UK holiday parks change hands · VanLife Weekly #21
Sun Communities sells UK chain Park Holidays for $1bn. Plus: 4 ADAC routes through Hesse, barriers in Alghero, Singapore family heads to Turkey.
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Updated 23 May 2026
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↑22% vs. region avg.
Full tank (80 L, diesel)
€145
$168
100 km (10 L/100 km, diesel)
€18.07
$21.03
€1.00 per 1 EUR · updated weekly
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Price per kWh
We don't collect per-country electricity tariffs — enter your own price. Reference: AC home ~0.15–0.30 €/kWh, public DC fast charger 0.40–0.70 €/kWh.
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Litre/Gallon
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Route — select countries and distances
Athens → Ankara
1,090 km · ~€155 · ~3 days
🇬🇷 Greece 320 km · 🇹🇷 Turkey 770 km
Athens → Thessaloniki
500 km · ~€90 · ~1 day
🇬🇷 Greece 500 km
Athens → Tirana
700 km · ~€131 · ~2 days
🇬🇷 Greece 470 km · 🇦🇱 Albania 230 km
Athens → Tunis
2,010 km · ~€337 · ~5 days
🇬🇷 Greece 290 km · 🇦🇱 Albania 200 km · 🇲🇪 Montenegro 150 km · 🇭🇷 Croatia 270 km · 🇸🇮 Slovenia 170 km · 🇮🇹 Italy 600 km · 🇹🇳 Tunisia 330 km
Current fuel prices in Greece: diesel €1.81 ($2.10) per liter, gasoline €2.12 ($2.47) per liter.
The local gasoline grade is Αμόλυβδη 95 · RON 95.
Greece ranks #17 out of 41 countries in Europe by diesel price.
Use the route cost calculator to estimate your fuel expenses for a road trip through Greece.
Free market
Changes daily
~55% Taxes and levies
Regulator
Ypourgeio Anaptyksis / Ministry of Development; Paratiritirio Timon Kafsimon
Market is generally free, but the government publishes monitoring data and combats margin abuse. Island logistics make regional differences significant.
Taxes and levies
Excise duty, VAT 24%, logistics and mandatory reserve components.
Subsidies
No permanent subsidies; temporary support programs existed in 2022-2023.
LPG/Autogas
Widely available
Bank cards
Accepted everywhere
Price spread
Significant
Market
Importer + Refiner
Station networks
Data is collected automatically from government sources (EU Oil Bulletin, Statistics Norway, etc.) and independent aggregators, with selective manual cross-verification from at least two sources. Official data takes priority.
Prices are for reference only and may differ from actual prices at specific fuel stations.
Cargopedia.net · cargopedia.net
Fuelo.net · fuelo.net
EU Weekly Oil Bulletin · energy.ec.europa.eu
fuelprices.gr (Greek Ministry of Development) · fuelprices.gr
License CC BY 4.0 — free use, distribution and adaptation with attribution to OpenVan.camp. Fuel data updated: 23 May 2026.
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