Calling a number in Barcelona

[OzzyR1]

Just wondered if anyone here could help.

Am off to Barcelona tomorrow and have to give someone a call when I arrive at the airport to pick me up. The message they sent says to phone [phone] XX when I get there (XX being the final two numbers).

What would I actually dial on my mobile to get through to this number, am assuming there needs to be some international / country code in front of it?

Thanks.

[jamesson]

If you're ringing a Spanish number from within Spain - even on a British mobile - you won't need an international dialling code. Just put in the number as given and you should be fine.

[philthy]

put +34 in front of it on your mobile.

[V8mate]

Don't Barcelona numbers begin 93 (i.e +34 93), or is the number you're dialling a Spanish mobile?

Edited by V8mate on Friday 5th September 12:01

[TonyHetherington]

jamesson said:

If you're ringing a Spanish number from within Spain - even on a British mobile - you won't need an international dialling code. Just put in the number as given and you should be fine.

Not so.

On an English mobile he will need 0034 or +34 (both work fine) (It's 34 from memory, do check)

edit, so to confirm, type into your english mobile: " 0034 609 20 64 XX "

Edited by TonyHetherington on Friday 5th September 12:00

[philthy]

V8mate said:

Don't Barcelona numbers begin 93, or is the number you're dialling a Spanish mobile?

Yeah, I wondered about that as well?

[mouseymousey]

TonyHetherington said:

jamesson said:

If you're ringing a Spanish number from within Spain - even on a British mobile - you won't need an international dialling code. Just put in the number as given and you should be fine.

Not so.

On an English mobile he will need 0034 or +34 (both work fine) (It's 34 from memory, do check)

edit, so to confirm, type into your english mobile: " 0034 609 20 64 XX "

Edited by TonyHetherington on Friday 5th September 12:00

That used to be the case but when I was in Fuerteventura recently I didn't need to add the international dialling code when calling local numbers.

[TonyHetherington]

Really?

Blimey, I stand completely and utterly corrected.

10yrs of travelling through Europe with work and the swines go and change this on me

[OzzyR1]

ETA Below:

Edited by OzzyR1 on Friday 5th September 12:09

[OzzyR1]

Ah, hold on, on re-reading the email I have got the numbers:

609 20 64 XX

and

93 317 59 XX


so I'm now thinking that the first is a mobile and should just be able to dial straight through without any prefixes and the second is a landline which already has the 93 Barca prefix so may or may not need an 00 in front of it?

[mouseymousey]

TonyHetherington said:

Really?

Blimey, I stand completely and utterly corrected.

10yrs of travelling through Europe with work and the swines go and change this on me

Maybe it's dependent on the network you pick up?

[philthy]

OzzyR1 said:

Ah, hold on, on re-reading the email I have got the numbers:

609 20 64 XX

and

93 317 59 XX


so I'm now thinking that the first is a mobile and should just be able to dial straight through without any prefixes and the second is a landline which already has the 93 Barca prefix so may or may not need an 00 in front of it?

Presumably then, the first is a mobile, the second his landline. I'd still stick the +34 in front just to make sure, but it's up to you.

[Fivepercent]

00 34 609 20 64 XX

[OllieC]

QUE !?

[Famous Graham]

mouseymousey said:

TonyHetherington said:

Really?

Blimey, I stand completely and utterly corrected.

10yrs of travelling through Europe with work and the swines go and change this on me

Maybe it's dependent on the network you pick up?

Don't think so - I'm roaming on Vodafone and haven't had to use country codes in any of the countries I've visited.

[deckster]

Famous Graham said:

mouseymousey said:

TonyHetherington said:

Really?

Blimey, I stand completely and utterly corrected.

10yrs of travelling through Europe with work and the swines go and change this on me

Maybe it's dependent on the network you pick up?

Don't think so - I'm roaming on Vodafone and haven't had to use country codes in any of the countries I've visited.

Correct. When you're roaming you don't need to add the code for the country you are in. This has been the case on every network I've used (Voda, O2 & Orange) for at least the last 9 years.

[pdV6]

deckster said:

Famous Graham said:

mouseymousey said:

TonyHetherington said:

Really?

Blimey, I stand completely and utterly corrected.

10yrs of travelling through Europe with work and the swines go and change this on me

Maybe it's dependent on the network you pick up?

Don't think so - I'm roaming on Vodafone and haven't had to use country codes in any of the countries I've visited.

Correct. When you're roaming you don't need to add the code for the country you are in. This has been the case on every network I've used (Voda, O2 & Orange) for at least the last 9 years.

Yes, I think they're getting confused with putting international codes in their phonebook entries.

"+" tells the network to go international (international access code is usually "00" but does vary by country, so using "+" is safest as it will always be correct) and the country code (34 for Spain) routes the call to the right country. Therefore no need for any of that when calling a Spanish number when in Spain.

Best practice for your phonebook entries, though, is to always prefix them with +YY, where YY is the country of origin (e.g. 34 for Spain, 44 UK, 1 USA etc) so that you can dial any entry from your phonebook anywhere in the world. Adding +34 to Spanish numbers in Spain although not necessary won't cause you to run up an international call charge, as the network is sensible enough to route the call locally.