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Follow the road out of the train station. At the intersection, turn left (west). I know that you can see the flags of the gas station in the oposite direction, but don't go that way. Trust hitchwiki, turn your back to the gas station and walk left (west) up the bridge. It is the only bridge across the high-speed train tracks. The road goes up above the hgh-speed train tracks (not the one you arrived on). After 200m, take the next small street to the right, the one you can see a "stop" sign from the distance. Go straight until it turns into a dirt road, keep going on the dirt road untiuntill you reach the gas station. There will be other roads left and right, ignore them. If you are trying to get to Madrid and you use this route, stay on the side going south and try putting Lleida on your sign. [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=BV-1501&daddr=BV-1501+to:41.468055,1.978912&hl=en&geocode=FY3TeAIdtQoeAA%3BFUzeeAIdvAceAA%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=16&via=1&sll=41.469149,1.978118&sspn=0.007943,0.01929&ie=UTF8&ll=41.471769,1.97505&spn=0.007942,0.01929&t=h&z=16 Way to walk] and [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=41469502&x=1974599&z=16&l=0&m=s&v=2 Location] === South towards [[Valencia]] ===Follow option 2 towards [[Madrid]]. West side of the road is towards Valencia. == Barcelona Public Transport ==The Barcelona public transport system consists of an underground metro, trams, area trains, and buses. Day passes are a little more than 5 euro, and cover the whole transport system, buses, trams, metro, and area trains (Rodalies and FGC). Single passes are for the metro only, and cost 1.40. The best deal is the T-10, which is 10 rides for 7.45 - .72 per ride. These tickets will also let you into the RENFE system, but you risk getting controlled if you go very far (more than 2 hours or so).  The entrances sometimes have turnstiles and sometimes have sliding electronic gates. It is possible to jump or slide underneath, or climb over the electronic gates. If you get caught your risk is 40 euro - if you're not able to talk your way out of it. Control happens sometimes at the exits of stations, very rarely on the trains. == Staying in Barcelona ==[[Accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|Hospitality exchange networks]] have many members in Barcelona, however, you have to plan your stay well ahead since it is quite a popular destination.  Other options include sleeping on the beach, in parks and elsewhere.  When staying on the beach in Barcelona, you may notice thieves. They walk around and observe people on the beach for hours before stealing anything. Even though they aren't usually hostile or confrontational, they can steal clothes off your back while you're asleep. The only sure way to keep your things safe is to bury it in the sand and sleep on top of it. Sleeping with your head on your bag is just not enough. Another option is sleeping by the roundabout of the Colom monument near the port at the end of ''Las Ramblas'' although the traffic nearby can be quite noisy. You can sleep near statues of lions and as long as you are low-key about it, both police and locals probably won't disturb your stay. Hitchhiker [[Zac]] did this is October 2006 and had no problems with thieves, but discretion is wise nonetheless. In the citie roofs etc are quite fine sleeping places. Sleeping in abandoned houses is recommendable although it is considered a crime, "trespassing" unless you have a banner with the squatting "N" hanging from a balcony, window etc. The cops are going to put this down and infrom the landlord. If they do not want you to stay and if you have been there for less than a week they can evict you right away. So in case you want to stay somewhere for less than a week having a banner is most likely not worth the hassle... even hasslelesslier you can stay in a squat that has already gone through the registration process. Most of those houses are in Barcelona. In order to find a place to stay there you can simply look up the online version of the local squatter's newspaper "Info Usurpa" and attend the next happening in one of the locations where you can ask for sleeping places among the guests.  Another great option is to take a late train to the park in the North-West of Barcelona. For example, you can take the S2 to ''Sabadell'' (ticket zone 1) leaving from ''Placa de Catalunya'' and getting off at ''Baixador de Vallvidrera'': there is a big park which is nearly like a forest, and you will find a very good and lonesome place to stay within 500 meters from the station. You can also take the metro from "Placa de Catalunya" to "Canyelles" station, walk about 200 yards uphibll from the station and find some nice hills to camp/sleep out/hang a hammock in. ;Before camping around Barcelona you should know that the place is crowling with wild boarsThere are hundreds of them... I was using the canyelles option for 3 nights but i dont have any reason to belive that it's dieferent in Sadabell. i don't know if i would recomend anyone to sleep there... if you want to do this i wrote some general tips that will help you to stay alive but i think you should read more about wild boars because if anything will happen you would wish you knew more.. like i did in the first night ;-) however it's your responsebility..1. Stay away from the canes. this is where they live and somtimes they spend the night there.2. Dont take food to you're place.3. Don't provoke wild boars! they afraid of nothing. if somthing happens back off slowly. 4. a wild boar usually won't attack if he doesnt feel Threatened. They will probably stay away from you but they will come to sniff your tent once you're inside... I did nothing and they went away... 5. It's best if you stay next to a tree that you can climb on if anything happens.6. If you see a mother and her cubs stay the fuck away. And may god be with you == More information ==* [http://www.hitchbase.com/ergebnisse.php?LANG=eng&abfrage%5Bstartort%5D=164 Hitchbase] has some more options on alternative ways to hitchhike out of Barcelona.* [http://www.tmb.net TMB.net] Barcelona public transport website  {{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}} __NOTOC__{{IsIn|Catalunya}} [[trash:Barcelona]] [[Category:Spain]][[Category:E15]]