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An eSIM for the Balkans is a digital data plan for the phone you already own. There is no physical SIM card, no airport lines, and no passport needed. Your plan is ready on your SIMAREA account before you even leave home.
It works safely alongside your normal SIM. You keep your own number for calls and important text messages. Your data goes through the SIMAREA plan. Just turn off data roaming on your home SIM to avoid high bills.
Coverage comes from local partner networks in each country. Your phone connects to the next one as you cross a border.
This plan does not include a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, use a virtual number.
What it is not: a local phone number. If you need a number for verification codes, see virtual numbers.
Balkans eSIM: seven countries, one list, from Croatia to Greece
5GEvery Balkans plan, the day pass included, covers Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia, exits in the UK or Norway, and can be topped up with data on the same eSIM.
The unlimited plan is the day pass we feature for the Balkans: after its daily full-speed allowance it keeps you connected at a lower speed, and it is billed per day for the days you choose. Fixed plans are one price for the term shown. Nothing on this page is an estimate.
One plan for the countries on its list
Set it up at home the night before. Your eSIM waits quietly until you arrive.
Pick eSIM plan
Choose how long you are there. The day pass is billed per day, so the term is yours to set.
Pay, then scan
Charged from your balance, which you top up with crypto. Your QR code is in your dashboard once the order is paid.
Turn it on at your first stop
Turn on data roaming for your SIMAREA plan when you arrive. After that it connects in each country on its list.
What to know about the Balkans eSIM
The specifics that decide whether a travel eSIM is useful once you're actually there.
Local networks in each country
The plan connects to partner networks in every country it covers. Where a country has more than one, your phone can use any of them.
Set up before you go
No SIM card store, no passport check. Install it at home, then turn on data roaming for it when you arrive.
Hotspot sharing
Share your internet with a laptop or a friend, if your plan and phone allow it.
Keep your own number
The eSIM is just for internet. Your normal SIM still receives calls and important bank codes. You can use both at once.
Keep using the same eSIM
Staying longer? Top up the same plan with more data from your dashboard. No need for a new QR code.
If it does not work
Not installed or connected yet? Ask for a refund within 30 days of buying it. Installed but not working on any of its networks? Support helps, and refunds you if it cannot be fixed.
Balkans eSIM: one list, seven countries, their networks
There's a single country list on this page, so a week in Kotor and a month across the peninsula cover the same places. These are the networks every plan lists:
- Albania: One Albania (5G) and Vodafone.
- Bulgaria: Vivacom (5G).
- Croatia: Tele2 and A1, both 5G.
- Greece: Wind and Vodafone, both 5G.
- Montenegro: Telenor, m:tel CG, and T-Mobile, all 5G.
- North Macedonia: Telekom.mk (5G) and vip.
- Serbia: VIP, Telenor, and mts, none of them marked 5G.
The fixed plans are 1 GB for 7 days, 3 GB for 15 days, and 3, 5, 10, or 20 GB for 30 days. The day pass gives 1 GB a day at full speed, then 384 Kbps until the day resets.
Routes it covers, and the borders it doesn't
- Dubrovnik, Kotor, and Tirana: Croatia, Montenegro, and Albania are all on the list.
- Lake Ohrid from either shore: North Macedonia and Albania both are.
- Thessaloniki, Skopje, and Belgrade: Greece, North Macedonia, and Serbia.
- Sofia and the Greek coast: Bulgaria and Greece.
Off the list: Bosnia and Herzegovina, so a day trip from Dubrovnik to Mostar takes you outside it; Kosovo, between Serbia, Montenegro, and Albania; Slovenia; Romania; and Turkey.
Balkans plan, Europe plan, or one country
The Europe eSIM lists Greece, Croatia, and Bulgaria on every plan, Serbia and North Macedonia only on its widest lists, and Albania and Montenegro on none. If the trip continues to Italy or Austria, Europe fits; if it stays in the southern Balkans, this page does.
A country page suits a stay in one place, with a trade-off. The Albania and Montenegro plans run on 4G and 3G, while the Balkans plans list 5G networks there, and the Serbia plans use VIP alone. On the other hand, the day passes on those pages slow to 512 Kbps after their daily 1 GB, not 384 Kbps.
Balkans eSIM questions
Does the Balkans eSIM work in Bosnia and Herzegovina or Kosovo?
No, neither is on the list. Global 130 lists both, and each has its own country page.
Is the Balkans day pass unlimited?
Only the first 1 GB of each day runs at full speed. After that you stay online at 384 Kbps until the day resets. Like every plan here, it covers all seven countries.
Can I top up a Balkans plan?
Yes. Every Balkans plan can be topped up with more data on the same eSIM. A top-up adds data, not days, and the longest fixed plan here runs 30 days.
Which IP address will websites see?
A UK or Norwegian one, on every Balkans plan and in all seven countries.
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Choose your Balkans plan
The country list never changes here, so choose by days and data, or take the day pass if your use swings from day to day.