodafone/es/es/pamplona

Happy shopping and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

 

Kanga

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• Apr 24, 2013

• #5

No, you have to go over the border into Spain. I've used a "Le French Mobile" prepaid sim, also Orange (France) in SJPDP. Weird how everything stops at the border. Us Aussies have trouble with the concept of borders as we only have coastlines...

 

naplesdon

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• Apr 24, 2013

• #6

I use Orange in France and walked across Spain with my phone last year and sent a few text messages successfully, I'm sure it would work for emergency use as well. The year before I bought a sim card in Pamplona at/near El Corte Ingles and never used a minute of the time I bought.

 

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pandadds

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May 2012

• Apr 25, 2013

• #7

Same question but in Burgos please, Thank you

 

lorrainemc

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March 2013, SJDPP to SDC

• Apr 25, 2013

• #8

Not sure what country you come from, but I bought a Spanish SIM from the mobipassport website before I left. (I am from Australia) It was great value, I thought, and enabled me to text and call home when necessary, and also be contactable, which was necessary bacause of my family situation. Might be worth a look.
Buen Camino

 

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evergreen05

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• Apr 26, 2013

• #9

Thanks for the replies. I can see you are able to get a sim for Spain online but as you need to supply passport details I was concerned about safety. Have now decided to buy a Lebara sim in Paris CDG & should I need to use it I doubt the roaming charges from Spain will be very high. Lebara.fr also will mail you a free sim if you have a French address(could use the hotel in SJPP), then you can add credit online.

Cheers
elizabeth