Albania eSIM with Calls & Phone Number

You can buy an eSIM for Albania right here, and it arrives by email within minutes: a link that installs in one tap, plus a QR code and the details for manual entry. Do that at home on Wi-Fi, before you fly. The line then waits quietly next to your normal SIM until you land in Tirana, so nothing is used up in the meantime.

Yes, eSIM does work in Albania. An eSIM for Albania is a digital SIM card built into your phone. Once you are in Albania the line registers as a guest on One Albania or Vodafone Albania, whichever signal is stronger where you stand. You choose nothing and you type nothing in. In Tirana, Durres, Vlora, Saranda, Ksamil, Shkodra, Berat and Gjirokastra, and along the Riviera coast road, that means ordinary 4G.

An eSIM for Albania starts at 30,95€, and the full price table above shows every plan's data volume and validity in your own currency. Pick the row that matches your trip and that figure is the whole cost: it is prepaid, so there is no contract, no monthly bill and nothing added afterwards.

Yes, it does come with a phone number. This is the version with calls, so you get your own French number starting +33, with calls and texts included. People can ring you on it and you can ring out. Your usual SIM stays in the phone at the same time, so your home number keeps working right alongside it.

Yes, you can make phone calls in Albania. The +33 line makes and takes ordinary calls and texts over the Albanian network, so a guesthouse in Theth or a driver in Tirana can reach you without any app at all. Each plan includes a set allowance of international minutes and texts, and the larger the pack, the bigger that allowance.

No, it's not an Albanian +355 number — it is French and starts with +33. That is the honest trade-off: you skip the passport registration that every Albanian SIM needs, but you do not appear as a local number. For ringing hotels, restaurants and taxis inside Albania it makes no practical difference to you.

To activate the eSIM once you land in Tirana, switch data roaming on for the Simbye line only, leaving your home SIM off. That is the whole job. The phone then finds an Albanian network by itself, usually within a minute or two. There is no APN to type, no code to enter and no app you have to open first.

No, you don't have to show your passport or register. Albanian SIM cards must be registered to an ID document before they are activated, which is why a local card means a counter and paperwork. You travel as a guest on the Albanian networks instead, so there is nothing to register on arrival and no shop to hunt down.

How much data you need for Albania comes to around 1-3 GB for a week of maps, WhatsApp and a handful of photos. Uploading beach and old-town shots from Ksamil or Berat every evening moves you towards 5-10 GB. Streaming on the bus to Sarande or sharing a hotspot on a road trip eats far more, so take one of the larger sizes listed above.

The eSIM that's best for Albania depends on four things: whether the network reaches where you are going, how much data you use, how long you stay, and whether you need a phone number people can call. This plan gives you a number with calls and texts, which helps with hosts, car hire and bookings. If you only want data, a data-only Albania plan is simpler.

Yes. Because you get a real phone number, SMS verification codes arrive directly on your phone — so you can sign up for or verify WhatsApp, Telegram, banking apps and almost any service. No extra app required.

No. This is a real eSIM with a real number that works natively on your phone — calls use your normal dialer and texts land in your phone's Messages app. The Simbye app is optional and only used to manage your plan.

Yes. You can make and receive calls and SMS with your included number — just like a local SIM, with no contract and no roaming bills. International calls are included as a set number of minutes depending on your plan.