Better to wait for a ride going all the way to Devin/Nastan (if going north) or Krichim (if going south.) There's very few settlements inbetween these two towns, lots of curvy roads, and not really good places for cars to pull over. I got picked up by a local going all the way to Plovdiv after 30 minutes though.

Police car stopped me from hitchhiking heresaying it's illegal. I was considering just carrying on anyway, but another cop car came soon after. Had to go into town to take a bus to Haskovo - There's no buses to Plovdiv.

The cars are fast here and there are like three lanes, but it's a petrol station exit and the slower lane that joins the motorway from the big junction before ends here, so very busy and the possibility of asking people who are fuelling their cars. I got a ride straight to Plovdiv.

Got scooped up super quick with a sign for Plovdiv. Takes an hour and a bit to get there but there is a Lidl near the last bust stop to get food and water. Guys ended up driving 2 hours out of their way to drop us at the boarder

This interchange looks like a nightmare, but if you are heading to Plovdiv it’s possible to get to this disused bus stop by walking across the bridge and cutting across a couple lanes of traffic. I recommend a sign saying “1 km” because if you get anyone to take you to the Rompetrol down the road there will be many more cars. I waited here a long time but it was bad luck, it’s a good spot with space to pull over and cars going relatively slow

Everyone going to Plovdiv… was standing on the bus stop

Asked one guy at the gas station and gave mea ride near to Plovdiv

Car are not going very fast but noone wanted to stop. After 50min I changed the sign to Nova Zagora and the truck driver took me to Banya, 55km from Plovdiv

Sign to Plovdiv but he gave me a ride to Gurkovo only, what was not a very good choice… there I stayed for one hour to get a ride..

Sign to Plovdiv, got a ride to Veliko Tarnovo

First person I asked, could bring me to Plovdiv

A nice rest area for cars to stop, held a sign for Plovdiv but the first car that stopped for me ended up being on the way to Burgas so I got a ride there.

Best spot to exit Asenovgrad towards Plovdiv, Sofia etc

Very good place to find a car to Plovdiv

Prendre le bus numéro 1 puis marcher 45 minutes jusqu’à la bretelle d’autoroute. Sans panneau, deux voitures se sont arrêtées en 15 minutes mais les deux allaient vers l’Ouest. Après 40 minutes d’attente au totale, un homme s’arrête et nous (ma femme et moi) dépose à la frontière Turque (notre destination). Bon spot pour sortir de Plovdiv

10 mins to get to Plovdiv

Very nice couple took me right to the center of plovdiv from the gas station. The spot was alright, if you stand at the exit people have time to read the sign and still stop for you

Great spot for Plovdiv. Take bus 5 and then walk for 30 mins and it’s super easy, got picked up right away

We tried to hitchhike to Istanbul. Overall, the location seemed quite good, but we had significant difficulties – few drivers were heading to Istanbul; most were heading towards Burgas, and the Turks heading to Istanbul were reluctant to pick up additional passengers. Eventually, we managed to hitchhike to a gas station outside Plovdiv.

An excellent location under the highway to catch a ride from Plovdiv to Sofia. This is where the ramp to the highway begins, and vehicles have sufficient time and space to stop.