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Apart from an attractive city in itself, it is situated next to a main motorway [[A9(France)|A9]]/[[A15 (France)|E15 ]] connecting cities such as [[Perpignan]] and [[Barcelona]] to the South, [[Aix-en-Provence]] and [[Marseille]] to the East, [[Lyon]] and [[Paris]] to the North, and [[Toulouse]] and [[Bordeaux]] to the West.

WARNING=== East and North [[Marseille]], [[Lyon]], beach ===The "all directions" tip above, or: The A75 If you like [[hitchhiker's safety|safe]] and easy hitchhiking, it's advised to take Tram number 1 to Odysseum, get off at Place de France, which is closed until mid october 2015 at one stop before the last stop, then walk a bit back to the roundabout and go the Av. du Mondial up to the north. Walk straight and you will see a hill on the level left, right in front of Lodève the highway. Go up (southern bitbetter to have good shoes on!)and you find at the top this brilliant hitchhiking spot - Elf [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]]. You can try there, or stand with a sign on Av Pierre Mendes, just before the entrance to the station. [https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=43.60806%2C3.91311#map=18/43.60806/3.91311 where it is?] === South or West towards [[Perpignan]], [[Toulouse]], [[Bordeaux]] and [[Barcelona]] === ==== From first large gas station Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues ==== First large gas station headed west on the A9 from Montpellier, 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues'

=== All Directions ===The newest tramway line in MontpellierTo get there, take the tram line 2 until the final station 'Saint Jean de Védas Centre' (from the flower tram), goes directly station Gare Saint-Roch it will take you 21 minutes according to a the agency''péage'' (toll plazas website). Take tram That same station is where bus line 2 from 33 begins, able to be taken with the train station, in same ticket as the direction tram. The 33 does not run so very frequently (outside of "St. Jean de Vedas"peak hours and most especially on weekends and holidays), then get out at the next-and so it is useful to-last stopcoordinate with its scheduled departures, "Stwhich can be found [https://www. Jean le Sec"tam-voyages. At the stop look around and you will see a com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6 here] (searching for 33, direction is 'FABRÈGUES - Lou Paillas'péage'' behind a roundabout).

==== The easy spot ====The roundabout is a good spot for both directions. Good traffic at normal hours. In case Once on the 33, you're going '''south''', "[[Béziers]]" is a good city have to put on your sign. The next petrol station is right out of Montpellier, and there is another one before Bézier.options:

If you're going ''Walking route 1: via trail to Chemin des Fabriques'north''', you can write "Nimes" on your sign. There is a petrol station before.

==== The hard-core spot ====If Getting off at 'Les Hauts' [NB: user probably means 'Les Cousses'; according to the above spot bus agencies website there is too low on traffic (or too easy) for your taste, you can continue walking past the small no stop 'Les Hauts'péage). You will be on 'Avenue Charles de Gaulle' . You go down this road to the multi-lane crossing with Larenas road. You will see a square of shops (one where all sailing trailers), go along it on its right side when you face it. You will find an empty field on your right that you cross (there is a little path and a hole in the cars from North or South have little fence at his end) to stopreach a little park, go until 43. To reach it554730, you must walk for 10 minutes beyond 3.789669 where the first ''péage''dry (summer 2019) stream is totally crossable (even in winter since it not really wide). It Pass under the brigde that is illegal above the road D613 and simply follow the path that locals use (and is on no maps) and quite dangerous you are going to walk on reach the 'Chemin des Fabriques'autoroute'', so that leads you need to walk far directly to the sidegas station 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues': 43.547322, staying on the grass if possible3. You will see the big ''péage'' from where you can find a 300 or 400 km ride in any direction794899.

'''Attention'''Walking route 2: there is no parking spot after the via D185 to Chemin des Fabriques''péage'' so you'll have to do it at the very place the people pay. Which is sometimes tolerated by the personnel, and sometimes not.

Getting off at 'Collège Ray Charles', you walk back the route that the bus took when it just got off the D613: up the street past the roundabout to Rue Turk et de Groot and then down that road to the next roundabout (which will be slightly to your left when merging onto Avenue Charles de Gaulle). You continue straight across the roundabout to the bridge over the D613, that bridge the beginning of the D185. You continue on the D185 through the next roundabout on the other side, and then down and up a small incline. You will walk across a bridge that does not have *that* much space for pedestrians, but traffic is fairly limited on the road there. You walk until to your right there will be a gated access road, which to its left has a clear pedestrian access point. Turn left on the road that it immediately meets (Chemin des Fabriques), which shortly leads you to the gate of 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues'. You may need to hop its gate, but it does not have those pesky height extensions that some do as as to impede access. Total time walking will be around 25 minutes. A map of this walking route can be found [httphttps://endrive.wikipediagoogle.orgcom/wiki/A9_autoroute This linkopen?id=1KflMq4gFTgkJwOBVpFmgSN6kMFhLbLOQ&usp=sharing here] shows all the péages, exits and petrol stations of the A9.

=== East and North [[Marseille]], [[Lyon]], plage ===If you like [[hitchhiker's safety|safe]] and easy hitchhiking, it's advised to take Tram number 1 to Odysseum, get off at Place de France, which is one stop before the last stopOptions without taking tram, then walk a bit back to the roundabout and go the Av. du Mondial up to the north. Walk straight and you will see a hill on the left, right in front of the highway. Go up (better to have good shoes on!) and you find at the top this brilliant hitchhiking spot - Elf [[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol station]]. You can try therefrom péage, or stand with a sign on Av Pierre Mendes, just before the entrance to the gas station. [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Rond-Point+Evariste+Galois,+34000+Montpellier,+H%C3%A9rault,+Languedoc-Roussillon,+Francja&sll=43.607424,3.914373&sspn=0.003698,0.009398&ie=UTF8&cd=1&geocode=0,43.608161,3.913645&ll=43.608721,3.913643&spn=0.007396,0.018797&z=16&iwloc=addr where it is?]

'''Option One''': Another option is to get to ''Place de L'Europe'' ([httphttps://www.liftershalteopenstreetmap.infoorg/search?latquery=43.605691341740744&lng60735%2C3.89391#map=18/43.60742/3.9101028442382812&zoom=15&trip=0 location89523]), for example by taking tramline 1. From there you can already see signs to the motorway. You can either follow those signs and the main road ''Avenue de Président Pierre Mendes France'' for about 15 to 20 minutes, or get a ride from where this road starts to either your destination or to a better location further up the road, at the roundabout where the main motorway A9/E15 actually connects to the ''Avenue de Président Pierre Mendes France''.

'''Option Two''': A second option is the [httphttps://mapswww.googleopenstreetmap.frorg/search?ie=UTF8&om=1&z=15&llquery=43.58953,358922%2C3.891821&spn89010#map=018/43.01548,058922/3.040255 89010 roundabout] off ''Avenue de Palavas''(near Tramway 4 - Garcia Lorca). However there is no good spot for cars to stop at the roundabout, and nowhere on the ramp either. [[User:Zac Stewart|Zac]] waited for an entire day for a ride to [[Perpignan]] without luck and shamefully retreated to the train station. '''Option Three''': Take tram to stop "Sabines" and walk down Avenue d'El Alamein. You'll find roundabout. Go straight and you'll find toll station (Péage). You can try to stop car there. Before péage is large area where drivers can stop car and give you a lift.

== Useful tips ==You can find free luggage storage at the "Musée Fabre," a big new museum in the center of Montpellier, close '''Option Three''': Take tram to stop "Place de la ComedieSabines"and walk down Avenue d'El Alamein. Of course the luggage storage is for people who visit the museum, but if there is a lot of people they wonYou't pay attentionll find [https://www. It's a room on the left in the entrance, there are boxes where you can put a bagopenstreetmap.org/search?query=43.5766%2C3.8736#map=16/43.5766/3. You need to put one coin inside to have the key which they give you back8736 roundabout].