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'''Perpignan ''' is a nice little city cozy town that connects [[France]] with [[Barcelona]]. Not There isn't much to see, but if you happen to end up there, it's is well worth a visit before going . It is the first bigger town when entering France from Spain, and so a useful place to Barcelona or into Francechange vehicles.

[[ImageFile:Perpignan_bridgeoveronramp.jpg|leftright|thumb|266px|The southward view from the bridge over the autoroute.]]

== Hitchhiking out =====Going Southand North ===Walking When traveling North, it is recommended to wait by the traffic lights on [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=42.700037,2.886615&spn=0.011591,0.022509&t=h&z=16&om=1&msid=107047389499788319963.0004367e4251f21521864 Cours Lazare Escarguel] where traffic occasionally stops. It is possible to get a lift from here to the autoroute ramp further up. Both onramps are good for traveling north and south. ==== Perpignan Nord ==== Take bus [http://www.sankeo.com/387-Quel-bus-dans-ma-ville-3F.html bus 13 or 14] until ''Cap Roussillon''. There go ahead to the roundabout, and to the right. Where the road makes a turn to the left, take the field way ahead. In front of the express road to the left and after 500 meters there is a very longtunnel, but very nice morning activitytake it and walk on the other side back to the north. Follow the street and you end at the roundabout with the onramp. ==== Perpignan Sud ==== This is in the experience of [http://hitchwiki. Just follow org/members/Armoniautopia/ Armoniautopia] the best and quickest option if you are heading to the signs for South (Girona, Barcelona ) To get to the peage (pay toll) by public bus, the best is to take the line number 3, direction ''Pascot''. Get out on the last stop, then walk until the end of ''Avenue Pascot'', then go left on ''Route de Canohes'' until you see the citybig road (road D900). Go on right and follow this road for few hundred metres until the toll. Cars have lots of space to stop and there is usually lots of traffic. YouOr, from the Roundabout next to the Ridesharing Parking Space ''Aire de Covoiturage Perpignan Sud'' there's an unpaved road next to the motorway that'll s safer to walk for hours probablyan also leads to the peage. The best place to stop ist after the peage, through many roundabouts there's also a traffic island and eventually people see you'll while they pay. From this toll you can easily get to a long, lonely but beautiful road with viniards on either sidelift North or South. Keep going There is an international fruit and eventually youvegetable wholesale market (''Saint Charles Market''ll get ) close to this toll, many trucks that come from there enter the autoroute onramp situated on through this toll to go both to [[Spain]] and France.If you go to [[Toulouse]], it is best to use a bridge over sign and accept only lifts going there because 60 km North in [[Narbonne]] the A9motorway splits. You can stop here Equally, if you want to try go to [[Montpellier]], don't accept lifts that don't bring you directly to your luck, or destination. If you can go 're going to Spain and your driver is only driving to [[Le Boulou]] (which is the last exit before Spain) avoid getting out on the last [[Péagepetrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]] which called ''Village Catalan''; on the map it looks like the last best place to hitchhike but no one going to Spain stops here because petrol is visible from cheaper on the other side of the bridgeborder (as of 2008). Just follow Instead, go to Le Boulou but ask your driver to drop you off at the final ''barrières de péage'' where all the road down there and cut into traffic will have to stop (not to mix it with a small toll barrier on the woods sliproad which is used only by locals to get around exit and come out leave the motorway). === South by national roads === Yet another good spot, if you're travelling South, is a roundabout 15-20 minutes on the foot south side of the Péagecity centre. Walk down the Boulevard Felix Mercader until and continue when it changes name to Avenue du Général Guillaut - just follow the signs for Barcelona. From there It's the first roundabout you can thumb a ride meet after the road changes name and there's even a parking area big enough lots of space for a lorry cars to stop . == Public transport == Another handy thing to remember is that buses within the province only cost 1 euro no matter how far you go! (But only for two hours.) That way youcan get almost to [[Andorra]]'s border for only 2 euro. == Black riding to [[Barcelona]] ==  This is my personal advice and has nothing to do hitchhiking. But this is what has worked for me. Keep in mind I don't encourage anyone to break any state's laws. I just report what has been useful for me. NoteMethod: getting wait until last minute INSIDE the train station for the train to Barcelona. Don't wait outside, on the platform. Once the train has arrived, don't go directly for it. You need to catch it last minute (or last seconds), when it is about to leave. PAY ATTENTION to the fact the usually the train halves in two, so one section will remain in Perpignan and the other one is to go all the way to Barcelona. But once you know this it is fairly easy to spot the half moving further (you'll see everyone getting off from one side and noone getting on). Be sneaky, try to get in when nobody is looking and be fast. Inside the train, act normal, go to first class, leave your backpacks on the baggage shelves, and head for the train restaurant. At the restaurant, sit and enjoy the views. Or you can sit comfortably on your cozy first class armchair. Usually there is no control at all at this stage of the Péage involves crossing a creek trip.I have done this twice and has always proved to be the best technique. Once in Barcelona, you arrive at the main station Sants. If you need to go further South, go to the Rodalies (short-distance trains) platforms and jumping take the one or more fences! Attempt going to Sant Vincente de Calders, R4, and get off at your own peril Castell Bisbal (or pleasure!more info on the Barcelona page). For those of you afraid of getting 'caught', I give you some facts: in France, they won't kick you out from the train. At least, this is not the common practice. You get a fine, but even if you live in France, if you don't get fined more than 10 times a year, nothing happens Now, if you don't live in France, you have it even easier. Myself, I have crossed the whole country twice and only got fined once each time I went across the whole of France. So you get an idea of your chances. == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} {{IsIn|Midi-Pyrénées}} [[Category:France]]