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=== North towards [[Neum]], [[Mostar]], [[Split]] and [[Zagreb]] {{E|65}} ===Hitchhiking north out of Dubrovnik - does require some patience, all the rest areas seem to be located on the coast, making it difficult to find a good area. The spot I found worked, although I waited an hour. Go the the main bus station, in the north. Cross the road and keep walking north and look for steps leading up the hill side. If find yourself under the bridge, you have gone too far. If you follow the path, it will lead you all the way up to the E65. Then, cross the bridge and continue across to the other side, where you will find a rather small pull in spot. This is the only spot I could find for hitchhiking north out of Dubrovnik. Make sure you stay behind the barrier and make yourself as visible as possible, because the pull in spot is not long and the drivers can't see it from far away. Halfway up the path to the E65 that you would have taken, is an awesome stealth camping spot. Ok, so when you get about halfway up the path (probably a good idea to check it out during the day, was a little scary when I found it at 1.30am, drunk) if you look to your left, you should be able to see a metal railing, at the bottom of a fairly steep slope like 3 metres long or something. Be careful. Then turn to your right, with the railing on your left and walk along. There are some pretty annoying bushes that will probably scratch you, but hey, it seems to keep other people out. And then you should be finding yourself with about 1 to 2 metres between the railing and the cliff behind, just enough space to lie down, in a secluded spot with a great view. Enjoy ;-) However, be very careful and use a torch, as there are sudden drops in many places and walking here without light is dangerous.

Option 1: The spot below works although you might have to wait for a while. Go the the main bus station, in the north. Cross the road and keep walking north and look for steps leading up the hill side. '''If find yourself under the bridge, you have gone too far.''' If you follow the path, it will lead you all the way up to the {{E|65}}. Then, cross the bridge and continue across to the other side, where you will find a rather small pull in spot. Make sure you stay behind the barrier and make yourself as visible as possible, because there is not a lot of space for stopping and drivers can't see it from far away.  Option 2: Easier to get there. There are bus stops on the ''Jadranska Cesta'' Street. A good one to hitch is the one opposite to the ''Lodpudska Ulica''. Hitch with a HUGE sign "Ploče". You can take bus #3 from the city centre to get there, but the place is not as good as the bridge described above. * I don't want to discourage anyone, but, I was hitchhiking from Dubrovnik to Ploče, to anywhere out of Dubrovnik towards the north-west for about 2 hours and nothing. What I noticed were cars full of people, mostly families going back home from vacation. It was in august. Maybe if it's not the season, it will be less traffic but more useful one. My friend was HH two times from Dubrovnik to Ploče. Once he was waiting one and a half hour til he got a ride, second time 2 hours without any success. Another option is a bus, but you have to walk down from HH spot to the bus station near the sea for about 20 minutes. Bus costs 10 Euro. I stuck there at night, it was 20:00 so, at that time, bus sounded as a good option. (by [[User:NixyJungle|NixyJungle]]) * Tried this spot in August 2015 and waited approximately 1h 20m for a ride to the Bosnian border near Neum. It's a relatively good spot because of the bridge, which makes it visible but most cars are full during summer time. (by [[User:Uncle sam01|uncle_sam01]]) * I hitchhiked from the bridge in March 2017. It was still low season so there aren't as many full cars. But there is still quite a bit of traffic. I found a ride all the way to Mostar in about 30 minutes. The guys offered to take me all the way to Sarajevo! (by [[User:Henridv|Henridv]]) * July 2017 - we went to the bus station described in Option 2 from where we walked through the bridge (there is a bit of road with no pavement, don't worry, its normal here to walk along the road). On the other side of the bridge, described place looks much better than described in Option 1. There is a lot of space to stop and you are visible. I felt confused by what I found on Hitchwiki, as it was described as a mediocre spot, where in real it looked great. Got a 15 km ride in 20 minutes and another one all the way to Split in another 20 minutes. * Sept 2018 - [[user:jamesvagabond|jamesvagabond]] waited at the pullout just past the bridge for about 15 mins and got a ride well into Bosnia. The spot seems to have been improved, quite a bit of space. The bridge also has a sidewalk. === South East towards [[Montenegro]] {{E|65}} 8 ===

Hitchhiking out of Dubrovnik - which is the last major town in the south of Croatia - does not seem that difficult, although it might require quite some luck. Just climb up to the coastline road and hitchhike on the E65 to the South. A couple of kilometers kilometres after the city, there is a scenic view with a cafe café and a large parking space, large enough to stop a truck. IMPORTANT! If you are already on the part of E65 close to the old town, '''don't''' move any further east! For the next 2.5 km there is not much space to walk - not to mention to stop for the cars because of crash barriers, and you will have no to walk it all. Its a very scenic - but also not very safe walk, in case you want to give it a try. Most drivers, though, are heading mainly towards either [[hitchhiking a plane|airport]] or the small town of [[Gruda]]. It is still about 10 km from there to the [[Montenegro-Croatian border crossing]] between [[Herceg Novi|Herceg-Novi]] (Montenegro) near Gruda (Croatia). Since the traffic is pretty low on that road - especially in the late afternoon/evening - you will need some luck alongside to find someone crossing the road closer border and willing to take you. Most probably you will be picked up by some tourists. *August 2015: We weren't able to stop a car for 3 hours. We were heading to Montenegro, but locals discouraged us from this telling us that most of traffic goes to the cityairport or [[Gruda]]. However, we saw many cars from Montenegro passing. During the RedBull hitchhiking competition which received quite good media coverage, locals were stopping very often but now it was pure misery.  *August 2016:You can take Bus 1a or 1b from Pile Gate(Old Town) to central Bus Station near cruise ship port for 15 Kune, 12 if you buy it at kiosk. From there you can walk down take bus 10 towards Cavtat and get off at Kitzovica 20 km outside of town which might help you avoid the Dubrovnik tourists who won't pick you up...( the name is either Kitzovica or very similar to that, ask your bus driver to tell you when you're there). You can also take this pointbus simply to the top of the hill above old town and get off there if you don't feel like climbing the hill with your stuff. The #10 bus is only 25 Kune to Kitzovica and progressively less if you don't go that far. From the Kitzovica stop I walked 20m and hitched from right in front of bus stop so cars could pull into bus space and I got a ride within literally 5 seconds all the way to Bar. *Sept. 2019:With bus #10, the place you're looking for is called Zvekovica, and it's 22kn for a ticket one-way. On a Monday mid-morning the ride took almost 50mins, then standing just before the bus stop I got a ride within 5 mins to Kotor.

Most drivers, though, are heading mainly towards either [[hitchhiking a plane|== From Airport to Dubrovnik ==Just ask someone in front of the airport]] or the small town of [[Gruda]]to go with them. It is still about 10 km from If you just landed in Dubrovnik, there to the [[Montenegro-Croatian border crossing]] between [[Herceg Novi|Herceg-Novi]] (Montenegro) near Gruda (Croatia). Since the traffic is pretty low on that road - especially in the late afternoon/evening - you will need some luck to find usually someone crossing with a car, waiting for their friends and families from the border and willing to take you. Most probably you will same flight as yours, so it shouldn't be picked up by some touristsa problem.

Sleeping in the youth a Hostel in Dubrovnik is an option which costs around EUR 13.20 per night. It is central and in a good state. You can be unlucky in the summer months where it might be booked out if you appaer appear without a reservation. Check pages like hostelworld.com or hostelbookers.com.

500 metres from the main bus station in the direction of the old town is the "port of Dubrovnik", which is open 24 hours a day. In summer, the place may be a bit noisy and inconvient inconvenient to get some sleep, however, in other times of the year it would generally provide a good night's sleep especially if it's cold or raining.*"We tried to sleep there but they closed waiting room over night like one hour after ship to Italy left the harbour. May, 2015, Moody"