Keeping in touch is simple in Barcelona, just choose the way to do it:
Telephone
To call abroad from Spain, dial the international access code (00), then your country code (such as 1 for the US, 44 for Great Britain), then the number. If you have a phone card from your home company, you can place a call by dialing your company's access number in Spain:
ATT 900 990 011
MCI 900 990 014
Sprint 900 990 013
British Telecom 900 990 044
Mobile phones can be used in Spain provided they conform to the European GSM standard and the "roam" feature is activated.
International calling card
If you plan on phoning home on a regular basis during your stay in Spain, you may want to check out Telefonica's International Calling Card. Available from tobacconists, newstands and other authorised retailers, the credit card style "tarjeta" makes calling abroad from any type of phone easier and cheaper. It is available in denominations of 6 euros.
Post
You can buy stamps to send letters in any tobacconist's ("estanco"), in some hotels or in post offices. They can then be posted in any of the yellow postboxes spread around the city.
Central Post Office.
Via Laietana, 1. Tel. +34 93 318 04 04.
Mon-Sat.: 8 to 20 h. Sun.: closed. Stamps, parcels, telegrams, telephone, telex and fax.
Example: Arago, 282 (Pg. de Gracia). Tel. +34 93 216 04 53.
Mon. to Fri.: 8 to 21 h. Sat.: 9 to 14 h. Sun.: closed Postal service only.
Internet bars and cafes
El Balconet
Recinte del Poble Espanyol, Marques de Comillas s/n, tel: 93 292 41 00; e-mail: balconet@poble-espanyol.com.
BCNet Internet Gallery Cafe
c/Barra de Ferro 3, tel: 93 268 1507/fax: 93 268 1507; e-mail: bcnetcafe@bcnetcafe.com; www.ramudavala.com Open: daily, 10am-2:30am. Price: 2.40 euros an hour.
Located in front of the Picasso Museum, this was the first internet cafe in Spain to use ADSL (2Mb/seg).
El Cafe de Internet
Avenida de las Corts Catalanas 656, tel: 93 412 1915; e-mail: cafe@cafeinternet.es
The city's first cyber cafe, founded six years ago. Open: 10am-12pm; 3.60 euros for half an hour
Comunicat Ramu
c/ Tigre 22, tel: 93 412 5053/fax: 93 412 2532; e-mail: igor@ramudavala.com; www.easyeverything.com Open: 10am-2pm and 3-9pm. Price: 4.20 euros an hour.
Internet club which also offers photocopying, scaners, digital photography and fax services.
Conectate Zona Internet
c/Aragon 283, on the corner of Pau Claris, tel: 93 467 0443; e-mail: conectate@teleline.es Open: daily, 24 hours a day. Price: 1.20 euros an hour.
E-mail from Spain
Ramblas 42, tel: 93 481 7575, jmg@emailfromspain.es. Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-8pm. Price: 5.41 euros per hour.
Also offers Spanish lessons and free tourist information.
Easy Everything
La Ronda Universidad 35 (Metro: Plaza Cataluna) www.conectate.es
Magma Music Bar
c/Rossello 478, tel: 93 436 428; e-mail: magmabar@terra.es or magmabar@yahoo.com Open: daily, 5pm-3am. Price: 1.20 euros for half an hour.
A music bar near the Sagrada Familia. Friendly and professional.
Net-Movil
Ramblas 130, tel: 93 342 4204/fax: 93 342 4256; e-mail: netmovil@yahoo.com; www.bcnetcafe.com Open: 10am-midnight. Price: 4.50 euros an hour, 2.40 euros for members.
Seventy fiber-optic connection computers, plus PC games and internet classes.
Netrunner
c/Gabriel y Galan 24, tel: 93 352 3014; e-mail: dlluna@ictnet.es Open: 11am-11pm Mon-Fri and 24 hours at the weekend. Price: 1.3-3 euros an hour. ADSL (2Mbp/seg) connection. Also offers courses.
Realnet
c/Perla 28, tel: 93 218 98 61
Tanga Coca-Cola Club
Avinguda dels Banys 27, Castelldefels Beach, tel: 93 664 5464; mobile 908 131 131; e-mail: interbar@tangaworld.com and tanga@cinet.fcr.es.
La Web a Cuitat Vella
c/Sant Pere Mes Baix 14, tel: 93 295 40 07
