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[[Category:E05]]ris{{Hitchhiking Zine nomination}}<map lat='48.83398957668602' lng='2.34283447265625' zoom='10' view='0' float='right'/>'''Paris''' is the capital of [[France]]. It is situated within a ring road called ''le périphérique'', or ''le périph''. The actual city is relatively small, but is surrounded by endless suburbs, some of which are linked to the urban public transportation system at no extra cost (i.e. a standard one-trip city ticket), while some others being labelled as outside zones and thus more expensive to reach.

== Hitching Out ==Like nearly every big city, it's difficult Note that there is an "outer ring road" to hitchhike out of it. the Paris is even more difficultsuburb area, since the city, situated within the ring highway motorway A86 (or ''perifériquesuper-périphérique'') and another wider ring even further called "la Francillienne" which isn't completed but still used to connect . If your ride is relatively smallnot going to Paris itself, but surrounded by endless suburbsyou 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.

==Hitching in = [[A1 autoroute (France)|A1]] Northeast towards [[Lille]], [[Belgium]] ======= Aire La Courneuve ====This is most probably the best way to get to '''Belgium''' by hitching at the gas station [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=5837971829389385952,48.934623,2.393732%3B3201522175225020794,48.920638,2.410383&saddr=Aire+de+Service+de+La+Courneuve+%4048.934790,+2.393710&daddr=&mra=mr&sll=48.918269,2.403388&sspn=0.013649,0.040169&ie=UTF8&ll=48.933157,2.396951&spn=0.006823,0.020084&t=k&z=16&om=1is Aire de Service de La Courneuve]. BUT: if you take a closer look at the gas station on google maps, you will see that there is a wall surrounding this gas station, but do not think that you cannot get on it from outside the highway, because it is:

Go either to [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve+Aubervilliers&daddr=Rue+Paul+VerlaineDuring rush hours,+93120+La+Courneuve,+Seine-Saint-Denis,+Ile-de-France,+Frankreich&sll=48.926137,2.394161&sspn=0.01892,0.040169&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=48.928026,2.388539&spn=0.018919,0.040169&z=15&om=1 "La Courneuve Aubervilliers"] it is possible (RER Bbut illegal) or [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&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 Verlainebe quickly dropped on the ring road. The RER station This is about 2km walk away and the metro station around 3-4km.There useful if your ride is a door which allows outside access but not willing to get out of it's sometimes locked to drop you (noted 01-06-08which is often the case). Walk away from Within the door and scale the concrete wall at the point it becomes a fence. Walk forward and ring area, you'll see where you have are definitely linked to go. ([http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=107770710063601716204.00044840696bdf8a385ef&ll=48the whole regular fare subway system.933654,2.393292&spn=0.001334,0.004227&t=h&z=19 Approximate location of the door])

If you are coming from the door Northeast and your ride is heading South (which is closed you just have to climb a wall normal truck route), chances are that your driver will not drop you on the ring road where it is approximately 1,90 m tall and go through a broken fence [http://mapscomplicated to stop.googleA frequent place to get dropped is the first exit South on the A6 called "Rungis".de/maps?f=q&hl=de&geocode=&q=paris+la+courneuve&sll=50.785102From there,5.710144&sspn=1.165162you can reach the Metropolitan subway system by tram with one ticket,2then use another one to your final destination.570801&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=48.933836You can also reach other suburbs in the 94 department (Val de Marne) taking the TvM bus,2.394&spn=0.001182,0.002511&z=19&iwloc=addr here], ''et voila'', you are at the gasstationwhich is also a normal Paris ticket.

Bear === Airports ===There are 3 main airports that service Paris. Charles de Gaulle (CDG), Orly, and Beauvais. It is possible to hitch from the airports into the city, but to get from Paris to the airports, Blablacar is probably the most reliable option.* CDG is in mind that 20 minutes down the motorway North, and is the closest. A one-way ticket to/from the airport is 10.30 euros. To hitch into Paris from here, go to Terminal 3 and you will find a big ''peage'' where everyone has parking lot. Follow the signs to stopParis and hitch at the parking lot exit.* Orly is South of Paris. It's A one-way ticket to/from the airport is usually 12 euros, but there is a ideal place secret way that is only 3.80 (2x1.90 tickets)! From Paris take metro line 7 to pick up longer rides the last stop (Villejuif-Louis Aragon) and depending on then switch to Tram 7, which will take you right to the weather airport. Or do it backwards to get into Paris. Hitchhiking from Orly should be feasible, also from the parking lot.* [[Beauvais]] is the furthest, and your preferences 45 minutes North from Paris. Tickets are an appalling 16.80 euros each way! Luckily, lots of Blablacar rides can take you might choose this over hitching at the numerous little gas stations up there for 6 or 7 euros, and it is easy to hitchhike back (See the motorway[[Beauvais]] page).

Take RER B to Stade == Hitching out ==There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), East ([[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] and ''[[péage|barrières de France péage]]'') and after walking a while youalso South (''Aire de Lisses''). It'll find a final traffic light where s all about how much you can ask for a ride are willing to the first gas station on the motorwaypay in public transportation, Aire La Courneuve, which is about 5 km awayand how daring you are.

Possibly better: take line 13 to Carrefour Pleyel, walk along Boulevard Anatole France [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Carrefour+Pleyel+stationNorth/Northeast towards [[England]],+France&daddr[[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} =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]. After a while you will see the highway starting. It's not a great spot, but if anyone stops, they can at least drop you off at the gas station (just ask nicely if they are not getting off the highway at exit 4).

==== Charles de Gaulle ====:'These are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris'centre. There might be is a good spot bonus pro-tip at Charles de Gaulle airport, though I don't know where exactly. Once I waited 5 minutes, another time 4 hours.''the bottom involving Arras :)

=== = Option 1: Porte de la Chapelle ===That's where the A1 starts and the local drivers say that they often see hitchhikers, so apparently it does work:) It worked for us as well, though I think Charles de Gaulle might be a better(faster;) ) option. Anyway, to get there take the metro no12 to Porte de la Chapelle, and there walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout(there are traffic lights there so the cars have to stop) or you can stand on the oposite side, facing the roundabout, where the highway starts.=

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 the metro line 12 to ''I waited 2 hours here Porte de la Chapelle'', then walk to the roundabout. You can try getting nothing until somebody finally took me a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to Aire La Courneuve (see abovestop) or you can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where I was only 5 minutesthe motorway starts.Another good option is to start hitchhiking in the same street where the metro is. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't overcrowded and, at the same time, quite a few cars going up north stop here to refill; nonetheless, at such places, much depends on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers, this place won't make it to the top 10 best hitchhiking places in France. It is therefore recommended to hitchhike at the roundabout, where a quiet lane right by the traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to get onto the motorway (avoiding at the same time all the traffic that heads for ''Boulevard Peripherique'').

=== A4 East, towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]] ===The first gas station A good option to leave faster is close to RER A station Bussy St. Georges. From there you walk south for about 1 km (you can ask show at the counter) along a bigger road, which will lead you to a roundabout. You can try from there, but the gas station is just a bit more than 2 km from there. You can walk on the grass field next to sign for the highway. The gas station is called airport "La FerrièreCharles de Gaulle". An alternate route to reach the gas There is a petrol station is to walk through (Aire La Courneuve - see Option 2) before the industrial zone of Bussy, right south of airport where the railway, then reach the bridge over the highway and then follow on the grass until the gas driver could let you out; don't miss it! The station that is quite near. This avoids walking in the grass (annoying especially in winter not so big and when raining) and instead most of many drivers just go to the walk will be on a road, and airport but at least you will save some time. You can follow [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gareask people,+bussy+saint+georges,+france&daddr=chemin+whereas it could be hard and long at Porte 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 - the gas station can be seen right of the bridge on the south side of the mapChapelle.

The [[péage]] ''I tried this option but it didn't work well. Most drivers are local and you end up stuck in spots where everyone goes back to the center. Go further north is not far from thereprobably a best choice! Lola, though it might be further than the closest highway exitOctober 2018.''

===== Second Opinion, go direct to the 'Peage' =====Take RER A4 to the last stop (Marne-Option 2: Motorway services Aire La-Vallee - Cheesy). The Peage (toll) is [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&hlCourneuve =es&geocode=&saddr=48.853082,2.838163&daddr=&mrsp=0&sz=14&mra=mi&sll=48.847717,2.845201&sspn=0.027337,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=48.853364,2.830825&spn=0.013667,0.040169&z=15&om=1 here]. Its around an hour and a half walking or there's buses going most of the way, they leave from the station next to the RER. Also its not too hard to pick up rides to reduce walking distance. From the peage its easy to get rides to [[Metz]] or even straight to [[Germany]].

===== Another Option =====Take the RER Line A (Red) in direction Boissy St Legere until the station Nogent Sur Marne (~ 2€)[[File:Masaru. There, leave the station in direction Rue "Joinville" and follow the sign to the A4. Its about 30 minutes by foot. If someone stops ask if they can take you jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at least to the next gas station, there is no toll (péage) to get there so it's likely you will get at least to there.'Aire La Courneuve'']]

=== A6 South, to This option costs one local ticket or zones 1–3 ticket (eur 2.75as of 2018). The petrol station [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place===Porte d5201 'Orleans, at the 'Aire de Service de La Courneuve'périferique'' seems okay] is about 2 km along the A1, Metro Porte d'Orleansnorth of Paris. There's a gas station, and a good spot at the traffic junction to the "périferique extérieur". Don't go with cars going into the suburbs. The next tollway or gas station takes about 50 km!

=== A10 South to [[Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] ===This road follows the route of the Take bus 150 from ''Porte de la Villette'' or bus 250 from '''A6Fort d'Aubervilliers''(see aboveboth are on metro line 7) from Paris, then splits from it near Antony/Rungis. Thereto the stop ''Parc des Sports's no gas station between Porte d'Orleans and . This bus stop is next to the A6xA10 junctionA1 highway. So an easy option is Just walk to stand at Porte d'Orleans (the same than for right from the bus stop, without ever passing under the A6) with a sign specifying that you go overpass. Then walk east parallel to Orléansthe motorway through the parking lot of an apartment complex. There is a péage in Saint Arnoultwall preventing access to the motorway, before the split between A10 but if you continue walking a few hundred meters east and A11up a slight grassy hill, so you the wall ends. You can accept then follow a ride going to Orléans or Chartressteep, for examplethorny path full of nettles down towards the motorway and back west towards the petrol station. Just care that There is a fence right along the motorway, but near the people will leave petrol station it has been trampled down and you at a mininun at the "péage de Saint Arnoult". [[User:Pietshah|Pietshah]] did that ride tons of timescan step over it.

Getting to this highway is not easy and will involve a train ride and some Attention: in the winter / early spring or after the rain walking. The first gas station is situated near a village called Briis-sous-Forges. To get there you need to take either RER B to Massy-Palaiseau or RER C to Dourdan (around 7€) and from there down the hill to take the bus 91motorway might be difficult because of mud.03 In February it took 2 hitchhikers almost 40 minutes to Briis-sous-Forges. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays walk down and does not on Sundays. The gas station is situated a couple of kms north of reach the villagefence, after numerous attempts to reach it you need keep the balance and not to find Route d'Invilliers, fall down. It might be a small local road parallel good idea in this case to hitch from the entrance of the highway. Once there, when asking your ride make sure your driver takes the right road, as the A11 splits from it near. Another solution is to start hitching at Dourdan, take rue d'Etampes, and start at the roundabout. In Les-granges-du-roi take the D838 that will lead cross before you turn to an entrance on the A10. Note, that it's a bit far for walking - around 10 km and parking lot of the traffic is weak. Hitch there before the Péage with a sign "Orleans"apartment complex.

AnotherAttention 2: I tried this route September 2017 and although I got there following the instructions, a bit more expensive but possibly faster, is to take a train directly to [[Orleans]] from Paris-Austerlitz station. The ticket will cost you about 18 €. North the final fence closing of the center passes an expressway which joins the A10 and petrol station has been fixed. I had to climb a Péage just before tree to drop into the junctioncompound. YouI'll need m a sign saying "[[Tours]]" (if you go direction Toursclumsy person and I managed, Bordeaux or "Vierzon/Toulouse" if you need to take the A20 towards [[Toulouse]])but with a heavy backpack it might be challenging.

=== A11 South-west to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]]Attention 3: I used this option in April 2019 and it worked fine, [[Rennes]] and all parts of [[Brittany]] ===This highway splits from following the A10 near Dourdanoriginal advice. There are several possibilities is a wall but go get on this road: # The gas station at Briis-sous-Forges. Look at A10 section# Take a train to Rambouillet from Paris-Montparnasse (about 7€) and start hitching on the N10 southVERY end, until up the A11 entrance# Take slight grassy hill... The path goes down, the train from Paris-Montparnasse to Chartres (12€) fence is trampled down, and start hitching from therethen you're basically on the motorway for about 10metres before you're at the services.

From the petrol station, most drivers are only going to the airport or local communities. You can also go should ask for a lift at least to Portes dthe [[toll station]] ('Orleans 'péage'') heading north. This is a 20-minute drive down the motorway (almost some kilometers after the same than for A6 and A10airport) and have a sign "Chartres" or "Rennes"everyone has to stop here. If you get It is a ride great place to Péage de Saint Arnoult (from someone going to Orleans get long- A10 - for example) it's good, since it's before the splitdistance rides.

== Public Transport - Inside Paris == Option 3: Charles de Gaulle ====Public transport in Paris consists of metro, RER (fast trains serving the suburbs with relatively few inner city stops), buses and a few trams. If you're paying for tickets and you'll make a few journeys then the cheapest Charles de Gaulle'' airport can be an option is to buy a carnet of 10 single tickets (around 11 euros). You can travel to the end of RER lines for around 15 euros. If you stay several days and will use transports often you can also buy a pass "Mobilis" for one or several days (5,6 € for one day inside Paris), valid on metro, RER and ground transportationhitching North-East, or if you stay for a week or more - the "Carte Orange" for 16.3 € a week (you'll also need although waiting times might vary a photo for it)lot.

=== Metro System ===Ticket checks never occur on It is easy to jump the metro trains and inspectors always seem to employ 1 of at terminal 2 approaches: They form a line inside a metro tunnel or station exit and check all travellers, since the staff are uniformed these checks are easy to see from a distance unless they decide to hide around a cornerthere wasn't anyone guarding it. The second technique involves plainsclothes inspectors watching Maybe the gates same is true for terminals 1 and busting those jumping over, they3 but I can'll either stop the fareless directly or radio ahead to uniformed inspectors who will ask to see a valid tickett vouch for it.

Checks never occur during rush hour, peak times for controls are evenings, weekends From terminal 2 walk out of terminal and head straight to the beginning of a new monthmain road. Except You should see signs for A1 Paris Lille. Keep following these signs until the major stations its pretty easy road splits for A1 Lille. One road goes to jump the barriers or pass through with other members of the publicleft, only the major stations will require under a validated ticket bridge and there are some traffic lights. The other goes to exitthe right. During Stand to the day you stand right of the right turn. Cars can stop on a very high chance of travelling for free, at night dashed out area to your left or weekends drive a little past you face a moderate or low chance on the right. A couple of meeting cars stopped straightaway and I was easily able to get a control. Dont worry about lift to the next service station staff serving ticketswhich had lots of people driving north to Lille, they have nothing Belgium and Holland. That service station was very busy and it was easy to do with get a lift as well as a good meal from peoples' leftovers in the controls and people often jump the barriers in front restaurant including half a bottle of them. wine!

=== RER System = Option 4: Motorway services Aire de Vémars Est====Uniformed inspectors will ask for validated tickets on the train and you maybe subject to the checks mentioned above as well (the RER shares the metro infrastructure). It's possible to travel free but you stand a higher chance of being busted than on the metro. It seems that checks can occur at any time so the best time to travel free is rush hour when controls are impossible. The highest risk of being checked seems to be the on transfer stations from RER to metro

=== Buses ===<ol>Like most cities <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 walk catch the 95.01 bus to Vémars, though this bus does '''not''' run on a Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Ask inside at the ticket office/information desk for which parking number the bus without showing or validating a will be at (D2 in Oct 2013). The ticketcosts €2. [BEWARE 95. Checks are rare 01 does not work on public holidays and Sundays, so if that is the case, then get off at QUEBEC because the A1 highway (going to Lille) cuts through Paris multiple times and occur mainly at nightthis petrol station there is a higher chance of finding Dutch cars stopping and giving you a ride to another petrol station on the main highway, which is super busy and easy to find rides going to anywhere from Calais to Antwerp to Lille]</li><li> You can always try to go with the bus number 702 to Vémars centre from the airport (20 stops, 39 minutes).This will also work on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays (as of 2018)</li><li>From the Vémars 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).</li><li>On your left, the A1 will be clearly visible as will the 'Aire de Vémars Ouest' petrol station. From here, it is another 1.25km to any given entrance.</li></ol>

=== Fines and Punishments ===French transport police won't make Another useful recommendation is this website, where you can virtually create any exceptions for foreigners. Although it could be possible route you want to talk them take out of fining a dumb tourist they are mainly hostilethe city. Most commonly they will ask for a 40 euro fine which can be paid in cash or by credit cardCoupled with Google Maps, it's an excellent tool:http://www. Alternatively you can plead poverty and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine to the address and name on the IDratp.fr/itineraires/en/ratp/recherche-avancee

=== For 351 Bus Route refer to Charles de Gaullelink belowhttp://www.ratp.fr/informer/pdf/orienter/Roissy airportf_plan.php?loc=bus_banlieue/300&nompdf=351&fm=Bus line 350 goes to Gare de l'Est and line 351 to Place de la Nation. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is a lot cheaper than what you would pay by RER), but there are not that many checks.pdf

==== Option 5: Senlis Péage ==== This option costs €9 (25% discount for under 26s) + a local ticket to Gare du Nord. The peage is 50km north of Paris, near the town of Senlis.  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|péage]]". The bus driver gave me the directions. This should take around one hour. ==== 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.  ==== Bonus Tip: Arras Service Station====Heading north on the A1, there is a ''fantastic'' Esso service station just outside Arras [https://goo.gl/maps/2suUznoe5C42], with people heading pretty much everywhere. You can get rides to the UK (Chunnel), Lille, Belgium, Netherlands. Many difference license plates (GB, F, B, NL, D, E) and lots of opportunities. === East towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]] {{Afr|4}} === ==== Option 1: Motorway service station ''Aire de Ferrières'' ==== ''Quite long trip and a bit expensive. Takes you to a great petrol station (good for both day and night hitching); better if you speak French.'' Take RER A to station ''Bussy St.Georges''. You can also get to this RER A station by taking bus 4 or 44 from 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). Here's a [http://maps.google.fr/maps?q=48.828509,2.744594&ll=48.836023,2.723494&spn=0.034406,0.071583&num=1&t=m&z=14 map]. From Bussy-St. Georges there is a bus [https://www.transdev-idf.com/api/1.0/timetablefile/555898245/raw/amv-184092-fhrentree2018-l46-630x240-v2web.pdf 46] to Jossigny, Bout Pecheret, from there its only 1.3 km to walk. ==== Option 2. Motorway junction slip-road ==== ''This one is close to Paris, faster and cheaper to get to, but still in the megapolis. Starting from there, you're likely to end up either at the petrol station described 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'' and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 minute walk. There is a red light before the slip road (on-ramp). Lots of traffic, possibility to stop on the ramp for brave drivers. Ask if your driver can take you at least to the next petrol station which is within the free motorway network. Toll gate is a bit further. ==== Option 3. From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ====''Cheap, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.'' You can also try to hitch directly from within Paris rather than taking the train for at least half an hour and then walking.  Take the metro line 14 to Bercy and exit towards Boulevard de Bercy, take the Boulevard down to the bridge where it intersects with Quai de Bercy. Standing on Quai de Bercy it is advisable to have a sign indicating you want to get onto the A4. When cars stop, ask if they are going all the way to the toll station (péage), many drivers turn off the A4 before that but there are not really any convenient places to continue hitch-hiking from before the toll station. ==== Option 4. Lorraine TGV ==== 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 get a 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 road, which joins the motorway A4 near Forbach close to the german border. === Getting South or Southwest {{Afr|6}}, {{Afr|10}}, or {{Afr|11}} === These spots are close enough to the city to be getting traffic in all southern directions. ==== Option 1: Porte d'Orléans ==== Once the most famous hitchhiking spot in France, this spot isn't bad nowadays, but it isn't great either. The good thing is that drivers aren't surprised to see people there, and that you don't need to get out of Paris in faraway suburbs.  ''Porte d'Orléans'' is the terminal subway station of line 4. There is an entry on the ''périphérique'' ring road where lots of people are later heading South. The best place is besides the "Novotel" building or (better) opposite it at the traffic lights. Be warned, traffic here is heavy and fast moving. If you have much baggage or more than one person I would not fancy your chances here. Waiting at the petrol station or even the adjacent war memorial will not give you the best traffic.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 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).  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 don'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 to the traffic lights, there is an overhead bypass which can keep you dry in the rain. === South towards [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] {{Afr|6}} === ==== Option 1: Motorway services Aire de Lisses ==== This option costs EUR 5.85 (but possible to have ride without ticket also), a zone 1–5 ticket and takes roughly 75 minutes. '''Aire de Lisses''' is the first service area on the A6, situated about 35 km South of Paris. It can save you time because you avoid all outbound traffic not really heading your direction, being located after all the motorway branch-offs. Get the RER D towards Melun via Corbeil. Be careful to get on the right train as there are 2 routes for RER D towards Melun. 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://goo.gl/8omQ2W''the way from Villabé RER station to Aire de Lisses''] Otherwise, you can take the RER D to Évry-Courcouronnes centre, and from there Bus 415 in direction of Villabé. Get off at stop "Ikea", the gas station will be a five minute walk away. Note that as of 2017, there is a fence you have to climb to get to the station.  [Note, Mar 2018: There is no barrier at Villabé and so you can pay the standard central Paris tarif to get into the metro network and then just ride out there.] A problem with a petrol station is that leaving trucks can block the leaving cars, so cars won't have chance to stop at all. [[User:Artti|Artti]] stood there three hours without a sign until he walked to the ramp next to the petrol station. There is more traffic and therefore more chance to get ride. Also cars have lots of space to stop. ==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire de Nemours ==== You can take a train to Nemours Saint Pierre (transilien R from Gare de Lyon, a ticket costs about 10 euros) and walk 45min to the service area ( http://goo.gl/VUYmh0 ). Then you're already on a paying section (no local traffic), far out from Paris (80km), and can get a ride to Châlon, Mâcon or Lyon in a few minutes. === South-West to [[Orléans|Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] {{afr|10}} & West to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]] and all parts of [[Bretagne|Brittany]] {{afr|11}} === The A10 and A11 motorways follow the route of the '''A6''' (see above) from Paris, and split from it near [[Antony]]/[[Rungis]]. Then, before the A10 and the A11 split up, there is the service station of Limours-Janvry near Briis-sous-Forges and a [[péage]] near St-Arnoult, 40 km Southwest of Paris. Whichever spot you choose, ask the driver to take you at least until the Limours-Janvry service station or the péage of St-Arnoult. From these places, you can find a driver who takes you on the A10 or the A11 depending on which way you want to go. ==== Option 1: Pont de Sevres ====[[File:ParisOut.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hitching after the bridge in March 2015]]This option costs the price of an underground ticket. It takes you to the beginning of the N118 road which connects to the A10-A11 in about 25 km. Take the subway 9 to Pont de Sevres, its end station. You start walking towards the bridge, where you can see the signs towards Nantes, Bordeaux, etc. The hitchhiking spot is just before the bridge, at the red lights. You can try with the cars coming from the direction of the metro station, and also with the cars which came along the river and are turning left to get to the bridge. ==== Option 2: Motorway junction Massy Palaiseau ====This option costs EUR 4.90, a ticket for zones 1-4. This option is useful to get out of the ring roads and get directly on the A10 after all the branch-offs. Take RER B to ''Massey-Palaiseau''. Walk down ''Avenue Carnot'' along the ''Massy-Palaiseau'' railway towards the ''autoroute''. After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of space for cars. Keep going and you will reach a roundabout. If you keep following this road, you will reach the motorway entrance underneath a bridge. Make sure to get a ride to the first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km) at St-Arnoult or to the Limours-Janvry service station 5 km down the road.  ==== Option 3: Motorway service station Limours-Janvry ====The first service station on the motorway is called Limours-Janvry and it is situated 2kms northeast of the village ''Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there you need to take RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau''. From there take bus 91.03 to ''Briis-sous-Forges''. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are no buses on Sundays. Then walk northeast along the small local road ''Route d'Invilliers''. (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 village 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] [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, according to some hitchhikers). Really good according to others. Took two guys ten minutes to get a ride and a third guy about the same amount of time to a different place. Lots of trucks and cars passing by! ==== 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:Zoe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during the [[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 it turns right and 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 big 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. === West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{hitchbase_cityAfr|16913}}======= Inside Paris ====- Quai André Citroën, under the ring road overpass. A lot of traffic on Fridays and Saturdays as many inhabitants of the 15th and 7th arrondissements go to Normandy for the weekend. As a result, this spot is very effective on these days (20 to 30 min on average) but much worse at other times (expect to wait one and half hours). - Porte d'Auteuil, at the last traffic light to the entrance of the A13, or even right under the "no pedestrians" sign on the shoulder to the motorway just after the light, where cars haven't picked up much speed yet and can see you well. Ask drivers to take you (at least) to Morainvilliers petrol station in Poissy. ==== In the suburbs ====- 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 30 minute walk to the toll gate: check the map. - Poissy rest area (a.k.a. aire de Morainvilliers): take Transilien J or RER A from Paris and get off at Poissy. Take bus 20 to bus stop "Auberge". There's one bus every hour on weekdays, fewer than that on Saturdays and it doesn't run on Sundays. See the timetable [http://www.transdev-idf.com/horaire-ligne-20-poissy_aval_2_rives_de_seine_015 here]. [[File:888_signs.jpg|thumb|240px|right|A small collection of the "Paris" signs for the [[Project 888]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Tower.]]