Hitchhiking from Piera
Hitchhiking to Piera
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41.61025, 1.84621
After an all too brief visit to Barcelona, I decided to begin my journey north, back towards my home. The original plan was to follow the coast, but being right in the middle of one of Spain's worst heatwaves in years, I decided north to Andorra would be a wiser (and prettier) option. I took the train with a Greek girl I met to Montserrat, where she promised a cable car, a very scenic train, and a monastery, how could I say no! After arriving, she told me she was staying that night in the monastery, and I decided to accompany her to help translate since she didn't speak any Spanish. This lead to a fantastic lunch with the monks and priests amongst the Dia De San Joan celebrations!Upon leaving, the bridge seemed like the most logical place to try to stop traffic. However, after an hour of shouted remarks from the patrons of the café across the road, and plenty of middle fingers from passing cars, my patience was starting to ware thin… After a quick beer to recharge, a refill of my water bottle, and another half hour wait, I got a lift from a very loud Spanish man up the motorway a little ways. Despite my pleas to drop me at a service station, he insisted in dropping me in his terrible hometown, Sallent…
If you choose to hitch from here, I'd still say the bridge is the best option going, and the train to the monastery is probably one of the most scenic options for getting out of Barcelona. However for your own sanity, definitely do not leave the motorway, get yourself dropped at a service station!
―Paquito
41.59088, 1.60418
i was going dlin direction lleida, i had a big ass sign, my mistake was to leave barcelona with a lift that wasnt direct to there, and ended up in igualada. i had to walk a bit to get here, the most obvious spot to go west (enogh space for car to see you and to stop too), and soon after a nice guy drove me 10min inside the autopista to a quite big service station, where i actually found a lift all the way to madrid. so it went well in the end―mutterichbindoom
41.59316, 1.75129
Lantti! How did you get to " El Bruc" ?? It seems a really isolated place.Thank you!
―Juanluis317
41.51504, 1.89767
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41.59316, 1.75129
A big service station on boths sides of the A-2―Anonymous
41.46676, 1.96866
Bad experience at noon on a Wednesday. We were traveling to Pamplona and it took us (2 males) more than an hour to get a ride even to the next village. Most of the cars accelerate before the highway so I reckon that many find it hard to stop. Never tried the gas station nearby but it might be a better option.―Kozilia
41.47571, 1.90594
We wanted to get North and nobody stopped. It seems everybody IS going south or to Barcelona.―Jhace
41.59625, 1.63216
―Anonymous
41.61123, 1.89157
This is a tricky spot for andorra.I’ve been here at the evening and slept here and at the morning got a hike almost to andorra.
I’ve talked a few hours with the staff, this is my reconnoissance findings:
Multiple cars a day are Andorrans going straight to andorra. Mainly in the morning 9-14.
Spaniards also go here to Andorra.
If you’ll be patient, you’ll find a hike to Andorra. It’s also easy to go to manresa, but if you go to andorra you shouldn’t waste this place.
There’s woods right in front you can sleep there.
The staff at the gas station are super useful. If you see Oscar tell him Yuval sends hello!
―fluido
41.56288, 1.81563
got dropped here trying to flee barcelonai reccomend to wait until you find the right lift, rather than do a bunch a km and get lost in this area
the gas station is decent size, if you ask arpund you MIGHT find someone, i gave up quite quickly since at around 2.30PM there very few cars
eventually took a bus for Igualada, that bus stop is just there. its quite expensive, almost 5€
―mutterichbindoom
41.53391, 1.86502
the spot is decent...just loads of locals, and very few going towards lleida. a young dude drove me to the next town where there is a service station. hopefully more luck here―mutterichbindoom
41.35467, 2.06231
Took about 30 mins, decent spot for cars to stop - but its Spain so getting a ride isnt the easiest, but it’ll come.―SunnySupertramp
41.6127, 1.82796
Was walking down the hill from monserrat since more than 30 min when a lady picked me up and brought me to Manresa. It was very early in the morning, so not so many cars… i expect in the afternoon when many people are going down it’s easier to get a ride :)―Anonymous
41.46676, 1.96866
the spot is alright...the first minute i was there two cars stopped, i took the second one that brove 20km northbad idea. now im lost in little town with little traffic. i reccomend to wait for the one that goes lleida o zaragozza
―mutterichbindoom