Ancede is a parish in Portugal, belonging to Baião municipality, where Festival Festança will take place in the summer of 2025, from 30 jul to 3 aug. It already had 2 editions before, in 2022 and 2023.
Ancede (Baião)
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Portugal |
| State: | North Region |
| Population: | 2,500 |
| Licence plate: | - |
| Major roads: | A4, N211 |
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Hitchhiking out
West towards Porto
Option 1: Repsol Gas Station in Eiriz
The best way to leave Ancede is from here Google OSM - Repsol gas station in Eiriz, near Ancede centre, and about a bit more that 1km walking. It should be quite ok and direct to get to Baião, as many people drive to center of the Baião. You can also ask to people if they go to Marco de Canaveses. If they go to Baião, from Baião to Marco de Canaveses or even to Porto is pretty straight forward to find a lift there. If you can only get to Marco de Canaveses, once you'll be there, just before the river Rio Tamega, one of the two main rivers of Marco de Canaveses, you will have this gas station Google OSM . You can easily walk to the gas station located in the Avenida dos Bombeiros Voluntarios do Marco, which is about 800 meters (10 min) from the city centre. From the town hall, you walk Northwest, for about 550m, from Rua de Sao Nicolau street towards Rio Tamega until you get a street on your left called Rua Cruz, the last street before you reach a small bridge passing over Avenida dos Bombeiros Voluntarios do Marco. Take Rua Cruz, walk for 200m and the gas station will be just on your right side when you will reach the main road Avenida dos Bombeiros Voluntarios do Marco. Check here to see how to get there. Tell drivers you are going to Porto through the A4. Many of the cars might be from locals, though many are also going direction Porto. If drivers are going to take the A11 towards Guimaraes, you can ask them leave you at the tolls (portagens) at the entrance of the motorways A4 and A11 (they start in the same place). You can try asking drivers directly when they stop to take the card from the machine. These tolls are located about 10 km from Marco de Canaveses (via the N211). There is a service station on the A4 before Porto, in Aguas Santas..
The location of this option is very close (about 1 km walking) to the location of option 1. See here. This serves as an alternative to option 1, and you can perfectly try both as they are so close. Make sure you hitchhike the road going to the left towards the river.
South towards Aveiro, Lisbon, Algarve
The best way to go South is to go towards Porto (West) in a first instance, using the Repsol Gas Station in Marco de Canaveses mentioned earlier. When on the A4 towards Porto, you can be dropped at the gas station Estaçao de Serviço de Aguas Santas, 2 km before the merge with the A3. You can try to find a lift to a service station south of Porto (Repsol gas station in Gaia, or further south on the A1, Estaçao de Serviço Antuã-Estarreja). Or look to be dropped by a metro station in Porto, and go to the Repsol gas station in Gaia, walking distance from Santo Ovidio metro station. (One user has also used a spot in Antas, in the exit direction Lisbon/South, here.
Via Porto's External ring road (CREP)
When you are starting the trip at the tolls or gas station in Marco de Caneveses you could also try to find divers who are going towards Lisbon via CREP / A41 (you will have to be quite lucky as most people go to Porto). You can check your way here.
North towards Braga, Vigo, A Coruña
Use the same spots mentioned above, but look for cars taking the A11 towards Guimaraes.
East towards Vila Real, Spain, France
Though the road M570 is used by many locals to drive to the east, specially to Amarante, that won't be very good for a hitchhiker. It is usually faster and simpler to go to the A4, like in the previous options, with the road N211. Just 1 or 2 kilometers further east on the A4 you have a big service station. Note that this highway is not a busy one, and you might need some patience (if you're going to Spain and France, this is a way less busy route than the border in Vilar Formoso, near Guarda).
Hitchhiking in
The best way to hitch in is using the motorway A4 if you are coming from West, South and East, and the A11 if you are coming from the North. They will merge at the same meeting point - the exit that leads to Marco de Canaveses and Baião, which has tolls, located about 10 km from the town. If you are coming from Porto or from the East on the A4, take exit 14 and right after take exit 16 for N211 towards Marco de Canaveses and Baião. If you are coming from North using A11 take exit 16 for N211 towards Marco de Canaveses and Baião. You shouldn't have much trouble finding a lift from the tolls, as most of the drivers will take the road to Marco de Canaveses or Baião, or will drive through it.
Camping
If you want to do wild camping in Ancede you have plenty of space and places besides the ones recommended here where you won't be bothered by anybody.
Área de Lazer de Ancede Google OSM is a really nice park located in Penalva, belonging to Ancede. This park has all the infrastructures you need to relax and enjoy. You'll have electricity, shade, trees, good water to drink, a river to swim. Better is difficult, and everythig is free.
You can also try to use the normal online platforms for travelers, though you might not find many people! The user Verde mar is sometimes there and you can try to contact him, though expect that he will be travelling as he has a nomadic lifestyle.