For our 2-week camping/rental car trip to Sicily May 2007, we packed an MSR "Pocket-Rocket" backpacking stove, just for that 1st cup'o joe -or green tea- in the morning; to accompany the heavenly Sicilian pastries bought the day before. (My friend Linda and I never had a better vacation than Sicily. Go. Do.)
Alas, no "MSR-type" fuel canisters were to be found the whole trip, even in the largest outdoor stores we found in Messina, Catania, Palermo...
This May, we start in Rome and head northwards.
What fuel types are you camping-types mostly seeing? I'm somewhat familiar with the French CampingGaz products (I have an obsolete model from 30yrs ago), and I'm considering purchasing THAT alternative when we get there.
Also considering the MSR "Whisperlite International," which apparently will burn anything from benzina, to Jet-A, to white gas, to weasel urine. Nearly a week's fruitless research on the net has left me dizzy and head-achy.
Who has blazed this trail already!?
Anyone know of a grande outdoor/sporting goods store in Rome?
(If you're curious, I've received a few helpful but non-definitive replies to this thread on the RS's "General Europe" category)
Grazie Tutti!
Dave