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Note that there '''Paris''' is the capital of [[France]]. It is an "outer situated within a ring road" to the Paris suburb areacalled ''le périphérique'', motorway A86 (or ''super-périphériquele périph'') and another wider ring called "la Francillienne" which isn't completed . The actual city is relatively small, but still used to connect . If your ride is not going to Paris itselfsurrounded by endless suburbs, you might want to clarify some of which ring they are going linked to take the urban public transportation system at no extra cost (i.e. a standard one-trip city ticket), while some others being labelled as it may affect the place where you'd want outside zones and thus more expensive to be droppedreach.

Good to know if you're starting to stink up in the City of Lights: the Municipality provides [https://www.paris.fr/pages/les-bains-douches-municipaux-138 free shower facilities ] in 17 locations around Paris. Note they are BYOT (bring your own toiletry)== Hitching In in ==

During rush hours, it is possible (but illegal) to be quickly dropped on the ring road. This is useful if your ride is not willing to get out of it to drop you (which is often the case). Within the ring area, you are definitely linked to the whole regular fare subway system.

If you are coming from the Northeast and your ride is heading South (which is a normal truck route), chances are that your driver will not drop you on the ring road where it is complicated to stop. A frequent place to get dropped is the first exit South on the A6 called "Rungis". From there, you can reach the Metropolitan subway system by tram with one ticket, then use another one to your final destination. You can also reach other suburbs in the 94 department (Val de Marne) taking the TvM bus, which is also a normal Paris ticket.

==== Porte There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), East ([[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] and ''[[péage|barrières de la Chapelle ====péage]]'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses''). It's all about how much you are willing to pay in public transportation, and how daring you are.

This option costs one local ticket. Porte de la Chapelle is where the === North/Northeast towards [[A1 autoroute (France)|A1England]] starts. Local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there take a metro 12 to ''Porte de la Chapelle'', then walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can 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 metro is. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't overcrowded, [[Lille]] and at the same time quite a few cars going up the North stop here for refill; nonetheless, at such places much is depended on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers this place won't make to the TOP10 best hitchhiking places in France. It is therefore rather 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 heads for ''Boulevard Periphique'').THIS MOTORWAY ENTRANCE IS NOT CURRENTLY OPEN DUE TO CONSTRUCTION... 18.8.2010 -- and still is... [[Belgium]] {{afr|1-7-2011}} ===

These are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris' centre. There is a bonus pro-tip at the bottom involving Arras :) ==== Option 1: Porte de la Chapelle ==== This option costs one local ticket. Porte de la Chapelle is where the A1 starts. Local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there, take the metro line 12 to Porte de la Chapelle, then walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can 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 metro is. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They 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. 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 heads for Boulevard Peripherique). A 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, whereas it could be hard and long at Porte de la Chapelle. ==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire La Courneuve ====

First, get closer by public transportThis option costs one local ticket or zones 1–3 ticket (eur 2. Some options are:* Bus 150 from ''Porte de la Villette'' (metro line 7), get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (next to the motorway)* Bus 250 from ''Fort d'Aubervilliers'' (metro line 775as of 2018), get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (the quickest way?)* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve+Aubervilliers&daddr=Rue+Paul+Verlaine,+93120+La+Courneuve,+Seine-Saint-Denis,+Ile-The petrol station Aire de Service 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''] (RER B)is about 2 km along the A1, and walk 2 km north along ''Boulevard Pasteur''. You can catch this train from ''Gare du Nord''of Paris. THIS OPTION REQUIRES A 1-3 ZONES TICKET

Read this carefully because if you donTake bus 150 from Porte de la Villette or bus 250 from Fort D't, it can be hard Aubervilliers (both are on metro line 7) to find it and the local people definately won't know where this is or how to get there by foot! Once at the ''stop Parc des Des Sports'' . This bus stop, you can see the main road if you look in the driving direction of the bus. This is the road you want to follow next to the eastA1 highway. Basically you just Just walk to the right from the bus stop in the driving direction, without ever passing under the roadoverpass. Follow the road and Then walk east parallel to the motorwaythrough the parking lot of an apartment complex. There is a wall preventing access to the motorway, but if you continue walking a few hundred metres meters east and up a slight grassy hill, the wall ends. You can then follow a steep, thorny path full of nettles down towards the motorway and back west towards the petrol station. There is a fence right along the motorway, but near the petrol station it has been trampled down and you can step over it.

Other ways to get to that petrol station:* Take a RER B to ''Stade de France'' and then walk up to the final traffic light where you can ask for a ride to ''Aire La Courneuve''.* Lastly, one can take a line 13 to ''Carrefour Pleyel'' and then walk along ''Boulevard Anatole France'' (see [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Carrefour+Pleyel+station,+France&daddr=charles+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 Maps]) up until the beginning of the motorway. There is a hitchhiking spot there which might be not the greatest one in the world but at least it can lead you You may need to climb the petrol station (after Exit 4!).fance

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 a 20-minute drive down the motorway (some kilometers after the airport) and everyone has to stop here. It is a great place to get long-distance rides.

==== Option 3: Charles de Gaulle ====''Charles de Gaulle'' airport can be an option for hitching North-East, although waiting times might vary a lot.

This option costs 4 euros, which It is easy to jump the cost of a ticket metro at terminal 2 and there wasn't anyone guarding it. Maybe the same is true for zones terminals 1-5. The peage is 35 km North of Paris, near the town of Survilliersand 3 but I can't vouch for it.

From terminal 2 walk out of terminal and head straight to the main road. You should see signs for A1 Paris, take RER D (Chatelet-les-halles or Gare du Nord), direction Orry la Ville - CoyeLille. Get off Keep following these signs until the train at Survilliers-Fosses (35 KM North of Paris)road splits for A1 Lille. Walk down Rue de la Gare towards Survilliers town centreOne road goes to the left, then turn under a bridge and there are some traffic lights. The other goes to the right at La Grande Rue; you will find the motorway. Once there, you can hitchhike from Stand to the motorway exit towards right of the gas station 2KM from here (Paris direction)right turn. When you arrive, Cars can stop on a dashed out area to your left or drive a little past you take on the local road right. A couple of cars stopped straightaway and I was easily able to cross over get a lift to the opposite next service station which had lots of people driving north to head NorthLille, Belgium and Holland.

==== Senlis Péage Option 4: Motorway services Aire de Vémars Est====

This option costs 9 euros From Nation bus station (25% discount under 26also a metro stop) + a local ticket take bus 351 to Gare du NordRoissypole located at Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 3. The peage is 50 km North of Paris, near It's the last stop and payment isn't required to enter the town of Senlisbus. You can BLACK RIDE on this bus both ways

Senlis has no train From the coach station, but there Gare Routière you still buy can catch the ticket from a train station95. From Paris Nord, go to Chantilly and switch to a 01 bus to Senlis Vémars. Ask inside at the "gare routière" right outside of Chantilly's train station with your ticketoffice/information desk for which parking number the bus will be at. The ticket costs €2. Once there[BEWARE this bus does '''not''' run on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays / so if that is the case, you need then get off at Quebec because the A1 highway going to walk Lille cuts through Paris multiple times and at this petrol station there is a little higher chance of finding Dutch cars stopping and giving you'll find a "péage" (motorway payment ride to another petrol station - people have on the main highway, which is super busy and easy to find rides going to anywhere from Calais to stop Antwerp to take a ticket). The bus driver gave me the directions. This should take around one hour.Lille]

=== A4 EastUpdateAs at Saturday 1 July 2023The parking lot for the bus 95.01 is F1, towards [[Metz]]and the bus does run on Saturdays also, [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]], etc ===according to the time table and confirmed by the driver

==== Going directly You can always try to go with the ''barrière de péage'' ====bus number 702 to Vémars centre from the airport (20 stops, 39 minutes). This will also work on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. The parking lot for the bus 702 is B2.

''This one is From the most expensive, longest but takes you the furthest to a great pickup spot. Might be a good choice when you don't speak french. Maybe not so good at nightVémars bus stop walk 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)

Take RER A4 to the last stop (''Marne-La-Vallee - Chessy''). The train journey length is around 40 minutes (6€ something). Take the bus number 59 (doesn't operate on SundaysOn your left, the ticket costs around 2 Euro) which leaves from A1 will be clearly visible as will the bus stop next to the RER train Aire de Vémars Ouest petrol station at ''Eurodisney'','' Marne-La-Vallee'' ([http://www.metro-pole.net/hor/fiche/6759.11.html timetable 2008 From here]). It takes ten minutes to arrive at the “Truffaut” gardening centre which is beside the péage (stop Coutevroult - Truffaut). From there, walk back a bit and go through what seems to be a police station's parking area and is called "voie de service" on the map - you will get to the green area right outside the péage - and you won't need to jump any of the fences! From this ''barrière de péage'' it is easy to get rides to [[Metz]] or even straight to [[Germany]]another 1. You might meet people (gendarmes or motorway staff) in that "voie de service" - even if they try 25km to talk you out of it, remember ''it is allowed'' to hitchhike ''in the car park'' by the peageany given entrance.

Attention==== Option 5: Porte de Bagnolet (A3) ====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 the bus 59 runs every hourstation Porte de Bagnolet. It This is usually timed pretty close to where the A3 starts, which leads to start 5 min after the arrival A1, so a lot of traffic is heading this direction. The place might not be ideal, but it worked. There is a bus stop, where buses often stop so the RER so hurry yourself traffic is slowed down, furthermore, there is a small gas stop, where you can approach drivers directly which cue up there from the traintime to time. Follow Position yourself at the signs "gare routière" (bus station). If bus 59 doesn't start traffic lights before 30 min, consider using the bus 34 (see bellow)stop to show your sign indicating the direction you want to go to.

The ''barrière ==== Bonus Tip: Arras Service Station====Heading north on the A1, there is a fantastic AUTOGRILL Aire de péage'' is located Wancourt Est service station just outside Arras [httphttps://mapsgoo.google.esgl/maps?f=d&saddr=48/2suUznoe5C42], with people heading pretty much everywhere.854077 You can get rides to the UK (Chunnel),2Lille, Belgium, Netherlands.83959&daddr=&hl=es&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=17&sll=48.853788 Many difference license plates (GB, F,2.839912&sspn=0.003586B,0.009656&ie=UTF8&ll=48.850258NL,2.830095&spn=0.014346D,0.038624&t=h&z=15 here]E) and lots of opportunities.

==== Via petrol station =East towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]] {{Afr|4}} ===

''Quite long trip and a bit expensive==== Option 1. Takes you to a great gas station. better if you speak french and good day-and-night.''From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ====

The first petrol station is close to RER A station ''Bussy St.Georges''Cheap, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.

''You can also try to catch a bus to Bussy St George nr.4 or nr.44 hitch directly from within Paris rather than taking the metro station ''Gutenberg''train for at least half an hour and then walking.''

From this station walk South for about 1 km along a bigger road which will lead you Take the metro line 14 to a roundabout. You can try hitchhiking from there but the needed petrol station will be just a bit more than 2 km from there. You can walk on Bercy and exit towards Boulevard de Bercy, take the grass field next Boulevard down to the motorwaybridge where it intersects with Quai de Bercy. The petrol station Standing on Quai de Bercy it is called ''La Ferrière''. Another option advisable to reach this petrol station is have a sign indicating you want to walk through get onto the industrial zone of ''Bussy'' areaA4. When cars stop, ask if they are going all the way to the South of the railwaytoll station (péage), then reach many drivers turn off the bridge over the motorway and follow further by walking on the grass until A4 before that but there are not really any convenient places to continue hitch-hiking from before the actual petrol toll station. Most of the walk will be on the road which means you will save some time while at the same time such a walk won't be so annoying if you happen to hitchhike in winter (then you apparently don't wanna go through the fields). You can follow [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gare,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&daddr=chemin+de+la+rue+pavee,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&sll=48.831899,2.723193&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.

==== Onramp to the motorway 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 on the gas station described above or at the Péage described ab-above. Not good at night.''

Take the RER Line A (Red) This one is close to Paris, faster and cheaper to get to, but still in direction of ''Boissy St Legere'' until the station ''Nogent Sur Marne'' (2megapolis. Starting from there,70€ (2010-11). Leave the station in direction of you''Rue Joinville'' and follow the sign re likely to end up either at the A4. It is a 30 min walk. There is a red light before petrol station described below or at the onramppéage. Lots of traffic, possibility to stop on the ramp for brave driversNot good at night.

Ask if your driver can take you at least 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 next petrol station which A4. It is within the free motorway networka 30 minute walk. Toll gate There is a bit furtherred 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 (A6{{Afr|6}}, {{Afr|10}}, A10 or A11) {{Afr|11}} ===

==== Option 1: Porte d'Orléans ====

''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. There's a petrol station, and a practicable spot (just The best place is besides the "Novotel" buildingor (better) opposite it at the traffic junction to 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 "périferique extérieur"adjacent war memorial will not give you the best traffic.

Make sure to specify with a sign specifying that you go to [[Orléans]] (if you are heading Southwest - A10 or A11), and Note : I think that the driver will leave you at least at place in front of the "péage de Saint Arnoult"hotel is pretty bad. If you are heading directly South, have a sign Very hard for Lyon and make sure the cars to be left at ''Aire de Lisses'stop there. It's better to stand before, roughly 35 km furtherat the red lights. I stood near the gas station at the lights, a little bit after Evry (drivers to Evry are you miss all the cars not enough coming from inside Paris, but it's way easier for the cars to see you)and to stop.

Whenever Make sure to specify with a diplomat travels between Paris 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 Orly airportpéage de Saint Arnoult or before that at Limours-Janvry service station. Beware, he'll go through herejust after the "péage", the motorway separates between A10 and A11. Which means that there will be police presence. The police doesn't care about If youare heading directly South onto the A6, but it is very unlikely anyone will have a sign (you may try Lyon or Fontainebleau) and make sure to be left at Aire De Lisses rest stop while they , roughly 35 km further, a little bit after Evry (drivers to Evry are around. That happens often not enough. They stick around for one houryou).

For more personal opinions and experiences check the [[Talk==== Option 2:Paris|talk page]].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.

=== A6 South to [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] = 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.

This option costs 5,85 euros, a zone 1-5 ticket and takes roughly 1h15Get the RER D towards Melun via Corbeil. '''Aire de Lisses''' is the first service area Be careful to get on the A6, situated about 35 km South right train as there are 2 routes for RER D towards Melun. Tthe ID of Paristhe train you need was ZIP or ZOP (All trains on RER lines have a 4 letter ID depending on stations served). It can save you time because you avoid all outbound traffic not really heading your directionIf it's too confusing get whatever train that goes to Corbeil Essonne and from there, being whatever train that goes to Melun. Get off at the station Gare de Villabé the second after all the branchCorbeil-offsEssonnes.

Get Otherwise, you can take 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. As of 2010Évry-02Courcouronnes centre, the ID of the line you want was "ZIPE" or "ZOPO" (All RER lines have a 4 letter ID). If it's too confusing (it's very confusing), get whatever train that goes to "Corbeil Essonne" and, from there, whatever train that goes to MelunBus 415 in direction of Villabé. Get off at stop Ikea the gas station '''Villabé''', the second after Corbeil-Essonneswill be a five minute walk away. The station There is not marked on Google Maps but don't worry, it's there: [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Rue+d%27Ambreville,+91100+Villab%C3%A9,+Franciaorsz%C3%A1g&daddr=48.592221,2.443964&hl=en&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&dirflg=w&sll=48.592959,2.44184&sspn=0.005947,0.013604&ie=UTF8&ll=48.592959,2.452869&spn=0.023786,0.054417&z=14 ''a fence you have to climb to get to the way from Villabé RER station to Aire de Lisses''].

It's a very good spotNote: 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 ( http://tinyurl.com/2bs24sf )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.

This motorway follows the route of the '''A6''' (see above) from Paris=== South-West to [[Orléans|Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], and splits afterwards near [[AntonySpain]]/{{afr|10}} & West to [[RungisLe Mans]]. The first , [[péageNantes]] in that direction is St-Arnoult, 40 km Southwest of Paris[[Rennes]], before the splitting of A10 and A11. There are no service station directly on the motorway before the péage.[[Bretagne|Brittany]] {{afr|11}} ===

This option costs 2,95 euros, a ==== Option 1-4 zones ticket. This option is useful to get out of the rings and get directly on the A10 after all the branch-offs.: Pont de Sevres ====

Take the RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau''[[File:ParisOut. From there, follow the motoway signs for jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hitching after the A10. There are two options: take a bus from the massive transport lot beside ''Massy-Palaiseau'' station or walk down a motorway ramp nearby. bridge]]

'''Motorway ramp This option''': Go down costs the ''Avenue Carnot'' along the ''Massy-Palaiseau'' railway, towards the ''autoroute''. After a while there you will see a long stretch price of a road with lots of space for carsan underground ticket. Keep going and It takes you will reach a roundabout. If you keep following this road, you will reach a motorway exit underneath a bridge. Make sure to get a ride to the first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km) at St-Arnoult or beginning of the N118 road which connects to the BriisA10-sous-Forges service station 5 A11 in about 25 km down the road.

'''Bus Option''': The first petrol Take the subway 9 to Pont De Sevres, its end station is situated near . You start walking towards the village called ''Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there bridge, where you need to take either RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau'' From there take can see the bus 91.03 to ''Briis-sous-Forges''. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdayssigns towards Nantes, once an hour on SaturdaysBordeaux, and there are no buses on Sundaysetc. The petrol station hitchhiking spot is situated a couple of kms North from just before the village. To reach it you will need to find ''Route d'Invilliers''bridge, a small local roadat the red lights. Once you are there, make sure your driver takes You can try with the right road as cars coming from the A11 starts not far away. It's not easy to find the road to direction of the gas metro station. no one in this village knows what street he is living in let alone that route you're looking for. They don't even know that there's a gas station in , and also with the area. write cars which came along the instructions river and study are turning left to get to the map!! I was lost in this village for couple of hours.[http://mapsbridge.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 Briis-sous-Forges to the gas station map]

[http://maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.739447,== Option 2.302011&spn: Motorway junction Massy Palaiseau ==0.001638,0.003455&t=h&z=18 this one] (good enough one, according to some hitchhikers).

=== A11 SouthThis option costs Eur 4.90, a ticket for zones 1-West 4. This option is useful to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]] and all parts get out of [[Brittany]] ===[[File:Zoe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during the [[888]] event]]This motorway splits from ring roads and get directly on the A10 near ''Dourdan''after all the branch-offs. There are several possibilities go get on this motorway:

# The petrol station at ''Briis-sous-Forges''. Look at the A10 section's options.# Take the train from ''ParisRER B to Massey-Montparnasse'' to ''Chartres'' (12€) and start hitching from therePalaiseau station. You might want to go to Walk down Avenue Carnot along the service station ''ChartresMassy-Gasville'' on Palaiseau railway towards the A11 east of ''Chartresautoroute'' (bus plus one hour walk!). From the train station, take one After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of many [http://wwwspace for cars.filibus.fr/pages/55 buses] that stop at the ''Morard'' station. Here starts bus 12, take it Keep going and get off at ''Nyou will reach a roundabout.Conté'' - some minutes before If you arrive therekeep following this road, memorize the route: the bus croses you will reach the motorway, and comes to a big roundabout where it turns right and continues to entrance underneath a second small roundabout to turn right again to arrive at ''N.Conté''bridge. Now comes 1 hour of walk: go back to the big roundabout and turn right (east) to follow the N10 until you come Make sure to get a small city. There you encounter the next roundabout, where you turn left. Follow the street, it bends ride to the right and ends on the first ''Rue du Bois Parisbarrière de péage'' where you turn left (north30+ km). After 500 meters comes at St-Arnoult or to the motorway, continue until you have crossed it. The Limours-Janvry service station is 400 meters east, so try to pass through the trees on your right and follow the street to 5 km down the service stationroad.

== Paris public transport ==Public transport in Paris consists of a metro (lines from number 1 to 14), RER (fast trains serving the suburbs with relatively few inner city stops, lines from letter A to E), buses (lines from number 20 to ...?) and trams (lines from T1 to T4). If you want to make a few voyages, the cheapest option '''Edit July 2022''' this does not work! There is to buy a carnet of 10 single tickets (11pretty much zero car traffic,60 euros instead of 1,60 each)at least when I was there. You can travel to the end of RER lines for about 15 euros. If you stay 're starting in Paris for several days and will use transport often you can also buy a pass "Mobilis" for one or several days (5,9 € for one day inside Paris) Massy- it is valid on metro, RER and ground transportation. If Palaiseau you stay for a week or more - consider geting a "passe Navigo découverte", which is a chargeable card with picture (5 euros to make)'re better off thumbing at [https://goo. You can then buy a weekly ticket for 17.2 €. Note that gl/maps/bbD5WGkiKeFqSFzBA this replaces the former "Carte Orange"roundabout]. All prices as of Winter 2010I didn't wait too long here and got a ride straight to Le Mans.

=== Metro system ===Ticket checks never occur on actual metro trains, and ticket controllers seem to employ 1 of 2 approachesOption 3: first one includes ticket controllers forming a line inside a metro tunnel or Motorway service station exit and checking all the exiting travelers (since they are uniformed it is easy to see them from a distance unless they decide to hide around the corner); second one involves civilLimours-dressed controllers watching the gates and busting those jumping over - they'll either stop them directly themselves, or radio-report to uniformed controllers who then will ask a stopped person to show a valid ticket. Janvry ====

Checks are said never to occur during rush hours; peak times for these controls are evenings, weekends The first service station on the motorway is called Limours-Janvry and it is situated 2kms northeast of the beginning of a new monthvillage Briis-sous-Forges. Except for the major stations, it is pretty easy To get there you need to jump over the barriers, or pass through following other people passing take RER B to the ticketMassy-zonePalaiseau. Only on major stations one is required From there take bus 91.03 to have a validated ticket when exitingBriis-sous-Forges. As in some other countriesIt runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, one can be relax about once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. Then walk northeast along the ticket booth staff since they have nothing to do with ticket checkssmall 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= RER system en&mra=ltm&dirflg=w&sll=Uniformed controllers will ask for validated tickets on trains48.64455, and since the RER shares the metro infrastructure2.16575&sspn=0.115917, you might be a subject to the checks in similar order mentioned above0.338173&ie=UTF8&ll=48. It is possible to travel for free626839, even though you stand a higher chance of being busted2. It seems that checks can occur at any time135124&spn=0.028989, so the best time to travel for free is a rush hour when controls are impossible due to congestion. The highest risk of being checked seems to occur on transfer stations from RER to metro stations0.084543&t=h&z=14 map]

=== Buses = Option 4: Péage de Saint-Arnoult ====Like in most cities of France, you can walk onto the bus without showing or validating a ticket. Checks are said to be rare, and occur mainly late at night.

=== Fines 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 punishments ===French transport police won't make any exceptions for foreignersthen go straight on the D836 until you reach the péage after 4-5 kilometers. Although it is said it might You should be possible able to talk them out of fining hitch a "dumb tourist" they car as there are mainly hostile. Most commonly many passing by and the French take easily on small routes if they will ask for a 40 euro fine which can be paid directly in cash or by credit cardsee you walking. Alternatively you can plead povertyGet off just after the road crosses the autoroute, go left and if in a short while, you show a valid ID they will post a fine to reach the address and péage. Look at the name written on IDmap beforehand! You have much higher chances here then anywhere else, there are lots of cars going through.

=== Going to ''Charles de Gaulle''/''Roissy'' airport West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|13}} ===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 travelling by RER); checks are said rare to occur.

== Sleeping in Paris ==[[File:888_signsQuai André Citroën, under the ring road overpass.jpg|thumb|240px|right|A small collection 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 "Parisno pedestrians" signs for sign on the shoulder to the motorway just after the [[Project 888]] light, where over 150 hitchhikers gathered cars haven't picked up much speed yet and camped can see you well. Ask drivers to take you (at least) to Morainvilliers petrol station in front of Poissy. ==== In the Eiffel Towersuburbs ==== '''Option 1''' Autoroute A13 Gare de Péage de Buchelay toll Take Transilien J suburban train from Saint-Lazare station.]][[Hospitality exchange#Hospitality exchange networks|Hospitality exchange]] networks can The fare is €8 but you may not be controlled. Get off in (not Mantes Station). There's a great choice when staying low-budget in 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 Parisand get off at Poissy. Take bus 20 to bus stop Auberg. However, There's one must plan usually such staying well ahead since Paris is a popular destination for many backpackersbus every hour on weekdays, fewer than that on Saturdays and many hospitality exchange networksit doesn' members are usually overloaded with requests to have guestst run on Sundays. == Airports == '''[[Charles de Gaulle airport]]''' / '''[[Orly airport]]''' / '''[[Beauvais]]''' airport

* [http[File://www.ratp888_signs.fr/ Public transportation jpg|thumb|240px|right|A small collection of the "Paris" signs for the [[Project 888]* [http://www] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.voyages-sncf.com/ Trains and regional transports], ticket agency]