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<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 ==The city Note that there is situated within a an "outer ring road " to the Paris suburb area, motorway A86 (or ''le super-périphérique'', or ''le périph'') and whilst the actual city 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, you might want to clarify which ring they are going to take as it is surrounded by endless suburbsmay affect the place where you'd want to be dropped. There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve'')You may also find them useful if you need to bypass Paris, especially the Francilienne, East ([[petrol station]]s as it has more gas stations and ''[[barrières de péage]]'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses'') less complex interchanges.

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==== Aire La Courneuve ====Probably If you are coming from the best way Northeast and your ride is heading South (which is a normal truck route), chances are that your driver will not drop you on the ring road where it is complicated to stop. A frequent place to get to [[Belgium]] dropped is by hitching at the petrol station [http://mapsfirst exit South on the A6 called "Rungis".google.es/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=5837971829389385952From there,48.934623you can reach the Metropolitan subway system by tram with one ticket,2then use another one to your final destination.393732%3B3201522175225020794,48.920638,2.410383&saddr=Aire+You can also reach other suburbs in the 94 department (Val de+Service+de+La+Courneuve+%4048.934790Marne) taking the TvM bus,+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 petrol station on google maps you will see that there which is also a wall surrounding this petrol station; nonetheless, one can get there if follows these tips:normal Paris ticket.

First, get closer by public transport=== Airports ===There are 3 main airports that service Paris. Some options are:* Bus 150 from ''Porte Charles de la Villette'' Gaulle (metro line 7CDG), Orly, and Beauvais. It is possible to hitch from the airports into the city, but to get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (next from Paris to the highway)airports, Blablacar is probably the most reliable option.* Bus 250 from ''Fort d'Aubervilliers'' (metro line 7)CDG is in the North, get off at ''Parc des Sports'' (and is the quickest closest. A one-way?)* [http:ticket to//mapsfrom the airport is 10.google30 euros.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve+Aubervilliers&daddr=Rue+Paul+VerlaineTo hitch into Paris from here,+93120+La+Courneuve,+Seine-Saint-Denis,+Ile-de-France,+Frankreich&sll=48go to Terminal 3 and you will find a parking lot.926137,2Follow the signs to Paris and hitch at the parking lot exit.394161&sspn=0* Orly is South of Paris.01892A one-way ticket to/from the airport is usually 12 euros,0but there is a secret way that is only 3.040169&ie=UTF8&cd=1&ll=4880 (2x1.92802690 tickets)! From Paris take metro line 7 to the last stop (Villejuif-Louis Aragon) and then switch to Tram 7,2which will take you right to the airport.388539&spn=0Or do it backwards to get into Paris.018919Hitchhiking from Orly should be feasible,0.040169&z=15&om=1 ''La Courneuve Aubervilliers''] (RER B), and walk 2 km north along ''Boulevard Pasteur''. You can catch this train also from ''Gare du Nord''the parking lot.* [http://maps.google.de/maps?f=d&hl=de&geocode=&saddr=La+Courneuve[Beauvais]] is the furthest,+8+Mai+1945&daddr=rue+paul+verlaine&sll=48and 45 minutes North from Paris.93333,2Tickets are an appalling 16.392216&sspn=0.00945980 euros each way! Luckily,0.020084&ie=UTF8&ll=48.926137lots of Blablacar rides can take you there for 6 or 7 euros,2.394161&spn=0.01892,0.040169&z=15&om=1 ''La Courneuve, 8 Mai 1945''and it is easy to hitchhike back (See the [[Beauvais]] (metro line 7page) and make your way to ''rue Paul Verlaine'' by taking a tram "T1" and getting off at ''Six Routes''.

20 minutes down the motorway a == Hitching out ==There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), East ([[toll roadpetrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] starts - there you will see a and ''[[toll stationpéage|barrières de péage]] where everyone has to stop. It is a great place to get long-distance rides. Between the ''Aire La Courneuve'' ) and the also South (''barrière Aire de péageLisses'' (toll station) there is a small [[rest area]] . It's all about how much you are willing to pay in public transportation, and a fairly large petrol station with quite many cars stopping there. Ask your driver if he/she passes this service areahow daring you are.

=== North/Northeast towards [[Image:Masaru.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at ''Aire La Courneuve''England]] Another option to get a ride towards , [[Lille ]] and/or [[Belgium is first to take a RER B to ''Stade de France'' and then walk up to the final traffic light where you can ask for a ride to the first petrol station on the motorway (''Aire La Courneuve'') which is about 5 km away.]] {{afr|1}} ===

Lastly, one can take a line 13 to These are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris''Carrefour Pleyel'' and then walk along ''Boulevard Anatole France'' (see [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Carrefour+Pleyel+station,+France&daddr=charles+de+gaulle&sll=48.927631,2.383518&sspn=0.027124,0.080338&ie=UTF8&ll=48.923881,2.358456&spn=0.013563,0.040169&t=h&z=15&om=1 Google Maps]) up until the beginning of the highwaycentre. There is a hitchhiking spot there which might be not the greatest one in the world but bonus pro-tip at least it can lead you to the next petrol station on the highway (make sure, though, the driver won't drop you off at the exit 4 of the highwaybottom 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 the metro line 12 to ''Porte de la Chapelle'', then walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the motorway starts. Another good option is to start hitchhiking in the same street where the metro is. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't overcrowded and, at the same time, quite a few cars going up north stop here to refill; nonetheless, at such places, much depends on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers, this place won't make it to the top 10 best hitchhiking places in France. It is therefore recommended to hitchhike at the roundabout, where a quiet lane right by the traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to get onto the motorway (avoiding at the same time all the traffic that heads for ''Boulevard Peripherique''). A good option to leave faster is to show at the roundabout a sign for the airport "Charles de Gaulle". There is a petrol station (Aire La Courneuve - see Option 2) before the airport where the driver could let you out; don't miss it! The station is not so big and many drivers just go to the airport but at least you can ask people, whereas it could be hard and long at Porte de la Chapelle. ''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 probably a best choice! Lola, October 2018.'' ==== Option 2: Motorway services Aire La Courneuve ==== [[File:Masaru.jpg|thumb|240px|right|Hitchhiker Masaru at ''Aire La Courneuve'']] This option costs one local ticket or zones 1–3 ticket (eur 2.75as of 2018). The petrol station [http://hitchwiki.org/maps/?place=5201 ''Aire de Service de La Courneuve''] is about 2 km along the A1, north of Paris.  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 bus stop is next to the A1 highway. Just walk to the right from the bus stop, without ever passing under the overpass. Then walk east parallel to the motorway through the parking lot of an apartment complex. There is a wall preventing access to the motorway, but if you continue walking a few hundred meters east and up a slight grassy hill, the wall ends. You can then follow a steep, thorny path full of nettles down towards the motorway and back west towards the petrol station. There is a fence right along the motorway, but near the petrol station it has been trampled down and you can step over it. Attention: in the winter / early spring or after the rain walking down the hill to the motorway might be difficult because of mud. In February it took 2 hitchhikers almost 40 minutes to walk down and reach the fence, after numerous attempts to keep the balance and not to fall down. It might be a good idea in this case to hitch from the entrance of the highway, right at the cross before you turn to the parking lot of the apartment complex.  Attention 2: I tried this route September 2017 and 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. Attention 3: I used this option in April 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'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 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 ====

It is easy to jump the metro at 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. From 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, under a bridge and there are some traffic lights. The other goes to the right. Stand to the right of the right turn. Cars can stop on a dashed out area to your left or drive a little past you on the right. A 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, 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 restaurant including half a bottle of wine! ==== Porte Option 4: Motorway services Aire de la Chapelle Vémars Est====That<ol><li>From 'Nation's where the [[A1 autoroute bus station (Francealso a metro stop)|A1]] starts - local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there , take a metro 12 bus 351* to 'Roissypole'Porte located at Charles de la ChapelleGaulle Airport (Terminal 3). It's the last stop and payment isn', then walk t required to enter the roundaboutbus. You can try getting a ride BLACK RIDE on this bus both ways</li><li>From the roundabout coach station there (there are traffic lightsGare routière), you can catch the 95.01 bus to Vémars, though this bus does '''not''' run on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Ask inside at the ticket office/information desk for which means parking number the bus will be at (D2 in Oct 2013). The ticket costs €2. [BEWARE 95.01 does not work on public holidays and Sundays, so if that cars have is the case, then get off at QUEBEC because the A1 highway (going to stopLille) or cuts through Paris multiple times and at this 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 stand 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 opposite side facing 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 roundabout where A1 will be clearly visible as will the highway starts'Aire de Vémars Ouest' petrol station. From here, it is another 1.25km to any given entrance. </li></ol> Another good option useful recommendation is this website, where you can virtually create any route you want to start hitchhiking in take out of the same street where city. Coupled with Google Maps, it's an excellent tool:http://www.ratp.fr/itineraires/en/ratp/recherche-avancee For 351 Bus Route refer to link belowhttp://www.ratp.fr/informer/pdf/orienter/f_plan.php?loc=bus_banlieue/300&nompdf=351&fm=pdf *Note: The 351 bus service does not run on weekends, but the metro above link can help find an alternate route.[[File:Vemars.jpg]] ==== Option 5: Senlis Péage ==== This option costs €9 (25% discount for under 26s) + a local ticket to Gare du Nord. The peage is50km north of Paris, near the town of Senlis. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street Senlis has no train station, just 50m deeper into but you still buy the cityticket from a train station. They aren't overcrowdedFrom Paris Nord, go to Chantilly and switch to a bus to Senlis at the same time quite "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 few cars going up "[[péage|péage]]". The bus driver gave me the North stop here 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 refill; nonethelessthe station Porte de Bagnolet. This is pretty close to where the A3 starts, which leads to the A1, at such places much so a lot of traffic is depended 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 lucksign 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 according 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 some hitchhikers this place wonRER A station by taking bus 4 or 44 from metro station ''Gutenberg''.''t make Make your way west to the TOP10 best D35 and then walk south along it for about 1km to a roundabout. You can try hitchhiking places 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 Francethe morning or in autumn/winter as the grass is wet. It The petrol station is called ''Aire de Ferrières'' and it's a "TOTAL" company. Another option to reach this petrol station is therefore rather recommended to hitchhike at walk through the industrial zone of the ''Bussy'' district, which lies south of the railway, crossing the bridge over the roundabout where a quiet lane right motorway and then continuing on by walking on the traffic lights gives you grass until the actual petrol station (note that as of February 2011, there was a good opportunity nice-sized fence to get onto hop after crossing the bridge. Nothing too difficult, but a big backpack makes it harder!). Most of the walk will be on the highway (avoiding road which means you will save some time while at the same time all the traffic that heads for ''Boulevard Periphiquesuch 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= A4 East, towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]]0.034406, etc 0.071583&num=1&t=m&z=14 map].

==== Going directly to the ''barrière de péage'' ====Take RER A4 to the last stop (''Marne-LaFrom Bussy-Vallee - Cheesy'')St. The train journey length Georges there is around 45 minutesa bus [https://www. Take the bus number 59 (the ticket costs around 2 Euro) which leaves from the bus stop next to the RER train station at ''Eurodisney'','' Marne-Latransdev-Vallee''idf. It takes ten minutes to arrive at the “Truffant” commercial centre which is beside the péagecom/api/1. From there, walk up through the police station's parking area 0/timetablefile/555898245/raw/amv-184092-fhrentree2018-l46- you will get to the green area right outside the péage 630x240- and you won't need v2web.pdf 46] to jump any of the fences! From this ''barrière de péage'' it is easy Jossigny, Bout Pecheret, from there its only 1.3 km to get rides to [[Metz]] or even straight to [[Germany]]walk.

The ''barrière de péage'' is located [http://maps.google.es/maps?f=d&hl=es&geocode=&saddr=48.853082,Option 2.838163&daddr=&mrspMotorway junction slip-road =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].

====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.''

[[Image:Zoe.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Hitchhiker Zoe in Paris during Take the [[888]] event]]The first petrol station is close to RER Line A station (Red) in the direction of ''Bussy Boissy St.GeorgesLegere''. 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 until the highway. The petrol station is called ''La FerrièreNogent Sur Marne''(€2.75 (2016)). Another option to reach this petrol Leave the station is to walk through the industrial zone in direction of ''BussyRue Joinville'' area, to the South of the railway, then reach the bridge over the highway and follow further by walking on the grass until sign to the actual petrol stationA4. Most of the It is a 30 minute walk will be on . There is a red light before the slip 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 fieldson-ramp). You can follow [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&saddr=gareLots of traffic,+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] possibility to stop on Google Mapsthe ramp for brave drivers.

====Various other options ====* If you go to ''Bussy-St-Georges'' you Ask if your driver can also try to catch a bus nr.4 or nr.44 from the metro station ''Gutenberg''. When at ''Bussy-St-Georges'', walk sraight to the bridge (don't take the first bridge left after the bus stop because than you will have at least to jump over the fence and to walk through next petrol station which is within the field (and hitchhiking with wet feet isn't that good, obviously))free motorway network. The péage Toll gate is not far from there, although it might be a bit further than the closest highway ramp.

* Take the RER Line A (Red) in direction of ''Boissy St Legere'' until the station ''Nogent Sur Marne'' (~2€)==== Option 3. Leave From within the station in direction of 'city limits: Quai de Bercy ===='Rue Joinville'' and follow the sign to the A4. It is a 30 min walk. If some driver stops for you, ask if he/she can take you at least to the next petrol station (there is no toll road (péage) to get thereCheap, so it is likely that as you will get only need a ride there)metro ticket and pretty fast too.''

=== A6 South You can also try to [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] ===hitch directly from within Paris rather than taking the train for at least half an hour and then walking.

'''Aire 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 Lisses''': this station Bercy. Standing on Quai de Bercy it is situated about 35kms advisable to south from Paris, however its near have a sign indicating you want to an RER station (15 minutes by walk) so you can easily get hereonto the A4. Thus its after When cars stop, ask if they are going all circles of roads around Paris it could be really helpful to start hitching from this place. To get there u hae to take the RER D way to Melun or Malesherbes !via Corbeil!. After Corbeil the second toll station is Villabé. The station is not marked at googlemap (péage), many drivers turn off the A4 before that but dont worry its there: are not really any convenient places to continue hitch-hiking from before the way from Villabé RER toll station to Aire de Lisses [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&saddr=Rue+d%27Ambreville,+91100+Villab%C3%A9,+Franciaorsz%C3%A1g&daddr=48.592221,2.443964&hl=hu&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 ''Aire de Lisses'']

A hitchhiking spot at ''Porte d'Orleans'' (at the "périferique") seems quite a good place to get a ride (metro ''Porte d'Orleans''). There's a petrol station, and a good spot (just besides the "Novotel" building) at the traffic junction to the "périferique extérieur". Don't go with those cars which head for suburbs only - next [[tollway]] or a petrol station is about 50 km away==== Option 4.Lorraine TGV ====

=== A10 South to French railway operator SNCF has been running low-cost TGVs under the brand [[Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] ===[[Imagehttps:888_signs//www.ouigo.jpg|thumb|240px|left|A small collection of the "Paris" signs for the [[Project 888com OuiGO]] where over 150 hitchhikers gathered and camped in front of the Eiffel Towersince a few years.]]This motorway follows the route of The good news is that from the summer 2018 it runs from Gare de l'''A6''' Est within city limits and at a reasonable time (see above12:55) instead of running at 6 am from Paris, and splits afterwards near [[Antony]]/[[Rungis]]. There's no petrol the rail station between ''Porte d'Orleans'' and the A6xA10 junction except [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). An easy option is to stand at ''Porte d'Orleans'' (the same CDG airport as for it was the A6 options) with case before. If you book a sign specifying that bit in advance you go can get a ticket to Lorraine TGV (in the outskirts of [[OrléansMetz]],https://goo. There is a ''gl/maps/GfXv9v4LGxn) or [[barrière de péageStrasbourg]]'' in ''Saint Arnoult''main station for as low as 10 €, before although the split between A10 and A11, so fare you can accept a 're more likely to find is around 15-20 €. The ride going takes 1:15 hour. From Lorraine-TGV station it is relatively easy to Orléans or to [[Chartres]], for examplehitch east towards Saarbrücken and further into Germany. Make sure, thoughIn the beginning you will have a simple two-lane local road, which joins the driver will leave you at least at motorway A4 near Forbach close to the "péage de Saint Arnoult". French hitchhiker [[User:Pietshah|Pietshah]] did this route tons of times and had very little troublesgerman border.

=== Getting onto the A10 highway is not an easy task, and will involve a train ride and some walking. The first petrol station is situated near the village called ''Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there you need to take either RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau'' South or RER C to ''Dourdan'' (ticket costs around 7€). From there take the 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. The petrol station is situated a couple of kms North from the village. To reach it you will need to find ''Route d'Invilliers''Southwest {{Afr|6}}, a small local road parallel to the highway. Once you are there, make sure your driver takes the right road as the A11 starts not far away. Another solution is to start hitching at ''Dourdan''. Go to ''rue d'Etampes'' and start thumbing at a roundabout there. In ''Les-granges-du-roi'' take the D838 that will lead you to the A10 motorway ramp. Note, though, that it is a bit far to walk - around {{Afr|10 km -}}, and the traffic is weak. Hitch there before the ''barrière de péage'' with a sign "Orleans". or {{Afr|11}} ===

Behind the train station ''Gare Massy'' there is a roundabout and a parking place. Go down the road towards the ''autoroute''. After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of space for cars. Make sure These spots are close enough to get a ride at least to the first ''barrière de péage'' (30+ km). When already there, you might as well pull up the sign "SPAIN" - you might even get a truck straight city to Portugalbe getting traffic in all southern directions.

You can also take the RER to ==== Option 1: Porte d''Massy Palaiseau''. Then take the bus nr.399, get off next to the supermarket "Cora" (as of 2008). From there you will be able to see the highway A10 to Bordeaux and to the South in general. Orléans ====

AnotherOnce the most famous hitchhiking spot in France, this spot isn't bad nowadays, a bit more expensive but possibly faster option is to take a train directly to [[Orleans]] from it isn''Paris-Austerlitz'' stationt great either. The ticket will cost you about 18 €. North of the town center an expressway passes - it joins the A10 and has a good thing is that drivers aren''barrière de péage'' just before the junction. You'll need a sign saying "[[Tours]]" (if you go in direction of Tourst surprised to see people there, otherwise write "[[Bordeaux]]" or "[[Vierzon]]/[[Toulouse]]" if and that you don't need to take the A20 towards Toulouse)get out of Paris in faraway suburbs.

=== A11 ''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-West . 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 [[Le Mans]]stand before, [[Nantes]]at the red lights. I stood near the gas station at the lights, [[Rennes]] and you miss all parts of [[Brittany]] ===This highway splits the cars not coming from inside Paris, but it's way easier for the A10 near ''Dourdan''cars to see you and to stop. There are several possibilities go get on this motorway:

# The petrol station at ''Briis-sous-Forges''. Look at the A10 section's options.# Take Make sure to specify with a train sign specifying that you go to ''Rambouillet'' from ''Paris[[Orléans]] or [[Chartres]] (if you are heading Southwest -Montparnasse'' (about 7€A10 or A11) , and start hitching on that the N10 South, until driver will leave you at least at the A11 motorway ramp.# Take the train from ''Paris-Montparnasse'' to ''Chartres'' (12€) and start hitching from there.# Another good spot (and cheaper to get to) is ''Portes d'Orleans'' (see info above - section A6) where you can hitch with a sign "Chartrespéage de Saint Arnoult" or before that at "Limours-Janvry"A10service station. Beware, just after the "/péage", the motorway separates between A10 and A11". If you get are heading directly South onto the A6, have a ride sign (you may try "[[Lyon]]" or Fontainebleau) and make sure to be left at ''Péage Aire de Saint ArnoultLisses'' , roughly 35 km further, a little bit after Evry (from someone going drivers to Orleans - A10 - Evry are not enough for exampleyou), accept it, since it is before the highway split.

== Whenever a diplomat travels between Paris public transport ==Public transport in Paris consists of a metro, RER (fast trains serving and the suburbs with relatively few inner city stops)Orly airport, buses and tramshe'll go through here. Which means that there will be police presence. If The police don't care about you want to make a few voyages, the cheapest option but it is to buy a carnet of 10 single tickets (around 11 euros). You can travel to the end of RER lines for very unlikely anyone will stop while they are around 15 euros. If you stay in Paris for several days and will use transport That happens often you can also buy a pass "Mobilis" for one or several days (5,6 € for one day inside Paris) - it is valid on metro, RER and ground transportation; if you stay for a week or more - get a "Carte Orange" for 16enough.3 € a week (you'll also need a photo They stick around for this one). All prices as of fall 2008hour.

=== Metro system ===Ticket checks never occur on actual metro trains, and ticket controllers seem to employ 1 of Option 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 is easy to see them from a distance unless they decide to hide around the corner); second one involves civil-dressed controllers watching the gates and busting those jumping over - theyPorte d'll either stop them directly themselves, or radio-report to uniformed controllers who then will ask a stopped person to show a valid ticket. Italie ====

Checks are said never Similarly ''Porte d'Italie'' which is not far from ''Porte d'Orleans'' is a good place to occur during rush hours; peak times for these controls are evenings, weekends and the beginning of a new monthhitch from. Except for Additionally if you walk down the major stations, it is pretty easy exit to jump over the barrierstraffic lights, or pass through following other people passing to the ticket-zone. Only on major stations one there is required to have a validated ticket when exiting. As an overhead bypass which can keep you dry in some other countries, one can be relax about the ticket booth staff since they have nothing to do with ticket checksrain.

=== RER system South towards [[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], [[Italy]] {{Afr|6}} ===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.

=== Buses = Option 1: Motorway services Aire de Lisses ====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 This option costs EUR 5.85 (but possible to have ride without ticket also), a zone 1–5 ticket and punishments ===French transport police wontakes roughly 75 minutes. '''Aire de Lisses'''t make any exceptions for foreigners. Although it is said it might be possible to talk them out the first service area on the A6, situated about 35 km South of fining a "dumb tourist" they are mainly hostileParis. Most commonly they will ask for a 40 euro fine which It can be paid directly in cash or by credit card. Alternatively save you time because you can plead povertyavoid all outbound traffic not really heading your direction, and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine to being located after all the address and the name written on IDmotorway branch-offs.

=== Going 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'Charles de Gaulle''/''Roissy'' airport===Bus line 350 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 '''Gare de lVillabé'Est'', and line 351 the second after Corbeil- to Essonnes. The station is not marked on Google Maps but don't worry, it'Place de la Nation's there: [http://goo.gl/8omQ2W'. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is a lot cheaper than travelling by the way from Villabé RER); checks are said rare station to occur.Aire de Lisses'']

== Sleeping Otherwise, you can take the RER D to Évry-Courcouronnes centre, and from there Bus 415 in Paris ==[[Hospitality_exchange#Hospitality_exchange_networks|Hospitality exchange]] networks can direction of Villabé. Get off at stop "Ikea", the gas station will be a great choice when staying low-budget in Parisfive minute walk away. HoweverNote that as of 2017, one must plan usually such staying well ahead since Paris there is a popular destination for many backpackers, and many hospitality exchange networks' members are usually overloaded with requests fence you have to climb to get to have gueststhe station.

It [Note, Mar 2018: There 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 morning. There are many trees that offer you a protection in case of a rain. You can also put up a tent (no barrier at night) in a discrete spot although keep in mind that police officers will wake Villabé and so you up around the sunrise. You can also sleep under pay the bridge at the Seine river on the other side of standard central Paris tarif to get into the Eiffel Towermetro network and then just ride out there. During the first European Hitchhikers Week ([[888]]) around 50 people slept in front of the Eiffel Tower.

<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 {{Afr|13}} ======= Inside Paris ====-Quai André Citroën, under the ring road overpass. A lot of traffic on Fridays and Saturdays as many inhabitants of the 15th and 7th arrondissements go to Normandy for the weekend. As a result, this spot is very effective on these days (20 to 30 min on average) but much worse at other times (expect to wait one and half hours). - Porte d'Auteuil, at the last traffic light to the entrance of the A13, or even right under the "no pedestrians" sign on the shoulder to the motorway just after the light, where cars haven't picked up much speed yet and can see you well. Ask drivers to take you (at least) to Morainvilliers petrol station in Poissy. ==== In the suburbs == Eat ==-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.]] == Resources =={{nomadwiki}}

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