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You will find a lot of foreigners in cars from countries where the hitchhiking culture is more developed. You usually have to wait for some time – but those who pick you up at least tend to be really nice. Unfortunately they also seem to be somewhat clueless about distances (to walk) and what is a good spot and what is not (since no one knows much about hitchhiking). Another complication is the paid highways and the unpaid highways. Hitching in groups of three (even girls) turns out to be nearly impossible (about 150 km a day).
I suggest that wherever u want to go,write on the board a NEAREST CITY towards your destination.DONT be droped in small towns even cities!people living there are almost afraid of you.Otherwise if u write a city's name which is 300kms away drivers won't have the idea to help u approach a little bit,they think u r waiting for the direct lift.And be careful with numbers of entrances to highways in one city,ask locals cars go to your destination take which entrance normaly.And they r not as respectful towards hikers u r prepared to be laughed at and girls to be bothered .So with all this homework done I think it will be much easier,with a 30 minutes waiting-time usually(personal exeprience) Sometimes you will have to be patient possibly possibl waiting for over an hour! Once, [[User:Latindane|Latindane]] had to wait 4 hours to get a 300 kilometers ride with lunch included towards [[Madrid]].
When entering the country from [[France]] you should try to get a lift as close to your destination as possible. On the Mediterranean side, a good place for this is La Jonquera, one of the biggest truck stops in Europe. You’ll find plenty of international truck drivers all over the country, because Spain is a centre of the fruit industry, exporting their oranges and tomatoes. On the Atlantic side, there is another huge truck stop near Irun.
