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== Hitchhiking out ==
 
== Hitchhiking out ==
  
As Pula is on a southward peninsula, all roads of interest for hitchhiking radiate out north and (north)east.
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As Pula is on the southwestern point of the Istrian peninsula, all roads of interest for hitchhiking radiate out north and (north)east.
  
 
=== '''A1 towards [[Rijeka]] and [[Trieste]] and D66 towards Labin and Opatija''' ===
 
=== '''A1 towards [[Rijeka]] and [[Trieste]] and D66 towards Labin and Opatija''' ===

Revision as of 19:07, 18 July 2011

Pula is a city in Croatia

Hitchhiking out

As Pula is on the southwestern point of the Istrian peninsula, all roads of interest for hitchhiking radiate out north and (north)east.

A1 towards Rijeka and Trieste and D66 towards Labin and Opatija

Most cars going in these directions pass a big intersection (Cesta prekomorski brigada and Šijanska Cesta) in the northeastern outskirts of Pula. It is within 15 minutes walking of the bus station. Turn right as you exit the bus station, follow this street (called 43. Istarkse divizije) untill you hit a roundabout. Take the left exit and you should see some big supermarkets (Plodine, Kaufland) on your right after several hunderds of meters. There is a bus stop right here, in front of the big intersection.

The fastest way to Rijeka is the A1 and from the motorway intersection Kanfanar the A8. The more beautiful route leads along the D66 road, along Istria's eastern coast.

Direction Labin is useful for travellers to islands of Cres and Lošinj (the ferry harbour lies on the D66).

Towards Rovinj and Fažana

Take bus number 5 towards Štinjan. Find it in the center (Giardini) across the Fina-financial agency. Get off at the bus stop after the big crossroad, traffic lights, from there you can see also the gas station (INA gas station on Veli Vrh) very near. It's just before the bus turns left in front of the gas station . From here you can hitchhike to the coast, for instance Rovinj or Fažana, etc.

Random

"In 2003 I met some hitchhikers in Pula. Which inspired me to try hitchhiking for the first time, towards Italy. Unfortunately the effort was undertaken without a map or dictionary - so after a couple of rides and 10 hours or so we ended up about 5 km from where we started. It took me a year to try hitchhiking again." guaka