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Some drivers are actually willing to take more people into their truck than they are allowed, but don't bet on it, it's better to split up if you are hitching with more than 1 person. Once on the ferry, you can expect a free meal and coffee (if your driver is nice and shares the coupon with you), and sometimes even a shower and a room.=== Personal Experiences ===
As [[User:Traveling_Charles|Traveling Charles]] used this information and hitched the ferry in May & June 2013. Since they were two people, they were unsuccessfull asking the trucks waiting in line to board the boat and many of March 2016the drivers said no, renovations as they can only take one person. But they asked the guy who was in charge of loading the boats and he was the key for getting a ride as he said he'd help them and basically gave permission to one of the port seem drivers to take two people and so the driver who had previously said no, was then happy to be completetake them now that he had the permission. [[File:Hh-maroc-camion. There doesn't seem jpg|left|300px|thumb|right|[[User:Amylin|Amylin]], inside a truck, hitchhiking onto the ferry from [[Algeciras]], [[Spain]] to be a parking lot where Trucks [[Tangier|Tanger]], [[Morocco]], April 2008.]] ==== 2016 and onward (post-renovations) ====[[User:Payne]] reports, from hitching the ferry to Morocco in April 2017: There are waiting more or less two ways to hitch the ferry. You will either ask around in the portparking area, or wait at the entrance gate for the trucks boarding the ferry. You are not assured to get an exit stamp of the Schengen Area through any of those options. The first roundabout South of the boarding station/ticket boots leads you to the parking area where all the trucks wait before boarding, but you can just walk also after coming out of the ferry that arrived from Morocco: good opportunities to head out very far into Europe will arise from asking around there (within an hour, I could have hopped into 2 trucks headed all the way back to Paris, one truck to London, and one to Italy)! Multiple parking areas will be awaiting you. Enter the area through the opening in the fence, right before the gates where truckers exit the area, about 50 meters from the roundabout. It is perfectly legal for you to the quay be in there and to ask around therefor a ride (words of the Portuary Police themselves). This has However, do not talk to the trucks on the road as the act of soliciting a ride is actually illegal in the port (words, again, of the added advantage Portuary Police). I take it that your "soliciting a ride should usually leave " only applies to a running vehicle on the next ferry, as road. You will have better chances to find a ride if you walk through that first parking area and cross into the second area (there is another opening in the fence back there). The whole point of this is already where everybody is boarding just to avoid walking through the exit gate. Use the license plates to find out in which language you should try to communicate with the boatdrivers. Right before If you catch a trucker that still hasn't submitted his forms to the last Police checkpointauthorities, there can it is apparently possible that he might be quite a queue of trucks, whom able to get you an exit stamp if you can also askgive him your passport, but nobody seems it would then be possible that you would have to care if wait a few days around. A truck boarding the ferry has already done all the paperwork, which is why you walk past end up skipping the checkpoint eitherSpanish Border Authorities. Next If you want to try the checkpoint there is also a parking lotother option, but you should head into the boarding building and find out when the next ferry is leaving: trucks there are coming from will start driving through the ferry's entrance gate (first roundabout North of the ferries boarding building) as early as an hour and are not going to Moroccoa half before the ferry leaves.
If On the ferry, a man sitting in a chair with a computer in front of him will be doing the Entrance Stamp to Morocco. He will not be there throughout the whole trip, so take care of that as early as possible once you are planning on buying a ferry board. My understanding is that the ticket for trucks is valid for up to Morocco2 persons inside the cab, consider sailing out and its price doesn't vary based on whether or not both places are used up. It also includes a free shower and free meal on board. The boarding building in Spain has 1 hour of free Wi-Fi to offer. On the little-known port of MotrilMoroccan side, which it is an supposed to be the same, but it actually turns off more or less every half hour , but also allows you to log in again infinitely. Personal experience: Blitz and J successfully hitchhiked to Morocco in February 2018. J speaks French and this was essential for communicating with drivers and a half south of Granadasecuring rides. If you don't want We first tried to make pass by the final police check before trucks board the detour all ferry, the way on duty officer told us it was impossible, had never been done and we couldn’t pass. Having read hitchwiki we knew this wasn’t true and decided to Algeciraspersist, passing through the fence elsewhere was not an option because we both had packs and the boat area from Motril the fence to [[Melilla]] costs about the same as from Algeciras ferry is large so we would have been spotted immediately. J suggested we try at the roundabout before the final police check anyway incase the officer on duty had changed. We spoke to Ceuta (€36 for adult, €32 for ages 17-21)truck drivers and were both taken through within 20 minutes by trucks. Drawbacks: Ferries leave only once a day, and When passing through the trip is several hours long (although you may enjoy police check the cruise). [[Melilla]] is a bit out of officer had changed and the way, but if you plan officer on heading straight for [[Fes]] or Tazekka National Park, it may be a good starting pointduty barely glanced at either of us.
[[User:Traveling_Charles|Traveling Charles]] used this information Me and hitched my friend were not able to make it past the ferry police checkpoints in May & June 2013september 2018. Since they were two people, they were unsuccessfull asking the trucks waiting in line As we tried to board walk around the boat and many of the drivers said no, as they can only take one person. But they asked the guy who was (first?) checkpoint two police officers in charge of loading the boats and he was the key for getting a ride as he said he'd help them car came and basically gave permission told us to one of the drivers to take two people go back. We didnt try it any longer so maybe if you are more sneaky and so the driver who had previously said no, was then happy to take them now that he had the permissionresistant you can make it.
[[File:Hh-maroc-camion.jpg|left|300px|thumb|right|The August 30th I, ([[User:AmylinGroben|AmylinGroben]]) was able to board the ferry in a truck. Someone drove me into the port, then on the first roundabout we went right, inside there is a parking with some trucks and a cafeteria. I think it's called "parque de seguridad" I'm not sure. I asked a truck, hitchhiking onto he told me I was crazy. I asked a second one and he took me in. It took me less than a minute... And free meal on the ferry from [[Algeciras]], [[Spain]] to [[Tangier|Tanger]], [[Morocco]], April 2008.]]
{{IsIn|Spain}}:"I slept one night in waiting hall on toilets for disabled people and it was ok. No one disturb me but for sure it´s not the most beautiful sleeping spot." Waiting hall for the ferries is open 24/24h, is actually safe, controlled and also some other people (locals/homeless/travelers) sleep in it. If you don't find a lift for the ferry or a long lift for Europe, it is better to sleep there and try the next day instead of moving somewhere else.
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'''Algeciras''' is an industrial port-city in southern [[Spain]], in the region named [[Andalusia]]. It is one of the main ferry crossings to [[Tangier]], [[Morocco]], and from which it is often possible to hitchhike with truckers ("camioneros") onto a boat to Morocco, without having to pay a ticket. == To Morocco ==Many drivers have the right to bring a passenger along with them, so it is both legal and free for them to take you along. Beforehand, you will see many trucks waiting in the many parking lots surrounding the port. The easiest way to find a ride is to simply ask, and continue asking everyone you see until you find someone who is leaving on the next [[hitchhiking a boat|boat]]. The last ferry of the night departs around 24:00, and each ferry loads about an hour before departure. So, to be on the safe side, you should arrive no later than 21.00 if you´d like to try for the last ferry of the night.
There are basically two ways of getting a lift. Walking around and asking truck drivers is one option, you will meet many of them on their way between town and the truck parking lot, a little south of the main terminal, where the military port is. Stand near the roundabout (see maps) and ask people, but they might go hours or days later. <br> If you want to get a quicker ride, it's better to try your luck right where they boad the ferry. Follow the signposting for the trucks to Tangier. If you feel you are running around areas where no pedestrians should be, don't worry, authorities seem to be quite relaxed. You can walk all the way up to the water where the boats are loaded and ask the truckers waiting there.
Some drivers are actually willing to take more people into their truck than they are allowed, but don't bet on it, it's better to split up if you are hitching with more than 1 person. Once on the ferry, you can expect a free meal and coffee (if your driver is nice and shares the coupon with you), and sometimes even a shower and a room.
Remember that the ferries do not go to Tangier itself, but to Tangier-Med, a port 40 km to the east of Tangier. There is a Bus to Tanger right by the Port, which costs 7MAD (0,70€), but hitchhiking is obviously possible as well.
UPDATE: As of March 2016, renovations of the port seem to be complete. There doesn't seem to be a parking lot where Trucks to Morocco are waiting in the port, but you can just walk all the way through to the quay and ask around there. This has the added advantage that your ride should usually leave on the next ferry, as this is already where everybody is boarding the boat. Right before the last Police checkpoint, there can be quite a queue of trucks, whom you can also ask, but nobody seems to care if you walk past the checkpoint either. Next to the checkpoint there is also a parking lot, but the trucks there are coming from the ferries and are not going to Morocco.
If you are planning on buying a ferry ticket to Morocco, consider sailing out of the little-known port of Motril, which is an hour and a half south of Granada. If you don't want to make the detour all the way to Algeciras, the boat from Motril to [[Melilla]] costs about the same as from Algeciras to Ceuta (€36 for adult, €32 for ages 17-21). Drawbacks: Ferries leave only once a day, and the trip is several hours long (although you may enjoy the cruise). [[Melilla]] is a bit out of the way, but if you plan on heading straight for [[Fes]] or Tazekka National Park, it may be a good starting point.
=== Formalities ===
Police might send you away if they find you walking the last metres of the road leading to the quay because you are bypassing the passport control, but once you're on the last, big parking lot where everybody is waiting to board the ferry, noone should bother you, as you're already past all checkpoints.
If you don't have a passport from a Schengen member country, things might be more complicated for you. Using the method described here, you will bypass the passport control on the european side and thus not get an exit stamp, which you might need for different reasons. So it would be wise to find out in advance if you need an exit stamp, in which case you would need to find a truck '''before''' passing the checkpoint.
Customs and [[border crossing]] patrol will take place on the ferry. You should bring your passport and a pen to fill out the form that you will be given. Sometimes, you have to ask the staff for guidance, since the border personnel expect you to come to them, rather than for them to come to you. You should take care of all passport-stamping before the boat arrives in Tanger because you will have to present your stamped passport page to the authorities before leaving the port.
It took [[User:N0id|n0id]] two hours to find a ride in August 2009. Without a basic knowledge of French it would have been much harder. Many trucks already had two drivers, only a few didn't. Truck drivers on the ferry told him that it was much harder to hitch a ride from Tangier to Algeciras, due to the drivers' fear of getting busted for drug-trafficking and the tight security at the port in Tangier. On the other side, security will let you sleep in the ''gare maritime'' in Tanger (New Port) if you arrive after 23:00 because there won't be any buses going to Tangier city anymore.
[[User:DamnthatTelevision|DamnthatTelevision]] got a ride with the first camion he saw, and crossed the straight with the Moroccan driver, who also bought dinner and let him sleep at his place in [[Tangier]]. French was crucial, moroccan hospitality is legendary.
== Coming from Morocco ==
Around the harbour are plenty of supposedly "cheap hotels" for around 10€/night. However, the waiting hall for the ferries is open 24/24h, is actually safe, controlled and also some other people (locals/homeless/travelers) sleep in it. If you don't find a lift for the ferry or a long lift for Europe, it is better to sleep there and try the next day instead of moving somewhere else.
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