Electrical Adapter

[bettyboop16]

Anyone who's been to Barcelona before, did you purchase an electrical adapter for your electronics? Two or three prong?

[kokopelli-az]

We were in Barcelona in October and the hotel had adapters to loan.   So if you're staying in a hotel, you might check to see if they have one you can borrow.   I suspect the adapters they have to loan out are from former tenants who left them in their rooms when they checked out  :)  

[pno4te]

11 hours ago, bettyboop16 said:

Anyone who's been to Barcelona before, did you purchase an electrical adapter for your electronics? Two or three prong?

We bought this one through Amazon for about $40 to use in our hotel before and after the cruise.  Worked like a charm!  We did not need it on the ship. 

[hkto]

For $40 it must a Cadillac of adapters. Any EU to NA plug adapter from Dollar store (see image below) is ok. Costs around $1. Their true cost is around 20c

[bettyboop16]

Thanks everyone. Pics are very helpful.

[VMax1700]

Don't forget to check the voltage of the appliance you are using.  Barcelona, like the rest of Europe is 220v.  

An adapter will allow a US plug fit a Euro socket, but it will not change the voltage.  

[hkto]

Most consumer electronic adapters (phone, laptop, electic toothbrushes, etc) are dual voltage which is marked on it (110-240). Small appliances like hair dryers, irons, battery charger, etc are more likely not but some can be.

[CruiseDigits]

On 8/5/2019 at 1:48 PM, bettyboop16 said:

Anyone who's been to Barcelona before, did you purchase an electrical adapter for your electronics? Two or three prong?

Confirming what it shown in some of the posted pictures: two prong.

[suzyed]

On 8/6/2019 at 3:19 PM, VMax1700 said:

Don't forget to check the voltage of the appliance you are using.  Barcelona, like the rest of Europe is 220v.  

An adapter will allow a US plug fit a Euro socket, but it will not change the voltage.  

I found that out the hard way.  The crazy thing is, my hair appliance had the right voltage but I forgot to flip the button to it.  Grrrr!