Spain: camper van tests every 6 months · VanLife Weekly #23
Spain now requires camper vans over 10 years old to be tested twice a year. Plus: 644 overnight parks in Japan and a wave of illegal stopovers in France.
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Updated 6 June 2026
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Full tank (80 L, diesel)
€130
$149
100 km (10 L/100 km, diesel)
€16.19
$18.68
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Sofia → Ankara
1,130 km · ~€152 · ~3 days
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 320 km · 🇹🇷 Turkey 810 km
Sofia → Athens
730 km · ~€122 · ~2 days
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 350 km · 🇬🇷 Greece 380 km
Sofia → Tirana
580 km · ~€101 · ~1 day
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 190 km · 🇬🇷 Greece 290 km · 🇦🇱 Albania 100 km
Sofia → Minsk
1,840 km · ~€288 · ~5 days
🇧🇬 Bulgaria 250 km · 🇷🇴 Romania 490 km · 🇺🇦 Ukraine 770 km · 🇧🇾 Belarus 330 km
Current fuel prices in Bulgaria: diesel €1.62 ($1.87) per liter, gasoline €1.50 ($1.73) per liter.
The local gasoline grade is Super E10 · RON 95 (up to 10% ethanol).
Bulgaria ranks #8 out of 41 countries in Europe by diesel price.
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Ministerstvo na energetikata / Ministry of Energy; Komisiya za zashtita na konkurentsiyata / CPC monitors the market, and the state periodically intervenes through oversight and tax measures.
Prices are formally free and change daily, but high market concentration and the historical role of Lukoil Neftochim amplify competition oversight and political sensitivity.
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Excise: `EUR 363.02/1000 L` unleaded petrol and `EUR 330.29/1000 L` diesel, VAT 20%, mandatory reserves and logistics components.
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Cargopedia.net · cargopedia.net
Fuelo.net · fuelo.net
EU Weekly Oil Bulletin · energy.ec.europa.eu
Bulmarket.bg (Bulgaria) · bulmarket.bg
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Varna 92The company 'PEPE.BG' announced that the won plot near Butamyata Beach will not see any permanent buildings. The project involves a zone for temporary placement of campervans, caravans, and tents. The investor claims the aim is to stop unregulated camping that caused littering. The company also states it will preserve vegetation and use existing sanitary facilities.
A family from Munich with four children spent nearly a year in a motorhome, traveling to find a place to settle permanently. They eventually settled on the Black Sea coast of Bulgaria, near Varna. The podcast discusses details of the move, including children's education, buying a house, and starting a business in Bulgaria.
Tsarevo Municipality held a tender to lease 35 hectares of forest for a camping site in Strandzha Nature Park. The site is located behind Butamyata Beach in Sinemorets. The camping will accommodate 85 caravans and 20 camper vans with tents. The annual rent is undisclosed but described as 'symbolic' by the source.
The Bulgarian municipality of Tsarevo held a tender for leasing 35 hectares of land for a campsite with 85 caravans, 20 campervans, and tents. The winner was the company PEPE.BG, linked to the only individual participant whose bid was invalidated. The annual rent is 6,700 euros excluding VAT, and part of the site lies within the forest fund of Strandzha Nature Park.
Tsarevo municipality has leased four municipal plots totaling nearly 35 decares on the first line of Butamyata beach for a caravan campsite. The tender raised suspicions due to the participation of two connected candidates, one of whom was disqualified as an individual. The winner, company 'Pepe.bg', secured the site for three years at €6,700 per year, planning to accommodate 85 caravans, 20 campervans, and tents, straining the infrastructure of Strandzha Park.
On June 6 around 8 p.m., firefighters in Kardzhali received a report of a German family stuck in a campervan in a wooded area near the village of Dolishte. Navigation led them onto a rain-washed road. Rescuers and locals freed the vehicle; the tourists were escorted to the village of Kaloyantsi for the night.
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