Hitchhiking from Paris to Bordeaux

About 8 h 34 min of hitchhiking — roughly 688 km in 2 ride(s), including about 1 h 41 min of waiting by the road. These figures come from rides hitchhikers logged on this map, not from an estimate.

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Step by step

1. Get from Paris to Total — 4.5 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
2. Hitch 139.1 km (1 h 24 min) from Total to Aire d'Orléans-Saran. Expect around 1 h 08 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
3. Hitch 548.8 km (5 h 29 min) from Aire d'Orléans-Saran to Avenue des Mondaults, Floirac. Expect around 33 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
4. Get from Avenue des Mondaults, Floirac to Bordeaux — 6.1 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“Pris au bout de 20mn pour rejoindre l'aire de Chartres”
― Anonymous, Wed 2017-05-17 · Total

“have a sign saying Villabé ( good petrol station is there) and Lyon and stand at the streetlight there (before take metro to porte d orleans and walk straight)”
― Anonymous, Wed 2014-03-12 · Total

“Quite a chaotic spot. I had a big sign with A10 Orléans. No place to stop but cars are slow because of the traffic lights. Eventually some people shouted from the car that they would take me to Orléans and even offered me a place to stay at their house in a village a bit further south from Orléans :)”
― Olivierh, Sat 2026-03-14 · Total

“On paper it looks like a good spot to go south because it is just before highway entrance. I struggled to get a car going on A10 on a Thursday morning in summer. There is a lot of taxis, delivery trucks, parisians. Finally, a bus stopped at the traffic light, it was going back to its bus center on N20 (road to Orleans). I decided to take it and found other cars after on N20 to go to Orleans and th”
― Nina, Fri 2025-07-18 · Total

“Wanted to go South towards Spain, had a sign with A6 / A10 Sud de la France but had to wait pretty long until I found a proper ride. There's a traffic light and also some place to stop for cars, but most of the people just drove by without stopping, it was hard since many are not going out of town. Still, after 3h I got lucky and found a man that took me 4 hours South and I had no stress, so it w”
― Anonymous, Thu 2025-09-25 · Total

“The first car who stopped took me to Aire de Lisses”
― Anettlee17, Tue 2025-04-15 · Total

“very short wait, lot of cars to approach. Got a lift south towards Limoges really fast :)”
― Lukas, Sun 2016-04-03 · Aire d'Orléans-Saran

“Have hitched from here at least twice. Short waiting time. All traffic moving slowly, with room to stop. Bon endroit. Place pour s'arreter, pas trop longtemps d'attendre.”
― Harvestmouse, Mon 2015-06-01 · Aire d'Orléans-Saran

“Good place for taking direction Tours but not directly to burdeaux. Short distance travelers, to Tours, Niort... We taked the car to Toursin 10 minutes. We were 3 people.”
― Anonymous, Sat 2015-05-23 · Aire d'Orléans-Saran

“Man approached us and asked if we need a lift, 10/10. Also a lot of cars there, so chances are good”
― wazkort, Wed 2023-02-08 · Aire d'Orléans-Saran

Nearby city guides

• Hitchhiking in Paris
• Hitchhiking in Bordeaux

Waiting times and distances are averages from community-logged rides. Travel time assumes 100 km/h in a car and 5 km/h walking. They are not guarantees.