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[['''Barcelona]] ''' is the capital of [[Catalonia|Catalunya]], a region in [[Spain]] (and [[France]]).

== Hitching Out in ==<map lat='41.45816618938139' lng='2.140960693359375' zoom='10' view='0' height='400' width='400' float='right'/>=== South or North, towards [[Valencia]], [[Girona]], [[Perpignan]], [[France]] ==='''Option 1:''' Take a train [http://www.fgc.net/accesible/cat/viatjar/s2.htm S2] from ''Barcelona Plaça Catalunya'' to ''Sabadell-Rambla'', and get off at the ''St.Joan'' station (2 zones). It is another 10–15 minute walk to a good [[rest area]] at the AP7 which is the main motorway to go to the North (towards Girona and France ([[Perpignan]])) or to the South.

Alternatively=== From France === When on the main motorway from France to Barcelona, some cars are being stopped at the border for identity and luggage check. When going to Spain (Catalunya), there are several big rest areas on that road. You can either ask your driver to let you out next to towns such as [[Rubí]] and [[Sant Cugat]] where you can go to Bracelona by train, or get out of the car at a rest area and wait for another ride to Barcelona. A train ticket generally cost you around €2, 20 (Sant Cugat/Rubí)  If you get dropped on the coast road leading to Barcelona (11) it might should be easier really easy to stay keep hitching through the towns and villages until the city. I did the last 60km on this road in 4 or 5 short lifts but never waited more than 2/3 mins, just hopped out of each car and thumbed the train next one more stop almost instantly wherever I was dropped.  You can also ask the driver to leave you at the junction by the university (''Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona''). There is a [[roundabout]] right by the motorway ramp. The only challenge is that your driver has to be going from the junction of ''Barbera de valles'' on the right site of the motorway as it gets split - otherwise you leave the car at ''Castellbisbal'' [[rest area|service station]].  == Hitchhiking out ==  === North towards [[Girona]], [[Figueres]], [[La Jonquera]], ([[France]]) {{Aes|AP-7}} === In general your chances of being picked up are much better with cars with French number plates. For the options below it's good to have an idea about how many French cars you can expect. If you want to go further into France but only find a car going close to the border be careful about where you get dropped. See below experience at La Jonquera, last service station in Spaun. The first service station in France, Village Catalan just after le Boulou is totally dead, it looks like nobody stops there. If you can get a little further to Perpignan Sud Paeage, exit 42 and to use a sign for Narbonne you should get a lift at least as for as La Palme Service station after exit 40, quite a good spot for a longer lift into France. ==== Option 1: C33 Motorway service station Gasolinera Galp Montcada Norte ==== * Take a Renfe train on the R2 or R2 Nord line, direction: Granollers Centre (R2) or Macanet-Massanes (R2 Nord). * Get off at station ''BellaterraMontcada i Reixac''. Train will take you there in about 20 minutes. * Exit the train stationto the left, walk through the second exit in the direction of the train. * Walk under the railways and pass through the station building. At the other side you will find yourself at a small shopping district with a one way street. Follow it to the right. * Pass the church, traffic lights, and cross the pedestrian bridge. Once over the bridge, turn left and follow the fenced in school playground around to the right. * You should now see the motorway above you and parking below the motorway. * Continue following the main streetmotorway until you see the road dip down and to the right under the railroad. Go under the bridge. You * Up ahead and to your left you will then reach see a very broken vertical turnstile and a sign saying "forbidden" (see a bridge over picture here: http://imgur.com/MLxJc29). Ignore the sign and follow the foot path to the right, to the service road along the motorway. ( Someone also marked the entrance with "Autostop ->" )* This service road goes right into the back of a Gasolinera Galp Montcada Norte petrol station ( [geo:41.494515,2.191707;crs=wgs84;u=0 GPS Location] ) Also you can get to the same petrol station by metro L11 till stop Torre Baró | Vallbona + 3 km walk next to river to to Montcada district and find a train stop ''Montcada i Reixac''. Than follow directions as above. ==== Option 2: AP-7 Motorway Service Station Bellaterra ==== Take train [http://www.fgc.net/accesible/cat/viatjar/s2.htm S2] from ''Barcelona Plaça Catalunya'', direction Sabadell-Rambla, and get off at ''Bellaterra''. (2 zones). Turn left out of the station and walk 1.6km along C/ de Bellaterra. After you have crossed over the motorway bridge, turn you will see a small road to the left . Walk ≈400 along this road (you will pass through a small tunnel) to the service station Parking Bellaterra / Cepsa fuel station.  There are not too many drivers going north so option 1 is probably much better. As of 2021, the tunnel is no longer accesible, and you have to cross a very busy ramp to get to the gas station - yet another factor in favor of Option 1. ==== Option 3: Barcelona Gran Via ==== Take the metro L2 and get off at ''Monumental''. From there, pass by the ''Plaça de Toros'' (Bullfight Arena) and start hitchhiking at the next last traffic light by the ''Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes''/''Carrer Padilla'' before street that corner where the road leads to the motorway C-31. When the light turns red, ask people if they're heading towards the motorway. If yes, ask them if they can take you to the first petrol station (''"gasolinera"''). [http://www.wikimapia.org/#y=41400908&x=2183522&z=17&l=3&m=h&v=2 Location Option3]<br/ >This is parallel a good option to start hitching from the motorwaycity itself. It works pretty well if you know how to hitch from petrol lights, have a big sign or know some Spanish. ==== Option 4: Petrol station Barcelona Beach ==== Take bus H16 from ''Plaça Catalunya'' direction Fòrum and get off at ''Cementiri de l'Est''. After 200 meter Head towards the beach, cross over the highway bridge, and you will see McD and the Repsol petrol station on the left.[http://maps.google.de/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=de&geocode=&q=barcelona&aq=&sll=43.846165,7.51585&sspn=0.063015,0.154324&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Barcelona,+Provinz+Barcelona,+Katalonien,+Spanien&t=h&ll=41.392763,2.20439&spn=0.004129,0.009645&z=17&layer=c&cbll=41.392668,2.204321&panoid=THN4T4qwi_RHw72drz6r8A&cbp=12,328.03,,0,-0.5 photo-link]This is a small tunnel good option to start hitching from near the beach itself in Barcelona. It works pretty well if you know some Spanish or even Catalan as you have to ask the drivers at the petrol station. ==== Option 5: Port ==== Barcelona has a huge Port where ferries from Morocco, the Balearic Islands and Italy arrive. There are many cars going further north or to France. If you stand with a sign next to the passenger terminal where the cars leave the port, you can hitch a long-distance lift. It may be useful to check the timetables first, but keep in mind that ferries can be easily delayed by some hours.  === South towards [[Valencia]], [[Alicante]] {{Aes|AP-7}} & West towards [[Zaragoza]], [[Madrid]] {{Aes|A2}} === ==== Option 1: AP-7 Motorway Service Station Porta de Barcelona (Castellbisbal) ==== Take Renfe train R4 direction ''St.Vicenç de Calders'' from either ''Barcelona Sants'', ''Plaça Catalunya'' or ''Arc de Triomf'', to ''Castellbisbal''. From the train station, go left and take the dirt road that leads out and cross under the railway tracks on your right. Walking on this road, you'll come across a surfaced road on your right, that will lead to a bigger road. When you reach this bigger road, you'll see a bridge on your right. Turn left here, and then immediately to the right, to a small street, at the same rest areaend of which you can see a "stop" sign from the distance. Go straight until it turns into a dirt road, keep going on the dirt road until you reach the petrol station. There will be other roads left and right, ignore them. This whole walk from the station to the service station shouldn't take you much more than 30 minutes (besides, you can find signs on the last road that directly takes you to the service station, showing you that you're on the right way to the "área de servicio").

There is now a construction site jsut outside the train station=== South towards [[Tarragona]], and the road bends away fromt he tracks. Do not follow the dirt road that seems to follow the tracks as this takes you to wasteland that boarders some private property and some bracken slope. Following this route, after alot of walking you come to an industrial park, that leads to a town called Rubi, although the slip road onto the main motorway is very busy, after 4 hours of hitching, not one person stopped, not reccomended.[[Valencia]] {{Aes|C-32}} ===

'''Option 2:''' Take a ''Renfe'' train to ''Castellbisbal'' Petrol station from either 'on Granvia de l'Barcelona Sants'' (Line C4 Hospitalet leading to ''St.Vicente de Calders'', platform 1, buy a 2 zone ticket), ''Plaça Catalunya'' or ''Arc de Triomf''. Walk back up the railtracks in the direction you came from for about ten minutes until you see a service station on your left. To hitch North, cross the road via the footbridge. To hitch South, stay on that side of the road. motorway C-32

Alternatively, you can walk Take metro L1 Red line to ''Bellvitge'' station. Turn right out of the main exit of the train station, and take walk south ≈300m along Rambla Marina to the first turn Avenida De La. Turn right. Walk straight on from there, keeping and walk west ≈200m to the motorway on your right hand-sideGalp petrol station.

'''Option 4 - === North West towards [[FranceManresa]]'''Take a Renfe train from Passeig de Gracia, direction: St Celoni, and get off at Montcada y Reixag station (journey will take you about 10min). Walk under the railways and pass through the station building. At the other side you will find yourself at a pedestrian commercial street. Follow it to the right. Pass the church, traffic lights and the bridge. Continue walking straight until you pass Lasalle Collage and as you are under the motorway, turn right. Walk under a small railway bridge and as soon as you are at the other side, turn left. There is a turning gate with passage prohibited. Cross it and continue along the road till you get to Agrip station "La Pausa". It takes less than 10 min walking from the train station.[[Andorra]] {{Aes|C-16}} {{E|9}} ===

=== West, towards [[Zaragoza]], [[Madrid]] ===Choose the petrol station in Take Renfe train S2 train from ''Placa de Catalunya'' to ''CastellbisbalVolpelleres'' . Get out on the left side(taking the direction of the train as described above (Option 2reference)of the station. Walk straight out along Carrer Mare de Déu del Roser, going a bit uphill. Bear left at the end of the road and you will see a roundabout with a petrol station. At the roundabout, take the exit Carrer de Vallespir and walk ≈150m till you get to the roundabout junction with the C-16 motorway. Stand at the entrance slip-road direction Manresa.<br/ >Probably you will not find a ride to Andorra but from Manresa you can take the road in direction Berga. For us it worked out quite well.

== Getting in ===== From France ===When on the main motorway from France Hitchhiking ferry to Barcelona, some cars are being stopped at the border for identity and luggage check. When going to Spain (Catalunya), there are several big rest areas on that road. You can either ask your driver to let you out in towns (with train stations) and cities along that road, such as [[GironaMallorca]] or , [[RubíMenorca]] and , [[San CugatIbiza]] (latter two are better options), or get out of the car at a rest area and to wait for another ride to Barcelona. A train ticket generally cost you between €1,30 (San Cugat/Rubí) and €10 (Girona).===

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 [http://www.fgc.net/eng/index.asp FGC]). Single passes are for the metro only, and cost eur 2.00. The best deal is the T-10, which is 10 rides for 11 eur (1.10 per ride). There is also a pink ticket for older Spanish people 10 rides for 4 eur, but dont show this ticket to gate guards/ticket inspectors. 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 easy possible to jump the turnstiles or slide underneath, or climb over the electronic gates. It If you get caught your risk is possible 40-100 euro - if you're not able to climb over talk your way out of it. Control happens sometimes at the exits of stations, very rarely on the trains. Walk out by stairs slowly and look forward for them On the stations with electronic gates, but that will only work if the station best options is desertedto wait for somebody to pass through a gate with a ticket, and walk directly behind them. Also, This way you can open them hanging with all your weight on them (but only on those letting people out)across the gate. AlsoSometimes, if you don do it quickly enough, a short buzzing alarm might activate, but this is easy largely ignored.  == Blackriding long distance trains==On train station Barcelona Sants, where most of the long distances trains leave. You need to pass more than one person through the electronic gates go threw a control similar like on only one airports. They check your ticket, though they will beep when scan your luggage, you do thiseven need to put down jacket to go thre scanner. This makes it nearly impossible to get in long distance trains without ticket. Some The gates for short distance trains are monitored, others are notseparated so you can't just buy few euro ticket to village near by. The TMB employees dress in red, To get to the platforms of long distanes trains you would need a ticket at least to Girona or Taragona or red and white striped shirtssomething. If they spot When you, some will turn their head, others will tell come blackriding TGV from france you need to go back out from the platform and paythen you would need again to go threw the stupid control to get next train so it doesn' t help you anyhow. Controllers sometimes come At least leaving from the TGV is no problem as there are no gates on the trainsexit.  == Staying in Barcelona == === Free food and shower === Free showers at beach with cold water :) Food Parròquia de Sant Agusti (Carrer de l'Arc de Sant Agustí, other times they check as you're getting off (easy to escapemetro Liceu). The fine is 40 euro, 20 if you pay it the same healty food each dayexcept thursday at 10:15. You have 30 days Come half hour earlier to paypick up number. Except poor and sketchy people here. In most of cases though it is possible to avoid getting fined by playing "stupid tourist" who thrown away his ticket  Free hot shower and can't speak the language clothes Carrer de Marie Curie 22 (metro Lluckmajor ) or saying that Av. Meridiana 197 (metro Navas) === Hospitality exchange ===[[Accommodation#Hospitality exchange networks|Hospitality exchange networks]] have many members in Barcelona, however, you have no money and you will never pay to plan your stay well ahead since it anywayis quite a popular destination.

Jaume 1: the main entrance is busy and heavily patrolled; the entrance Options include sleeping on the north side beach, in parks, nearby hills, roofs of Via Laietana is turnstiles with infrequent patrolbuildings and elsewhere. Note that parks in Barcelona close at night, and may not be that easy to get into one.

Urquinoana: most entrances are turnstiles'''Ciutadella park''' is closed at night, but may be accessed by the main ones entrance facing the Arc de Triomf. The bars of the fence near the gate are often patrolled; wide enough to slip through if you're not very big. You're unlikely to be disturbed during the smaller ones only sometimesnight but the Police might wake you up after 8am and ask you to move on. Another user got inside and pitched a tent. It is more than sure that safer if you are not alone. Lot of criminals and junkies also sleep there dont talk and dont trust anyone. Attach your bag to tree with rope when you will find at least one entrance unpatrolledsleep.

Arc de TriomfSmall '''park just in front of the Cosmo Caixa Museum''' where you can easy use a tent. By public transport, you can get the L7 to the end ''Av. Tibidabo'', than walk 5 minutes direction top of the hill, turn on the ''Carrer d'Isaac Newton'' just before the bridge on the left and continue. You will find this huge building, with a big submarine in front of it. When you have museum on your back, submarine on your right, there is some [http: at least one //goo.gl/maps/MxfX2 stairs] in front of you, between entrance unpatrolledof museum and submarine, you will see the main door of this park after few stairs, it might be close if its late, so you can go to the top of this stairs, than jump on the left side, go under the stairs to the other side, and there is the spot.2 options: (1) near the bench, better for the ground, but you might be visible at the morning, and woke up by a guardian; (2) right after geting out from under the stairs, the ground is shitty, you might need good stake to setup your tent, mostly in windy time, from there, the guy who open the door at the morning, can't see you, and he don't go into the park at all, so you can sleep till late!

Hostafrancs: Take the main entrance with metro from "Placa de Catalunya" to Canyelles station, walk about 200 yards uphill from the escalator station and the entrances closest find some nice '''hills''' to the market are electronic gates; the entrances on either side of Creu Coberta have turnstiles and are almost never patrolledcamp/sleep out/hang a hammock. You can meet wild boars

Maria CristinaTake 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 ''Plaça de Catalunya'' and getting off at ''Baixador de Vallvidrera'': electronic gatesthere is a big park which is nearly like a forest, almost always patrolledand you will find a very good and lonesome place to stay within 500 meters from the station.

Drassanes: gates=== Sleeping in empty or occupied buildings and rooftops ===Roofs and similar structures are quite fine sleeping places. Sleeping in abandoned houses is recommendable although it is considered a crime, infrequent patrol"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 inform 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... You can just stay in a squat that has already gone through the registration process. Most of those houses are in Barcelona.

Catalunya: 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. These thieves are very busy stationprofessional, electronic gates with distracted patrols and they look for people sleeping rough not just on the beach but in the central districts too.

Sants Estacio: === Wild boars === Wild boars are abundant in Barcelona, there are hundreds of them. Stay away from the canes. this is where they live and sometimes they spend the night there. Don't take food to your place. on't provoke wild boars! They unafraid of humans. If something happens, back off slowly. The main entrance through Wild boar usually don't attack unless they 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... It's best if you stay next to a tree that you can climb on if anything happens. If you see a mother and her cubs stay the train station is heavily patrolled; smaller entrances may be less sofuck away.

Other options include sleeping on the beach, in parks == Free internet ==Free wireless and elsewhere. Apple demo computers with limited internet access at Apple Store (Plaza Catalunya)

== More information Take care of your bag and money there are alot of brave and fast thieves around!!! ==* [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

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