Comments on: Buying a SIM Card or eSIM for Travel in Greece https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/ Tech gear, gadgets, reviews, and advice Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:59:28 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 By: P Sharpe https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-745378 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-745378 In reply to Dave Dean.

EXACT same treatment for me in Chania, Crete. The Vodafone website still says you can get the Vodafone International package at “any Vodafone shop” but at this point that seems to be misleading at best: https://www.vodafone.gr/prepay-sim-card-greece/

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-741816 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-741816 In reply to Ben Regan.

I guess if I was going to pick the one phone store most likely to try to take advantage of tourists in Greece, it’d probably be the one on Santorini!

]]> By: Ben Regan https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-741815 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-741815 Note that Vodafone shop in Santorini insists that the only possible package is voice + unlimited data for 1 month priced at 32 euros. They refused to sell anything else, even though Vodafone website suggests that there are currently a variety of other cheaper deals available.

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-678181 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-678181 In reply to Gabrielle.

Hi Gabrielle,

There’s no contract as such — you’re just prepaying for service for eg. a month in advance — so you can throw the card away before you leave. No need to go back to the store.

]]> By: Gabrielle https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-678156 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-678156 Hello !

Do we need to go back to the store where we bought the sim card ton end the contract or can we just throw away the card before leaving the country ?

Thank you very much

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-662335 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-662335 In reply to John.

Installing a new SIM card should never reset a phone to factory settings. About the only thing I can think it could do is change your existing APN settings (if you have any), which you’d then need to re-add when you put your old SIM back in again.

]]> By: John https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-662333 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-662333 I was wondering, if I bring my Samsung S7 from Canada and purchase this temporary sim card, will it reset my phone to factory settings?? It happens here when we swap sim cards, not sure if the same thing happens with those temp sim cards.

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-660789 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-660789 In reply to Diane Cranson.

If so, it’s very recent and news to me. It’s always been just a passport for me as well.

]]> By: Diane Cranson https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-660788 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-660788 HI, I’ve just been told that there’s now a law that to buy a sim card in Greece you need a Greek address and a tax number. Is this correct? In the past I’ve always bought a sim there and just needed my passport.

]]> By: Dave Dean https://toomanyadapters.com/buying-sim-card-greece/#comment-660328 https://toomanyadapters.com/?p=19372#comment-660328 In reply to Toni.

Hi Toni,

Be sure to check out the article I linked in this (and all other SIM card posts for EU countries), where I give more detail on the ‘roam like at home’ laws in the EU. Note that it applies only in the EU, not all of Europe.

There are caveats you need to be aware of, particularly around how long you can use a given SIM outside the country of purchase. In short, don’t expect to use one for a year as you roam all over the continent unless you spend significant time in the country of purchase as well.

You’ll probably have more luck using a Croatian SIM for a few months than a UK one, due to the issues you mention with international credit cards. Check out our Croatia SIM post for details, but our writer was able to use her Spanish credit card to top up without issue on the provider’s website. You will want to check with the vendor that your (presumably) New Zealand card will also work in the same way, but it at least seems more likely.

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