Hitchhiking from Petrich
Hitchhiking to Petrich
Recent reviews mentioning Petrich
41.37644, 23.36211
We used a sign with "Serres" as a Destination. Got picked up by a friendly Family after 15min and dropped of Close to the Highway going to our real Destination Thessaloniki―Anonymous
41.40311, 23.36142
―Anonymous
41.40311, 23.36142
be carefull not to hitch-hike the border police (like i did). they took me to the pd at the train station to verify my passport.―Anonymous
41.38169, 23.36076
take the road towards the mountains! its a bit more difficult to hitch along the way, but its def. more adventurous, and the sights are INCREDIBLE!―Anonymous
41.38169, 23.36076
Lots of traffic also going south direction greece, thessaloniki or athens. U can also sleep near the greek custom, there is a closed tourist office next to the bar with a perfect outside roof―Fedecicco
41.49738, 23.28253
―Pite
41.55391, 23.26542
―Casper79
41.55239, 23.26783
wide area, cars drives slowly.good for day time
very hard to get a ride after dark
―Soand
41.5486, 23.26937
―Czerwony
41.37233, 23.36054
―AndreiP
41.39913, 23.2229
―Anonymous
41.38169, 23.36076
the border is okay. not very busy, but many bulgarians crossing and they are picking up.―Anonymous
41.49738, 23.28253
exit/entrance of sofia-greece and melnik-petrich roads. if you are going south walk a bit uphill by the road, there\\'ll be a petrol station over the hill.―Anonymous
41.55391, 23.26542
November 2012. Tried to catch a car to Sofia, after the previous driver took us from Thessaloniki. Lost 1.5 hours and then stopped the bus coming to Sofia :) ticket was not expensive. Less than 10 euros―Anonymous
41.5486, 23.26937
In Thessaloniki direction.From my female-friends experience it is pretty good place to catch someone.
―Anonymous
41.55239, 23.26783
Very good place in Sofia direction!A few times in August and at the beginning of September.
U need to pass the Spartacus monument and remember to set up after the place where paths converge into one road, but remember - very important is to stand before a small hill (at the top of it there is small bus bay, but it was not working well) !!!
I can honestly that this place is one of the best I have ever hitchike.
And during this months "it was tested" by many teams like 2 Turks-guys, 2 gals and 1 guy from Poland, and "Iberian team".
―Anonymous
41.37233, 23.36054
I got some shade behind a parked truck, where I was still visible to the passing drivers. Got a ride to Serres quite easily.―Anonymous
41.37644, 23.36211
Got a ride to Thessaloniki right away. Easy spot, some traffic and very slow―MrZachyPants
41.38142, 23.36274
I mean it’s fine, it’s a border so it’s always good. I was there after dark and it took me a long time to get a ride. A bus stopped and I paid for it to take me to Sofia because I don’t have camping gear and was freezing my ass off. If you get there in the day it should be fine―MrZachyPants
41.37233, 23.36054
There was space, but all the truck drivers seemed to hate me. eventually a bus driver slowed a little and rubbed his fingers, implying money. it was getting dark, and 10 euros was enough to get to thesaloniki. With paitiance I'm sure you could do it, but the vibe was not great. bus driver only spoke bulgarian. Knowing the word for how much (kolku) was all that was needed. woman on the bus quickly came forward to be a translator to english.―fromage