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==Hitching Out=='''Bordeaux ''' (Gascon: '''Bordèu''') is encircled by a city in the Rocade, a fast dualsouth-carriageway bypass, with no places to stop and pick up hitchhikers. This makes leaving Bordeaux tricky, although not impossiblewest of [[France]]. It is best to hitchhike on the approach roads to 's the Rocade in capital city of the direction you wish to travel[[Aquitaine]] region.

===To [[Paris]]=Hitchhiking out ==

Take the Bus 12Bordeaux is encircled by a ring road (''rocade'' in french),28a fast dual-carriageway bypass,91with no places to stop and pick up hitchhikers,92 stop "Maurice Riviére"and peages are far and not easy to reach by walking or bus 91public transport. This makes leaving Bordeaux very tricky, 9, stop "Place de Latule"although not impossible. It is best to hitchhike on the approach roads to the ring road in the direction you wish to travel. It is advised to avoid going into the town centre.

===To North towards [[BiarritzTours]], [[SpainParis]] === Total gas station on the ring road Take the tram A to Gravières stop. Follow the street Rue des Gravières/Rue François Villon which is on the right hand side just before the tram arrives at the stop from the city centre. At a big crossroad, go left down the big crossing road named Avenue de Paris. There is a small road parallel of this street in the industrial estate, take it (rue Jean Raymond Guyon). It ends to a roundabout but here is a small old pedestrian road. Take it. Cross the bridge that crosses the motorway. From it, you can see two Total gas station on different sides of the road. The fences are broken so you can walk easily to the furthest one away for the North (Paris, etc.) Ask for going to the next BP gas station, just before “Saint André de Cubzac” if nobody takes the A10. At the next petrol station, there is a restaurant, so a lot more people. For the south one can use the first service station seen from the pedestrian bridge. === East towards Perigeux, [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[ToulouseLyon]]===The official advice A big outward road leads from the city center over bridges over the Dordogne, over the ring motorway and later becomes the motorway A 89 (E 70) to the east. Shortly after it crosses the ring there isa good spot: "Quai de la grave" + "Rue des Allemandiers" (Bus 2There is a junction,3where all the eastbound traffic from the ring joins. One may ask waiting drivers at the traffic lights or stand beside the road after that,4because it is not a motorway yet. Drivers can see you there and go slow because normally everyone has to stop at the traffic lights,5and there is a broad hard shoulder and bus stops,6where one can safely stop and continue. A few hundred meters further there is also a small dedicated fStation Carrefour Lormont Fuel station on that road To get there on public transit,28take the purple line A (both lines to Dravemont or La Gardette bassens work) from the city center to the stop Buttinière. The line follows a big avenue (Avenue Carnot) for roughly 3km. At Buttinière you get out and walk along that same Avenue Carnot for another 1-1.5km passing on your left first the Polyclinique de Bordeaux then a gigantic Carrefour supermarket and stop lights.  === South towards [[Bayonne]],91[[Toulouse]],92) but [[User:Carl|CarlBarcelona]] ([[Spain]] has had more success ) === '''Option 1''' Total gas station on the ring road Take the tram A to Gravières stop. Follow the street Rue des Gravières/Rue François Villon which is on the right hand side just before the tram arrives at the roundabout where Quai Paludatestop from the city centre. At a big crossroad, Quai Brienne and Rue Carle Vernet meetgo left down the big crossing road named Avenue de Paris. Carry There is a clear sign indicating your direction small road parallel of this street in the industrial estate, take it (rue Jean Raymond Guyon). It ends to a roundabout but here is a small old pedestrian road. Take it. Cross the bridge that crosses the motorway. From it, you can see two Total gas station on different sides of the road. For the south one can use the first service station seen from the pedestrian bridge.  ''Biarritz'' or Option 2''Toulouse' Closer to the entrance of the highway. Take the bus #15 towards "Villenave d' work bestOrnon" and exit at "Pont de la Maye" (you can ask the bus driver to tell you when it is). Then, depending on your walk in the same direction)that the bus went, and stand in on the road. Cross the bridge above the road. Just after the bridge there is a little grassy hill on the right. Walk down the layby hill. You'll arrive on a roundabout with a road going directly to A62 ([[Toulouse]]). There is some space on the roundabout so the cars can stop and pick you up relatively easily.   '''Option 3''' You can take the tram B towards Pessac Centre and get off at Montaigne-Montesquieu stop. Then you can walk through the entrance Ecole D'architecture university to Rue Carle Vernetthis spot: [https://www.google.pt/maps/place/Ecole+d'Architecture/@44.7919076,-0.6069205,17.25z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0xd55277ca268f08f:0x4587fa5100d62492!2sCours+de+la+Lib%C3%A9ration,+Gradignan, so +Francia!3b1!8m2!3d44.7911157!4d-0.6053846!3m4!1s0xd54d8a1e50ab175:0x406a7ebaf423b00d!8m2!3d44.7927729!4d-0.6052592?hl=es see map]. The cars there will most probably take the A63 that goes south. There is a bus stop (Ecole d'architecture) where you catch can stand with a sign and the traffic from cars will have space to stop and don't go very fast. You can choose a bus stop Ecole de Management, which is just before university  == Public transport == In the preceding two junctions heading for tramway, there are very few controls, but there is no way to avoid the Rocadecontrol when it happens.Therefore, it's wise to travel with a valid ticket to punch in case of need.   == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}} {{Cities France}}

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