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Hitchhiking from Paris to Bordeaux

About 13 h 57 min of hitchhiking — roughly 836 km in 7 ride(s), including about 3 h 09 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 Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris — 4.5 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.
  2. Hitch 17.6 km (10 min) from Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris to Massy. Expect around 10 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  3. Hitch 17.4 km (10 min) from Massy to Aire de Limours - Janvry. Expect around 22 min of waiting here. 4 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  4. Hitch 307.1 km (3 h 04 min) from Aire de Limours - Janvry to Aire des Portes d'Angers Nord. Expect around 46 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  5. Hitch 98.9 km (59 min) from Aire des Portes d'Angers Nord to 47.29107, -1.47709. Expect around 31 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  6. Walk 12.2 km (2 h 27 min) from 47.29107, -1.47709 to Nantes - Bourdonnières.
  7. Hitch 10.3 km (6 min) from Nantes - Bourdonnières to Le Bignon. Expect around 16 min of waiting here. 7 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  8. Hitch 359.9 km (3 h 36 min) from Le Bignon to Aire de l'Estalot. Expect around 30 min of waiting here. 3 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  9. Hitch 24.9 km (15 min) from Aire de l'Estalot to 44.82080, -0.51898. Expect around 32 min of waiting here. 2 logged rides support this leg. See this spot
  10. Get from 44.82080, -0.51898 to Bordeaux — 5.3 km. Local transport is usually quicker than walking this stretch.

What hitchhikers said along this route

“famous hitchhikingspot in direction south. often crowded. easy to reach by metro. make a sign with "peage" or "orleans".”
― Anonymous · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“Excellent spot. An algerian man passes by at around 7:30am on his way home from work and he gives all the hitchhikers a lift. So get up early ;-)”
― Anonymous · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“...just don't try to get a ride on the wrong side of the road... :S took me 4 hours... stoopid Australian!”
― Anonymous · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“I walked more down the entrance, where is actually enough of space for car to stop. I wrote A10 I think and something like the first car stopped me. I was going towards Spain. I was alone and it worked perfect for me! Official you are not allowed to stand there, but it's safer than elsewhere.”
― Anonymous · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“If u want to catch the highway til west part of france, you will have less sucess because of the traffic and the lack of place, cars don't drive on the right side so they are far, and go direct on the périph exté”
― Thibemail, 2014-03-04 · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“Probably one of the best spots to go south of Paris, towards Orléans. It is often crowded, but I rarely had to wait.”
― Lepoucedalex, 2013-07-08 · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“yes, a very good place to go to the South, we stood around 30 minutes and caught a car who drived 4 of us. cars have to stop on the traffic-light before this spot so their speed is slower there.”
― Tommie.tailor, 2013-09-15 · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“One high spot to go south of Paris, quite bad in comparaison with Villabé (dir Lyon/Marseille). but it can save you when there is non more RER... You need to move a lot to attract and interest drivers.”
― Anonymous, 2013-08-02 · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“looks a bit dodgy at first, but it's not to bad. (2016) try interacting with cars waiting at the traffic light. We got a Ride to Orleans within 45 min. Try to got to at least the next aire the service, you don't want to be stuck at a random paris-exit, better wait a little longer then :)”
― Lukas, 2016-04-03 · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris
“when we tryed to find this place, we didn't succeed. May be because of repairation work on the road. We spent 2 hours and than moved to another Hitch-point”
― Anonymous, 2011-04-09 · Boulevard Romain Rolland, Paris

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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.


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