I don’t have a hotel. I might be able to use the address of the person I’m staying with (who also uses my address in the UK for their bank account and such) Seems I’ll be better with an e-sim.

Do you think a local sim would be a better idea? I’m not necessarily looking for built in VPN functionality (I already have that sorted out with a simple homemade one). Are local sims offered as esim? My phone only has one sim slot, but allows dual sim via esim