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'''Paris''' is the capital of [[France]]. It is situated within a ring road called ''le périphérique'', or ''le périph''. The actual city is actually relatively small , but is surrounded by endless suburbs, some of them being which are linked to the urban public transportation system at no extra cost(i.e. a standard one-trip city ticket), and while some other others being labelled as outside zones and thus more expensive to reach.

Note that there is an "outer ring road" to the Paris suburb area, motorway A86 (or ''super-périphérique'') and another wider ring even further called "la Francillienne" which isn't completed but still used to connect . If your ride is not going to Paris itself, you might want to clarify which ring they are going to take as it may affect the place where you'd want to be dropped. You may also find them useful if you need to bypass Paris, especially the Francilienne, as it has more gas stations and less complex interchanges.

== Paris public transport Hitching in ==Public transport in Paris consists 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 a metro it to drop you (lines 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 number 1 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 14)stop. A frequent place to get dropped is the first exit South on the A6 called "Rungis". From there, RER (fast trains serving you can reach the suburbs Metropolitan subway system by tram with relatively few inner city stopsone ticket, lines from letter A then use another one to Eyour final destination. You can also reach other suburbs in the 94 department (Val de Marne)taking the TvM bus, buses (lines from number 20 to which is also a normal Paris ticket. === Airports ===There are 3 main airports that service Paris..?Charles de Gaulle (CDG) , Orly, and trams (lines Beauvais. It is possible to hitch from T1 the airports into the city, but to T4). If you want get from Paris to make a few voyagesthe airports, Blablacar is probably the cheapest most reliable option .* CDG is in the North, and is the closest. A one-way ticket to buy a carnet of /from the airport is 10 single tickets (11,60 .30 euros instead of 1. To hitch into Paris from here,60 each)go to Terminal 3 and you will find a parking lot. You can travel Follow the signs to Paris and hitch at the end parking lot exit.* Orly is South of RER lines for about 15 Paris. A one-way ticket to/from the airport is usually 12 euros, but there is a secret way that is only 3.80 (2x1. If you stay in 90 tickets)! From Paris for several days take metro line 7 to the last stop (Villejuif-Louis Aragon) and then switch to Tram 7, which will use transport often take you can right to the airport. Or do it backwards to get into Paris. Hitchhiking from Orly should be feasible, also buy a pass "Mobilis" for one or several days (5,9 € for one day inside Paris) - it from the parking lot.* [[Beauvais]] is valid on metrothe furthest, RER and ground transportation45 minutes North from Paris. Tickets are an appalling 16. If 80 euros each way! Luckily, lots of Blablacar rides can take you stay there for a week 6 or more - consider geting a "passe Navigo découverte"7 euros, which and it is a chargeable card with picture easy to hitchhike back (5 euros to makeSee the [[Beauvais]] page). You can then buy a weekly ticket for 17.2 €. Note that this replaces the former "Carte Orange". All prices as of Winter 2010.

Checks == Hitching out ==There are said never to occur during rush hours; peak times plenty of excellent spots for these controls are eveningshitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), weekends East ([[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] and the beginning of a new month''[[péage|barrières de péage]]'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses''). Except for the major stations, it is pretty easy It's all about how much you are willing to jump over the barriers, or pass through following other people passing to the ticket-zone. Only on major stations one is required to have a validated ticket when exiting. As pay in some other countriespublic transportation, one can be relax about the ticket booth staff since they have nothing to do with ticket checksand how daring you are.

=== RER system North/Northeast towards [[England]], [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} ===Uniformed controllers will ask for validated tickets on trains, and since the RER shares the metro infrastructure, you might be a subject to the checks in similar order mentioned above. It is possible to travel for free, even though you stand a higher chance of being busted. It seems that checks can occur at any time, 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 stations.

You often need your ticket to get out of the stations, as price varies according to These are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris' centre. There is a bonus pro-tip at the distance. Make sure not to lose it as it can be tricky to get out otherwise.bottom involving Arras :)

=== Buses = Option 1: Porte de la Chapelle ====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 and punishments ===French transport police won't make any exceptions for foreignersThis option costs one local ticket. Although it Porte de la Chapelle is said it might be possible where the [[A1 (France)|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 talk them out of fining the roundabout. You can try getting a "dumb tourist" they ride on the roundabout (there are mainly hostile. Most commonly they will ask for a 40 euro fine traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can be paid directly 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 cash or by credit cardthat very street, just 50m deeper into the city. Alternatively you can plead povertyThey 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 if 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 show a valid ID they will post a fine good opportunity to get onto the motorway (avoiding at the address and same time all the name written on IDtraffic that heads for ''Boulevard Peripherique'').

=== Going 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''/''Roissy'' t miss it! The station is not so big and many drivers just go to the airport ===Bus line 350 goes to ''Gare de l'Est''but at least you can ask people, whereas it could be hard and line 351 - to ''Place long at Porte de la Nation''. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is a lot cheaper than travelling by RER); checks are said rare to occurChapelle.

== Hitching In ==Option 2: Motorway services Aire La Courneuve ==== [[File:Masaru.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at ''Aire La Courneuve'']]

During rush hours, it is possible This option costs one local ticket or zones 1–3 ticket (but illegal) to be quickly dropped on the ring roadeur 2. This is useful if your ride is not willing to get out 75as of it to drop you (which is often the case2018). Within The petrol station [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=5201 ''Aire de Service de La Courneuve''] is about 2 km along the ring areaA1, you are definitely linked to the whole regular fare subway systemnorth of Paris.

If you are coming Take bus 150 from ''Porte de la Villette'' or bus 250 from the Northeast and your ride is heading South '''Fort d'Aubervilliers'' (which is a normal truck route), chances both are that your driver will not drop you on metro line 7) to the ring road where it stop ''Parc des Sports''. This bus stop is complicated next to the A1 highway. Just walk to the right from the bus stop, without ever passing under the overpass. A frequent place Then walk east parallel to get dropped is the first exit South on motorway through the A6 called "Rungis"parking lot of an apartment complex. From thereThere is a wall preventing access to the motorway, but if you can reach continue walking a few hundred meters east and up a slight grassy hill, the Metropolitan subway system with one ticket, then use one to your final destinationwall ends. You can also reach other suburbs in then follow a steep, thorny path full of nettles down towards the 94 department (Val de Marne) taking motorway and back west towards the TvM bus, which petrol station. There is also a normal Paris ticketfence right along the motorway, but near the petrol station it has been trampled down and you can step over it.

== Hitching Out ==There are plenty Attention: in the winter / early spring or after the rain walking down the hill to the motorway might be difficult because of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve'')mud. In February it took 2 hitchhikers almost 40 minutes to walk down and reach the fence, East ([[petrol station]]s after numerous attempts to keep the balance and ''[[barrières de péage]]'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses'')not to fall down. It's all about how much you are willing might be a good idea in this case to pay in public transportationhitch from the entrance of the highway, and how daring right at the cross before you areturn to the parking lot of the apartment complex.

=== Northeast towards [[Lille]] Attention 2: I tried this route September 2017 and [[Belgium]] ===although I got there following the instructions, the final fence closing of the petrol station has been fixed. I had to climb a tree to drop into the compound. I'm a clumsy person and I managed, but with a heavy backpack it might be challenging.

These are classified by cost Attention 3: I used this option in public transportation from ParisApril 2019 and it worked fine, following the original advice. There is a wall but go to the VERY end, up the slight grassy hill... The path goes down, the fence is trampled down, and then you' centrere basically on the motorway for about 10metres before you're at the services.

This option costs one local ticket. Porte ==== Option 3: Charles de la Chapelle is where the [[A1 autoroute (France)|A1]] starts. Local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there take a metro 12 to Gaulle ====''Porte Charles de la ChapelleGaulle'', 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 airport can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the motorway starts. Another good be an 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 the for hitching North stop here for refill; nonetheless-East, 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 although waiting times might vary 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... 18.8lot.2010

[[File:Masaru.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at ''Aire La Courneuve'']]This option costs one local ticket or zones 1-3 ticket (From terminal 2,35 euros)walk out of terminal and head straight to the main road. The petrol station [http://mapsYou should see signs for A1 Paris Lille.googleKeep following these signs until the road splits for A1 Lille.es/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=5837971829389385952One road goes to the left,48under a bridge and there are some traffic lights.934623,2The other goes to the right.393732%3B3201522175225020794,48Stand to the right of the right turn.920638,2Cars can stop on a dashed out area to your left or drive a little past you on the right.410383&saddr=Aire+de+Service+de+La+Courneuve+%4048.934790,+2.393710&daddr=&mra=mr&sll=48.918269,2.403388&sspn=0.013649A couple of cars stopped straightaway and I was easily able to get a lift to the next service station which had lots of people driving north to Lille,0Belgium and Holland.040169&ie=UTF8&ll=48.933157,2.396951&spn=0.006823,0.020084&t=k&z=16&om=1is ''Aire de Service de La Courneuve'That service station was very busy and it was easy to get a lift as well as a good meal from peoples'] is about 2 km along leftovers in the A1, north restaurant including half a bottle of Paris. wine!

First, get closer by public transport. 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 7), get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (the quickest way?)* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve,+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 to ''rue Paul Verlaine'' by taking a tram "T1" and getting off at ''Six Routes''. * [httpOption 4://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve+Aubervilliers&daddr=Rue+Paul+Verlaine,+93120+La+Courneuve,+Seine-Saint-Denis,+Ile-Motorway services Aire de-France,+Frankreich&sll=48.926137,2.394161&sspn=0.01892,0.040169&ie=UTF8&cd=1&llVémars Est=48.928026,2.388539&spn=0.018919,0.040169&z=15&om=1 ''La Courneuve Aubervilliers''] (RER B), and walk 2 km north along ''Boulevard Pasteur''. You can catch this train from ''Gare du Nord''. THIS OPTION REQUIRES A 1-3 ZONES TICKET

Once <ol><li>From 'Nation' bus station (also a metro stop), take bus 351* to 'Roissypole' located at Charles de Gaulle Airport (Terminal 3). It's the last stop and payment isn't required to enter the bus.You can BLACK RIDE on this bus both ways</li><li>From the coach station there (Gare routière), you can catch the 95.01 bus to Vémars, though this bus does '''not'Parc des Sports'' bus stoprun on Saturdays, walk east parallel to Sundays and public holidays. Ask inside at the ticket office/information desk for which parking number the motorwaybus will be at (D2 in Oct 2013). There The ticket costs €2. [BEWARE 95.01 does not work on public holidays and Sundays, so if that is a wall preventing access to the motorwaycase, but if you continue walking then get off at QUEBEC because the A1 highway (going to Lille) cuts through Paris multiple times and at this petrol station there is a few hundred metres east higher chance of finding Dutch cars stopping and up giving you a slight hillride to another petrol station on the main highway, the wall ends. which is super busy and easy to find rides going to anywhere from Calais to Antwerp to Lille]</li><li> You can then walk down towards always try to go with the bus number 702 to Vémars centre from the motorway airport (20 stops, 39 minutes). This will also work on Saturdays, Sundays and back west towards public holidays (as of 2018)</li><li>From the petrol stationVémars bus stop walk straight 400m on 'Rue Pierre Curie' (D17) until it merges with 'Rue de la Mairie.' Walk an additional 350m until this merges with 'Rue des Vignolles' (D16). There is a fence right along </li><li>On your left, the motorway, but near A1 will be clearly visible as will the 'Aire de Vémars Ouest' petrol station . From here, it has been trampled down and you can step over itis another 1.25km to any given entrance.</li></ol>

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 Another useful recommendation is this website, where you can ask for a ride virtually create any route you want to ''Aire La Courneuve''take out of the city.* LastlyCoupled with Google Maps, one can take a line 13 to it''Carrefour Pleyel'' and then walk along ''Boulevard Anatole France'' (see [s an excellent tool:http://mapswww.googleratp.comfr/itineraires/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 to the petrol station (after Exit 4!)./ratp/recherche-avancee

From the petrol station, most drivers are only going For 351 Bus Route refer to the airport or local communitieslink belowhttp://www. You should ask for a lift at least to the [[toll station]] (''péage'') heading north. This is a 20-minute drive down the motorway and everyone has to stop hereratp. It is a great place to get long-distance ridesfr/informer/pdf/orienter/f_plan.php?loc=bus_banlieue/300&nompdf=351&fm=pdf

==== Charles de Gaulle ====''Charles de Gaulle'' airport *Note: The 351 bus service does not run on weekends, but the above link can be help find an option for hitching North-East, although waiting times might vary a lotalternate route.[[File:Vemars.jpg]]

==== Service station at Survilliers Option 5: Senlis Péage ====

This option costs 4 euros, which is the cost of €9 (25% discount for under 26s) + a local ticket for zones 1-5to Gare du Nord. The peage is 35 km North 50km north of Paris, near the town of SurvilliersSenlis.

From ParisSenlis has no train station, take RER D (Chatelet-les-halles or Gare du Nord), direction Orry la Ville - Coye. Get off but you still buy the ticket from a train at Survilliers-Fosses (35 KM North of station. From Paris). Walk down Rue de la Gare towards Survilliers town centreNord, then turn right go to Chantilly and switch to a bus to Senlis at La Grande Rue; you will find the motorway"gare routière" right outside of Chantilly's train station with your ticket. Once there, you can hitchhike from need to walk a little and you'll find a "[[péage|péage]]". The bus driver gave me the motorway exit towards the gas station 2KM from here (Paris direction)directions. When you arrive, you This should take the local road to cross over to the opposite service station to head Northaround one hour.

==== Senlis Péage Option 6: 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 station Porte de Bagnolet. This is pretty close to where the A3 starts, which leads to the A1, so a lot of traffic is heading this direction. The place might not be ideal, but it worked for me after just 20 minutes to get a ride on to the A1, There is a bus stop, where buses often stop so the traffic is slowed down, furthermore, there is a small gas stop, where you can approach drivers directly which cue up there from time to time. Position yourself at the traffic lights before the bus stop to show your sign indicating the direction you want to go to.

Senlis has no train station==== Bonus Tip: Arras Service Station====Heading north on the A1, but you still buy the ticket from there is a train ''fantastic'' Esso service stationjust outside Arras [https://goo. From Paris Nordgl/maps/2suUznoe5C42], go to Chantilly and switch to a bus to Senlis at the "gare routière" right outside of Chantilly's train station with your ticketpeople heading pretty much everywhere. Once there, you need You can get rides to walk a little and you'll find a "péage" the UK (motorway payment station - people have to stop to take a ticketChunnel), Lille, Belgium, Netherlands. The bus driver gave me the directions. This should take around one hour Many difference license plates (GB, F, B, NL, D, E) and lots of opportunities.

=== A4 East, towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]], etc {{Afr|4}} ===

==== Going directly to the Option 1: Motorway service station ''barrière Aire de péageFerrières'' ====

''This one is the most Quite long trip and a bit expensive, longest but takes . Takes you the furthest to a great pickup spot. Might be a petrol station (good choice when for both day and night hitching); better if you don't speak french. Maybe not so good at nightFrench.''

Take RER A4 A to the last stop (station ''Marne-La-Vallee - ChessyBussy St.Georges''). The train journey length is around 40 minutes (6€ something). Take the You can also get to this RER A station by taking bus number 59 (doesn't operate on Sundays, the ticket costs around 2 Euro) which leaves 4 or 44 from the bus stop next to the RER train metro station at ''EurodisneyGutenberg'','' Marne-La-Vallee.'' ([http://www.metro-pole.net/hor/fiche/6759.11.html timetable 2008 here]). It takes ten minutes Make your way west to arrive at the “Truffaut” gardening centre which is beside the péage (stop Coutevroult - Truffaut). From there, D35 and then walk back a bit and go through what seems south along it for about 1km to be a police roundabout. You can try hitchhiking from here, but the service station's parking area and is called "voie de service" just a bit more than 2 km from here. You can walk on the map - you will get grass field next to the green area right outside the péage motorway - and you wondon't need to jump any of choose this way in the morning or in autumn/winter as the fences! From this grass is wet. The petrol station is called ''barrière Aire de péageFerrières'' and it 's a "TOTAL" company. Another option to reach this petrol station is easy to get rides to [[Metz]] or even straight to [[Germany]]. You might meet people walk through the industrial zone of the ''Bussy'' district, which lies south of the railway, crossing the bridge over the motorway and then continuing on by walking on the grass until the actual petrol station (gendarmes or motorway staff) in note that "voie de service" as of February 2011, there was a nice- even if they try sized fence to talk you out of ithop after crossing the bridge. Nothing too difficult, remember ''but a big backpack makes it is allowed'harder!). 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 the car parkwinter (then you apparently don'' by t want to go through the peagefields).

AttentionHere's a [http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=48.828509,2.744594&ll=48.836023, the bus 59 runs every hour2. It is usually timed to start 5 min after the arrival of the RER so hurry yourself up from the train723494&spn=0. Follow the signs "gare routière" (bus station)034406,0. If bus 59 doesn'071583&num=1&t start before 30 min, consider using bus 34 (see bellow)=m&z=14 map].

If you decide to hitch from this péage on Sunday you can take the From Bussy-St. Georges there is a bus no. 34 (1.60 €, [httphttps://www.metrotransdev-poleidf.netcom/api/hor1.0/fichetimetablefile/5134555898245/raw/amv-184092-fhrentree2018-l46-630x240-v2web.20.html timetablepdf 46]) to bus stop "Bailly-Romainvilliers - Place de l'Europe" Jossigny, then walk for about 2kilometers. You will soon see the motorway A4 and péage. Here's the [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=bailly+romainvilliers+place+de+l%27europe&daddr=48.853562Bout Pecheret,2.839065&geocode=&hl=en&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=from there its only 1&sz=15&dirflg=w&sll=48.850992,2.833614&sspn=0.012962,0.027637&ie=UTF8&z=15 route]3 km to walk.

The ''barrière de péage'' is located [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&saddr=48.854077,2.83959&daddr=&hl=es&geocode=&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=0&sz=17&sll=48.853788,Option 2.839912&sspnMotorway junction slip-road =0.003586,0.009656&ie=UTF8&ll=48.850258,2.830095&spn=0.014346,0.038624&t=h&z=15 here].

==== Via ''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 above 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'' (€2.75 (2016)). Leave the station in direction of ''Rue Joinville''Quite long trip and follow the sign to the A4. It is a bit expensive30 minute walk. Takes you to There is a great gas stationred light before the slip road (on-ramp). better if you speak french and good day-and-nightLots of traffic, possibility to stop on the ramp for brave drivers.''

The first Ask if your driver can take you at least to the next petrol station which is close to RER A station ''Bussy Stwithin the free motorway network.Georges''Toll gate is a bit further.

==== Option 3. From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ====''You can also try to catch Cheap, as you will only need a bus to Bussy St George nr.4 or nr.44 from the metro station ''Gutenberg''ticket and pretty fast too.''

From this station walk South for about 1 km along a bigger road which will lead you to a roundabout. You can also try hitchhiking to hitch directly from there but the needed petrol station will be just a bit more within Paris rather than 2 km from there. You can walk on taking the grass field next to the motorway. The petrol station is called ''La Ferrière''. Another option to reach this petrol station is to walk through the industrial zone of ''Bussy'' area, to the South of the railway, train for at least half an hour and then reach the bridge over the motorway and follow further by walking on the grass until the actual petrol 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 Take the metro line 14 to Bercy and exit towards Boulevard de Bercy, take the motorway ====''This one Boulevard down to the bridge where it intersects with Quai de Bercy. Standing on Quai de Bercy it is close advisable to Paris, faster and cheaper have a sign indicating you want to get to, but still in onto the megapolisA4. Starting from thereWhen cars stop, you're likely ask if they are going all the way to end up either on the gas toll station described above or at (péage), many drivers turn off the Péage described abA4 before that but there are not really any convenient places to continue hitch-above. Not good at nighthiking from before the toll station.''

Take the RER Line A (Red) in direction of ''Boissy St Legere'' until the station ''Nogent Sur Marne'' (2,70€ (2010-11). Leave the station in direction of ''Rue Joinville'' and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 min walk. There is a red light before the onramp. Lots of traffic, possibility to stop on the ramp for brave drivers==== Option 4.Lorraine TGV ====

Ask if your driver French railway operator SNCF has been running low-cost TGVs under the brand [https://www.ouigo.com OuiGO] since a few years. The good news is that from the summer 2018 it runs from Gare de l'Est within city limits and at a reasonable time (12:55) instead of running at 6 am from the rail station at the CDG airport as it was the case before. If you book a bit in advance you can take you at least get a ticket to Lorraine TGV (in the next petrol outskirts of [[Metz]] ,https://goo.gl/maps/GfXv9v4LGxn) or [[Strasbourg]] main station which for as low as 10 €, although the fare you're more likely to find is within the free motorway networkaround 15-20 €. The ride takes 1:15 hour. Toll gate From Lorraine-TGV station it is relatively easy to hitch east towards Saarbrücken and further into Germany. In the beginning you will have a bit furthersimple two-lane local road, which joins the motorway A4 near Forbach close to the german border.

=== 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 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.Edit : 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 "périferique extérieur"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 Southonto the A6, have a sign for (you may try "[[Lyon ]]" or Fontainebleau) and make sure to be left at ''Aire de Lisses'', roughly 35 km further, a little bit after Evry (drivers to Evry are not enough for you).

Whenever a diplomat travels between Paris and the Orly airport, he'll go through here. Which means that there will be police presence. The police doesndon't care about you, but it is very unlikely anyone will stop while they are around. That happens often enough. They stick around for one hour.

==== 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 there at to the traffic lights , there is an overhead bypass which can keep you dry in the rain.

=== A6 South to towards [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] {{Afr|6}} ===

==== Option 1: Motorway services Aire de Lisses ====

This option costs EUR 5,.85 euros(but possible to have ride without ticket also), a zone 1-5 1–5 ticket and takes roughly 1h1575 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. As of 2010-02, the ID of the line train you want need was "ZIPE" or "ZOPO" (All trains on RER lines have a 4 letter IDdepending on stations served). 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 Melun. Get off at the station '''Villabé''', the second after Corbeil-Essonnes. The station is not marked on Google Maps but don't worry, it's there: [http://maps.googlegoo.comgl/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 8omQ2W''the way from Villabé RER station to Aire de Lisses'']

It's 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 very good spotfive minute walk away. Note that as of 2017, there is a fence you have to climb to get to the station.

You A problem with a petrol station is that leaving trucks can take block the leaving cars, so cars won't have chance to stop at all. [[User:Artti|Artti]] stood there three hours without a train sign until he walked to Nemours Saint Pierre (transilien R from Gare de Lyon) and walk 45min the ramp next to the service area ( http://tinyurlpetrol station.com/2bs24sf ). Then you're already on a paying section (no local There is more traffic), far out from Paris (80km), and can therefore more chance to get a ride . Also cars have lots of space to Châlon, Mâcon or Lyon in a few minutesstop.

=== A10 South to [[Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] = Option 2: Motorway services Aire de Nemours ====

This motorway follows the route of the '''A6''' You can take a train to Nemours Saint Pierre (see above) transilien R from ParisGare de Lyon, a ticket costs about 10 euros) and splits afterwards near [[Antony]]walk 45min to the service area ( http:/[[Rungis]]/goo.gl/VUYmh0 ). The first [[péage]] in that direction is St-ArnoultThen you're already on a paying section (no local traffic), 40 km Southwest of far out from Paris(80km), before the splitting of A10 and A11. There are no service station directly on the motorway before the péagecan get a ride to Châlon, Mâcon or Lyon in a few minutes.

==== Massy Palaiseau =South-West to [[Orléans|Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] {{afr|10}} & West to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]] and all parts of [[Bretagne|Brittany]] {{afr|11}} ===

This option costs 2The A10 and A11 motorways follow the route of the '''A6''' (see above) from Paris,95 eurosand 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 1[[péage]] near St-4 zones ticketArnoult, 40 km Southwest of Paris. This option is useful Whichever spot you choose, ask the driver to get out take you at least until the Limours-Janvry service station or the péage of the rings and get directly St-Arnoult. From these places, you can find a driver who takes you on the A10 after all or the branch-offsA11 depending on which way you want to go.

Take ==== Option 1: Pont de Sevres ====[[File:ParisOut.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hitching after the bridge in March 2015]]This option costs the RER B price of an underground ticket. It takes you to ''Massy-Palaiseau''. From there, follow the motoway signs for beginning of the N118 road which connects to the A10. There are two options: take a bus from the massive transport lot beside ''Massy-Palaiseau'' station or walk down a motorway ramp nearbyA11 in about 25 km.

'''Motorway ramp option''': Go down Take the ''Avenue Carnot'' along subway 9 to Pont de Sevres, its end station. You start walking towards the ''Massy-Palaiseau'' railwaybridge, where you can see the signs towards Nantes, Bordeaux, etc. The hitchhiking spot is just before the bridge, at the ''autoroute''red lights. After a while there you will see a long stretch You can try with the cars coming from the direction of a road the metro station, and also with lots of space for the cars. Keep going which came along the river and you will reach a roundabout. If you keep following this road, you will reach a motorway exit underneath a bridge. Make sure are turning left to get a ride to the first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km) at St-Arnoult or to the Briis-sous-Forges service station 5 km down the roadbridge.

'''Bus ==== Option'''2: The first petrol station is situated near the village called ''Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there you need to take either RER B to ''Motorway junction Massy-Palaiseau'' From there take the bus 91====This option costs EUR 4.03 to ''Briis90, a ticket for zones 1-sous-Forges''4. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. The petrol station This option is situated a couple useful to get out of kms North from the village. To reach it you will need to find ''Route d'Invilliers'', a small local road. Once you are there, make sure your driver takes the right road as the A11 starts not far away. It's not easy to find the road to ring roads and get directly on the gas 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 A10 after all the area. write the instructions and study the map!! I was lost in this village for couple of hours.[http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=D131&daddr=Aire+de+Service+de+Limoursbranch-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=0.028989,0offs.084543&t=h&z=14 Briis-sous-Forges to the gas station map]

[http://mapsTake RER B to ''Massey-Palaiseau''.googleWalk down ''Avenue Carnot'' along the ''Massy-Palaiseau'' railway towards the ''autoroute''.fr/?ie=UTF8&ll=48After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of space for cars.739447,2Keep going and you will reach a roundabout.302011&spn=0.001638If you keep following this road,0you will reach the motorway entrance underneath a bridge.003455&t=h&z=18 this one] Make sure to get a ride to the first ''barrière de péage'' (good enough one, according 30+ km) at St-Arnoult or to some hitchhikers)the Limours-Janvry service station 5 km down the road.

=== A11 South= Option 3: Motorway service station Limours-West to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]] and all parts of [[Brittany]] Janvry ====[[File:Zoe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during The first service station on the [[888]] event]]This motorway splits from is called Limours-Janvry and it is situated 2kms northeast of the A10 near village ''DourdanBriis-sous-Forges''. There 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 several possibilities go get no buses on Sundays. Then walk northeast along the small local road ''Route d'Invilliers''. (It's not easy to find the road to the petrol 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 petrol station in the area. write the instructions and study the map!! I was lost in this motorwayvillage for couple of hours).[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 Briis-sous-Forges to the petrol station map]

# The petrol station at ''Briis-sous-Forges''. Look at the A10 section's options.# Take the train from ''Paris-Montparnasse'' to ''Chartres'' (12€) and start hitching from there. You might want to go to the service station ''Chartres-Gasville'' on the A11 east of ''Chartres'' (bus plus one hour walk!). From the train station, take one of many [http://wwwmaps.filibusgoogle.fr/pages/55 buses] that stop at the ''Morard'' station?ie=UTF8&ll=48. Here starts bus 12739447, take it and get off at ''N2.302011&spn=0.Conté'' - some minutes before you arrive there001638, memorize the route: the bus croses the motorway, and comes to a big roundabout where it turns right and continues to a second small roundabout to turn right again to arrive at ''N0.Conté''. Now comes 1 hour of walk: go back to the big roundabout and turn right 003455&t=h&z=18 this one] (east) to follow the N10 until you come to a small city. There you encounter the next roundaboutgood enough one, where you turn left. Follow the street, it bends according to the right and ends on the ''Rue du Bois Paris'' where you turn left (northsome hitchhikers). After 500 meters comes the motorway, continue until you have crossed itReally good according to others. The service station is 400 meters east, so try Took two guys ten minutes to pass through the trees on your right get a ride and follow a third guy about the street same amount of time to the service stationa different place.Lots of trucks and cars passing by!

== Sleeping == 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. ==== Option 5: Chartres: a spot to go directly on the A11, after it has split from the A10 ====[[File:888_signsZoe.jpg|thumb|240pxright|right250px|A small collection of the "Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris" signs for during the [[Project project 888|888]] event]] Take the train from ''Paris-Montparnasse'' to ''Chartres'' (EUR 12) and start hitching from there. You might want to go to the service station ''Chartres-Gasville'' on the A11 east of ''Chartres'' (bus plus one hour walk!). From the train station, take one of many [http://www.filibus.fr/pages/55 buses] that stop at the ''Morard'' station. Here starts bus 12, take it and get off at ''N.Conté'' - some minutes before you arrive there, memorize the route: the bus crosses the motorway, and comes to a big roundabout where over 150 hitchhikers gathered it turns right and camped in front continues to a second small roundabout to turn right again to arrive at ''N.Conté''. Now comes 1 hour of walk: go back to the Eiffel Towerbig roundabout and turn right (east) to follow the N10 until you come to a small city. There you encounter the next roundabout, where you turn left.]]Follow the street, it bends to the right and ends on the ''Rue du Bois Paris'' where you turn left (north). After 500 meters comes the motorway, continue until you have crossed it. The service station is 400 meters east, so try to pass through the trees on your right and follow the street to the service station. [[Hospitality exchange#Hospitality exchange networks=== West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|Hospitality exchange]] networks can be a great choice when staying low13}} ======= Inside Paris ====-budget in ParisQuai 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. HoweverAs 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 must plan usually such staying 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 ahead since Paris . Ask drivers to take you (at least) to Morainvilliers petrol station in Poissy. ==== In the suburbs ====- Mantes-La-Jolie toll: take Transilien J suburban train from Saint-Lazare station. The fare is €8 but you may not be controlled. Get off in Mantes-La-Jolie (not Mantes Station). There's a popular destination for many backpackers, and many hospitality exchange networks' members are usually overloaded with requests 30 minute walk to have gueststhe toll gate: check the map.

It is also possible to sleep in the ''Champs de Mars'' in front of the Eiffel Tower - police generally lets you sleep until 9 or 10 in the morningPoissy rest area (a.k. There are many trees that offer you a protection in case of a rain. You can also put up a tent (aire de Morainvilliers): take Transilien J or RER A from Paris and get off at night) in a discrete spot although keep in mind Poissy. Take bus 20 to bus stop "Auberge". There's one bus every hour on weekdays, fewer than that police officers will wake you up around the sunrise. You can also sleep under the bridge at the Seine river on the other side of the Eiffel TowerSaturdays and it doesn't run on Sundays. During See the first European Hitchhikers Week (timetable [[888]http://www.transdev-idf.com/horaire-ligne-20-poissy_aval_2_rives_de_seine_015 here]) around 50 people slept in front of the Eiffel Tower.

There are also good places to sleep in the tunnels of Montsouris, which are part of old railway network. It is a hidden place, and maybe the most well-known unofficial entrance to the famous Paris Catacombs. You must climb over a wall near the intersection of Avenue Jean Moulin and Rue de Coulmiers ([http[File://is.gd/hC1Px Google maps])888_signs. Be advised that you should not enter the Catacombs alone or without a person who has a lot jpg|thumb|240px|right|A small collection of experience climbing around the "Paris underground. It is an extremely complicated system of tunnels, perhaps " signs for the second largest [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in the world. In many rooms front of the Catacombs you can find a luxury of places to sleep, but you can just as easily get lost in areas where nobody has been or will go for monthsEiffel Tower.]]

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