If you are planning to rent a car while in Italy, here is an interesting post by James Martin on About.com.
We’ve completed a drive that took us from our home in northern Tuscany all the way to Agrigento, Sicily and back, a total of 3220 kilometers, or just over 2000 miles. You may be interested in the travel costs, considering we have leased an economical Renault Clio Diesel.
Diesel fuel has caused protests here in Italy for its rather sudden rise in price, now pretty close to the cost of gasoline at 1.35€ a liter. We bought 52 gallons of it on our trip.
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