Villach

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<map lat='46.605' lng='13.8678' zoom='11' view='0' float='right'/> Villach (Slovenian: Beljak) is a city in Austria near the Slovenian border. It is an important spot on the direct connection between Germany and Kranj and Ljubljana (German: Laibach) in Slovenia and the Croatian coast. (For example most of the numerous people that go for holidays to the Croatian coast pass here.)

Hitching Out

South towards Slovenia, Ljubljana

To the south there is a motorway going through the Karawanken Tunnel over to Jesenice (German: Aßling) in Slovenia. Apart from that there is also the old road over the pass.

One possibility is catching a ride towards Salzburg to the next gas station Feistritz. Plenty of cars stopping there into BOTH directions (north and south).

But the best is to go from the city center almost directly to the east along Faakersee-Bundesstrasse (Ludwig Walter Strasse, then Maria Gailer Strasse) over the river and before the fork to the Sud-Autobahn there is a bus station where you can hitchhike and cars can stop and pick you up.

North towards Salzburg, Germany

To the north there is the Tauern-motorway going to Salzburg and Germany.


Experiences

During the abgefahren hitchhiking race 2010 some teams had major problem to get away from Villach and from Rasthof Feistritz towards Slovenia. Also the on-ramp Faakersee didn't worked well for them.