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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.
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. ==== 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 ====
''Charles de Gaulle'' airport can be an option for hitching North-East, although waiting times might vary a lot.
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 lots of opportunities. === East towards [[Metz]], [[Strasbourg]], [[Luxembourg]], [[Germany]] {{Afr|4}} === ==== Option 1: Motorway service station ''Aire de Ferrières'' ==== ''Quite long trip and according 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 the morning or in Franceautumn/winter as the grass is wet. The petrol station is called ''Aire de Ferrières'' and it's a "TOTAL" company. It 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 grass until the traffic lights gives you 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 such a walk won't be so annoying if you happen to hitchhike in winter (then you apparently don'Boulevard Periphiquet 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 ====
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.
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.
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.
=== Metro system = Option 1: Pont de Sevres ====Ticket checks never occur on actual metro trains, and [[File:ParisOut.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Hitching after the bridge in March 2015]]This option costs the price of an underground ticket controllers seem . It takes you to employ 1 the beginning of 2 approaches: first one includes ticket controllers forming a line inside a metro tunnel or station exit and checking all the exiting travelers (since they are uniformed it is easy N118 road which connects to see them from a distance unless they decide to hide around the corner); second one involves civilA10-dressed controllers watching the gates and busting those jumping over - they'll either stop them directly themselves, or radio-report to uniformed controllers who then will ask a stopped person to show a valid ticketA11 in about 25 km.
=== RER system = Option 2: Motorway junction Massy Palaiseau ====Uniformed controllers will ask for validated tickets on trainsThis option costs EUR 4.90, and since the RER shares the metro infrastructure, you might be a subject to the checks in similar order mentioned aboveticket for zones 1-4. It This option is possible useful to travel for free, even though you stand a higher chance get out 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 ring roads and get directly on transfer stations from RER to metro stationsthe A10 after all the branch-offs.
=== Fines and punishments = Option 3: Motorway service station Limours-Janvry ====French transport police wonThe first service station on the motorway is called Limours-Janvry and it is situated 2kms northeast of the village 't make any exceptions for foreigners'Briis-sous-Forges''. To get there you need to take RER B to ''Massy-Palaiseau''. From there take bus 91. Although it is said it might be possible 03 to talk them out of fining a "dumb tourist" they ''Briis-sous-Forges''. It runs about 3 times an hour on weekdays, once an hour on Saturdays, and there are mainly hostileno 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. Most commonly they will ask 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 40 euro fine which can be paid directly petrol station in cash or by credit cardthe area. Alternatively you can plead poverty, and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine to write the address instructions and study the name written on IDmap!! 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= Going to ''Charles de Gaulle''/''Roissy'' airport 0.001638,0.003455&t=h&z==Bus line 350 goes 18 this one] (good enough one, according to ''Gare de l'Est'', and line 351 - some hitchhikers). Really good according to ''Place de la Nation''others. You're supposed Took two guys ten minutes to validate 3 tickets (which is get a ride and a lot cheaper than travelling by RER); checks are said rare third guy about the same amount of time to occura different place.Lots of trucks and cars passing by!
== Sleeping in Paris == Option 4: Péage de Saint-Arnoult ====[[Hospitality exchange#Hospitality exchange networks|Hospitality exchange]] networks You can be a great choice when staying low-budget 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. HoweverOnce in Dourdan, one must plan usually such staying well ahead since Paris is 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 popular destination for car as there are many backpackerspassing 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 many hospitality exchange networks' members 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 usually overloaded with requests to have guestslots of cars going through.
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