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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.

__TOC__== Hitching 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.

During rush hours=== Airports ===There are 3 main airports that service Paris. Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Orly, it and Beauvais. It is possible (to hitch from the airports into the city, but illegal) to be quickly dropped on get from Paris to the airports, Blablacar is probably the ring roadmost reliable option. This * CDG is in the North, and is useful if your ride the closest. A one-way ticket to/from the airport is not willing 10.30 euros. To hitch into Paris from here, go to Terminal 3 and you will find a parking lot. Follow the signs to get out Paris and hitch at the parking lot exit.* Orly is South of it Paris. A one-way ticket to/from the airport is usually 12 euros, but there is a secret way that is only 3.80 (2x1.90 tickets)! From Paris take metro line 7 to drop you the last stop (Villejuif-Louis Aragon) and then switch to Tram 7, which will take you right to the airport. Or do it backwards to get into Paris. Hitchhiking from Orly should be feasible, also from the parking lot.* [[Beauvais]] is often the case)furthest, and 45 minutes North from Paris. Tickets are an appalling 16. Within the ring area80 euros each way! Luckily, lots of Blablacar rides can take you are definitely linked there for 6 or 7 euros, and it is easy to hitchhike back (See the whole regular fare subway system[[Beauvais]] page).

== Hitchhiking Hitching out ==

=== North/Northeast towards [[England]], [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} ===

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 (France)|A1]] starts. Local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there , take a 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 overcrowdedand, and at the same time , quite a few cars going up the North north stop here for to refill; nonetheless, at such places , much is depended depends on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers , this place won't make it to the TOP10 top 10 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 PeriphiquePeripherique'').

'''THIS MOTORWAY ENTRANCE IS NOT CURRENTLY OPEN DUE TO TUNNEL RECONSTRUCTION'''... Reopening A good option to leave faster is scheduled in summer 2012to show at the roundabout a sign for the airport "Charles de Gaulle". There's an entrance still in operation, for the cars coming from the Peripherique is a petrol station (ring highwayAire La Courneuve - see Option 2), so the traffic coming from inside Paris is diverted through Porte d'Aubervilliers (before the next Ring entrance east). You can get there taking airport where the "PC" bus from Porte de la Chapelle east or from Porte de la Vilette west. Theredriver could let you out; don's a roundabout with traffic lights t miss it! The station is not so big and cars going many drivers just go to A1 take the outer ring entrance ("Périphérique extérieur"). Frequent traffic jams (which may also be helpful)airport but at least you can ask people, and this access might whereas it could be closed too on evenings, nights hard and weekendslong at Porte de la Chapelle.

==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire La Courneuve ====

WARNiNG: Take 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''. This gas station bus stop is closed and next to the A1 highway. Just walk to the right from the bus stop, without ever passing under constructionthe overpass. Then walk east parallel to the motorway through the parking lot of an apartment complex. There are NO cars at all stopping by here. If you go is a wall preventing access to this spot the motorway, but if you will just end continue walking a few hundred meters east and up hitching on a slight grassy hill, the highwaywall ends. And that is really really hard to do. And going You can then follow a steep, thorny path full of nettles down towards the motorway and back up out of west towards the highway petrol station. There is also really hard with a big backpack fence right along the motorway, but near the petrol station it has been trampled down and rain/wet leaves. Not sure how long until they finish work here but you can step over it`s gonna take a while. (20 November 2011)

First, get closer by public transport. Some options areAttention:* Bus 150 from ''Porte de la Villette'' (metro line 7), get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (next in the winter / early spring or after the rain walking down the hill to the motorway)* Bus 250 from ''Fort d'Aubervilliers'' (metro line 7), get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (the quickest way?)* [http://maps.googlemight be difficult because of mud.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve+Aubervilliers&daddr=Rue+Paul+Verlaine,+93120+La+Courneuve,+Seine-Saint-Denis,+Ile-de-France,+Frankreich&sll=48.926137, In February it took 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)hitchhikers almost 40 minutes to walk down and reach the fence, after numerous attempts to keep the balance and walk 2 km north along ''Boulevard Pasteur''not to fall down. You can catch It might be a good idea in this train case to hitch from ''Gare du Nord''. This option requires a '''1-3 zones ticket'''the entrance of the highway, without this ticket right at the cross before you will have turn to jump over the turnstyles to get out parking lot of the station of your destination (or talk your way out or closely follow someone else with a valid ticket)apartment complex.

Read Attention 2: I tried this carefully because if you don't, it can be hard to find it route September 2017 and the local people definately won't know where this is or how to get although I got there by foot! Once at following the ''Parc des Sports'' bus stopinstructions, you can see the main road if you look in the driving direction final fence closing of the bus. This is the road you want to follow to the eastpetrol station has been fixed. Basically you just walk I had to the right from the bus stop in the driving direction, without ever passing under the road. Follow the road and walk east parallel to the motorway. There is climb a wall preventing access tree to drop into the motorway, but if you continue walking a few hundred metres east and up a slight hill, the wall endscompound. You can then follow I'm a steep, thorny path full of nettles down towards the motorway clumsy person and back west towards the petrol station. There is a fence right along the motorwayI managed, but near the petrol station it has been trampled down and you can step over with a heavy backpack itmight be challenging.

Other ways to get to that petrol stationAttention 3:* Take a RER B to ''Stade de France'' I used this option in April 2019 and then walk up to it worked fine, following the final traffic light where you can ask for a ride to ''Aire La Courneuve''original advice.* Lastly, one can take There is a line 13 wall but go to ''Carrefour Pleyel'' and then walk along ''Boulevard Anatole France'' (see [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Carrefour+Pleyel+stationthe VERY end,+France&daddr=charles+de+gaulle&sll=48up the slight grassy hill.927631,2.383518&sspn=0.027124The path goes down,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=48.923881the fence is trampled down,2.358456&spn=0.013563,0.040169&t=h&z=15&om=1 Google Maps]) up until the beginning of and then you're basically on the motorway. There is a hitchhiking spot there which might be not the greatest one in the world but for about 10metres before you're at least it can lead you to the petrol station (after Exit 4!)services.

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 ====

==== Service station It is easy to jump the metro at Survilliers ====terminal 2 and there wasn't anyone guarding it. Maybe the same is true for terminals 1 and 3 but I can't vouch for it.

This option costs 4 eurosFrom terminal 2 walk out of terminal and head straight to the main road. You should see signs for A1 Paris Lille. Keep following these signs until the road splits for A1 Lille. One road goes to the left, which is under a bridge and there are some traffic lights. The other goes to the right. Stand to the cost right of the right turn. Cars can stop on a dashed out area to your left or drive a ticket for zones 1-5little past you on the right. The peage is 35 km North A couple of cars stopped straightaway and I was easily able to get a lift to the next service station which had lots of Parispeople driving north to Lille, near Belgium and Holland. That service station was very busy and it was easy to get a lift as well as a good meal from peoples' leftovers in the town restaurant including half a bottle of Survilliers.wine!

From Paris, take RER D (Chatelet-les-halles or Gare du Nord), direction Orry la Ville - Coye. Get off the train at Survilliers-Fosses (35 KM North of Paris). Walk down Rue ==== Option 4: Motorway services Aire de la Gare towards Survilliers town centre, then turn right at La Grande Rue; you will find the motorway. Once there, you can hitchhike from the motorway exit towards the gas station 2KM from here (Paris direction). When you arrive, you take the local road to cross over to the opposite service station to head North.Vémars Est====

This option costs 9 euros (25% discount under 26) + a local ticket Another useful recommendation is this website, where you can virtually create any route you want to Gare du Nordtake out of the city. The peage is 50 km North of ParisCoupled with Google Maps, near the town of Senlisit's an excellent tool:http://www.ratp. fr/itineraires/en/ratp/recherche-avancee

Senlis has no train station, but you still buy the ticket from a train station. From Paris Nord, go to Chantilly and switch to a bus to Senlis at the "gare routière" right outside of Chantilly's train station with your ticket. Once there, you need to walk a little and you'll find a "péage" (motorway payment station - people have to stop For 351 Bus Route refer to take a ticket)link belowhttp://www. The bus driver gave me the directionsratp. This should take around one hourfr/informer/pdf/orienter/f_plan.php?loc=bus_banlieue/300&nompdf=351&fm=pdf

=== A4 East*Note: The 351 bus service does not run on weekends, towards but the above link can help find an alternate route.[[MetzFile:Vemars.jpg]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]], etc ===

==== Going directly to the ''barrière de péage'' Option 5: Senlis Péage ====

''This one option costs €9 (25% discount for under 26s) + a local ticket to Gare du Nord. The peage is the most expensive50km north of Paris, longest but takes you near the furthest to a great pickup spot. Might be a good choice when you don't speak french. Maybe not so good at nighttown of Senlis.''

Take RER A4 to the last stop (''Marne-La-Vallee - Chessy''). The Senlis has no train journey length is around 40 minutes (EUR 6 something). Take the bus number 59 (doesn't operate on Sundaysstation, but you still buy the ticket costs around 2 Euro) which leaves from the bus stop next to the RER a train station at ''Eurodisney'','' Marne-La-Vallee'' ([http://www.metro-pole.net/hor/fiche/6759.11.html timetable 2008 here]). It takes ten minutes to arrive at the “Truffaut” gardening centre which is beside the péage (stop Coutevroult - Truffaut). From thereParis Nord, walk back a bit go to Chantilly and go through what seems switch to be a police station's parking area and is called bus to Senlis at the "voie de servicegare routière" on the map - you will get to the green area right outside the péage - and of Chantilly's train station with your ticket. Once there, you won't need to jump any of the fences! From this walk a little and you''barrière de péage'' it is easy to get rides to ll find a "[[Metz]] or even straight to [[Germanypéage|péage]]". You might meet people (gendarmes or motorway staff) in that "voie de service" - even if they try to talk you out of it, remember ''it is allowed'' to hitchhike ''in The bus driver gave me the car park'' by the peagedirections. This should take around one hour.

Attention==== 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 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 for me after just 20 minutes to get a ride on to the RER A1, There is a bus stop, where buses often stop so hurry yourself the 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 ==== Bonus Tip: Arras Service Station====Heading north on the A1, there is a ''barrière de péagefantastic'' is located Esso 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}} ===

==== Option 1: Motorway service station ''Quite long trip and a bit expensive. Takes you to a great gas station. better if you speak french and good day-and-night.Aire de Ferrières''====

The first ''Quite long trip and a bit expensive. Takes you to a great petrol station is close to RER A station ''Bussy St(good for both day and night hitching); better if you speak French.Georges''.

Take RER A to station ''Bussy St.Georges''. You can also try get to catch a this RER A station by taking bus to Bussy St George nr.4 or nr.44 from the metro station ''Gutenberg''.''Make your way west to the D35 and then walk south along it for about 1km to a roundabout. You can try hitchhiking from here, but the service station is just a bit more than 2 km from here. You can walk on the grass field next to the motorway - don't choose this way in the morning or in autumn/winter as the grass is wet. The petrol station is called ''Aire de Ferrières'' and it's a "TOTAL" company. Another option to reach this petrol station is to 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 (note that as of February 2011, there was a nice-sized fence to hop after crossing the bridge. Nothing too difficult, but a big backpack makes it 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 winter (then you apparently don't want to go through the fields).

From this station walk South for about 1 km along a bigger road which will lead you 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 the grass field next to the motorway. The petrol station is called Here''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, then reach the bridge over the motorway and follow further by walking on the grass until the actual petrol station (note that as of February 2011, there was a nice-sized fence to hop after crossing the bridge. nothing too difficult, but a big pack makes it harder!). Most of the walk will be on the road which means you will save some time while at the same time such s 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.comfr/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gare,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&daddr=chemin+de+la+rue+pavee,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&sllq=48.831899828509,2.723193&sspn=0.01291,0.040169&ie=UTF8&z=15744594&ll=48.831814836023,2.726369723494&spn=0.01291034406,0.040169071583&num=1&t=hm&omz=0 this route14 map] on Google Maps.

==== Onramp to the motorway ====''This one From Bussy-St. Georges there is close a bus [https://www.transdev-idf.com/api/1.0/timetablefile/555898245/raw/amv-184092-fhrentree2018-l46-630x240-v2web.pdf 46] to ParisJossigny, faster and cheaper to get toBout Pecheret, but still in the megapolis. Starting from there, you're likely its only 1.3 km to end up either on the gas station described above or at the Péage described ab-above. Not good at nightwalk.''

Take the RER Line A (Red) in direction of ''Boissy St Legere'' until the station ''Nogent Sur Marne'' (EUR ==== Option 2.70 (2010Motorway junction slip-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.road ====

Ask if your driver can take ''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 least to the next petrol station which is within described above or at the free motorway networkpéage. Toll gate is a bit furtherNot good at night.''

=== Getting South or Southwest Take the RER Line A (A6Red) in the direction of ''Boissy St Legere'' until the station ''Nogent Sur Marne'' (€2.75 (2016)). 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, A10 or A11) ===possibility to stop on the ramp for brave drivers.

These spots are close enough Ask if your driver can take you at least to the city to be getting traffic in all southern directionsnext petrol station which is within the free motorway network. Toll gate is a bit further.

==== Porte d'Orléans Option 3. From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ====''Cheap, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.''

Once You can also try to hitch directly from within Paris rather than taking 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, train for at least half an hour and that you don't need to get out of Paris in faraway suburbsthen walking.

''Porte d'Orléans'' is Take the terminal subway station of metro line 4. There is an entry on 14 to Bercy and exit towards Boulevard de Bercy, take the Boulevard down to the ''périphérique'' ring road bridge where lots of people are later heading Southit intersects with Quai de Bercy. The best place Standing on Quai de Bercy it is besides advisable to have a sign indicating you want to get onto the "Novotel" building or (better) opposite it at the traffic lightsA4. Be warnedWhen cars stop, 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 ask if they are going all the way to the petrol toll station or even (péage), many drivers turn off the adjacent war memorial will A4 before that but there are not give you really any convenient places to continue hitch-hiking from before the best traffictoll station.

Make sure to specify with a sign specifying that you go to [[Orléans]] (if you are heading Southwest - A10 or A11), and that the driver will leave you at least at the "péage de Saint Arnoult". If you are heading directly South, have a sign for Lyon 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)==== Option 4.Lorraine TGV ====

When I 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 here the case before. If you book a bit in Sept 2011 many hitcher came and later went to advance you can get a train ticket to Lorraine TGV (in the outskirts of [[Metz]] ,https://goo.gl/maps/GfXv9v4LGxn) or [[Strasbourg]] main station for as low as 10 €, although the fare you're more likely to find is around 15-20 €. The ride takes 1:15 hour. From Lorraine-TGV station it is relatively easy to hitch east towards Saarbrücken and further into Germany. In the beginning you will have a simple two-lane local train road, which joins the motorway A4 near Forbach close to an outlying town because they had no luckthe german border.

Whenever a diplomat travels between Paris and the Orly airport=== Getting South or Southwest {{Afr|6}}, he'll go through here. Which means that there will be police presence. The police doesn't care about you{{Afr|10}}, but it is very unlikely anyone will stop while they are around. That happens often enough. They stick around for one hour.or {{Afr|11}} ===

For more personal opinions and experiences check These spots are close enough to the [[Talk:Paris|talk page]]city to be getting traffic in all southern directions.

==== Option 1: Porte d'Italie Orléans ====

Similarly Once the most famous hitchhiking spot in France, this spot isn't bad nowadays, but it isn'Porte d'Italie'' which t great either. The good thing is not far from ''Porte dthat drivers aren'Orleans'' is a good place t surprised to hitch from. Additionally if you walk down the exit see people there at the traffic lights there is an overhead bypass which can keep , and that you dry don't need to get out of Paris in the rain.''' '''!! The A6b road connecting Porte d'italie and A6 is closed until autumn 2011 for tunnel reconstruction. All the traffic is diverted through Porte d'Orleans or other roadsfaraway suburbs.''''''

=== A6 ''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.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 [[Lyon]]stand before, [[Marseille]]at the red lights. I stood near the gas station at the lights, [[Barcelona]]you miss all the cars not coming from inside Paris, [[Italy]] ===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 ===='', roughly 35 km further, a little bit after Evry (drivers to Evry are not enough for you).

This option costs 5,85 euros, Whenever a zone 1-5 ticket diplomat travels between Paris and takes roughly 1h15the Orly airport, he'll go through here. Which means that there will be police presence. The police don'''Aire de Lisses''' is the first service area on the A6, situated t care about 35 km South of Paris. It can save you time because you avoid all outbound traffic not really heading your direction, being after all the branch-offsbut it is very unlikely anyone will stop while they are around. That happens often enough. They stick around for one hour.

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 train you need was "ZIPE" or "ZOPO" (All trains on RER lines have a 4 letter ID depending 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.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,Option 2.44184&sspn=0.005947,0.013604&ie: Porte d'Italie =UTF8&ll=48.592959,2.452869&spn=0.023786,0.054417&z=14 ''the way from Villabé RER station to Aire de Lisses'']

ItSimilarly 's 'Porte d'Italie'' which is not far from ''Porte d'Orleans'' is a very good spotplace 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.

==== Aire de Nemours =South towards [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] {{Afr|6}} ===

You can take a train to Nemours Saint Pierre (transilien R from Gare ==== Option 1: Motorway services Aire de Lyon) and walk 45min to the service area ( http://tinyurl.com/2bs24sf ). 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.Lisses ====

=== A10 South This option costs EUR 5.85 (but possible to [[Orléans|Orleans]]have ride without ticket also), [[Bordeaux]]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, [[Spain]] ===being located after all the motorway branch-offs.

This motorway follows Get the route 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 train you need was "ZIPE" or "ZOPO" (All trains on RER lines have a 4 letter ID depending 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 '''A6Villabé''' (see above) from Paris, and splits afterwards near [[Antony]]/[[Rungis]]the second after Corbeil-Essonnes. The first [[péage]] in that direction station is St-Arnoultnot marked on Google Maps but don't worry, 40 km Southwest of Paris, before it's there: [http://goo.gl/8omQ2W''the splitting of A10 and A11. There are no service way from Villabé RER station directly on the motorway before the péage.to Aire de Lisses'']

This option costs 2[Note,95 euros, a 1-4 zones ticket. This option Mar 2018: There is useful no barrier at Villabé and so you can pay the standard central Paris tarif to get out of into the rings metro network and get directly on the A10 after all the branch-offsthen just ride out there.]

Take A problem with a petrol station is that leaving trucks can block the RER B leaving cars, so cars won't have chance to ''Massy-Palaiseau''stop at all. From [[User:Artti|Artti]] stood there, follow three hours without a sign until he walked to the motoway signs for ramp next to the A10petrol station. There are two options: take a bus from the massive transport lot beside ''Massy-Palaiseau'' station or walk down a motorway ramp nearbyis more traffic and therefore more chance to get ride. Also cars have lots of space to stop.

'''==== Option 2: Motorway ramp option''': Go down the ''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 a motorway exit underneath a bridge. Make sure to get a ride to the first ''barrière services Aire de péage'' (30+ km) at St-Arnoult or to the Briis-sous-Forges service station 5 km down the road. Nemours ====

'''Bus Option''': The first petrol station is situated near the village called ''Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there you need to You can take either RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau'' From there take the bus 91.03 a train 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. The petrol station is situated a couple of kms North Nemours Saint Pierre (transilien R from the village. To reach it you will need to find ''Route d'Invilliers''Gare de Lyon, 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 ticket costs about 10 euros) and walk 45min to 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 the service area. write the instructions and study the map!! I was lost in this village for couple of hours.[( http://maps.googlegoo.comgl/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=48VUYmh0 ).64455Then you're already on a paying section (no local traffic),2.16575&sspn=0.115917far out from Paris (80km),0.338173&ie=UTF8&ll=48.626839and can get a ride to Châlon,2.135124&spn=0.028989,0Mâcon or Lyon in a few minutes.084543&t=h&z=14 Briis-sous-Forges to the gas station map]

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=== The A10 and A11 South-West to motorways follow the route of the '''A6''' (see above) from Paris, and split from it near [[Le MansAntony]], /[[NantesRungis]]. Then, [[Rennes]] before the A10 and all parts the A11 split up, there is the service station of Limours-Janvry near Briis-sous-Forges and a [[Bretagne|Brittanypéage]] ===[[File:Zoenear St-Arnoult, 40 km Southwest of Paris.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during Whichever spot you choose, ask the driver to take you at least until the Limours-Janvry service station or the [[project 888|888]] event]]This motorway splits from péage of St-Arnoult. From these places, you can find a driver who takes you on the A10 near ''Dourdan''or the A11 depending on which way you want to go. There are several possibilities go get on this motorway:

# The petrol station at ''Briis-sous-Forges''. Look at the A10 section's options.==== Option 1: Pont de Sevres ====# 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[File://wwwParisOut.filibus.fr/pages/55 busesjpg|thumb|right|300px|Hitching after the bridge in March 2015]] that stop at This option costs 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 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 ''N.Conté''. Now comes 1 hour price of walk: go back to the big roundabout and turn right (east) to follow the N10 until you come to a small cityan underground ticket. There It takes you encounter the next roundabout, where you turn left. Follow the street, it bends to the right and ends on beginning of 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 N118 road which connects to pass through the trees on your right and follow the street to the service stationA10-A11 in about 25 km.

== Paris public transport ==Public transport in Paris consists of a metro (lines from number 1 Take the subway 9 to 14)Pont de Sevres, its end station. You start walking towards the bridge, RER (fast trains serving where you can see the suburbs with relatively few inner city stopssigns towards Nantes, lines from letter A to E)Bordeaux, buses (lines from number 20 to etc...?) and trams (lines from T1 to T4). If you want to make a few voyagesThe hitchhiking spot is just before the bridge, at the cheapest option is to buy a carnet of 10 single tickets (12,50 euros instead of 1,70 each - July 2011)red lights. You can travel to try with the cars coming from the end direction of RER lines for about 15 euros. If you stay in Paris for several days and will use transport often you can also buy a pass "Mobilis" for one or several days (EUR 5.90 for one day inside Paris) - it is valid on the metrostation, RER and ground transportation. If you stay for a week or more - consider geting a "passe Navigo découverte", also with the cars which is a chargeable card with picture (5 euros came along the river and are turning left to get to make). You can then buy a weekly ticket for EUR 17.20. Note that this replaces the former "Carte Orange". All prices as of Winter 2010bridge.

=== Metro system = Option 2: Motorway junction Massy Palaiseau ====Ticket checks never occur on actual metro trainsThis option costs EUR 4.90, and a ticket controllers seem to employ for zones 1 of 2 approaches: first one includes ticket controllers forming a line inside a metro tunnel or station exit and checking all the exiting travelers (since they are uniformed it -4. This option is easy useful to see them from a distance unless they decide to hide around get out of the corner); second one involves civil-dressed controllers watching the gates ring roads and busting those jumping over - they'll either stop them get directly themselves, or radioon the A10 after all the branch-report to uniformed controllers who then will ask a stopped person to show a valid ticketoffs.

Checks are said never Take RER B to occur during rush hours; peak times ''Massey-Palaiseau''. 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 these controls are eveningscars. Keep going and you will reach a roundabout. If you keep following this road, weekends and you will reach the beginning of motorway entrance underneath a new monthbridge. Except for the major stations, it is pretty easy Make sure to get a ride to jump over the barriers, first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km) at St-Arnoult or pass through following other people passing to the ticketLimours-zone. Only on major stations one is required to have a validated ticket when exiting. As in some other countries, one can be relax about Janvry service station 5 km down the ticket booth staff since they have nothing to do with ticket checksroad.

=== RER system = Option 3: Motorway service station Limours-Janvry ====Uniformed controllers will ask for validated tickets 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 trainsSaturdays, and since there are no buses on Sundays. Then walk northeast along the RER shares small local road ''Route d'Invilliers''. (It's not easy to find the metro infrastructure, you might be a subject road to the checks petrol station. no one in similar order mentioned above. It this village knows what street he is possible to travel living in let alone that route you're looking for free, . They don't even though you stand know that there's a higher chance petrol station in the area. write the instructions and study the map!! I was lost in this village for couple of being bustedhours).[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. 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 congestion0. The highest risk of being checked seems 084543&t=h&z=14 Briis-sous-Forges to occur on transfer stations from RER to metro stations.the petrol station map]

You often need your ticket to get out of the stations[http://maps.google.fr/?ie=UTF8&ll=48.739447,2.302011&spn=0.001638,0.003455&t=h&z=18 this one] (good enough one, as price varies according to the distancesome hitchhikers). Make sure not Really good according to lose it as it can be tricky others. Took two guys ten minutes to get out otherwisea ride and a third guy about the same amount of time to a different place.Lots of trucks and cars passing by!

=== Buses = Option 4: Péage de Saint-Arnoult ====Like in most cities of FranceYou can take the RER C train to Dourdan. There are no controls on the exit, so if you are on the cheap, you can walk onto need to pay only the bus without showing or validating a basic metro ticket(some EUR 1. Checks are said 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 rareable 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 occur mainly late in a short while, you will reach the péage. Look at nightthe map beforehand! You have much higher chances here then anywhere else, there are lots of cars going through.

=== Fines and punishments = Option 5: Chartres: a spot to go directly on the A11, after it has split from the A10 ====French transport police won't make any exceptions for foreigners[[File:Zoe. Although it is said it might be possible to talk them out of fining a "dumb tourist" they are mainly hostile. Most commonly they will ask for a 40 euro fine which can be paid directly jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in cash or by credit card. Alternatively you can plead poverty, and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine to the address and Paris during the name written on ID.[[project 888|888]] event]]

=== Going to Take the train from ''Charles de GaulleParis-Montparnasse''/to ''RoissyChartres'' airport ===Bus line 350 goes (EUR 12) and start hitching from there. You might want to go to the service station ''Gare de lChartres-Gasville'Est'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 line 351 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 it turns right and continues to a second small roundabout to turn right again to arrive at ''Place de la NationN.Conté''. You're supposed Now comes 1 hour of walk: go back to validate 3 tickets the big roundabout and turn right (which is east) to follow the N10 until you come to a lot cheaper than travelling by RERsmall 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); checks are said rare . 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 occurthe service station.

== Sleeping in = West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|13}} ======= Inside Paris ====[[File:888_signs- Quai 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 "Paris" signs 15th and 7th arrondissements go to Normandy for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Towerweekend.]][[Hospitality exchange#Hospitality exchange networks|Hospitality exchange]] networks can be As a great choice when staying low-budget in Paris. Howeverresult, 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 well ahead since Paris is a popular destination for many backpackers, and many hospitality exchange networks' members are usually overloaded with requests to have guestshalf hours).

It is also possible - Porte d'Auteuil, at the last traffic light to sleep in the ''Champs de Mars'' in front entrance of the Eiffel Tower - police generally lets you sleep until 9 A13, or 10 in the morning. There are many trees that offer you a protection in case of a rain. You can also put up a tent (at night) in a discrete spot although keep in mind that police officers will wake you up around the sunrise. You can also sleep even right under the bridge at "no pedestrians" sign on the Seine river on shoulder to the other side of motorway just after the Eiffel Towerlight, where cars haven't picked up much speed yet and can see you well. During the first European Hitchhikers Week Ask drivers to take you ([[project 888|888]]at least) around 50 people slept to Morainvilliers petrol station in front of the Eiffel TowerPoissy.

There are also good places to sleep in ==== In the tunnels of Montsouris, which are part of old railway network. It is a hidden place, and maybe the most wellsuburbs ====- Mantes-La-Jolie toll: take Transilien J suburban train from Saint-known unofficial entrance to the famous Paris CatacombsLazare station. You must climb over a wall near the intersection of Avenue Jean Moulin and Rue de Coulmiers ([http://The fare is.gd/hC1Px Google maps]). Be advised that €8 but you should may not enter the Catacombs alone or without a person who has a lot of experience climbing around the Paris undergroundbe controlled. It is an extremely complicated system of tunnels, perhaps the second largest Get off in the worldMantes-La-Jolie (not Mantes Station). In many rooms of the Catacombs you can find There's a luxury of places 30 minute walk to sleep, but you can just as easily get lost in areas where nobody has been or will go for monthsthe toll gate: check the map.

== Free Showers ==[http://www- Poissy rest area (a.parisk.fr/pratique/Portala.lut?document_id=8972&document_type_id=5&page_id=5458&portlet_id=11757 Here] you can find a map of places where you can have free showers in aire de Morainvilliers): take Transilien J or RER A from Parisand get off at Poissy. It seems Take bus 20 to bus stop "Auberge". There's one bus every hour on weekdays, fewer than that the closing times mon-wed are 17.30 instead of 18.00 as on Saturdays and it writes doesn't run on the websiteSundays. Also you should get there 30 min before See the closing time or you will not be allowed insidetimetable [http://www. So get there before 17transdev-idf.00com/horaire-ligne-20-poissy_aval_2_rives_de_seine_015 here]. They are great! :)

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