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;First option
There is a petrol station right on the A7 close to Sagunt, where you can get on either side, depending which direction you want to go. Heading north is very easy, normally it doesn't take long to get a good lift, maybe even directly to France, heading south is more difficult. [[User:Jeensg|Jeensg]] experienced both ways to be good. [[User:jorenvanveen|jorenvanveen]] and his buddy Ruben had more difficulties, waiting 6 hours, before getting a small ride to Castellón.
You have to take the bus or train to Sagunt and walk like 3.5 km south-south-west - ''Carrer de la Pau'', ''Cami de Gausa'', ''Carrer de Lliria''. You should look it up on Google Maps or OpenStreetMaps to not get lost the first time you go there, because it is all through very tiny roads! Watch out that you don't get on the BP petrol station on the V-23. [http://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=13/39.6664/-0.3090 osm]
;Second option
There is a new-built gas petrol station just a little north of the division of the motorway into {{Aes|A-7}} and {{Aes|AP-7}}, close to Torrent. Take metro line 1 direction Villanueva de Castellón and get off at ''Realón'' or ''Sant Ramon'' stations, which are about a 25 minute ride from centre. There you have to go direction ''Santa Apolonia'', check before on [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Carretera+desconocida&daddr=Carretera+desconocida+to:Carretera+desconocida&hl=es&geocode=FWz2WAId-N74_w%3BFSA0WQIdUIX4_w%3BFVJSWQIdnvX4_w&mra=ls&dirflg=w&doflg=ptk&sll=39.397668,-0.475588&sspn=0.030444,0.055189&ie=UTF8&ll=39.398,-0.473785&spn=0.030444,0.055189&z=14 GoogleMaps] or [http://www.openstreetmap.org/ OpenStreetMaps], it's about a 4 km walk. [[User:Jeensg|Jeensg]] got a ride south directly to Granada, generally it's {{good}} regarding Spanish gas petrol stations.bailamoooos got a ride 100km south to Oliva, and from there reached Murcia by the end of day. [[User:Kossabossa|Kossabossa]] got a ride in about an hour to Murcia, from where it was really hard to find a ride to Granada, so ended up spending the night in Murcia and using a blablacar the next day. Probably it depends also on the season and time of the week. (Wednesday, 27 September 2017)
;Third option
=== North towards [[Barcelona]] ===
Going into direction [[Barcelona]] is possible at a drive-up way in the north of the town. Drop out at Take the tram (''tranvía'') and get off the station ''Universidad Politécnica'' or bus (9, 18, 29 or 41) and drop off at ''Tarongers'' avenue. Hitchhiker [[User:Buzz|Buzz]] waited right beside the metal university tower. There is plenty of traffic leaving town in direction heading north.
[[User:Guaka|guaka]] and Erga had a bad time hitching from that spot. Cars go fast and the cars on the right (driving direction) all go to the university. It worked out better about a 100 meters further where cars leave from the university's parking space. Still, don't forget that the Valencian students are much less cool than most universities in the world and most of them will drive straight past you, with surprised confused and sometimes even disgusted faces. Also, if you head North you need to stay on the right motorway (which didn't work out for [[User:Guaka|guaka]] and Erga) get off somewhere at Pucol Puçol if someone is driving to Sagunto! Definitely avoid getting off anywhere other than a service station. [[User:Lemjok|Lemjok]] got a ride to Castellon and spent five hours standing there before deciding to take a train back to Les Valls.
=== South towards [[Alicante]] {{European Route Number|15}}, [[Sevilla]] ===
Steffi and Manu found it really hard hitch from that spot in January 12, very little people actually went for the petrol station.
Another user was sent away from the petrol station and tried to hitchhike with a sign on the street that leaves the roundabout to the south, onto a bridge crossing the rails. There is a small road going off where people could stop, but only if they were on the right lane. Not the best spot, honestly. The exact coordinates are 39.444781, -0.369191.
Zoomzoom1312 got a ride to Elche (on the way to Granada) after an hour of waiting. (August 2019)
=== West towards [[Madrid]] {{European Route Number|901}} ===
You can also try [http://maps.google.com/maps?near=39.472222,-0.431092 this place] or cross the bridge and try to get to one of the Petrol stations where lot of cars stop (though, a lot of them are going to Manises) and there because there are fences everywhere in the middle.
'''*Updated 2018*''':
Can confirm, Manises is terrible to get out of. The A3 going west is enclosed by walls and other highways. There is a gas station, but only for the road back east.
If you need a shower, WC,... Go to El Pont (The Bridge). You can also reach El Pont (a.k.a. Nacional III, Área de servicio el Pont) by bus 260a or 260b from stop Àngel Guimerá in Valencia. This is a yellow bus run by [http://www.avmm.es/web/area-metropolitana-de-valencia/horarios-metrobus MetroBus] (not the same us the city buses) and will drop you right at the service station. Tickets are around €3 (buy them on the bus), but check the timetable or [https://www.google.es/maps/dir/Valencia/El+Pont,+Carretera+Madrid-Valencia,+0,+46370,+Valencia/ Google transit] first because the buses only run every two hours or so.
'''OTHER OPTION'''July 2018
We managed to get a direct ride to Madid in the gas station "repsol" (46930 Quart de Poblet
Valencia, spain) on the A-3 motorway just out from town. You can go there from the center with the metrobus 160 (C.C Bonaire direction) or 170 (el vedat direction) and stop at the Cami nou busstop.
But as usual in spain we waited a lot (4-5 hours) and had to argue with the drivers before they manadged to let us in.
=== Hitchhiking ferry to [[Mallorca]], [[Menorca]], [[Ibiza]] ===
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== Trashwiki & Nomadwiki ==
[[trash:Valencia]] [[nomad:Valencia]]
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[[Category:AP7]]
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