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'''{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}''' is a city in [[Country]].  
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'''{{FULLPAGENAMEE}}''' is a city in the [[Bretagne]] in [[France]].  
  
==Hitching Out==
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== Hitchhiking out ==
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To get out of Lorient the best spot may be at Lanester. Take a bus (line 31, 40, 24) from the city center to ''Parc des Expos'' about 3 km east. There's a big Shopping Center, exhibition grounds and McD's.
  
To get out of Lorient, best spot may be at Lanester.
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Just after the big roundabout, on the slip road towards [[Vannes]]/[[Nantes]]/[[Rennes]], you will find a good location where cars can see you and pull over easily. It has always worked for me in less than 20 minutes.
Take a bus from city center to Parc des Expos, abt 3 km east , line 31, 40, 24 . Centre commercial Geant where you have Parc des Expos / McDonalds.
 
Just after the big roundabout, entering highway in direction of Vannes / Nantes / Rennes,  
 
you will find good location where cars can see you and easily pull over .
 
it has always worked for me in less than 20 mn.
 
Its a bit more complicated in direction of Quimper/ west.
 
  
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It's a bit more complicated west towards [[Quimper]].
  
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There is another spot going all directions and always going throught the lanester roundabout (if you can't take the bus) it's the rond point de la base sous marine, behind the géant.
  
===North/South/West/East towards [[City]]===
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== Hitching In ==
  
==Hitching In==
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To get to lorient you have to take a detour from the main axis nantes-brest, so if the driver doesn't have time ask to be dropped off in lanester, from there you can either walk 2-3km and you'll be in lorient (follow the signs) or hitchhicke on the roundabout going towards Lorient, doesn't work very well but it eventually does
  
==Public Transport==
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== Public Transport ==
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Check out bus company website: [http://www.ctrl.fr www.ctrl.fr]
  
Check out bus company website : www.ctrl.fr
 
  
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== Places to Visit ==
  
==Places to Visit==
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There isn't much happening in lorient most of the time, but there is the sea close by (take the bus 30 to fort bloqué, it's quite nice) there is one big event during the year called le festival interceltique where the population becomes 10 times more important, it's one giant party, it happens beginning of august to the 15th
  
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== Places to Avoid ==
  
==Places to Avoid==
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== Accommodation and Sleep ==
  
==Accommodation and Sleep==
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Lorient itself is not very open to hosting strangers, there used to be a bunch of squats but over the last 20 years many have closed, perhaps there are a few left but as a local who'se been living there 10 years i have never heard of any. Otherwise during the festival you can plant your tent in town in relatively safe places like behind the halles de merville, or at the ter, otherwise there are some nice places in the countryside between lorient and ploemeur or lorient and pont scorff, where people can't see you or don't care
  
==Other Useful Info==
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== Other Useful Info ==
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Best time to come is during the ''Festival Interceltique'', beginning of August.
  
Best time to come is during Festival Interceltique, begining of August.
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Revision as of 10:22, 24 July 2016

Lorient is a city in the Bretagne in France.

Hitchhiking out

To get out of Lorient the best spot may be at Lanester. Take a bus (line 31, 40, 24) from the city center to Parc des Expos about 3 km east. There's a big Shopping Center, exhibition grounds and McD's.

Just after the big roundabout, on the slip road towards Vannes/Nantes/Rennes, you will find a good location where cars can see you and pull over easily. It has always worked for me in less than 20 minutes.

It's a bit more complicated west towards Quimper.

There is another spot going all directions and always going throught the lanester roundabout (if you can't take the bus) it's the rond point de la base sous marine, behind the géant.

Hitching In

To get to lorient you have to take a detour from the main axis nantes-brest, so if the driver doesn't have time ask to be dropped off in lanester, from there you can either walk 2-3km and you'll be in lorient (follow the signs) or hitchhicke on the roundabout going towards Lorient, doesn't work very well but it eventually does

Public Transport

Check out bus company website: www.ctrl.fr


Places to Visit

There isn't much happening in lorient most of the time, but there is the sea close by (take the bus 30 to fort bloqué, it's quite nice) there is one big event during the year called le festival interceltique where the population becomes 10 times more important, it's one giant party, it happens beginning of august to the 15th

Places to Avoid

Accommodation and Sleep

Lorient itself is not very open to hosting strangers, there used to be a bunch of squats but over the last 20 years many have closed, perhaps there are a few left but as a local who'se been living there 10 years i have never heard of any. Otherwise during the festival you can plant your tent in town in relatively safe places like behind the halles de merville, or at the ter, otherwise there are some nice places in the countryside between lorient and ploemeur or lorient and pont scorff, where people can't see you or don't care

Other Useful Info

Best time to come is during the Festival Interceltique, beginning of August.