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A general ''problem'' is that lots of people take the National Road next to the motorway because it's free. There it is not that good to hitchhike because there aren't as many petrol stations.
The [http://www.tuzsa.es/resources/mapaDiurno.pdf bus] #28 is not the best choice to hitchhike out of '''Zaragoza'''. You will get to a kind of good looking point with a petrol station and a red-light before the motorway but you will soon figure out that not even 10% of the cars go on the motorway. Most of them just cross it over on the bridge. Now [[User:Fabzgy|Fabzgy]] would rather try his luck with the bus 29 and get of as close to the cross of the city motorway.
Wladi tried the bus28-thing: It really doesn't work! Better to follow the "Ronda Hispanidad Z-30" (Wladi hasn't tried yet - finally he took the alsa.es-bus to Barcelona) to get to the motorway access.
By the way - the second petrol station is bigger but not really on the motorway. So try the first one after '''Zaragoza''' if your driver doesn't go far.
Barcelona --- Succesful hitchhike after 3 hours ---
I first went to this round-about like intersection and stayed exactly after the first road sign saying BARCELONA - on the first lane. I stayed there for 3 hours and the closest success was some guy shouting out the window 'Where do you want to go' in Spanish because I didn't have the sign posted and I was just signing by hand. This was completely useless because he just went with 80km/h so I didn't have time to respond.
In my opinion Spanish people do '''not''' hitchhike and tend to make fun of people who do.
Anyway, the roundabout intersection is
[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ronda+Hispanidad,+Spain&sll=41.662974,-0.886288&sspn=0.035267,0.104628&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ronda+Hispanidad,+Zaragoza,+Arag%C3%B3n,+Spain&ll=41.666276,-0.879979&spn=0.00888,0.026157&z=16 here].
Then I got pissed off and considering the previous reviews about bus 28/29 I said I'm going to try something 'new' so I just walked randomly to [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ronda+Hispanidad,+Spain&sll=41.662974,-0.886288&sspn=0.035267,0.104628&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ronda+Hispanidad,+Zaragoza,+Arag%C3%B3n,+Spain&ll=41.677277,-0.851325&spn=0.00111,0.00327&t=h&z=19 this place]
He also told me almost all merchandise trucks are leaving from Mercazaragoza which is a little bit to the north from the junction I've hitchhiked from, and that it's way better to go there and ask the drivers.
Mercazaragoza is [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Ronda+Hispanidad,+Spain&sll=41.662974,-0.886288&sspn=0.035267,0.104628&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Ronda+Hispanidad,+Zaragoza,+Arag%C3%B3n,+Spain&ll=41.686101,-0.858436&spn=0.005224,0.020449&t=h&z=16 here]
He said any city in Spain should have a Merca<name-of-the-city> where the trucks get loaded with stuff and that from now on I should go directly there.Hope this information is useful to anyone in the future'''Option 2'''
I think the best option is the petrol station/service area in "La Puebla de Alfinden" - I just don't know how to get there by public transport. Any suggestions of locals? Alternatively you could try to hitch with a sign saying something like: bring me to the highway, I'm a traveller from...etc. Had really good experience with such big, amusing signs in Japan and the US.
=== Southwest towards [[Madrid]] ===To hitch Southwest towards Madrid you are best to catch a bus towards the airport (501, 1,85€ as of 2015), which stops at a large shopping plaza. You can get out here and try to hitch from an on ramp to the A2, but you are better to walk along the side of the A2 for about 2kms until you find a large 24hr Gasolina-Restaurant. From here it is easy to approach drivers for a lift to Madrid.'''Option 3'''
=== West towards [[Logroño]]After Centro de Agusta, [[Pamplona]]there are three petrol stations. Most drivers will be staying within Zaragoza or going to one of the outlying pueblos such as Utebo. Therefore, [[Leon]] ===Catch either bus 27 or 52 go to Centro Augustathe third gasoline station. From here follow there, try to get a ride to the N-232 for 5 minutes till you reach a petrol truck stationwhich is about 10 km away. There If there are no vehicles, or it is a lot night, you can walk there. The name of local traffic, but the service workers are very nice they arranged me a good lift to truck station is La Joyosa and can be accessed by walking - illegaly - on the AP-68 towards Logroño.
After Centro de Agusta, there are three petrol stations. Most drivers will be staying within Zaragoza or going to one of the outlying pueblos such as Utebo. Therefore, go to the third gasoline station. From there, try to get a ride to the truck station which is about 10 km away. If there are no vehicles, or it is night, you can walk there. The name of the truck station is La Joyosa and can be accessed by walking - illegaly - on the AP-68 towards Logroño. I arrived at night and found a ride the next morning.== Nomadwiki & Trashwiki ==
== Trivia ==The official charity project from FC St. Pauli football club ran a charity hitch-race from [[Hamburg]] to '''Zaragoza''' from the 23rd of August on to the EXPO 2008 with the topic ''Water and Sustainable Development''. See also [http://vivaconagua.org/index.htm?post?388 the viva con agua website].{{nomadwiki}}
→North-West towards Logroño, Pamplona, Leon
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== East towards [[Barcelona]], [[France]] ===
Repsol petrol station/service area in La Puebla de Alfinden. Bus 211 till (012) NII Rotonda P.I. Malpica/Alfindén === Southwest towards [[Madrid]] === To hitch Southwest towards Madrid you are best to catch a bus towards the airport 501 which stops at Plaza Imperial. You can get out here and try to hitch from an on Av Alcalde Francisco Caballero with bus 44 until ramp to the intersection with Ronda Hispanidad and then A2, but you are better to walk all along the way up on side of the bridge A2 for about 2kms until you find a large El Cisne petrol station === North-West towards [[Logroño]], [[Pamplona]], [[Leon]] === '''Option 1''' Estación de Servicio Petronor Repsol petrol station right on the Nord Este Autovia junction.highway That whole area is an industrial site so there are From the city centre with a lot walk of trucks passing by and about 20-30 minutes, I easily found cars there: If you go from the chances are bigger with them than with normal carsbus stop Avda. Navarra 54 C.C. In Delicias in front of the same time Centro Cívico Delicias you can take the problem with that junction is that trucks don't have place ''bus 603''' to ''CASETAS'', leave the bus at the stop but ''Logroño 14'' (which is the guy who picked me up just stopped second stop in the middle vilage) and take the next steet to the right (Calle del Palacio) and head staight on for 200m, also go straight (2nd exit) at the roundabout and head on for another 500m. There ou will see some stairs to go over the trails at the railway station. Just continue till you reach the other side of the rails. Here you will encounter a small street on your left between two factories. On this road so apparently you see a roundabout after 100m that is not leads you over a big deal for '''some''' of them at leastbridge above the highway from where you can already see the petrol station. on the left side.As I found out from Go on the driver, other side of the best hours are around 10:00 bridge and 18:00-19:00 because there are generally 2 shifts of transporting merchandise between Zaragoza continue on a small path parallel to the highway for about 800m and Barcelona.I got picked up at 18:30in the end you will see a walking enrance to the petrol station.
Catch either bus 27 or 52 to Centro Augusta. From here follow the N-232 for 5 minutes till you reach a
Carrefour petrol station. Place is still in city limits
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