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'''Bordeaux''' is a city in the south west of [[France]]. It's the capital city of the [[Aquitaine]] region.
== Hitchhiking out ==
 
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 approach roads to the ring road in the direction you wish to travel. It is advised to avoid going into the town centre.
=== North towards [[Tours]], [[Paris]] ===
To reach the gas station on the ring road/''rocade'':
Total gas station on the ring road Take the Tramway tram A, to “Gravières”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 Gas 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 André de 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.
=== East towards Perigeux, [[Clermont-Ferrand]], [[Lyon]] ===
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 is a good spot: There is a junction, where all the eastbound traffic from the ring joins. One may ask waiting drivers at the traffic lights or stand beside the road after that, because it is no motorway yet. Drivers can see you there, go slow because normally everyone has to stop at the traffic lights, and there is a broad hard shoulder, where one can safely stop and continue. Few hundred meters further there is also a small dedicated fuel station on that road.
edit Freek 06A 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 is a good spot: There is a junction, where all the eastbound traffic from the ring joins. One may ask waiting drivers at the traffic lights or stand beside the road after that, because it is not a motorway yet. Drivers can see you there and go slow because normally everyone has to stop at the traffic lights, and there is a broad hard shoulder and bus stops, where 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, take 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]], [[Toulouse]], [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]]) === '''Option 1''' Total gas station on the ring road Take the tram A to Gravières stop. Follow the street Rue des Gravières/08/15 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. For the south one can use the first service station seen from the pedestrian bridge.
Take 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 alley (Avenue Carnot) for roughly 3km. At 'Buttinière you get out and walk along that same Avenure Carnot for another 1-1.5km passing on your left first the 'Polyclinique de Bordeaux', then a gigantic Carrefour supermarket and stop lights. After the stoplights as mentioned above there is a restaurant, a fuel station and a few ramps where you might try hitchhiking.
=== South towards [[Biarritz]], [[Toulouse]], [[Barcelona]] ([[Spain]]) ===*The official advice is: ''Quai de la grave'' & 'Option 2'Rue des Allamandiers'' (bus #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #28, #91, #92)
*[[User:Carl|Carl]] has had more success 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 roundabout where Quai Paludatebus driver to tell you when it is). Then, walk in the same direction that the bus went, Quai Brienne and Rue Carle Vernet meeton the road. Cross the bridge above the road. Carry Just after the bridge there is a clear sign indicating your direction (''Biarritz'' or 'little grassy hill on the right. Walk down the hill. You'Toulouse'' work best, depending ll arrive on your direction), and stand in the a roundabout with a road going directly to A62 ([[lay-byToulouse]] ). There is some space on the roundabout at the entrance to Rue Carle Vernet, so you catch the traffic from the preceding two junctions heading for the Rocade. The roundabout is easy to reach from tram C cars can stop Carle Vernetand pick you up relatively easily.
* This roundabout is also a region where sex workers tend to linger. [[User:Amylin|Amylin]] advises that even if you don't look like one and do carry a clearly-written sign, stupid horny drivers might try and pick you up persistently. Sometimes, they appear like “normal” drivers at first, but when you get to talking with them, you realize they only want one thing from you, and whether you want it or not. If you hitch here as a single girl, it's not too recommended.
* The safest bet for getting out of Bordeaux is probably to go hitch-hiking closer to the entrance of the highway. Take '''Option 3''' You can take the bus #15 tram B towards "Villenave d'Ornon" Pessac Centre and exit get off at "Pont de la Maye" (Montaigne-Montesquieu stop. Then you can ask walk through the bus driver Ecole D'architecture university to tell you when it is)this spot: [https://www.google.pt/maps/place/Ecole+d'Architecture/@44.7919076,-0.6069205,17. Then25z/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0xd55277ca268f08f:0x4587fa5100d62492!2sCours+de+la+Lib%C3%A9ration, walk in the same direction that the bus went+Gradignan, on the road+Francia!3b1!8m2!3d44.7911157!4d-0.6053846!3m4!1s0xd54d8a1e50ab175:0x406a7ebaf423b00d!8m2!3d44.7927729!4d-0.6052592?hl=es see map]. Cross The cars there will most probably take the bridge above the roadA63 that goes south. Just after the bridge there There is a little grassy hill on the right. Walk down the hill. Youbus stop (Ecole d'll arrive on a roundabout architecture) where you can stand with a road going directly to A62. There is some space on the roundabout so sign and the cars can will have space to stop and pick you up relatively easilydon't go very fast. In [[User:Scar|Scar]]'s opinionYou can choose a bus stop Ecole de Management, the easiest way to get out of the city.which is just before university
* I really don't know why everyone hitches from the centre, when you can actually get to the motorway easily with the tram. Take number B, direction Pessac Centre and get off at Saige. Then walk back on that small parallel road Rue de la Ramée and follow it to the right. Then straight ahead, at the corner where the street turns again walk on up the hill till you hit the protection wall of the motorway. follow the wall to the left - it's a bit of a walk, but at the end there will be an access point. Cross the first on ramp, cross the field and voila: the next on ramp (direction Biarritz) has a small spot for parking there. Waited 5 minutes and cars are comparably slow (50 kmh, even though I think they don't care about the traffic sign there.)
== 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.
* [http://www.infotbc.com/ Bordeaux' Public Transport website]
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