Niška Banja - Hitchhiking

Hitchhiking from Niška Banja

Hitchhiking to Niška Banja

Recent reviews mentioning Niška Banja

44.99457, 20.20808

I had a cardboard with NIŠ -> SOFIA sign but it didn't help much. What it helped it was asking the truck drivers if they would take me.
―rikimongrel1

Kind of the only decent spot towards Bulgaria, police spend a lot of time here just as locals for coffee.
I've been trying for 3h until night with the little traffic from the petrol station (police was there) and 4h straight on the highway the next morning with a sign BG - СРФИЯ.
Most cars were completely full, I left with a big beer box under my legs and my backpack on my knees, that was the only room available in the car, but I made it to Sofia.
―RoadTripeur

43.31561, 21.81149

―Anonymous

43.30049, 22.00066

―Anonymous

43.32131, 22.02064

―Anonymous

43.31397, 22.02896

Restaurant where many Turkish trucks stop. Your chance to get rides towards Belgrade or Sofia.
―Anonymous

43.31561, 21.81149

Good for hitching to Kosovo. High visibility and plenty of room for cars and trucks to pull over. Take bus 10 (direction 9. Maj) to the final stop and walk to the edge of the village. Don't bother walking to the cross with E75 as this is not an interchange.
―Anonymous

43.31091, 22.04392

ideal hitchhiking position in the village of Prosek, actually a parking area for trucks and joint place for all the roads going from Nis towards Bulgaria and Turkey. Visibility is excellent, place forces drivers to slow down as there's incoming long curve and lower ranked road entering the canyon, and also there are many trucks stopping by until they set off towards Bulgaria/Turkey.
―Anonymous

43.30049, 22.00066

Here, you may catch 70-80% of all locals driving out of the city towards Bulgarian border, but in most cases these are local rides to places on the way.
―Anonymous

43.34971, 21.85899

This is the most far place that you can reach on foot from the city that still isn't motorway. You can try hitchhiking here towards Belgrade, but vehicles are 98% domestic. The greatest value of this place is being relatively good spot for taking a ride to Hotel NAIS / toll ramps on the motorway, what is ideal hitch spot for Belgrade/north, but also Skopje/Macedonia/south. You may spot other hitchhikers here as well, such are students or other locals. 95% of cars passing here are definitely going towards Hotel NAIS/toll ramps.
―Anonymous

43.41735, 22.12493

Petrol station in this town. Right after the station, there's a curve that leads uphill, straight out of town towards Knjazevac, Zajechar and further.
All drivers and trucks that are going through eastern Serbia using this main road have to pass via this point.
As it is still town and there's an uphill curve, traffic here is slow and visibility is very good.
This is the most logical point to hitchhike in Svrljig into direction north (not to Nis).

―Anonymous

43.32131, 22.02064

hitching point to places in eastern Serbia and further to Bulgaria (Vidin), Danube and Romania.

Visibility is average for cars getting off from motorway, but good for locals coming from Nis, as they have to slow down in the curve while joining the road. Average number of trucks here, but many cars willing to pick you up all the way to Zajechar (7km away from border point with Bulgaria, close to Vidin/Belogradchik).

Generally, vehicles have to slow down here. Downside is lack of any roadside store/restaurant/parking, these are available some 1500 meters further in the village Malcha (you're standing at the edge of a village).
―Anonymous

43.31397, 22.02896

have in mind that this hh point is not placed correctly. The place with a few restaurants is couple of hundred meters down the road to the east
―Mpetrovic

43.34971, 21.85899

If you are late that would be hard. I think u should come here early morning. It is also important for avoiding from sunburn. There is no shadow. Early morning is best choise. Good luck!
―Kralx15

43.34971, 21.85899

To get here, take so called "airport bus", that's city regular bus line that circles around the town, buses are white/green and if you're in the center (lets say central square) you'll find bus stop for it if you cross through the fortress, over the wooden bridge and get in front of Nikola Tesla high school and Faculties of Architecture, Civil Engineering and/or Faculty of Electrotechnics. Get on one that goes towards the Airport, and get off before circle roundabout. From there, it's an easy few minutes walk to this spot.
―Mpetrovic

43.31091, 22.04392

Decent spot: nobody stopped after over half an hour with a sign reading Sofia, but behind me a Turkish truck driver was done resting and took me to the Bulgarian border.
―Maxim1110

43.34971, 21.85899

Good spot to get a ride towards the toll booths. Get out THERE if you want to get a long ride to Belgrade - don't go with a car that only goes halfway (I did this stupid mistake), as the rest areas on the highway are not busy and you run the risk of getting stranded (took me 2 hours! on a rest area to find another car to Belgrade). Btw: this "Airport bus" mentioned above has number 34.
―Tomtom