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My mate and I have been doing a bit of hitching and Italy and it really isn't worth it. Our first try it took us two hours to get to the highway, and when we finally got there the police drove by and they escorted us off the highway. The second time was another trek to the highway - luckily we got picked up by two older Italians who dropped us off at a petrol station, and from there we were able to find a couple who took us to Pescara. Although that hitch was successful, it is completely outweighed by our third try: we walked for about two and a half hours in the hot sun trying to find a wide enough shoulder on the highway (we were going off google satellite). When we finally found a spot that wasn't that safe but just had to go with it, we got asked by the police within ten minutes of us being there to leave (they were angry but didn't fine us).
In conclusion, we aren't going to try hitching in Italy again. The autostradas just aren't hitch friendly and trains are pretty affordable anyway. it might be easier if you're an Italian or if you're going from one major city to another, but I don't recommend traveling all of Italy with just your thumb.
== Hitchhike Munich-Rome ==
A friend of mine and me and 2 other friends hitch hiked down from Munich to Rome in two teams few days ago.
We all made it in roughly 24 hours (with lots of luck in the evening), but it was really not easy.
People in italy don't seem to like the idea of hitch hiking ("mi dispiace", "sono contro", "no passeggero", "siamo pieno" (even though theyre not) etc.). Knowing Italian language helps big time, otherwise it's even worse.
We hitchhiked most of the way on highways (even though not allowed) and got caught 3 times by the police, telling us to leave the gas station with a back door 2 times (which costs tons of time)
Try to stay really really low on profile, which means hide your bags, don't talk to people directly at the gas station when there's people working there, simply walk into food areas whenever police shows up or a police car is parked anywhere.
It's possible, but definately though terrain.
Good luck!
