Hitchhiking from Mâcon
Hitchhiking to Mâcon
Recent reviews mentioning Mâcon
46.14184, 4.76745
Took quite long, cant remember the exact time but probably 1-2 hours. But then I got a good lift to Valence―Anonymous
47.2763, 5.98861
Good spot, went to lyon, almost got there with my ride.―Anonymous
48.59359, 2.44288
Excellent spot pour aller vers le sud. Aire très accessible en rer D depuis Paris. Particulièrement intéressant pour la Bourgogne et Lyon―Anonymous
46.29622, 4.83458
We walked here from Macon, because we decided that it will be easier to hitchhike here since the highway wasnt ideal and we wanted to get to a small village between Lyon and Macon. Easy to hichhike here, would recommend if you have some specific place between Lyon and Macon. You will most probably only get rides one city away, so we took multiple rides to get to our destination―Anonymous
48.65226, 6.92454
I must say we got so lucky on this one, there is place to stop for cars, but there is no traffic at all, only 5 cars passed in 30 minutes, we tried to hitchhike on the main road for a while, but the cars go way to fast and there is no place to stop, luckily one lady saw us hitchhiking on the main road and decided to head back for us at the next exit and it turns out she is going to the exact same place we wanted to go to.―Anonymous
46.41993, 4.86452
C’était la première fois que la personne prenait des auto-stoppeurs, un grand sourire l’a convaincu―Anonymous
48.85619, 6.08893
Quelqu’un m’a pris après le repas du midi, j’ai eu quelques refus avant―Anonymous
46.14184, 4.76745
Bon spot et temps d'attente correct, où demander à chaque personne qui s'arrête à la pompe.―Anonymous
47.32793, 6.12569
Très bon spot, où j'ai été demander à chaque personne qui s'arrêtait à la pompe, ou entrait dans le magasin. En prime : la vendeuse nous a même offert des invendus de viennoiserie :)―Anonymous
46.26082, 4.79485
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46.26082, 4.79485
Direction LyonExcellent place. Hitch from Macon to the south (Zone Industrielle). This is the Péage of the autoroute A6
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46.41949, 4.86404
The first day of summer holidays all the people come to the South. There were two cars stopping in the two hours time but both were only locals. Direction Geneva seemed hopeless.―Prochy
46.41949, 4.86404
Lots of people going to Lyon. Many national tourists with full cars during sommer time. We wanted to get to Montpellier and decided in the end to take the only ride we got to Grenoble.―Tabea
46.41949, 4.86404
We got out here after 650 km (from the Netherlands) in one ride and decided it would be good to stretch our legs and have a short picknick before continuing. Shortly before we would have tried to catch a lift we were offered one to Lyon. Very nice!―Anonymous
46.41949, 4.86404
Waited for almost 8 or 9 hours trying to go East to Geneva. Hopeless! Ended up going to Lyon in one ride. Many people going South.―Mistersunfield
46.41949, 4.86404
[EN] August 2015Dropped here (3PM) by a guy who picked me back in Paris, I was trying to reach Grenoble and only did so because of luck. Someone picked me at 6PM, I was about to lose hope and look for a spot to spend the night when my saviour drove me to destination.
Only 3 people offered to take me, but all were going to Lyon.
[FR] Août 2015
Conduit (à 15h) ici par quelqu'un qui m'a pris de Paris, j'ai essayé d'atteindre Grenoble. Un gentil conducteur m'a pris à 18h alors que je m'apprêtais à perdre espoir: il allait pile à destination.
3 m'ont proposé avant lui, mais ils s'arrêtaient tous à Lyon.
―Titi
46.30248, 4.89671
We got a lift on Sunday morning after half an hour. It was a girl from northern France though, going for a summer camp (pure randomness).―Prochy
46.4111, 4.84961
Used as an escape route from the motorway. A guy from the motorway petrol station picked us up and brought to Macon A40 exit.―Prochy
46.33876, 4.84741
Within 1h 30min waiting 6-7 cars stopped, all of them only local. It was Saturday evening though which might be the problem.―Prochy
46.28228, 4.79407
Circumstances: We were 3 people heading to Paris, but we were OK with splitting up. Strategy: Asking directly at the tollbooth, standing in front of the parking space with a sign, standing at the roundabout with a sign.Findings: A lot of traffic on a Sunday, but nearly everybody (>80%) was going south. Impossible to get a ride. Waited 5 hours and then gave up. Also discovered a warning written on the concrete saying "hitchhiking spot of death"...
Probably good if you want to get to Lyon. If going to Paris, take the bus (nr. 7) from Mâcon main train station to Chalon-sur-Saône (1.50 EUR) and try highway entry Chalon-Nord. We had a good experience there. Mâcon-Nord or -Centre might also work better.
―Anonymous