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== Hitching Out ==The city '''Paris''' is the capital of [[France]]. It is situated within a ring road (called ''le périphérique'' , or le ''le périph''') and whilst . The actual city is relatively small, it's but is surrounded by endless suburbs. There , some of which are especially good spots for going north (Aire La Courneuve) and east linked to the urban public transportation system at no extra cost (gas stations, peagesi.e.a standard one-trip city ticket), while some others being labelled as outside zones and thus more expensive to reach.

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=== [[A1 autoroute (France)|A1]] Northeast towards [[Lille]], [[Belgium]] ======= Aire La Courneuve ====This is most probably the best way Good to get know if you're starting to [[Belgium]] by hitching at stink up in the City of Lights: the gas station Municipality provides [httphttps://mapswww.googleparis.esfr/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=5837971829389385952,48pages/les-bains-douches-municipaux-138 free shower facilities ] in 17 locations around Paris.934623,2.393732%3B3201522175225020794,48.920638,2.410383&saddr=Aire+de+Service+de+La+Courneuve+%4048.934790,+2.393710&daddr=&mra=mr&sll=48.918269,2.403388&sspn=0.013649,0.040169&ie=UTF8&ll=48.933157,2.396951&spnNote they are BYOT (bring your own toiletry)=0.006823,0.020084&t=k&zHitching in =16&om=1is Aire de Service de La Courneuve]. BUT: if you take a closer look at the gas station on google maps, you will see that there is a wall surrounding this gas station, but do not think that you cannot get on it from outside the highway, because it is:

First get closer by public transportDuring rush hours, some options:* Bus 150 from Porte de la Villette it is possible (metro line 7but illegal), get off at Parc des Sports (next to be quickly dropped on the highway), or* Bus 250 from Fort d'Aubervilliers (metro line 7), ring road. This is useful if your ride is not willing to get off at Parc des Sports* [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve+Aubervilliers&daddr=Rue+Paul+Verlaine,+93120+La+Courneuve,+Seine-Saint-Denis,+Ile-de-France,+Frankreich&sll=48.926137,2.394161&sspn=0.01892,0.040169&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=48.928026,2.388539&spn=0.018919,0.040169&z=15&om=1 "La Courneuve Aubervilliers"] out of it to drop you (RER Bwhich is often the case), and walk 2 km north along Boulevard Pasteur. You can catch this train from Gare du Nord.* [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=La+CourneuveWithin the ring area,+8+Mai+1945&daddr=rue+paul+verlaine&sll=48.93333,2.392216&sspn=0.009459,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=48.926137,2.394161&spn=0.01892,0.040169&z=15&om=1 "La Courneuve, 8 Mai 1945"] (metro line 7) and make your way you are definitely linked to rue Paul Verlaine by taking tramway "T1" and stop at "Six Routes"the whole regular fare subway system.

Three options to enter:# There is a door which allows outside access but it's sometimes locked (noted 01-06-08 and 28-09-08). Walk away If you are coming from the door Northeast and scale the concrete wall at the point it becomes your ride is heading South (which is a fence. Walk forward and normal truck route), chances are that your driver will not drop you'll see on the ring road where you have it is complicated to gostop. ([http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107770710063601716204.00044840696bdf8a385ef&ll=48.933654,2.393292&spn=0.001334,0.004227&t=h&z=19 Approximate location of A frequent place to get dropped is the door])#If first exit South on the door is closed you have to climb a wall that is approximately 1,90 m tall and go through a broken fence [http://maps.googleA6 called "Rungis".de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=paris+la+courneuve&sll=50.785102From there,5.710144&sspn=1.165162,2.570801&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=48.933836,2.394&spn=0.001182,0.002511&z=19&iwloc=addr here], ''et voila'', you are at the gasstation.# Or you can walk around reach the wall, towards the leftMetropolitan subway system by tram with one ticket, for about 70 meters then walk down the little hill and walk through the bushes. You have use another one to go through two fences to enter the gas stationyour final destination.# You can also hitch from reach other suburbs in the traffic lights before one of 94 department (Val de Marne) taking the entries to the highway and ask drivers to drop you at the petrol-stationTvM bus, which is also a normal Paris ticket.

Possibly better: take line 13 to Carrefour PleyelThere are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), walk along Boulevard Anatole France East ([[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Carrefour+Pleyel+petrol station,+France&daddr=charles+hitchhiking|petrol stations]] and ''[[péage|barrières de+gaulle&sll=48.927631,2.383518&sspn=0.027124,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=48.923881,2.358456&spn=0.013563,0.040169&t=h&z=15&om=1 Google Mapspéage]]. After a while you will see the highway starting'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses''). It's not a great spot, but if anyone stopsall about how much you are willing to pay in public transportation, they can at least drop and how daring you off at the gas station (just ask nicely if they are not getting off the highway at exit 4).

===North/Northeast towards [[England]], [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} = Charles de Gaulle ====:''There might be a good spot at Charles de Gaulle airport, though I don't know where exactly. Once I waited 5 minutes, another time 4 hours.''

==== Porte de la Chapelle ====ThatThese are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris's where the A1 starts and the local drivers say that they often see hitchhikerscentre. Though Charles de Gaulle might be a better option. Anyway, to get there take metro 12 to Porte de la Chapelle, and walk to the roundabout. You can try getting There is a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights so bonus pro-tip at the cars have to stopbottom involving Arras :) or you can stand on the oposite side, facing the roundabout, where the highway starts. Another good option is just hitching in the exact street where the metro is. There are 2 gas stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't very crowded, but still many people going up North fill up there.

Someone hitched from here July 26th 2008 and it took this person about 30 minsThis option costs one local ticket. Porte de la Chapelle is where the A1 starts. Local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. Just waiting after To get there, take the metro line 12 to Porte de la Chapelle, then walk to the roundabout. There is You can try getting a quiet lane ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can be waited at stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the motorway starts. Another good option is to start hitchhiking in the same street where the traffic lights metro is. There are2 petrol stations in that very street, just after 50m deeper into the roundaboutcity. Hiker MarkusThey aren't overcrowded and, at the same time, quite a few cars going up north stop here to refill; nonetheless, at such places, much depends on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers, this place won't make it to the top 10 best hitchhiking places in France. This avoids It is therefore recommended to hitchhike at the roundabout, where a quiet lane right by the traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to get onto the motorway (avoiding at the same time all the traffic that is going on the Ring Road (heads for Boulevard PeriphiquePeripherique).

=== A4 EastA good option to leave faster is to show at the roundabout a sign for the airport Charles de Gaulle. There is a petrol station (Aire La Courneuve - see Option 2) before the airport where the driver could let you out; don't miss it! The station is not so big and many drivers just go to the airport but at least you can ask people, towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]] ===whereas it could be hard and long at Porte de la Chapelle.

===== First opinion, go direct to the 'Peage' =====Take RER A4 to the last stop (Marne-Option 2: Motorway services Aire La-Vallee - Cheesy). The Peage (toll) is [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&hlCourneuve =es&geocode=&saddr=48.853082,2.838163&daddr=&mrsp=0&sz=14&mra=mi&sll=48.847717,2.845201&sspn=0.027337,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=48.853364,2.830825&spn=0.013667,0.040169&z=15&om=1 here].

The number 59 bus leave’s from the bus area next to the RER train station [[File:Masaru.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at Eurodisney, Marne-''Aire La-Vallee. It takes ten minutes to arrive at the “Truffant” commerical centre which is beside the peage. The ticket costs around 2 Euro. From here, walk up through the police station parking area and walk out on to some grass area beside the peage. You will not need to jump any fences! From the peage its easy to get rides to [[Metz]] or even straight to [[GermanyCourneuve'']]. I waited for less than ten minutes.

'''Second opinion, This option costs one local ticket or zones 1–3 ticket (eur 2.75as of 2018). The petrol station nearer to Aire de Service de La Courneuve is about 2 km along the A1, north of Paris city centre'''.

[[Image:ZoeTake bus 150 from Porte de la Villette or bus 250 from Fort D'Aubervilliers (both are on metro line 7) to the stop Parc Des Sports.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Zoe in Paris at the [[888]] event]]The first gas station This bus stop is close next to RER A station Bussy St. Georgesthe A1 highway. From there you Just walk south for about 1 km (you can ask at to the counter) along a bigger road, which will lead you to a roundabout. You can try right from therethe bus stop, but without ever passing under the gas station is just a bit more than 2 km from thereoverpass. You can Then walk on east parallel to the grass field next to motorway through the highwayparking lot of an apartment complex. The gas station There is called "La Ferrière". An alternate route a wall preventing access to reach the gas station is to walk through the industrial zone of Bussymotorway, right south of the railway, then reach the bridge over the highway and then follow on the grass until the gas station that is quite near. This avoids but if you continue walking in the grass (annoying especially in winter and when raining) a few hundred meters east and instead most of the walk will be on up a roadslight grassy hill, and you will save some timethe wall ends. You can then follow [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=garea steep,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&daddr=chemin+de+la+rue+pavee,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&sll=48thorny path full of nettles down towards the motorway and back west towards the petrol station.831899There is a fence right along the motorway,2.723193&sspn=0.01291,0.040169&ie=UTF8&z=15&ll=48.831814,2.726369&spn=0.01291,0.040169&t=h&om=0 this route] on Google Maps - but near the gas petrol station it has been trampled down and you can be seen right of the bridge on the south side of the mapstep over it.

if you go You may need to Bussy-St-Georges you can also try to catch a bus from the metro station. the bus is number 4 or 44 get out at the station "Gutenberg" from there just walk on sraight to the bridge ( dont take the first bridge left right after the bus station because than you have to jump a fence and walk in the grass ( and hitch nhiking with wet feet isnt that good).i didnt take the bus but saw climb the station. fance

The [[From the petrol station, most drivers are only going to the airport or local communities. You should ask for a lift at least to the toll station (''péage]] '') heading north. This is not far from there, though it might be further than a 20-minute drive down the motorway (some kilometers after the closest highway exitairport) and everyone has to stop here.

===== Another Option 3: Charles de Gaulle =====Take the RER Line A (Red) in direction Boissy St Legere until the station Nogent Sur Marne (~ 2€). There, leave the station in direction Rue "Joinville" and follow the sign to the A4. Its about 30 minutes by foot. If someone stops ask if they can take you at least to the next gas station, there is no toll (péage) to get there so it's likely you will get at least to there.

=== A6 SouthCharles de Gaulle airport can be an option for hitching North-East, to [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] ==='''Porte d'Orleans''', at the ''périferique'' seems okay, Metro Porte d'Orleans. There's a gas station, and although waiting times might vary a good spot (just under Novotel building) at the traffic junction to the "périferique extérieur". Don't go with cars going into the suburbslot. The next tollway or gas station takes about 50 km!

=== A10 South It is easy to [[Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] ===[[Image:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of jump the Paris signs for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered metro at terminal 2 and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]]This road follows the route of the there wasn'''A6'''(see above) from Paris, then splits from t anyone guarding it near Antony/Rungis. There's no gas station between Porte d'Orleans and Maybe the A6xA10 junction [http://maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.739447,2.302011&spn=0.001638,0.003455&t=h&z=18 only that one - and she's working !]. So an easy option same is to stand at Porte d'Orleans (the same than true for the A6) with a sign specifying that you go to Orléans. There is a péage in Saint Arnoult, before the split between A10 terminals 1 and A11, so you 3 but I can accept a ride going to Orléans or Chartres, 't vouch for example. Just care that the people will leave you at a mininun at the "péage de Saint Arnoult". [[User:Pietshah|Pietshah]] did that ride tons of timesit.

Getting From terminal 2 walk out of terminal and head straight to this highway is not easy and will involve a train ride and some walkingthe main road. The first gas station is situated near a village called Briis-sous-ForgesYou should see signs for A1 Paris Lille. To get there you need to take either RER B to Massy-Palaiseau or RER C to Dourdan (around 7€) and from there to take Keep following these signs until the bus 91road splits for A1 Lille.03 One road goes to Briis-sous-Forges. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdaysthe left, once an hour on Saturdays under a bridge and does not on Sundaysthere are some traffic lights. The gas station is situated a couple of kms north of the village, to reach it you need to find Route d'Invilliers, a small local road parallel other goes to the highwayright. Once there, when asking your ride make sure your driver takes Stand to the right road, as of the A11 splits from it nearright turn. Another solution is Cars can stop on a dashed out area to start hitching at Dourdan, take rue d'Etampes, and start at your left or drive a little past you on the roundaboutright. In Les-granges-du-roi take A couple of cars stopped straightaway and I was easily able to get a lift to the D838 that will lead you next service station which had lots of people driving north to an entrance on the A10. NoteLille, that it's a bit far for walking - around 10 km Belgium and the traffic is weak. Hitch there before the Péage with a sign "Orleans"Holland.

Another, From Nation bus station (also a bit more expensive but possibly faster, is to metro stop) take a train directly bus 351 to [[Orleans]] from Paris-Austerlitz stationRoissypole located at Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 3. The ticket will cost you about 18 €. North of the center passes an expressway which joins It's the A10 last stop and has a Péage just before the junction. Youpayment isn'll need a sign saying "[[Tours]]" (if you go direction Tours, Bordeaux or "Vierzon/Toulouse" if you need t required to take enter the A20 towards [[Toulouse]])bus.: too expensive for hitchhikersYou can BLACK RIDE on this bus both ways

=== A11 South-west From the coach station there Gare Routière you can catch the 95.01 bus to Vémars. Ask inside at the ticket office/information desk for which parking number the bus will be at. The ticket costs €2. [[Le Mans]]BEWARE this bus does '''not''' run on Saturdays, [[Nantes]]Sundays and public holidays / so if that is the case, [[Rennes]] then get off at Quebec because the A1 highway going to Lille cuts through Paris multiple times and all parts at this petrol station there is a higher chance of [[Brittany]] ===This finding Dutch cars stopping and giving you a ride to another petrol station on the main highway splits , which is super busy and easy to find rides going to anywhere from the A10 near Dourdan. There are several possibilities go get on this road: Calais to Antwerp to Lille]

# UpdateAs at Saturday 1 July 2023The gas station at '''Briis-sous-Forges'''parking lot for the bus 95. Look at A10 section# Take a train to '''Rambouillet''' from Paris-Montparnasse (about 7€) 01 is F1,and start hitching the bus does run on the N10 southSaturdays also, until according to the A11 entrance# Take the train from Paris-Montparnasse to Chartres (12€) time table and start hitching from there.# Another good spot, but way cheaper is '''Portes d'Orleans''' (see info above - section A6) where you can hitch with a sign "Chartres" or "A10"/"A11". If you get a ride to Péage de Saint Arnoult (from someone going to Orleans - A10 - for example) it's good, since it's before confirmed by the split.driver

== Public Transport - Inside Paris ==Public transport in Paris consists of metro, RER (fast trains serving the suburbs You can always try to go with relatively few inner city stops), buses and a few trams. If you're paying for tickets and you'll make a few journeys then the cheapest option is bus number 702 to buy a carnet of 10 single tickets Vémars centre from the airport (around 11 euros20 stops, 39 minutes). You can travel to the end of RER lines for around 15 euros. If you stay several days and This will use transports often you can also buy a pass "Mobilis" for one or several days (5,6 € for one day inside Paris), valid work on metroSaturdays, RER Sundays and ground transportation, or if you stay public holidays. The parking lot for a week or more - the "Carte Orange" for 16.3 € a week (you'll also need a photo for it)bus 702 is B2.

=== Metro System ===Ticket checks never occur on metro trains and inspectors always seem to employ 1 of 2 approaches: They form a line inside a metro tunnel or station exit and check all travellers, since From the staff are uniformed these checks are easy to see from a distance unless they decide to hide around a corner. The second technique involves plainsclothes inspectors watching the gates and busting those jumping over, they'll either Vémars bus stop the fareless directly or radio ahead to uniformed inspectors who will ask to see a valid ticketwalk straight 400m on Rue Pierre Curie (D17) until it merges with Rue De la Mairie. Walk an additional 350 m until this merges with Rue Des Vignolles (D16)

Checks never occur during rush hourOn your left, peak times for controls are evenings, weekends and the beginning of a new month. Except for A1 will be clearly visible as will the major stations its pretty easy to jump the barriers or pass through with other members of the public, only the major stations will require a validated ticket to exitAire de Vémars Ouest petrol station. During the day you stand a very high chance of travelling for freeFrom here, at night or weekends you face a moderate or low chance of meeting a controlit is another 1. Dont worry about the station staff serving tickets, they have nothing 25km to do with the controls and people often jump the barriers in front of themany given entrance.

=== RER System = Option 5: Porte de Bagnolet (A3) ====Uniformed inspectors will ask Google maps: [https://www.google.co.uk/maps/place/Porte+de+Bagnolet/@48.8649082,2.4086197,17z/data=!4m12!1m6!3m5!1s0x47e66e87e1c7d877:0x17c4d9a47ae58890!2sPorte+de+la+Chapelle!8m2!3d48.897279!4d2.359192!3m4!1s0x47e66d8329157e27:0x2a4ba9074d60ae9a!8m2!3d48.8645542!4d2.4095799]Get a ticket for validated tickets on the train and you maybe subject station Porte de Bagnolet. This is pretty close to where the checks mentioned above as well (A3 starts, which leads to the RER shares the metro infrastructure)A1, so a lot of traffic is heading this direction. It's possible to travel free The place might not be ideal, but you stand it worked. There is a higher chance of being busted than on bus stop, where buses often stop so the metro. It seems that checks traffic is slowed down, furthermore, there is a small gas stop, where you can occur at any approach drivers directly which cue up there from time so the best to time to travel free is rush hour when controls are impossible. The highest risk of being checked seems Position yourself at the traffic lights before the bus stop to be show your sign indicating the on transfer stations from RER direction you want to go to metro .

=== Fines and Punishments = Bonus Tip: Arras Service Station====French transport police won't make any exceptions for foreigners. Although it could be possible to talk them out of fining Heading north on the A1, there is a dumb tourist they are mainly hostilefantastic AUTOGRILL Aire de Wancourt Est service station just outside Arras [https://goo. Most commonly they will ask for a 40 euro fine which can be paid in cash or by credit cardgl/maps/2suUznoe5C42], with people heading pretty much everywhere. Alternatively you You can plead poverty and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine get rides to the address UK (Chunnel), Lille, Belgium, Netherlands. Many difference license plates (GB, F, B, NL, D, E) and name on the IDlots of opportunities.

=== to Charles de Gaulle/Roissy airportEast towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]] {{Afr|4}} ===Bus line 350 goes to Gare de l'Est and line 351 to Place de la Nation. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is a lot cheaper than what you would pay by RER), but there are not that many checks.

== Sleep ==It is possible to sleep in Option 1. From within the Champs city limits: Quai de Mars in front of the Eiffel Tower, police generally leave you sleeping until 9-10 in the morning. There are many trees that offer you cover for possible rain. You can also put up a tent at night in a discrete spot but police officers will wake you up around sunrise. You could also sleep under the bridge at the Seine river on the other side of the Eiffel Tower. During the first European Hitchhikers Week ([[888]]), around 50 people slept in front of the Eiffel Tower.Bercy ====

<Cheap, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too. You can also try to hitch directly from within Paris rather than taking the train for at least half an hour and then walking.  Take the metro line 14 to Bercy and exit towards Boulevard de Bercy, take the Boulevard down to the bridge where it intersects with Quai de Bercy. Standing on Quai de Bercy it is advisable to have a sign indicating you want to get onto the A4. When cars stop, ask if they are going all the way to the toll station (péage), many drivers turn off the A4 before that but there are not really any convenient places to continue hitch-hiking from before the toll station. ==== Option 2. Motorway junction slip-road ==== This one is close to Paris, faster and cheaper to get to, but still in the megapolis. Starting from there, you're likely to end up either at the petrol station described below or at the péage. Not good at night. Take the RER Line A (Red) in the direction of Boissy St Legere until the station Nogent Sur Marne. Leave the station in direction of Rue Joinville and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 minute walk. There is a red light before the slip road (on-ramp). Lots of traffic, possibility to stop on the ramp for brave drivers. Ask if your driver can take you at least to the next petrol station Aire De Ferrières which is within the free motorway network. Gare de Péage de Coutevroult toll gate is a bit further. ==== Option 3: Motorway service station Aire De Ferrières ==== Take RER A to station Bussy-Saint-Georges. You can also get to this RER A station by taking bus 4 or 44 from metro station Gutenberg. Walk 2 km Avenue Marie Curie till Rue Pavée turn down until street crosses A4 highway and after this turn left rest stop is next to you. Right side from there is Decathlon Logistics France if you get lost '''ATTENTION''' The bridge leads into the forest and getting onto the motorway might be a bit difficult, the reason being that you have to squeeze yourself to be able to pass through the narrow space between the bridge and the fence.Moreover,you have to descend onto the motorway through an overgrown grass.An alternative is to take bus 46  at Busy-Saint-Georges station in the direction of Gare de Val d'Europe,or same bus at Gare de Val d'Europe in the direction of Torcy(this is important because the bus is infrequent and might be useful to catch it at the other side if wait time is long).From Bussy-Saint-Georges you'll ride 4 stops and from Gare de Val d'Europe, 5 stops,alight at Bout Pêcheret and walk back in the direction the bus came from if you took it from Bussy-Saint-Georges and vice-versa. Continue walking on the [[D10]] road to cross the motorway and turn right on the road leading directly to the service station. === Getting South or Southwest {{Afr|6}}, {{Afr|10}}, or {{Afr|11}} === These spots are close enough to the city to be getting traffic in all southern directions. ==== Option 1: Porte d'Orléans ==== Once the most famous hitchhiking spot in France, this spot isn't bad nowadays, but it isn't great either. The good thing is that drivers aren't surprised to see people there, and that you don't need to get out of Paris in faraway suburbs.  Porte d'Orléans is the terminal subway station of line 4. There is an entry on the ''périphérique'' ring road where lots of people are later heading South. The best place is besides the "Novotel" building or (better) opposite it at the traffic lights. Be warned, traffic here is heavy and fast moving. If you have much baggage or more than one person I would not fancy your chances here. Waiting at the petrol station or even the adjacent war memorial will not give you the best traffic. Note : I think that the place in front of the hotel is pretty bad. Very hard for the cars to stop there. It's better to stand before, at the red lights. I stood near the gas station at the lights, you miss all the cars not coming from inside Paris, but it's way easier for the cars to see you and to stop. Make sure to specify with a sign specifying that you go to Orléans or Chartres (if you are heading Southwest - A10 or A11), and that the driver will leave you at least at the péage de Saint Arnoult or before that at Limours-Janvry service station. Beware, just after the "péage", the motorway separates between A10 and A11. If you are heading directly South onto the A6, have a sign (you may try Lyon or Fontainebleau) and make sure to be left at Aire De Lisses rest stop, roughly 35 km further, a little bit after Evry (drivers to Evry are not enough for you). ==== Option 2: Porte d'Italie ==== Similarly Porte d'Italie which is not far from Porte d'Orleans is a good place to hitch from. Additionally if you walk down the exit to the traffic lights, there is an overhead bypass which can keep you dry in the rain. === South towards [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] {{Afr|6}} === ==== Option 1: Motorway services Aire De Lisses ==== This option costs EUR 5.85 (but possible to have ride without ticket also), a zone 1–5 ticket and takes roughly 75 minutes. Aire de Lisses is the first service area on the A6, situated about 35 km South of Paris. It can save you time because you avoid all outbound traffic not really heading your direction, being located after all the motorway branch-offs. Get the RER D towards Melun via Corbeil. Be careful to get on the right train as there are 2 routes for RER D towards Melun. Tthe ID of the train you need was ZIP or ZOP (All trains on RER lines have a 4 letter ID depending on stations served). If it's too confusing get whatever train that goes to Corbeil Essonne and from there, whatever train that goes to Melun. Get off at the station Gare de Villabé the second after Corbeil-Essonnes.  Otherwise, you can take the RER D to Évry-Courcouronnes centre, and from there Bus 415 in direction of Villabé. Get off at stop Ikea the gas station will be a five minute walk away. There is a fence you have to climb to get to the station.  Note: There is no barrier at Villabé and so you can pay the standard central Paris fare to get into the metro network and then just ride out there. ==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire de Nemours ==== You can take a train to Nemours Saint Pierre (transilien R from Gare de Lyon, a ticket costs about 10 euros) and walk 45min to the AUTOGRILL Aire de Nemours A6 service area / Shell fuel station. Then you're already on a paying section (no local traffic), far out from Paris (80km), and can get a ride to Châlon, Mâcon or Lyon in a few minutes.  === South-West to [[Orléans|Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] {{afr|10}} & West to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]], [[Bretagne|Brittany]] {{afr|11}} === The A10 and A11 motorways follow the route of the '''A6''' (see above) from Paris, and split from it near Antony/Rungis. Then, before the A10 and the A11 split up, there is the service station of Limours-Janvry near Briis-sous-Forges and a [[péage]] near St-Arnoult, 40 km Southwest of Paris. Whichever spot you choose, ask the driver to take you at least until the Limours-Janvry service station or the péage of St-Arnoult. From these places, you can find a driver who takes you on the A10 or the A11 depending on which way you want to go. ==== Option 1: Pont de Sevres ==== [[File:ParisOut.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hitching after the bridge]] This option costs the price of an underground ticket. It takes you to the beginning of the N118 road which connects to the A10-A11 in about 25 km. Take the subway 9 to Pont De Sevres, its end station. You start walking towards the bridge, where you can see the signs towards Nantes, Bordeaux, etc. The hitchhiking spot is just before the bridge, at the red lights. You can try with the cars coming from the direction of the metro station, and also with the cars which came along the river and are turning left to get to the bridge. ==== Option 2: Motorway junction Massy Palaiseau ==== This option costs Eur 4.90, a ticket for zones 1-4. This option is useful to get out of the ring roads and get directly on the A10 after all the branch-offs. Take RER B to Massey-Palaiseau station. Walk down Avenue Carnot along the Massy-Palaiseau railway towards the ''autoroute''. After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of space for cars. Keep going and you will reach a roundabout. If you keep following this road, you will reach the motorway entrance underneath a bridge. Make sure to get a ride to the first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km) at St-Arnoult or to the Limours-Janvry service station 5 km down the road. '''Edit July 2022''' this does not work!There is pretty much zero car traffic, at least when I was there. If you're starting in Massy-Palaiseau you're better off thumbing at [https://goo.gl/maps/bbD5WGkiKeFqSFzBA this roundabout]. I didn't wait too long here and got a ride straight to Le Mans. ==== Option 3: Motorway service station Limours-Janvry ==== The first service station on the motorway is called Limours-Janvry and it is situated 2kms northeast of the village Briis-sous-Forges. To get there you need to take RER B to Massy-Palaiseau. From there take bus 91.03 to Briis-sous-Forges. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. Then walk northeast along the small local road Route D'Invilliers. Briis-sous-Forges to the petrol station [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=D131&daddr=Aire+de+Service+de+Limours-Janvry&geocode=FT3X5QIdxnEgAA%3BFZke5gIdK7wgAA&hl=en&mra=ltm&dirflg=w&sll=48.64455,2.16575&sspn=0.115917,0.338173&ie=UTF8&ll=48.626839,2.135124&spn=0.028989,0.084543&t=h&z=14 map]  == Eat == Option 4: Péage de Saint-Arnoult ==== You can take the RER C train to Dourdan. There are no controls on the exit, so if you are on the cheap, you need to pay only the basic metro ticket (some EUR 1.33) to get into the underground network in Paris. Once in Dourdan, cross the railroad track and turn left and then go straight on the D836 until you reach the péage after 4-5 kilometers. You should be able to hitch a car as there are many passing by and the French take easily on small routes if they see you walking. Get off just after the road crosses the autoroute, go left and in a short while, you will reach the péage. Look at the map beforehand! You have much higher chances here then anywhere else, there are lots of cars going through. === West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|13}} === ==== Inside Paris ==== Quai André Citroën, under the ring road overpass. A lot of traffic on Fridays and Saturdays as many inhabitants of the 15th and 7th arrondissements go to Normandy for the weekend. As a result, this spot is very effective on these days (20 to 30 min on average) but much worse at other times (expect to wait one and half hours). Porte d'Auteuil, at the last traffic light to the entrance of the A13, or even right under the "no pedestrians" sign on the shoulder to the motorway just after the light, where cars haven't picked up much speed yet and can see you well. Ask drivers to take you (at least) to Morainvilliers petrol station in Poissy. ==== In the suburbs ==== '''Option 1''' Autoroute A13 Gare de Péage de Buchelay toll Take Transilien J suburban train from Saint->Lazare station. The fare is €8 but you may not be controlled. Get off in (not Mantes Station). There's a 30 minute walk to the toll gate. You can search Innovaparc bus stop place is next to there '''Option 2''' South Area Morainvilliers rest area Take Transilien J or RER A from Paris and get off at Poissy. Take bus 20 to bus stop Auberg. There's one bus every hour on weekdays, fewer than that on Saturdays and it doesn't run on Sundays.  == Airports == '''[[Charles de Gaulle airport]]''' / '''[[Orly airport]]''' / '''[[Beauvais]]''' airport == Nomadwiki & Trashwiki == {{nomadwiki}}  [[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|right|A small collection of the "Paris" signs for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]]

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