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{{Infobox Location|country = Spain|map = <map lat='37.34184374021268' lng='-5.984716415405273' zoom='15' view='0' float='right' />|state = Andalusia|pop = 703021|plate = |motorways = }}'''Sevilla''' is a city in the south of [[Spain]] and the capital of the province of [[Andalusia]].
== Safety ==
Watch out at[[Petrol station hitchhiking|service stations]] in and around Sevilla area for mugglers muggers as Sevilla has a history of thefts of truck drivers and other people who stop by. Never leave your stuff alone.
== Hitching out ==
Have a look at the Google Map: [http://maps.google.es/maps?saddr=37.380531,-6.04557&daddr=37.38561,-6.046565&hl=es&ll=37.382332,-6.044884&spn=0.00948,0.021136&sll=37.385704,-6.045817&sspn=0.001185,0.002642&geocode=FbNhOgIdfsCj_w%3BFYp1OgIdm7yj_w&mra=ls&t=m&z=16 from the bus stop to the petrol station]
Ask for a ride to the next petrol station on the motorway which is 20km far.
Wukk hitched a ride after 10 minutes to the next petrol station. From there you get a lot of traffic directly to Portugal.--[[User:Wukk|Wukk]] 17:56, 28 February 2012 (CET)Kossabossa hitched a ride after 30 minutes to a large petrol station near Chucena, 35km away from Sevilla. According to the driver, it's a bigger one than the previous and makes it easier to catch the next ride [https://www.google.ro/maps/place/La+Pausa/@37.348339,-6.4238501,174m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0xd8a35ca63db9c341!8m2!3d37.348339!4d-6.423303 map]. I found a ride to Faro, Portugal in 10 minutes there. --[[User:Kossabossa|Kossabossa]], 1 October 2017 '''Option 3'''Go to Santa Justa train station and take Cercanias C-5 (Virgen del Rocio - Benacazon), in direction "Benacazon". There is a train each hour for 3,30€. Buy the ticket from Santa Justa to Benacazon. Try to get a ride at the very train station, just ask to reach the town ("¿Me puede llevar a l pueblo?" in spanish) or "Las nieves" petrol station ("Me puede llevar a la gasolinera de las nieves"). If you are unlucky, just walk across the road to the village (the one with a bike lane at the right side, and there ask for the motorway or "Andalusí Park" hotel ("Por donde se va a la autovia" / "Por donde se va al hotel Andalusí Park"). Leave the hotel at your right, walk across the bridge over the motorway and you will see the petrol station. From there you can get a long ride, since the station is far away enough from Sevilla. It has a lot of activity, specialy in summer time. But if everything goes bad, just ask for a ride to the next petrol station in Chucena, a big one with restaurant, lot of services, and many cars and trucks for you to try. My experience: It takes me two minutes to find a car outside the Cercanias station. They took me directly to the petrol station and there, in 5-10 minutes, I found a car to Bollullos Par del Condado, my destination. === North towards Extremadura ([[Merida]], Badajoz, etc.) & Castilla y León ===Go to the Estacion de Autobuses Plaza de Armas (main station) and take the line bus 41 (confirmed) towards Camas and Santiponce. The ticket costs 1'55€ (c. 2016). Ask the bus driver for la "ultimata parada" (last stop) in Santiponce, from which it's a short (15 min.) walk to El Camino de Santiago (yay!) and also an on-ramp for the Highway 803 to Mérida. (Tip: Nihilobstat got super lucky because during the oranges season a man sets a stand right there to sell oranges, and some extra cars stop there because they know about it :-) ) Warning!: The annoying thing about this route is that you're mostly going to be village hopping - cars tend to be going from small village to small village - and you'll probably wind up waiting at some pretty random on-ramps where there's not a lot of traffic. Still, it's totally doable. 2016 trip took ~6 hours from Sevilla to Mérida. '''LINK:''' [https://maps.google.com/maps?q=Sevilla,+Espa%C3%B1a&hl=es&ie=UTF8&ll=37.431025,-6.031164&spn=0.000967,0.002044&sll=40.954646,-5.708583&sspn=0.001301,0.002044&oq=sevilla&t=h&hnear=Sevilla,+Andaluc%C3%ADa,+Espa%C3%B1a&z=19] 2nd option. (Honestly probably not worth it)Follow the directions above. Then follow the Camino santiago trail through the fields after 40minutes you should see petrol station on your left. Pass underneath the highway and you should be there. Takes about an hour to walk. This petrol station serves both the highway and the route nacional and plenty of cars stop here going in all directions.
=== North towards [[Madrid]] ===
* Note: One anonymous hitchhiker stayed there for a whole night and day and no one ever stopped. It's a dead end. The hitchhiker would definitely not recommend it. But then again it is Spain and as far as (s)he found out it is definitely completely about how lucky you are or not.
'''This directions are very, very bad and misleading''', so I proposed them to be removed. On the twelve of April of 2012 I tried it. After the airport the only station I saw was going east. So this is what I did... As I walked on the same direction as the bus that left me, I saw that station ahead and was told it was going east. I walked on the highway on the Sevilla direction. I don´t recommend walking in highways. Then I got on some long dirt road walk for about one hour or so. Sorry I don´t remember all the details on how to get there but it´s quite easy I think. Then when I finally say the sign saying Huelva-Merida I walked there. I waited about one hour and a half and got a ride that left me in a town called Camas near the highway to Merida. I walked to the entrance. I´m sorry these directions suck but it´s the best I can do since I am not from there. '''Next time I´ll try to take a bus to Camas and walk from there'''.
=== South towards [[Cadiz]] ===
Take the bus to ''Betis Football Stadium'' (which is in the south of Sevilla, Betis street is in the center). Ask for the direction of the autopista. At the end of the ''Avenida de la Raza'' is a roundabout. Underpass the motorway to the second roundabout and try to get a ride. You can go via the motorway or the parallel road, which also works, since a lot of people want to avoid the motorway toll. But it's slow of course. A sign might be useful.
Another option, that works better on my opinion is the bus stop in the end of Avenida de Jerez before it became a motorway. There are plenty of space for cars, bus do not disturb you, because they are very rarely and usually this bus stop is empty. This street is more busy that the Avenida de la Raza, but cars goes not so fast, because before the bus stop is the traffic light. A sign will be very useful because after 200 metres road split into two direction. Better to wait direct car to Jerez or Cadiz or if you go further get out on the petrol station before Jerez (check the map). Another hitch-hiker tried both spots and agrees that the second option is better. In the first spot (after the second roundabout) there is an on ramp where it is possible to hitch, but there's a clear no pedestrians sign, so police would most likely tell you to leave and the traffic there is pretty poor as well (08.2017). === East towards [[Granada]] and [[Málaga|Malaga]] ==='''Option 1:''' Take the bus no.29 from "El Prado" bus station (close to the Plaza de Espana) and get off after about 20minutes when you see CEPSA petrol station just few meters from the bus stop. From there try to get a ride to any petrol station further out of the city and on the A92 highway and there to get a longer ride, to [[Málaga|Malaga]], Granada or any other destination on East.
NB: we tried this place with a girlfriend and had bad meetings with strange men , then a very nice couple picked us up to tell us this was the quarter : torreblanca , one of the most dangerous in sevilla...so pay attention in this place, people.
Marco: We spent 3 hours at this gas station and met only local people buying "Buthan Gas". After this time a young guy brought us back to the gas station we've seen before from the bus ("Elbag" or sth. like this). There where not many cars at the gas station, but with a sign we got a lift along the street. Take care to get a lift further than the next village.
'''Option 2:''' Catch the number 29 bus from the city centre to a bus stop appropriately called "Aux. Autovia Málaga (Drago)" in eastern Seville. Cross the footbridge and walk along the A92 highway for about 10 minutes until you reach a BP petrol station. There isn't always a footpath on the highway but you can walk one black away from it and rejoin very easily.
This BP petrol station is a popular refueling stop for people driving through Seville and is also strategically located near the on-ramp to the highway. You shouldn't have to wait too long.
=== Towards [[Cordoba]] ===
There is also a bus stop on the road between those two petrol stations, with some place for cars to stop after.
== Free Internet Resources ==Tourist office at the San Francisco square offers 1 hour of Internet for free. You just have to sign up on the desk there. Working times: 10-14h and 17-20h.{{nomadwiki}}
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