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== Hitching out ==
=== South toward [[Cordoba|Córdoba]], [[Algeciras]] {{European Route Number|5}} ===
Near the metro station ''Ciudad de los Ángeles'' is a petrol station that is a fairly good spot to start from. This same road (''Av. de Andalucia'') leads South, toward the entrance to the ''Autovía del Sur'' highway, which goes to Córdoba and Algeciras. Unfortunately, along Av. de Andalucia, there is no emergency stopping lane, and therefore cars have no space to stop and pull over for hitchhikers (even at the bus stops!). However, there are many traffic lights that allow vehicles the opportunity to slow down and stop. Not far from the entrance to the ''autovía'' (maybe only about 5 or 10 km down) is another petrol station. So, you don´t even need to find a ride that is going very far from this point, because you can simply ask to be dropped at the next petrol station on the Autovía del Sur.
Hitchhiking between Madrid and Barcelona is fairly easy, but there are multiple options
* Go by train or bus to [[Guadalajara]], 50 km away. The journey will cost about 4 euro (4.50 euro from Atocha). Then take a bus to Taracena, a small village several kilometres from Guadalajara (This will cost 1 euro).Just tell the driver that you need to go to the station, a lot of people ask him for that.("Tengo que ir a la estacion de servicio en la autovia") From there you can get to a petrol station next to a bar restaurant, already on the motorway towards Zaragoza and Barcelona. If people are not going too far, try to get a lift to the next [[petrol station hitchhiking|gas station]], 15 km away, much bigger and with many trucks.
[[File:GetoutofMadrid.JPG|thumb|280px|left|[[User:Caro|Caro]] Hitchhiking out of Madrid]]
=== North towards [[Burgos]], Basque Country, [[Bordeaux]] {{European Route Number|5}} ===
Take the metro to the station Pinar de Chamartín (1 euro). Walk on the street ''calle Arturo Soria'', cross the M-11, follow the street ''Camino de la Fuente de la Mora'', then turn left at the ''avenudo de la Manotera''. This is an upper-class office area full of good-looking young people driving Mini and BMW 120d. There is a Cepsa petrol station on the left 300 meters further, but [[userUser:Grégoire|Grégoire]] didn't find it very welcoming and preferred to stick his thumb out at the end of the street, where he got a ride to another petrol station further on the A1 30 minutes later.
=== West towards [[Portugal]] {{European Route Number|90}} ===
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