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Another option: see "going North" paragraph
=== West towards [[Pisa]] [[Livorno]] [[Genova]] [[France]] ===
When hitchhiking to Pisa, try to go by motorway Firenze-Mare, which you can reach by going to the airport.
Don't go by the federal road, there are no petrol stations and lots of "No autostop" signs.
From the train station Santa Maria Novela, get on the tram line T1 in the direction of "Villa Costanza" (you can't go in the wrong direction anyway, the train station is the beginning/end of the line). Get out at "Talenti" stop (just before the tram goes underground). Go on your left (when going out of the tram) and reach the roundabout. There starts the highway to Pisa-Livorno called "Viale Etruria" at this point (becoming SGC Firenze-Pisa-Livorno a few hundreds meters away). You can try to hitch hike from the roundabout or try at the gas station further on the road, about 15 minutes by foot from the roundabout where you will catch more trafic.
(I waited about one hour at the entrance of the gas station, trying to stop cars. Finaly decided to go towards people at the gas station and got a direct lift to France after 5 minutes. Since vehicules are approaching quickly at the gas station, I would recommend either asking people at the gas station or standing at the roundabout next to "Talenti" because it seems hard to be able to stop cars coming at rather high speed with no intention of stopping for gas). (Anne-laure June 2013)
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