A Locutorio is the spanish name for "Call Shop". Locutorios are very popular in Barcelona, there are a lot of them, you can find one almost on every street. They offer long distance calls, at very good prices. Many imigrants use them for calling at home. Most of the locutorios are run by imigrants from Pakistan - seems they are very good in doing it. Most of the locutorio shops offer this services too:
- Long distance and local calls
- Internet access - usually for 1 Euro / hour
- Printing
- Photocopy
- Laminate papers (plastify)
- some of the Locutorio shops also offer international money transfer service (most of them work with RIA Envios - http://www.riafinancial.com)
Copisteria
Copisteria is the catalan name for "Copy Shop". This shops offer you black/white and color printing, copying, laminate, print photos and other related services.
Here is a map of Locutorio (Call Shop) and Copisteria (Copy Shop) in Barcelona. Locutorio are marked yellow, Copisteria with purple.
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Here are some web links of the chain Locutorio and Copisteria shops:
http://www.workcenter.es/
http://www.fotoprix.com/
http://www.copystart.com/
Sunday, August 31, 2008
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