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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.

== Hitching Out ===== All Directions =Hitchhiking out ==The newest tramway line in Montpellier, line 2 (the flower tram), goes directly to a ''péage'' (toll plaza). Take tram line 2 from the train station, in the direction of "St. Jean de Vedas", then get out at the next-to-last stop, "St. Jean le Sec". At the stop look around and you will see a ''péage''. You can hitchhike from this one, but there is low traffic, so it is better to continue to the multi-lane ''péage'' where all the cars from North or South have to stop. To reach it, you must walk for 10 minutes beyond the first ''péage''. It is illegal and quite dangerous to walk on the ''autoroute'', so you need to walk far to the side, staying on the grass if possible. You will see the big ''péage'' from where you can find a 300 or 400 km ride in any direction.

=== East and North [[Marseille]], [[Lyon]], plage beach ===The "all directions" tip above, or: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 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 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 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?]

If you like === South or West towards [[Perpignan]], [[Toulouse]], [[safeBordeaux]] and easy hitchhiking[[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' To get there, take the tram line 2 until the final station 'Saint Jean de Védas Centre' (from the station Gare Saint-Roch itwill take you 21 minutes according to the agency's advised website). That same station is where bus line 33 begins, able to be taken with the same ticket as the tram. The 33 does not run so very frequently (outside of peak hours and most especially on weekends and holidays), and so it is useful to coordinate with its scheduled departures, which can be found [https://www.tam-voyages.com/horaires_ligne/?rub_code=6 here] (searching for 33, direction is 'FABRÈGUES - Lou Paillas'). Once on the 33, you have to take Tram number options: '''Walking route 1 : via trail to Odysseum, get Chemin des Fabriques''' Getting off at 'Les Hauts' [NB: user probably means 'Les Cousses'; according to the last bus agencies website there is no stop'Les Hauts'). You will be on 'Avenue Charles de Gaulle'. You go down this road to the crossing with Larenas road. You will see a square of shops (one 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 little fence at his end) to reach a little park, then go down Av de Mondial 98 till until 43.554730, 3.789669 where the roundabout Evariste Galois dry (summer 2019) stream is totally crossable (5min walkingeven in winter since it not really wide). On Pass under the brigde that is above the road D613 and simply follow the path that locals use (and is on no maps) and you are going to reach the left 'Chemin des Fabriques' that leads you see directly to the hillgas station 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues': 43. Go 547322, 3.794899. '''Walking route 2: via D185 to Chemin des Fabriques''' 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 (better 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 good shoes *that* much space for pedestrians, but traffic is fairly limited on!) and you find at the top this brilliant hitchhiking spot - Elf [[petrol station]]road there. You can try walk until to your right therewill be a gated access road, or stand with which to its left has a sign clear pedestrian access point. Turn left on Av Pierre Mendesthe road that it immediately meets (Chemin des Fabriques), just before which shortly leads you to the entrance gate of 'Aires de Service de Montpellier ENI Fabrègues'. You may need to the stationhop 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://mapsdrive.google.com/mapsopen?fid=q1KflMq4gFTgkJwOBVpFmgSN6kMFhLbLOQ&hlusp=en&qsharing here] =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=0Options without taking tram,43.608161from péage,3.913645&llor gas station =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.

== 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].