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Pay phones in Spain

Replies: 4 - Last Post: Feb 16, 2013 2:34 PM Last Post By: eksullivan

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thestens

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Feb 16, 2013 5:32 AM
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Pay phones in Spain

Will shortly be in Spain. We will need to call my wife's 90 year old mother in UK - she is pretty deaf and cannot really hear calls from mobiles. We thought using a payphone may be better. What is the cheapest way to make an international call from a payphone in Spain - prepaid card bought in Spain,prepaid card bought in UK, coins or credit card ? Or is there another way I haven't thought of?

richiavo

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Feb 16, 2013 5:53 AM
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Just call from your hotel it will be not that expensive it is not like the charges you get for using your phone in a uk hotel. Call boxes are dying out all over Europe. And too be honest not sure they that much clearer than a mobile phone.

thestens

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Feb 16, 2013 6:40 AM
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Richiavo Not staying at a hotel we are travelling in a caravan - we will have a mobile with us but thought we would try a apyphone to see if it is better. W

bleen68

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Feb 16, 2013 8:40 AM
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There are pay phone around and some still take coins. I remember seeing them in Atocha but they are disappearing. As I mentioned on an earlier post there are " locutorios" pop pino up all over to allow immigrants to call home. They aren't always he most pleasant places but in smaller towns they might be more numerous than pay phones.

eksullivan

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Feb 16, 2013 2:34 PM
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There are still plenty of locutorios/internet cafes and using these is the best way to call home. Use a phone card-sold at convenience stores and locutorios. The phone cards will work with payphones on the street but duck into one of these shops so it will be quieter!
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