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Option 1: The spot below works although you might have to wait for a while. Go the the main bus station, in the north. Cross the road and keep walking north and look for steps leading up the hill side. If find yourself under the bridge, you have gone too far. If you follow the path, it will lead you all the way up to the E65. Then, cross the bridge and continue across to the other side, where you will find a rather small pull in spot. Make sure you stay behind the barrier and make yourself as visible as possible, because there is not a lot of space for stopping and drivers can't see it from far away.
Option 2: Easier to get there. There are bus stops on the ''Jadranska Cesta'' Street. A good one to hitch is the one opposite to the ''Lodpudska Ulica''. Hitch with a HUGE sign "Ploče". You can take bus #3 from the city center centre to get there, but the place is not as good as the bridge described above.
* I don't want to discourage anyone, but, I was hitchhiking from Dubrovnik to Ploče, to anywhere out of Dubrovnik towards northwest the north-west for about 2 hours and nothing. What I noticed were cars full of people, mostly families going back home from vacation. It was in august. Maybe if it's not the season, it will be less traffic but more useful one. My friend was HH two times from Dubrovnik to Ploče. Once he was waiting one and a half hour til he got a ride, second time 2 hours without any success. Another option is a bus, but you have to walk down from HH spot to the bus station near the sea for about 20 minutes. Bus costs 10 eurosEuro. I stuck there at night, it was 8 pm 20:00 so, at that time, bus sounded as a good option. (by [[User:NixyJungle|NixyJungle]])
=== East towards [[Montenegro]] {{E|65}} 8 ===
[[File:DSCI0111.JPG|left|thumb|[[User:Quarim|Quarim]]'s backpack with a [[Montenegro]] [[signs|sign]] in front of the historic old town of Dubrovnik]]
Hitchhiking out of Dubrovnik - which is the last major town in the south of Croatia - does not seem that difficult, although it might require quite some luck. Just climb up to the coastline road and hitchhike on the E65. A couple of kilometers kilometres after the city, there is a scenic view with a cafe café and a large parking space, large enough to stop a truck. IMPORTANT! If you are already on the part of E65 close to the old town, DONT '''don't''' move any further east! For the next 2,.5 km there is not much space to walk - not to mention to stop for the cars because of crash barriers, and you will have to walk it all. Its a very scenic - but also not very safe walk, in case you want to give it a try.
Most drivers, though, are heading mainly towards either [[hitchhiking a plane|airport]] or the small town of [[Gruda]]. It is still about 10 km from there to the [[Montenegro-Croatian border crossing]] between [[Herceg Novi|Herceg-Novi]] (Montenegro) near Gruda (Croatia). Since the traffic is pretty low on that road - especially in the late afternoon/evening - you will need some luck to find someone crossing the border and willing to take you. Most probably you will be picked up by some tourists.
Along the coastline road there are plenty of places where you can put up a sleeping bag, though few places large enough for a tent. However, be very careful and use a torch, as there are sudden drops in many places and walking here without light is dangerous.
From city centre - or pile (city center centre bus hub) take a main steet street called Branitelja Dubrovnika for about 1 km, on your left side you will see green rail and few benches down in the small park. There is one stairs going down. Go down there and turn to right, at the end of this small park there is another hidden stairs going down. Go there and you will find really nice spot called Club Boninovo. It's place what local made for their relax. During season it could be crowded during day, but during night it should be safe. There is grill for use and stairs down to water. Also you can jump from rock to the sea. Enjoy! May, 2015. [[User:Moody93|Moody]]
Another option is to go to the peninsula Babin Kuk, which is an area of small forests, beaches and a (quite expensive) camping. It's possible to find a wild camping spot here, and it's a half-hour walk (1 hour from old town) or 5 minute bus ride from Dubrovnik.
*''Babin Kuk was recommended as a reasonable wild camping area by a local. We ended up sleeping in our sleeping bags in a more secluded part of a commercial tourist center centre there (it felt safe), though you can also find normal camping spots near the beach. June 2014. Nick''
=== Port of Dubrovnik ===
500 metres from the main bus station in the direction of the old town is the "port of Dubrovnik", which is open 24 hours a day. In summer, the place may be a bit noisy and inconvient inconvenient to get some sleep, however, in other times of the year it would generally provide a good night's sleep especially if it's cold or raining. *"We tried to sleep there but they closed waiting room over night like one hour after ship to Italy left the harborharbour. May, 2015, Moody"
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