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=== Northwards [[Paris]] ===To Bordeaux is encircled by a ring road (''rocade'' in french), a fast dual-carriageway bypass, with no places to stop and pick up hitchhikers, and peages are far and not easy to reach by walking or public transport. This makes leaving Bordeaux very tricky, although not impossible. It is best to hitchhike on the gas station on approach roads to the ring road/rocade :in the direction you wish to travel. It is advised to avoid going into the town centre.
Take the Tramway A, to "Gravières". 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 the roundabout === North towards [[Tours]], take a left down 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 highway. From it, you can see two 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.)]] ===
==Public transport==
* [http://www.infotbc.com/| Bordeaux' Public Transport website]
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'''Bordeaux''' is a city in the south west of [[France]]. It's the capital city of the [[Aquitaine]] region.
== Hitching Out Hitchhiking out ==Bordeaux is encircled by the ringroad (''Rocade'' in french), a fast dual-carriageway bypass, with no places to stop and pick up hitchhikers. This makes leaving Bordeaux very tricky, although not impossible. It is best to hitchhike on the approach roads to the ringroad in the direction you wish to travel. It is advised to avoid going into the town centre.
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 “Saint André de Cubzac" 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.
=== Southwards [[Biarritz]]East towards Perigeux, [[ToulouseClermont-Ferrand]], [[SpainLyon]] ===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]] has had more success at the roundabout where Quai Paludate, Quai Brienne and Rue Carle Vernet meet. Carry a clear sign indicating your direction ([[Spain]]) === ''Biarritz'' or 'Option 1'Toulouse'' work best, depending Total gas station on your direction), and stand in the [[lay-by]] ring road Take the tram A to Gravières stop. Follow the street Rue des Gravières/Rue François Villon which is on the roundabout right hand side just before the tram arrives at the entrance 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 Rue Carle Verneta roundabout but here is a small old pedestrian road. Take it. Cross the bridge that crosses the motorway. From it, so you catch can see two Total gas station on different sides of the traffic road. For the south one can use the first service station seen from the preceding two junctions heading for the Rocadepedestrian bridge. '''Option 2'''
Closer to the entrance of the highway. Take the bus #15 towards "Villenave d'Ornon" and exit at "Pont de la Maye" (you can ask the bus driver to tell you when it is). Then, walk in the same direction that the bus went, 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 hill. You'll arrive on a roundabout with a road going directly to A62 ([[AmylinToulouse]] advises that this ). There is some space on the roundabout is also a region where prostitutes tend to linger, so even if the cars can stop and pick you donup relatively easily. '''Option 3'''t look like one You can take the tram B towards Pessac Centre and do carry a clearlyget off at Montaigne-written sign, stupid horny drivers might try and pick Montesquieu stop. Then you up persistentlycan walk through the Ecole D'architecture university to this spot: [https://www.google.pt/maps/place/Ecole+d'Architecture/@44. Sometimes7919076, they appear like "normal" drivers at first-0.6069205, but when you get to talking with them17.25z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0xd55277ca268f08f:0x4587fa5100d62492!2sCours+de+la+Lib%C3%A9ration, you realize they only want one thing from you+Gradignan, and whether you want it or not+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. If There is a bus stop (Ecole d'architecture) where you hitch here as can stand with a single girl, itsign and the cars will have space to stop and don's not too recommendedt go very fast.You can choose a bus stop Ecole de Management, which is just before university == Public transport ==
In the tramway, there are very few controls, but there is no way to avoid the control when it happens. Therefore, it's wise to travel with a valid ticket to punch in case of need.
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