Aix en Provence

Aix en Provence

(Ais de Provença or Ais de Prouvènço)

Aix is beautiful city in South of France, 30 km from Marseille. It is worth seeing for its architecture. There are few universities, so you can find here big population of students. Although locals seem to be very posh and snobbish, hitchhiking in this area is quite easy.

Hitchhiking out

East and North - Towards Avignon, Montpellier, Barcelona, Lyon, also Marseille

There is a very good hitchhiking spot at Pont de l'Arc (it is the name of the crossroad on A8 - La Provençale). It is 20 min walking from city center; very easy to find - just go down Avenue Brossolette till the highway. Place yourself at the entrance to the highway, there were pavement ends. You can try to hitch cars coming from your left and right, but for safety reasons better if you focus on cars arriving from your left.

On the spot, you can find numerous hitchhikers' Traces