Using telephone in Spain

[Will Dean]

Bob's advice is well-taken. Another option I found very useful when I was in
France and Spain last year (not for the Camino - I'm doing that in 2004!)
was eKno.

eKno is a prepaid service that is a combination international phone card,
e-mail account, voicemail box, virtual "travel vault" for documents, fax
sending/receiving and text messaging. It's associated with Lonely Planet.
Here's the URL:

http://www.ekno.com/ekit/home/

Will Dean
Seattle, WA

> From: Bob Spenger <rspengeraADELPHIA.NET>
> Reply-To: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage <GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU>
> Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 16:57:27 -0800
> To: GOCAMINOaPETE.URI.EDU
> Subject: Re: Using telephone in Spain
>
> One note of caution for Americans and Canadians. Check the cards to make sure
> that thy are good for calls to your home country. My first attempt to buy such
> cards in Spain was in Canfranc Estacion at a variety shop. They had sveral
> kinds of cards, but most of them were for Europe only. The exception to
> that was a card good for calls to Ibero-America. They did not have cards good
> for calls to the U.S. and Canada. I had to wait until I got to Jaca. I arrived
> there on a Sunday and cards were available only at the post office, so I had
> to wait until 9:00 Monday morning to get a card. After that I usually
> got them at the Post Offices, although I remember that a sort of
> hardware/general store was the best place to get them in Castrojerez.
>
> regards,
>
> Bob Spenger
>
>
> Remi & Jen wrote:
>
>> I spent 4 months in Spain in the fall of 2001 and BY FAR the least expensive
>> way to call (home to Canada) was to buy phone cards from the tabac (tobacco
>> shops), internet cafes, and some small groceries.
>> Remi
>> Calgary - Canada
>