Hitchhiking from Arrentela
Hitchhiking to Arrentela
Recent reviews mentioning Arrentela
38.77959, -9.12242
Seems like, in the reverse of everyone else, the spot at the entrance of A1 near Encarnação didn’t work for me after an hour. I walked to the gas station and got a ride in 5 minutes―Lmaoyz
38.77046, -9.12381
Great spot to go to the North. I get a ride in 20 min to Caldas―Emmaaaaaa
38.77046, -9.12381
Nice spot, lots of traffic and good visibility. I was looking to go back to France, but decided to get a ride with a couple going to Caldas da Rainha in order to reach a gas station.―Raphi
38.78176, -9.12229
Viajando pro norte de Portugal pela primeiríssima vez, Já vinha do sul e percebi que Portugal é bem melhor que Espanha. Preferi não perguntar muito no posto por ser brasileiro e saber que algumas pessoas têm preconceito e não tenho tempo e energia pra drama. Li bastante aqui os comentários de geral e decidi por este ponto. Funcionou bem. Parou um motorhome com 4 malucos indo prum festival eletrônico em Torres. Me deram frutas gostosas e fizemos muitas piadas, foi top, paizão. E claro, peguei a manha de não aceitar carona pros lugares ruins, Ou, a dizer, boleia.―Jurobola
38.77958, -9.12241
male, alone, early 30s, asking round during the great blackout, fluent in portuguese―andrej
37.11676, -8.24729
everyone leaves albufeira here, i took a bus here, there was some shadow. got a lift straight to barreiro with lisboa sign and took the boat over the river―andrej
38.77951, -9.12218
We (Girl & Boy) started asking around 14:45 and got a ride in 1 1/2h ! There were two other hitchhikers with us and they also got picked up relatively quickly. One with a sign and one asking the cars directly. I recommend doing both or atleast talking to them, that way they see how you are and you can google translate. Great spot 😁🌱―Felimelideli
38.66687, -9.16238
―Anonymous
38.77959, -9.12242
If you want to head north of Lisbon this is the place to start! Ask to head towards Highway A1―Anonymous
38.62267, -9.13367
When heading South of Lisbon or towards Spain. Take the train to Foros de Amora and then cross under the highway to get at this gas station. Here you can ask people to take you.―Anonymous
38.70948, -9.17811
If you want to head South of Lisbon you can start here. You will depend on people stopping for you only. As far as that goes it's a great place!―Anonymous
38.66687, -9.16238
Drivers going here are probably headed to Lisbon city or to Caparica beaches. At this place cars are going slow. Cars will stop for you only, and having a cardboard with your destination can make it easier.―Anonymous
38.62267, -9.13367
if you ask people you will get a ride very quickly, since the most portuguese speak english!―Irazall
38.77959, -9.12242
a lot of people will stop very quick, but be sure where you want to go,―Anonymous
38.62267, -9.13367
Arrived 20.12.2017, not a lot traffic and a lot of them head south. Try from here hitchhiking to A6, 1 hour asking and waiting a local took me to the next station before Setubal and I got stuck there. Only go on a ride when you actually head to A6.The fence is not a problem you can climb the wall right after the tunnel from train station.
Generally it's not the best but does work to hitch to east or south
―Anonymous
38.77959, -9.12242
Its easy to get here by public transport but we didn´t get a ride within 1,5h and then went to another spot a few kilometers down the road and got a ride within 20min. Most people from the gas station went back to Lisboa.―Tabea
38.77959, -9.12242
good spot. traffic is mostly local/regional though, therefore we took a lift to the next service area at the A1 called "aveiras". There it was no problem to find a lift going further north.―Momsen
38.62267, -9.13367
So partly I was unlucky because 1 minute after I arrived (alone, female) one other hitchhiker came and then two more (a couple)! Also it took a while to find a way around the extensive fencing which surrounds this place. They've mended a bunch of holes that were made. Bring cutters or just after you pass under the highway (from the train station) climb up the wall and around the end of the fence. The 3 others who were there took the best hitching spot (all wanted to socialise and smoke weed?!?) so I took a different strategy: asking people directly "vais para sul?" ("Going south?") Some people were nice but there are a lot of families and also assholes coming through this place. I found out it's the most expensive place to buy petrol. So maybe we should all seek a better hitching spot next time. It costs €4,50 to arrive by metro/train from Lisbon centre. I waited for 4 hours and was finally was picked up by a nice local lady who offered to take me to a train station. I took it because I was sun burnt and had a deadline to arrive at my destination. The other 3 people were still waiting. Definitely not a top HH experience here.―Avocadocity
38.77959, -9.12242
great spot right before the highway and easily reach with public transportation―Mdsmendes
38.77959, -9.12242
Very very BAD spot! First, because cars that stop there are from neighborhoods from left and right of that gas station, and most important - if cars want to go on highway north of Lisbon from that place, they can't go straight north, but have to go on "round" way ABOVE hightway (like 50m from gas station), then BACK towards centre of Lisbon some 1km, then again on "round" way above highway to return on the direction for north! That means, people who are going north are NOT STOPPING at that station, unless they made a mistake. I waited 6 hours, and two Polish guys I met there waited 12H!! I had luck with some French couple who made mistake and stopped there. Also, some Portuguese people told me that I have to be careful at that gas station cuz it's in bad neighborhood, but to be honest, I didn't see anything suspicious.. Good luck!―Kwabena