eSIM أندورا

You order it right here on this page, before you travel. Pick a plan, pay by card, and the email arrives within minutes with an install link and a QR code. One tap at home on Wi-Fi puts the eSIM in your phone, next to your normal SIM. No shop in Andorra la Vella, no counter, no queue.

Yes. Andorra has one mobile network, Mobiland, run by the state operator Andorra Telecom, and your Simbye line registers on it as a visiting line. What matters is your handset: it needs a built-in eSIM chip and must not be locked to one operator. Nothing has to be arranged inside Andorra itself.

That depends on how much data you take and how long you stay. The plans and their prices sit in the table above on this page, shown in your own currency. You pay once, before you travel: no contract, no monthly fee, and nothing gets added to your bill afterwards.

Mobiland, and there is nothing for you to choose. Andorra Telecom runs the country's only mobile infrastructure and sells it under that name, so every phone in the valleys sits on the same masts. Your line finds it by itself, usually while you are still driving up, with no APN to type in.

No. A local prepaid line is a different matter: at an Andorra Telecom counter you would be asked for a passport or ID card before it is activated. Your eSIM is issued before you travel and joins the Mobiland network as a visiting line, so there is no counter, no document check and no waiting on arrival.

No. This is a data plan, so there is no +376 number for local calls or for SMS codes from Andorran services. Keep your own SIM in the phone and switched on and your usual number stays reachable, while WhatsApp, FaceTime, Signal and Telegram calls run over the eSIM's data.

Yes. Coverage follows the valleys, which is where nearly everything in Andorra happens. Andorra la Vella, Escaldes-Engordany, Encamp, La Massana, Ordino, Canillo and Sant Julia de Loria are solid, and so are Soldeu, El Tarter, Pas de la Casa and the main lift stations at Grandvalira, Pal, Arinsal and Ordino-Arcalis.

Off the roads and above the villages. The Madriu-Perafita-Claror valley has no roads at all, and the high ground below Coma Pedrosa, the Sorteny valley and the ridges beyond the marked pistes go quiet. Inside the Envalira tunnel and on the hairpins over the pass it comes and goes, as it does in the tight CG-1 and CG-2 gorges.

No, it carries data in Andorra only. That matters up on the high border ridges, where your phone can latch onto a Spanish or French mast by itself and then sit there with nothing. If it happens, turn off automatic network selection in your mobile settings and pick Mobiland by hand.

Put the phone into flight mode for about ten seconds and let it back out. That forces a fresh network search and sorts it most of the time. If it still sits there, open network selection, switch off the automatic setting and choose Mobiland by hand. Also check that data roaming is on for the Simbye line.

On arrival, not at purchase. Installing the eSIM at home uses no data and starts no days, so the clock only begins with your first connection to the Mobiland network. That means you can set everything up calmly days before the drive up and just switch on data roaming once you are in the valleys.

No. This is prepaid, so you pay once for the plan and nothing is added to your normal phone bill later. Many home contracts treat Andorra as an international destination and bill data there accordingly, which is exactly what the eSIM avoids. Leave mobile data switched off on your own line and let the Simbye line carry it.

For a long shopping or ski weekend, 1 GB usually does it: maps in the valley, messenger and a few searches run on roughly 50 to 150 MB a day. Uploading photos from the slopes or from Caldea moves you toward 3 GB. If you stream in the evening or share a hotspot with the car, plan on 5 GB. The plan list on this page shows the sizes.

It depends less on the network than almost anywhere else: Andorra has a single operator, Mobiland, so every eSIM ends up on the same masts. What really differs is how much data you get, how long it runs and whether you need a local number. This one carries data only, so calls and texts stay on your home SIM in the second slot.