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'''Madrid''' [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=madrid&ie=UTF8&z=12&ll=40.422383,-3.703423&spn=0.123888,0.432243&om=1&iwloc=A] is the capital of [[Spain]]. Madrid has a very extensive and inexpensive well-connected metro system that can help you get in and out of the city; a single metro journey is just €12 Euros, and a ride on the cercanías should be between 2.50and 4 euros. If the guard is not watching, or if the metro station has two entrances, you can usually jump the turnstiles. Once inside, there are few controls. The cercanías, however, have barriers at the entry AND the exit.
== Hitching out ==
There is a bus stop just outside the metro station San Cristobal (on line 3, or the "yellow" line) that is good to hitch from (make sure you're on the correct side of the road). There is nowhere else to pull over for several kilometers back toward the city. This same road (''Av. de Andalucia'') leads South, toward the entrance to the ''Autovía del Sur'' highway, which goes to Córdoba and Algeciras.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.
As hitching a ride standing on the road is quite difficult in Spain (especially in a big city like Madrid), it is probably better to follow these instructions:
Christian1337's recommendation:
