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<map lat='37.19068121571964' lng= Hitching Out '-3.6038589477539062' zoom='12' view='0' height='400' float='right'/> '''Granada''' is a main city in [[Andalusia]], a region in [[Spain]]. == Hitchhiking out ==

Go where the A44 crosses the A329 ([http://maps.google.es/?ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;z=15&amp;ll=37.192596,-3.626089&amp;spn=0.02205,0.032916 location on map]), and get on the A329 towards the A92. This is the motorway between Sevilla and Granada. Take the bus SN3 or SN4 and get out at Faculty of Fine Arts. (Facultad de Bellas Artes) From there, continue walking straight on in the same direction for about 15 minutes and you'll get to a petrol station Repsol. The traffic is low and it's 8 km before the highway. Try to get a ride after Santa Fe.

=== North or South towards [[Madrid]], [[Málaga|Malaga]] ===Get any of the entrances next to the A44, going either North ([[Madrid]]) or South ([[Málaga|Malaga]])

Where "Carretera de Jaen" (also called "Av de Juan Pablo II"?) and the A44 meet, you find a big roundabout below the motorway. Take the exit "via de servicio" (or if that exit doesn't exist, then "poligono indistrial" - sorry, not sure!) There's a gas petrol station where you can find a ride.Have in mind that most of the drivers there will go to [[Jaen]].

=== East Get any of the entrances next to the A44 and use the direction of Lorca/ Guadix (A92 and later A91). Best thing would be to wait for someone who actually is going into that direction since the A44 crosses the A92 after 5-10 minutes. You can as well hitch directly on entry to A92. If you get a lift going only to Guadix, you can leave on a gas station just before Guadix. From there you can ask for lifts towards [[Murcia]]Baza, [[Valencia]]Lorca, West towards [[Sevilla]], [[Malaga]] ===Go with Murcia. There is not much traffic there so even lift to Baza might be worth of taking. One of the next places you can get to is Puerto Lumbreras where is the bus '''123''' from ''Caleta'' or ''Estacion de Autobuses'', highway spliting. If your driver goes to the first stop coast you can get droped on a gas station in Albolote, walk Puerto Lumbreras. The station is out of highway so there about 5 mins towards is a lot of local traffic but you should be able to get lift to Lorca from where you can hitchhike on one of the A92, which junctions lift to Murcia. The fastest option could be to leave on a Repsol gas station shortly after Librilla. It is the Motorway only gas station between Sevilla Lorca and Murcia, take a view which is directly on the right highway. On highways in south spain there are many gas stations which are out of the highways and even though they are next to the highway near to the junctions they are usualy very empty and choose the petrol few cars who come there are local so you should stick always to the gas stations which are directly on the highway. From the gas station that leads in Librilla you the can hitch a lift with everyone going over Murcia in direction Elche/Alicante/Valencia. Shortly after Murcia near to town Santomera there is a nice Repsol gas station. If your driver doesn´ t go further then Elche or Alicante you want should leave here and search idealy direct lift to Valencia. There are two diferent highways between Murcia and Valencia. One option is A31 from which you turn on A33 and A35. A31, A33 and A35 are autovias which means they are free so probably more drivers gothis way. If you would get a lift just part of the way it will be dificult to find a good spot to hitchhike. First good station would be after la Font de Figuera. It is recomendable to wait for a really good spot, lift which takes between 2 minutes you at least there. Other option from Murcia to Valencia is to go via Alicante and 8 hoursthen by AP7 to Valencia. Direction Sevilla On AP7 drivers need to pay toll so there is one more not that many cars ussually. There is a gas station between Elche and Alicante from where you could search lift to Ap7 on which there are then couple of the good gas stations, right . It is recomended to searcch lift from Santomera directly to Valencia as if you take shorter lift it is likely to get stuck somewhere. If you are on A35 and your driver goes to only Valencia and you go further north you can leave on a gas station after LorcaAlberic and Massalaves. From there you can search lift going to Sagunto or further north. The other way IF you have one directly when are on AP7 you come close might as well want to leave on some gas station and search lift to guadix, Sagunto. there is as well a gas station on a highway ring around Valencia which might be like exit 296also good place to change cars but you should make sure that your driver is really going by this station. If you get over Valencia to Gas station shortly before Sagunto you succesfully managed to get from south spain and now it is easy. From Sagunto until Barcelona there are couple of good gas stations and it should be fairly easy to get to Barcelona.If you go towards France leave on gas station Porta de Barcelona which is positioned just few kilometres before Barcelona and is a good spot for searching lift to Girona or France.Leaving from south Spain is usually quite time taking so for the way from Granada to Barcelona you can count about 3 days on the highways. Try to never get to small gas stations out of highway. === East towards [[Murcia]], [[Valencia]], West towards [[Sevilla]], [[Málaga|Malaga]] ===

Works not so Take the metro to the last stop "Albolote", then walk north towards the highway (ca. 2-3 km). There is a gas station on the left handside of the bridge over the highway. It is a really good in direction Malagaspot.Direction Malaga Sevilla there is completely Spanish typical. That means 'Get lucky or you're screwed.'. We were 3 people and one driver could only take 2 more of us so I just stayed there for the next 8 hours and nothing happened. Went back to towngood petrol stations, took a 5 euro bus south to Motril and camped near the city as its pretty smallright after Lorca.

  ====Direction Málaga via Santa Fé==== We walked all the way from Granada to the first gas petrol station in Santa Fé, which is definitely not recommandable (but doable in a way). However, talk  From the end of Granada you can hitchhike a car to people there and hope that the gas station guy doesn't mindSanta Fé. He did when we tried, but got lucky in time In Santa Fé you should check really hot springs!! - No. It took us one car to get all the way to MálagaThe hot springs are closed! (September 2010)

Granada ([http://maps.google.es/?ie=UTF8&amp;om=1&amp;z=13&amp;ll=37.201894,-3.607292&amp;spn=0.088191,0.131664 map]) has a national motorway called A44 just around the city. There are many exits on this motorway. When you are on the A44, wait for exits with direction city center. The driver can easily get off and on the A44, in either direction. == Sleep == 

=== Camping ===If you talk to nice people in the Albayzin, they may be able to help direct you to some nice camping spots near the caves in the hills of Sacromonte. However, prepare for Church serves a bit of free food and offers a hike with heavy gear.Anyway, you can find spots to camp outside the city on your own: from Albayzin it's not far to the woods above the city.free shovers

==Nomadwiki & Trashwiki = Couchsurfing ===There is a weekly couchsurfing meeting in Granada (Winter 2009/2010 it was each Wednesday) in Granada - Time and place in Granada's couchsurfing group. You might have some luck to find a couch, just going to that meeting and get to know hosts for a night.

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