2012-04-15: A Worrying Interlude …
Further to last year’s post , on petrol/gasoline prices in Turkey … a recent few days of driving in Italy, over this Easter, was a shock to my financial system …
![Italian Petrol Prices in April 2012 Colour photograph showing the prices of different grades of petrol and diesel at a Petrol Station in Ciampino Airport, Rome, Italy. Photograph taken by CJ Walsh. 2012-04-03. Click to enlarge.](https://www.cjwalsh.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Petrol-Prices_Ciampino-Rome_April-2012-300x225.jpg)
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The photograph above shows the prices for petrol (gasoline) on 3 April 2012 … in Italy.
Unleaded Petrol (Senza Pb) is a staggering € 1.938 !
As if that wasn’t bad enough … there were significant price differences across the regions of Central Italy … varying to as low as € 1.829 for unleaded petrol in some places. Some petrol stations did not display prices at all … and you only discovered the price when you drove in and stopped at an individual pump.
![Leaving Amandola at Dawn - 10 April 2012 Colour photograph showing our hired car stopped in front of a Petrol Station in Amandola, Le Marche, Italy ... just as we were leaving, at dawn, to drive back to Rome. Photograph taken by CJ Walsh. 2012-04-10. Click to enlarge.](https://www.cjwalsh.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Petrol-Station_Amandola-Le-Marche_April-2012-300x225.jpg)
BUT … just get a load of this …
![Italian Petrol Prices in April 2012 (2) Colour photograph showing the prices of different grades of petrol and diesel at a Petrol Station in Amandola, Le Marche, Italy. Photograph taken by CJ Walsh. 2012-04-10. Click to enlarge.](https://www.cjwalsh.ie/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/Petrol-Prices_Amandola-Le-Marche_April-2012-225x300.jpg)
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Unleaded Petrol (Senza Pb) is an unbelievable € 1.999 in Amandola !!
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