Hitchhiking from Bankya
Hitchhiking to Bankya
Recent reviews mentioning Bankya
42.65089, 23.21843
Had a sign for MKD, not a lot of Macedonian cars but I got a ride to close to the border next to Blagoevgrad―Anonymous
43.81467, 25.92853
Despite it being dark and me standing with a sign I got picked up all the way to Sofia quickly. The lights are good enough for nighttime hitchhiking, otherwise there’s always the gas station.―Anonymous
43.27548, 24.09655
Preskaŭ ĉe la elirejo de la urbo estas rapidbremso kun zebrokruco. Ĝi ŝajnas perfekta, sed plej multaj homoj venantaj el ĉi tiu urbo estas plejparte timemaj, embarasitaj aŭ ksenofobiaj. Malgranda kamiono bonŝance prenis min rekte al Sofio. Mi provis 10-kilometran ŝildon, sed ĝi estis senefika.―Anonymous
43.19235, 22.56316
It's hard to say how good this place is. We were heading towards Sofia/Istanbul -> the driver heading to Pirot left us there saying it was a good place. Generally, cars don't drive very fast there – they see you and your sign, but there's no gas station or anything like that. After about half an hour, we managed to catch a truck heading to Sofia. There are often queues of trucks at the border, so there's a chance you'll cross the border and ask drivers one by one if they can take you to Istanbul. We finally made it to Sofia that day, but I think there's a chance you'll catch a driver going further.―Anonymous
44.34362, 21.0789
Good spot, found a ride to Bulgaria in seconds (he was going all the way to Burgas).―Anonymous
42.72213, 23.23784
It’s a shit place. We were trying to go to North Macedonia. We got recommended to go to the border town Kjustendil first. After we changed the sign from City names to 10km we got picky up after 5min.―Anonymous
42.10729, 21.6985
Good spot because a lot of traffic was at the start (5pm) but then dropped very fast (6pm). Was standing with a sign bulgaria/k.palanka. Maybe a bit far saying signs but there is no other place kinda to go there on that road. Also maybe i was not that lucky because i was trying kinda late in the evening. But eventually very nice truck driver who was paying a toll(stramge because all others had the autamic one) took me all the way to sofia.―Anonymous
42.19958, 24.65264
Very shit spot. After an hour we moved a bit and eventually caught a ride at McDonald's―Anonymous
42.99343, 22.8445
Good traffic, but some waiting. Had a sign Sofia and some Turkish guys coming from Antwerp going to Fethiye gave me a lift to Sofia.―Anonymous
42.73784, 23.2722
My ride from the day before had invited me to stay the night and took me to the other side of Sofia to a great spot towards Plovdiv early in the morning.―Anonymous
42.71409, 23.23224
I first tried to take the road south of Sofia towards Plovdiv, but people to Plovdiv are actually using the highway north of Sofia. Not very good place, seems like only local people stop. I got invited to spend the night in the Apartment of a couple as it was getting late. In the morning the woman took me to the other side of Sofia to a much better spot towards Plovdiv.―Anonymous
42.28131, 22.72283
My previous ride asked a guy that was filling his car at the petrol station and he took me to Sofia. He said it's easier to go to Sofia through the Highway west of Dupniza than through Pernik.―Anonymous
42.58602, 23.30496
late at night we got a ride to the ring road so we can get a bus there―Anonymous
42.68944, 23.33857
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42.68944, 23.33857
Despite ample of space for drivers to pull over, hitching in the centre of this big city proved to be a bad idea.―Anonymous
42.5992, 23.12502
new junction. direction dupnitsa and greece: better (more space) up on the motorway than down in the roundabout.―Anonymous
42.63312, 23.19037
To this place you can go with bus 58 from Sofia. You must get down in first station in Vladaia and then you go to Pernisko shose street.―Anonymous
42.74366, 23.23209
About 1km down the road from the intersection, there is less local traffic and more places to pull over―Anonymous
42.73573, 23.2466
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42.73573, 23.2466
there's a small petrol station right after the traffic lights. pretty good place with heavy traffic.direction: Serbia.
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