アルバニア eSIM
The Albania eSIM runs on the One Albania and Vodafone Albania networks, from 1 to 50 GB or unlimited, prepaid with no contract and no registration — online the moment you land in Tirana.
公正使用ポリシー
1日2GB高速、その後無制限1Mbps
選択内容
期間は現地で初めて接続したときから始まります。今日購入して3週間後に出発しても問題ありません。
アルバニア向けSimbye eSIMの使い方
2分以内に接続できます
Set it up before you fly
After your purchase you get an email with a link and a QR code. Set the eSIM up calmly at home on Wi-Fi. That does not start the clock — the validity begins the first time your phone connects to a network in Albania. While you are at it, download the offline map of Albania and the apps you will need.
Arrive
Whether you land at Tirana "Nënë Tereza" airport in Rinas, arrive at Kukës, come in by ferry from Bari or Ancona to Durrës, cross over from Corfu to Sarandë, or drive in overland from Kosovo, Montenegro or Greece: the moment you are in Albania, the eSIM finds the network by itself. No queuing at an airport counter.
Turn on data roaming
The eSIM works as a guest on the Albanian network, so data roaming has to be switched on for that line — it costs you nothing extra. Set the eSIM as your data line and turn data off on your home SIM so nothing slips onto your expensive contract by accident. Calls and texts keep running on your usual number.
デバイスの互換性を確認
購入前にお使いのデバイスがeSIMに対応しているか確認してください
アルバニアではどれくらいのデータ量が必要ですか？
当てずっぽうではなく、ちゃんと計算できるように。旅行で実際に使うアプリが、1時間あたりどれくらいデータを使うのかをまとめました。
Netflix と Spotify の数値は各社の公式情報（Netflix ヘルプセンター、Spotify サポート、2026年8月28日取得）。それ以外は通信事業者（o2、Vodafone、EE）の目安で、画質や電波状況によって変わります。
アルバニアではどの通信ネットワークにつながりますか？
How your Albania eSIM gets online — and how far the One Albania and Vodafone Albania networks actually reach.
その国のモバイル測定の半分はこの値より速く、半分は遅くなります。Speedtest Global Index、2026年7月時点。この国では回線ごとの個別のデータはありません。
The eSIM finds the network on its own. Once you arrive in Albania and data roaming is switched on for that line, your phone connects to One Albania or Vodafone Albania, whichever signal is stronger where you are standing. There is nothing to type in — no code, no settings. If nothing happens after a few minutes, flip airplane mode on and off once, or pick the network by hand in your settings. One thing hardly anyone thinks about: near a border, a phone happily grabs the strongest signal from the other side. Corfu sits directly across from Sarandë and Ksamil, and Montenegro is close to Shkodra. This plan covers Albania only — if your phone latches onto a network across the border, you have no data until it switches back.
Albania has two mobile operators, One Albania and Vodafone Albania, and this eSIM can use both. In Tirana, Durrës, Vlora, Sarandë, Ksamil, Shkodra, Berat, Korça and Gjirokastra, along the Riviera coast road and on the main highways you get ordinary 4G. 5G in Albania is still being rolled out and is essentially limited to Tirana and parts of Durrës — everywhere else you are on 4G, which carries maps, bookings, streaming and video calls without trouble. It gets thin in the Albanian Alps. Theth and Valbona have patchy signal at best, usually at the guesthouse and not much further, and the hiking trail between the two villages has none for long stretches. Download the offline map for that region beforehand and write down the address and phone number of your guesthouse before you set off.
アルバニアではeSIMと現地のSIMカード、どちらがよいですか？
| 比較 | Simbye eSIM | 現地SIMカード |
|---|---|---|
| ID required | No, the eSIM arrives by email | Yes, your passport. Albanian SIM cards must be registered to an ID document before they are activated |
| When you are online | The moment you land in Tirana, the phone connects by itself | Only after queuing at the arrivals-hall counter, plus a few minutes of paperwork |
| Network | One Albania and Vodafone Albania, your phone takes the stronger signal | Only the network of the operator whose card you bought |
| Phone number | None — data only | Comes with an Albanian +355 number |
| Paying | By card from home before you travel | On the spot in lek, often in cash; Albania is still very much a cash country |
| Topping up | Any time online, no new eSIM and no reinstalling | Credit from a shop, a kiosk or the Albanian operator's app |
| Your home number | Stays active, WhatsApp and calls keep working | Swapping the SIM takes your own number offline if your phone has only one card slot |
| Travelling on to Kosovo, Montenegro or North Macedonia | The plan ends at the Albanian border | Albanian cards roam across the Western Balkans at no extra cost, but you need your passport at the counter |
Why roaming on your home contract gets expensive in Albania
In most mobile contracts Albania sits in the most expensive foreign zone. It is billed either as a daily or weekly travel pass or straight per megabyte, and with many providers you only see the price on the bill. The uncomfortable part is that you do not have to do anything for it: a background photo upload, a few map lookups on the road from Rinas airport into Tirana, mail syncing on its own — and the meter is running before you even reach the hotel.
A prepaid eSIM for Albania turns that around. You buy in advance, pay once, and the price is settled before you take off. There is no contract, no registration and no commitment, and the validity only starts with your first connection in Albania, so you can set it up weeks ahead. You can choose between 1 and 50 GB as well as unlimited plans, with durations from 7 to 180 days — from a week in Tirana and on the Riviera to half a year. And the flip side belongs here just as honestly: a data plan for Albania is a plan for Albania. It ends at the border with Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Greece.
Where One Albania and Vodafone Albania reach — and where they don't
Albania is served by two mobile operators: One Albania, which absorbed the former provider ALBtelecom, and Vodafone Albania. This eSIM can use both and automatically takes the stronger signal. In practice that means solid 4G in Tirana and Durrës, along the whole Riviera from Vlora through Himara and Sarandë down to Ksamil, in Shkodra up north, in Berat, Gjirokastra and Korça, and on the main roads and the motorway towards Kosovo. 5G is still being built out and is essentially limited to Tirana and parts of Durrës — anyone expecting 5G everywhere will be disappointed, though in daily use you will not notice.
The real gaps are in the mountains. In the Albanian Alps around Theth and Valbona, signal is the exception rather than the rule, and on the pass trail between the two villages it is absent for long stretches. It thins out much the same way in the Osumi canyons and on small inland mountain roads. If that is where you are heading, download the map offline first, save your accommodation with its address and phone number, and treat the connection as a useful fallback rather than your navigation device. One more quirk of this country: Corfu is within sight of Sarandë and Ksamil, and Montenegro is close to Shkodra. Your phone will occasionally grab the signal from across the water or the border — and your data drops out briefly until it hops back onto the Albanian network.
Albanian SIM cards are only sold against a passport
If you buy an Albanian SIM card locally, it has to be registered to your passport before it is activated. That is required by law and costs you a few minutes at the arrivals-hall counter. This eSIM skips that step, because you travel as a guest on the Albanian networks rather than signing an Albanian contract. The trade-off is that you do not get an Albanian phone number either.
The alternative is roaming on your contract from home, and that is exactly what gets murky in Albania: in most contracts the country sits in the most expensive foreign zone, billed as a daily or weekly pass or per megabyte. The Western Balkans roaming area you may have heard about only applies between Albania, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina — it does nothing for your contract back home.
アルバニアでのeSIMの概要
- ネットワーク
- One Albania + Vodafone Albania
- 設定方法
- メールに届くリンク、または QRコード — タップ1回で完了
- 通信方式
- 4G/LTE — すでに対応しているエリアでは 5G
- APNと設定
- 設定するものはありません。eSIM がすべて持っています
- ホットスポット
- 使えます — ノートパソコン、タブレット、旅の同行者にも
- データの追加
- いつでもチャージできます。設定をやり直す必要はありません
- 通話とSMS
- 含まれません — WhatsApp の通話はデータ通信で使えます
- 自分の番号
- スマホに入ったまま、連絡も受けられます
- 契約
- なし。プランは自動で終わります
- 知っておきたいこと
- 通常の契約のローミングは後から請求されます。このeSIMはプリペイドなので、後から追加で請求されることはありません
アルバニアで本当に必要なアプリ
Albania is one of those countries where the big apps from the rest of Europe simply are not there. Uber, Bolt and Glovo do not operate here — instead there is a local app scene that works well, taxi apps such as Patoko and VrapOn among them, and that almost nobody knows about before landing. Download these apps before you fly and create the accounts on your home Wi-Fi. Once you arrive, all you need is data.
Patoko
Ride-hailing app for Tirana, Durrës, Vlora, Sarandë and Elbasan. You see the fare before you book and can pay by card in the app instead of cash.
Uber and Bolt do not operate in Albania — don't bother looking. If you flag down a street taxi instead, agree the price before you get in, or you will be negotiating at the destination.
VrapOn Taxi
The Albanian taxi app with the widest reach: besides Tirana and Durrës it also covers Shkodra, Berat, Gjirokastra, Korça, Vlora, Sarandë and Ksamil. Fixed price before the ride.
In small coastal villages like Himara or Ksamil there are barely any drivers in the app, especially in the evening. There your guesthouse will find you a car faster than any app.
Wolt
Food delivery. In Albania Wolt runs in Tirana only, but with plenty of city-centre restaurants and card payment.
Glovo and Bolt Food do not exist in Albania at all. Outside Tirana you are left with the Albanian service Baboon, or simply phoning the restaurant.
Gjirafa Travel
Intercity bus tickets for Albania and its neighbours, with departure times and a digital ticket — for example Tirana airport to Sarandë, or Durrës to Vlora.
Far from every connection is listed. A large share of intercity travel runs on minibuses called furgon, which leave when they are full rather than on a timetable and take cash only.
Ferryhopper
Ferry tickets for Sarandë–Corfu. The crossing runs year-round and takes roughly half an hour depending on the boat.
This is a trip abroad with a border check and ID inspection. On board and on Corfu this eSIM gives you nothing — book and download your ticket while you are still online in Albania.
Tirana Ime
The City of Tirana app: bus lines and stops, paid parking zones with in-app payment, and city information.
The city buses themselves do not take a phone ticket. You pay the conductor on board, in cash — keep small lek notes handy, cards and euros will not help you there.
アルバニア eSIMに関するよくあるご質問
データ通信、通話、本物の電話番号、チャージ、設定方法まで——Simbye eSIMを購入する前に知っておきたいすべてをまとめました。
