Dialing abroad

The international direct dial access code is 00.

Dial 00 plus the country code plus the area code and phone number. You will probably need to drop the ‘0’ before the area code.

Example: To call UK number (area code) 01189 547308 would be 00 44 1189 547308

Dialing numbers in Spain

Telephone numbers to land lines all begin with a 9 and have 9 digits. Local calls always require the full 9 digit number.

  • Numbers beginning in 900 are freephone numbers
  • Numbers beginning in 901 are local call rate numbers
  • Numbers beginning in 902 are national call rate numbers
  • Numbers beginning in 906 are premium rate numbers

Mobile Phones

All mobile phone numbers begin with a 6. Mobiles can be on ‘contract’ or ‘pay as you go’, recharges being freely available from tobacconists and other retail outlets.

Telephone Booths

Telephone booths, cabinas telefónicas, , are still quite a common sight and take Euro and Cent coins.

Call Centres

At telephone call centres, you make the call from an individual cubicle and pay at the desk afterwards.

Public telephones are frequently to be found in bars. Whilst convenient, they are generally more expensive.

Telephone cards

‘Telefonica’ telephone cards, tarjetas teléfonicas, can be purchased from the tobacconist and the post office. These are inserted into the slot in the public phone. They do not offer cost saving but are more convenient than coins. Some telephones now only accept cards.

Many local and international telephone companies now offer discount telephone cards. These can be purchased at newsagents and other retail outlets. You do not place them in the phone but call a free-phone number and enter your card number.

Dialling Codes

Country

Country Code

Afghanistan

93

Albania

355

Algeria

213

Andorra

376

Angola

244

Anguilla

1 264

Antarctic Aus Territory

672

Antigua and Barbuda

1 268

Antilles

599

Argentina

54

Armenia

374

Aruba

297

Ascension Island

247

Australia

61

Austria

43

Azerbaijan

994

Azores

351

Bahamas

1 242

Bahrain

973

Bangladesh

880

Barbados

1 246

Barbuda and Antigua

1 268

Belarus

375

Belgium

32

Belize

501

Benin

229

Bermuda

1 441

Bhutan

975

Bolivia

591

Bosnia Hercegovina

387

Botswana

267

Brazil

55

Brunei Darussalam

673

Bulgaria

359

Bukina Faso

226

Burma (Myanmar)

95

Burundi

257

Cambodia

855

Cameroon

237

Canada

1

Cape Verde Islands

238

Cayman Islands

1 345

C.I.S. (old U.S.S.R.)

7

Central African Republic

236

Chad

235

Chile

56

China

86

Christmas Island

672

Cocos Island

672

Columbia

57

Comoros

269

Congo

242

Cook Islands

682

Costa Rica

506

Cote d’Ivorie (Ivory Coast)

225

Croatia

385

Cuba

53

Cyprus

357

Czech Republic

42

Denmark

45

Diego Garcia

246

Djibouti

253

Dominica

1 767

Dominican Rebublic

1 809

Ecuador

593

Egypt

20

El Salvador

503

Equatorial Guinea

240

Eritrea

291

Estonia

372

Ethiopia

251

Falkland Islands

500

Faroe Islands

298

Fiji

679

Finland

358

France

33

French Guiana

594

French Polynesia

689

Gabon

241

Gambia

220

Georgia

7 & 995

Germany

49

Ghana

233

Gibraltar

350

Great Britain

44

Greece

30

Greenland

299

Grenada

1 473

Grenadines

1 784

Guadeloupe

590

Guam

671

Guatemala

502

Guinea

224

Guinea – Bissau

245

Guyana

592

Haiti

509

Holland (Netherlands)

31

Honduras

504

Hong Kong

852

Hungary

36

Iceland

354

India

91

Indonesia

62

Iran

98

Iraq

964

Ireland

353

Israel

972

Italy

39

Ivory Coast (Cote d’Ivorie)

225

Jamaica

1 876

Japan

81

Jordan

962

Kazakhstan

7

Kenya

254

Kirghizstan

7

Kiribati

686

Korea (North)

850

Korea (South)

82

Kuwait

965

Laos

856

Latvia

371

Lebanon

961

Lesotho

266

Liberia

231

Libya

218 (or 21 ?)

Lichtenstein

423

Lithuania

370

Luxembourg

352

Macao

853

Macedonia

389

Madagascar

261

Malawi

265

Malaysia

60

Maldives

960

Mali

223

Malta

356

Marshall Islands

692

Martinique

596

Mauritania

222

Mauritius

230

Mayotte

269

Mexico

52 or 1-706 or 1-905

Micronesia

691

Moldovia

373

Monaco

377

Mongolia

976

Montserrat

1 664

Morocco

212

Mozambique

258

Myanmar (Burma)

95

Namibia

264

Nauru

674

Napal

977

Netherlands (Holland)

31

Netherlands Antilles

599

Nevis (St Kitts)

1 869

New Caledonia

687

New Guinea (Papua)

675

New Zealand

64

Nicaragua

505

Niger Republic

227

Nigeria

234

Norway

47

Oman

968

Pakistan

92

Panama

507

Papua New Guinea

675

Paraguay

595

Peru

51

Philippines

63

Pitcain Island

649

Poland

48

Portugal

351

Puerto Rico

1 787

Qatar

974

Romania

40

Russia

7

Rwanda

250

St Helena

290

St Kitts and Nevis

1 869

St Lucia

1 758

St Vincent

1 784

Samoa (USA)

685

Samoa (Western)

685

San Marino

378

Saudi Arabia

966

Senegal

221

Seychelles

248

Sierra Leone

232

Singapore

65

Slovakia

42 or 421

Slovenia

386

Solom Islands

677

Somalia

252

South Africa

27

Spain

349

Sri Lanka

94

Sudan

249

Surinam

597

Swaziland

268

Sweden

46

Switzerland

41

Syria

963

Taiwan

886

Tajikistan

7

Tanzania

255

Thailand

66

Togo

228

Tonga

676

Trinidad & Tobago

1 868

Tunisia

21 or 216

Turkey

90

Turkmenistan

7

Turks & Caicos Islands

1 649

Tuvalu

688

Uganda

256

Ukraine

380

United Arab Emirates

971

United Kingdom

44

Uraguay

598

USA

1

Uzbekistan

998

Vanuatu

678

Vatican City

39

Venezuela

58

Vietnam

84

Virgin Islands (BVI)

1 284

Virgin Islands (USVI)

1 340

Yemen

967

Yugoslavia

381

Zaire (Congo)

243

Zambia

260

Zimbabwe

263

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