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Note that there is an "outer ring road" to the Paris suburb area, motorway A86 (or ''super-périphérique'') and another wider ring even further called "la Francillienne" which isn't completed but still used to connect . If your ride is not going to Paris itself, you might want to clarify which ring they are going to take as it may affect the place where you'd want to be dropped. You may also find them useful if you need to bypass Paris, especially the Francilienne, as it has more gas stations and less complex interchanges.
Good to know if you're starting to stink up in the City of Lights: the Municipality provides [https://www.paris.fr/pages/les-bains-douches-municipaux-138 free shower facilities ] in 17 locations around Paris. Note they are BYOT (bring your own toiletry)
== Hitching in ==
During rush hours, it is possible (but illegal) to be quickly dropped on the ring road. This is useful if your ride is not willing to get out of it to drop you (which is often the case). Within the ring area, you are definitely linked to the whole regular fare subway system. If you are coming from the Northeast and your ride is heading South (which is a normal truck route), chances are that your driver will not drop you on the ring road where it is complicated to stop. A frequent place to get dropped is the first exit South on the A6 called "Rungis". From there, you can reach the Metropolitan subway system by tram with one ticket, then use another one to your final destination. You can also reach other suburbs in the 94 department (Val de Marne) taking the TvM bus, which is also a normal Paris ticket.
== Hitching out ==
There are plenty of excellent spots for hitchhiking North (''Aire La Courneuve''), East ([[petrol station hitchhiking|petrol stations]] and ''[[péage|barrières de péage]]'') and also South (''Aire de Lisses''). It's all about how much you are willing to pay in public transportation, and how daring you are.
=== North/Northeast towards [[England]], [[Lille]] and [[Belgium]] {{afr|1}} ===
These are classified by cost in public transportation from Paris' centre. There is a bonus pro-tip at the bottom involving Arras :)
==== Option 1: Porte de la Chapelle ====
This option costs one local ticket. Porte de la Chapelle is where the [[A1 (France)|A1]] starts. Local drivers say they often see hitchhikers there. To get there , take a the metro line 12 to ''Porte de la Chapelle'', then walk to the roundabout. You can try getting a ride on the roundabout (there are traffic lights, which means that cars have to stop) or you can stand on the opposite side facing the roundabout where the motorway starts. Another good option is to start hitchhiking in the same street where the metro is. There are 2 petrol stations in that very street, just 50m deeper into the city. They aren't overcrowdedand, and at the same time , quite a few cars going up the North north stop here for to refill; nonetheless, at such places , much is depended depends on your luck, and according to some hitchhikers , this place won't make it to the TOP10 top 10 best hitchhiking places in France. It is therefore rather recommended to hitchhike at the roundabout , where a quiet lane right by the traffic lights gives you a good opportunity to get onto the motorway (avoiding at the same time all the traffic that heads for ''Boulevard Periphique''Peripherique).
==== 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 2.4575as 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 dD'Aubervilliers'' (both are on metro line 7) to the stop ''Parc des 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.
==== Motorway onramp Option 1. From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy ====
==== From within the city limits: Quai de Bercy Option 2. Motorway junction slip-road ====''Chaep, as you will only need a metro ticket and pretty fast too.''
Take the metro line 14 to Bercy RER Line A (Red) in the direction of Boissy St Legere until the station Nogent Sur Marne. Leave the station in direction of Rue Joinville and exit towards Boulevard de Bercy, take follow the Boulevard down sign to the bridge where it intersects with Quai de BercyA4. Standing on Quai de Bercy it It is advisable to have a sign indicating you want to get onto the A430 minute walk. When cars stop, ask if they are going all the way to There is a red light before the toll station slip road (péageon-ramp). Lots of traffic, many drivers turn off the A4 before that but there are not really any convenient places possibility to continue hitch-hiking from before stop on the toll stationramp for brave drivers.
=== South towards [Note[Lyon]], [[Marseille]], [[Barcelona]], Jan 2014: There is no barrier at Villabé and so you can pay the standard central Paris tariff to get into the metro network and then just ride out there.[[Italy]]{{Afr|6}} ===
====Pont Option 2: Motorway services Aire de SevresNemours ====
==== Massy Palaiseau =South-West to [[Orléans|Orleans]], [[Bordeaux]], [[Spain]] {{afr|10}} & West to [[Le Mans]], [[Nantes]], [[Rennes]], [[Bretagne|Brittany]] {{afr|11}} ===
==== Péage de Saint-Arnoult Option 2: Motorway junction Massy Palaiseau ====You can 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 1.33€) to get into the underground network in Paris. Once in Dourdan, 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 car as there are many passing 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 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 lots of cars going through.
Take the train from ''ParisRER B to Massey-Montparnasse'' to ''Chartres'' (EUR 12) and start hitching from therePalaiseau station. You might want to go to Walk down Avenue Carnot along the service station ''ChartresMassy-Gasville'' on Palaiseau railway towards the A11 east of ''Chartresautoroute'' (bus plus one hour walk!). From the train station, take one After a while there you will see a long stretch of a road with lots of many [http://wwwspace for cars.filibus.fr/pages/55 buses] that stop at the ''Morard'' station. Here starts bus 12, take it Keep going and get off at ''Nyou will reach a roundabout.Conté'' - some minutes before If you arrive therekeep following this road, memorize the route: the bus crosses you will reach the motorway, and comes to entrance underneath a big roundabout where it turns right and continues to a second small roundabout to turn right again to arrive at ''N.Conté''bridge. Now comes 1 hour of walk: go back to the big roundabout and turn right (east) to follow the N10 until you come Make sure to get a small city. There you encounter the next roundabout, where you turn left. Follow the street, it bends ride to the right and ends on the first ''Rue du Bois Parisbarrière de péage'' where you turn left (north30+ km). After 500 meters comes at St-Arnoult or to the motorway, continue until you have crossed it. The Limours-Janvry service station is 400 meters east, so try to pass through the trees on your right and follow 5 km down the street to the service stationroad.
=== Fines and punishments West towards Rouen, Le Havre, Caen {{Afr|13}} ===French transport police won't make any exceptions for foreigners. Although it is said it might be possible to talk them out of fining a "dumb tourist" they are mainly hostile. Most commonly they will ask for a EUR 40 fine which can be paid directly in cash or by credit card. Alternatively you can plead poverty, and if you show a valid ID they will post a fine to the address and the name written on ID.
=== Going to ''Charles de Gaulle''/''Roissy'' airport = Inside Paris ====Bus line 350 goes to ''Gare de l'Est'', and line 351 - to ''Place de la Nation''. You're supposed to validate 3 tickets (which is a lot cheaper than travelling by RER); checks are said rare to occur.
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