Forums > Technical Discussion > Buying paraffin in Italy

Posted: 31st Aug 2004
Here you go...
https://members.iinet.net.au/~mbuckler/fuel/index.shtml

Somebody sent this to me before I went to France. It came in really useful.
As for the type of shop- I found that my local hardwear store sold lots of it. If he can find somewhere that sells paraffin heaters and oil lamps, then he's laughing.

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Posted: 11th Sep 2004
Mand- that is a really useful link for us travelers!
Thanks

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Posted: 16th Sep 2004
Mand - thanks a lot. I hope that will sort him out. Evidently the continental habit of using a word with the root "petrol" to mean paraffin is a little confusing - no wonder he couldn't find what to buy.

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Posted: 23rd Sep 2004
hey Katerpillar,

I've just been in Italy, and finding paraffin is a hell... And the problem is, most people don't know what it is :-s.... I know where to find it in Napoli (expensive) and Siena (normal price), but if you can't find it you can use Petrol... it just stinks

for clarity, if you ask for Petroleo, you get... guess what, Petrol, and not paraffin, sorry...

in order to get people to understand you, ask them for:
- Paraffina Liquida
- fuel for 'lampa di olio'

my standard sentence was:
scusi, dove si puo trovare Parafina Liquida?

per lampa di olio...

and ask for oil without color or Citronella... both suck pretty much

If you're lucky a hardware store might have it, and look out for the cheap shops with tourist trash; somtimes you see the cheap torches, they might sell lampoil as well then...

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Posted: 23rd Sep 2004
Agree with the above except DON'T USE PETROL!! EVER!!

Oh, and our local supermarket had some in Rome, but I didn't have my fire toys

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