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This one is very good :) Verified on 5th Aug 2014 ****Agree! Good and easy. November 2015 ****==== Option 2 Motorway Toll ====Not so good. We stuck there for a couple of hours, if u don't have a lot of time better take a bus to Porto (10 euro).__TOC__In case you're going north, consider taking the [http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD train] to get out of from Lisbon - the ticket costs 2.20 euro for up to 1h30 of travel, no matter where you go nor which train you take (June 2014). In Vila Franca de Xira (30min by train), you have both the national road and the toll for the A1 motorway in a walking distance. Be forewarned: in 2016, there were toll officers on duty that chased hitch-hikers away. The roundabout is too fast for cars to really stop here. @@@@Otherwise, this is still a really good method to reach to Porto. The walk to the Motorway Toll is not exactly close but you come out of the station turn right, just ask anyone the way towards the A1 Tollway. Basically comeout turn right on the main street, you will pass Pingo Doce superstore on left keep walking until on right side you see Ask a Car Service Center and the road is turning left and all vehicles are turning left too. You walk and you will see a roundabout from where you have to take right and go straight. Keep walking the signs will show A1 motorway. After another 300 meters walk there is a roundabout which points to A1 Toll Highway and backwards slight left to national highway going to Porto. Keep walking and donMcDonald't go towards the national highway. Right after this roundabout there is a petrol Station on the right. Don't stay here, s Vila Franca de Xira keep walking and then there is another you will see Aldi super market on right and a Galp petrol station on left , keep walking and then you will reach your FINAL ROUNDABOUT where the second exit on right is the Toll Road going to Lisbon as well as PORTOPorto. Now as you enter this road find your spot close to entry and smile and stand. '''Don't walk to the toll'''. This spot near Search rides on tolls or on the entry is a kind of incline , all cars kind of slow down and is great for eye contact and also spot for cars to pick you up (not necessarily: cars move pretty fast and the roundabout is small enough that cars won't really be able to stop). Some soul touching the highway will definitely stop. If someone is not going all the way to Porto request them to drop you to the next petrol station on the highway to Porto. This is about 10-12 kms away but it is a restaurant cum petrol station so amazing road to get ride all the way up north to PORTO and beyond.tolls*** Updated by [email protected] August 5rd 2014)
PS WARNING FEMALE HITCHHIKERS HEADED TOWARDS BADAJOZ: On March 25th 2016 I started to hitch on my own from Lisbon, was doing very well, however I followed my drivers' recommendations to hitch the National road N4 instead of the A6. I got stuck at Borda's gaz station for 3 hours, 40 kms before Badajoz. Ends up that it is a creepy area for female solo travellers, gas station workers were sexist, mean and made me feel very unsafe, only creepy men with no clear destination would stop or pass by this gas station commenting that I was 'sozinha' (alone) and offering to go 'somewhere for a ride' or 'partying' (I speak fluent Spanish and Portuguese). One of my driver had told me that this area was dangerous, because there is a lot of drugs, arms and human traffic in this area (many dirty prostibulos along the road). I ended up paying a friendly taxi driver to get out of there. I have years of experience hitchhiking and never felt that unsafe. If you really want to hitch through Badajoz then I would recommend you only take drivers that stick to A6 and do not stop anywhere near the border.
* [http://www.brisa.pt/PresentationLayer/areasservico.aspx BRISA] has information on all the motorways in Portugal and their exits and petrol stations.
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=== North towards [[Coimbra]], [[Porto]], [[Spain]], [[France]] {{E|80}} {{E|01}} ===
==== Option 1 ==== Take the metro to "Encarnação" (red line). From there walk find your way to the Galp petrol station close by [http://goo.gl/maps/U4Hio] (halfway there's the local market, where you can get veggies and fruits for the road). You can also take a bus #25, #45, #81 or #745 to the area east of the airport. The closest bus stop is Qta do Morgado [http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=201578823617693527800.0004b87a37e82162e0505&msa=0&ll=38.780266,-9.121324&spn=0.004416,0.009645]. Note that you can calculate how to get there with public transport on Google maps!
This petrol station is in "Segunda Circular" (the ring), right before the motorway [[A1 (Portugal)|A1]] direction north towards [[Porto]], [[Coimbra]] & [[Aveiro]]. It can be difficult to get a ride because people might only come to fill up their car and go the suburbs or back to the city centre. Keep asking for a lift to the A1, at least to "área de serviço de Aveiras", the first petrol station on the highway, from where you'll have no trouble going further. You can check out all petrol stations along the [[A1 (Portugal)|A1]] motorway.[http://www.brisa.pt/PresentationLayer/areasservico.aspx?menuid=10 here]
Note: If you're going to Spain and France, reach the "área de serviço de Santarém", the second petrol station on the A1, and find someone who goes to the A23. "Vilar Formoso", near Guarda, is the busiest border Pt-Es, and this is the best (and shortest) way to cross Spain, through Autovía de Castilla.
[[File:Hitchhiking_Lisbon.png|right|thumb|334px|[[User:EliasExplores|EliasExplores]] at this spot with a sign provided by a worker of the petrol station. You can find this spot also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImAV7DSq6FY here].'']]
=== South or East: [[Beja]], [[Évora]], [[Faro]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] ===
'''Option 1:''' Go to ''Alcântara'' (Alcântara-Terra train station or bus e.g. #720, #52, #24, #773) and walk to the access of the motorway that leads you directly to the bridge over the river direction south via the [[A2 (Portugal)|A2]] motorway. Walk up the on-ramp and immediately before the motorway there'll be a little parking space where cars can stop [http://www.liftershalte.info/?lat=38.70942420843887&lng=-9.177961349487305&zoom=18&trip=0&view=1]. Traffic on the bridge is huge so the cars aren't going that fast.<br/><br/>Be aware that it's forbidden to hitch-hike there because the parking plot is considered as part of the highway. You may be spotted by the camera and they may come specially to bid you to leave the place.<br/>
Check out all the petrol station on [[A2 (Portugal)|A2]] motorway and [[A6 (Portugal)|A6]] (towards [[Spain]]).
'''Option 3:'''
Go to the train station ''Sete Rios'' (by train or by metro to ''Jardim Zoologico''). Leave the train station in direction of Campolide (South) and when you take the southern exit go straight (follow the street over some kind of bridge), turn right at the crossing and you will see the motorway in front of you. Go behind the bridge to the roundabout, you'll see the directions towards Sintra. Plenty of space and cars go not to fast. You will get on the IC19 going all the way to Sintra. If you don't get a direct lift try to hitch from exit to exit.
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