I mean its not a bad spot for Belgrade, but for Sofia there is not many cars going to Pirot, we waited mby 4 hours and then we took a break, became friends with the toll gate staff, got coffee from them, had a proper hour-long cig break and magically at around 9 pm when it was already dark the first car we tried to stop after the break stops and gets us to Pirot, so if I shall give a recommendation, ask for some of that magical coffee stuff theyve got at the gate

Not the best, the gate was almost empty so we decided to move to this spot and got a ride along the old road ro Sofia

asking around the cars waiting in the line didn't really get us many positive reactions, BUT just talking to a nearby smoking person for a while and THEN asking for a ride worked. got a ride directly to Sofia's centre

Asked to the first truck that i saw for a lift to sofia, he said yes. Kind gentlemen

Best spot to exit Asenovgrad towards Plovdiv, Sofia etc

Bad spot. Very few cars which go to gas station, most of them are not friendly tbh. Quite all of the cars are full with people or with their stuff. Right after gas station sometimes there chill border police, we got lucky to be with them the whole day. They tell not to go to the exit of gas station because it’s dangerous. Fortunately after around 5-6 hours of waiting time at around 10 pm we got a lift to Sofia.

There was a truck standing there, and we simply asked if it was going to Sofia, and he took us. A Turk. We ate and drank tea near the truck.

Easy area to approach people, right on the highway towards Sofia, but sadly tons of local traffic so gotta filter it out quite a lot. Still got me to where I need to, so not that bad.

I was going to Sofia after crossing the border and after waiting 4 hours got no ride. I was trying to hitchhike in the part for trucks, but border police took me back to the border and forced to hitchhike on the part for passenger cars which were mostly full and going straight to Germany with whole families on board. You should definitely get a ride on the Turkish side, where it’s rather easy

Rest stop with restaurant and a hotel. Not that many cars were stopping. It took some time, but I got a ride all the way to Sofia.

The toll station up the road doesnt exist anymore so this is the last place to HH to go direction Sofia. Traffic was solid for a gas station and people were very open and kind when we asked around. A coach took us all the way to Istanbul from here.

reading the previous comments you can understand that it is very difficult to find transportation here. I was lucky and after an hour a kind gentleman from Turkey picked me up directly to Sofia. If it wasn't him I would probably have been standing in this place for hours.

Despite it being dark and me standing with a sign I got picked up all the way to Sofia quickly. The lights are good enough for nighttime hitchhiking, otherwise there’s always the gas station.

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.

I mean it’s fine, it’s a border so it’s always good. I was there after dark and it took me a long time to get a ride. A bus stopped and I paid for it to take me to Sofia because I don’t have camping gear and was freezing my ass off. If you get there in the day it should be fine

Most cars were going beograd direction but there were still some cards going to Sofia direction. But none of those showed any willingness to take me. I ended up walking on the side of highay to the next gas station which is also really not bussy. Sometimes life just sucks.

Good spot by the poll station to get a ride to Sofia/Bulgaria. There were a few policemen doing controls but they weren’t interested in us and didn’t stop us. You can even reach this spot by foot (that’s what we did) from Dimitrovgrad by hitchhiking to a spot on the local road nearby and then there’s a path to the toll station. (check out the map) There was a fence around the station but it had big holes you could claim through and toll station employees and police didn’t mind.

The two of us tried to hitchhike from here towards Istanbul. First, we tried asking people at the gas station, then we hitchhiked directly on the highway – a weak point. Few drivers head towards the Turkish border, and those who do, for the most part, don't want to take on additional passengers. Perhaps if you're trying to get to Istanbul, it's a better idea to try and find a driver who goes directly there in Sofia. We finally managed to catch a Bulgarian driver around 7:00 PM. He said hitchhiking to Istanbul was very difficult, so he took us to the bus stop in Haskovo. From there, with a heavy heart, we bought tickets for the bus to Istanbul (it was called "metro" – the ride takes about five hours due to breaks and a stop at the border). We had to go for it because we were pressed for time, and the driver insisted quite strongly that it was the best idea. To sum up, maybe we were just unlucky or maybe hitchhiking towards Istanbul is actually very difficult - Turkish drivers do not want to pick up travelers - we don't know exactly why.

It's hard to say how good this place is. We were heading towards Sofia/Istanbul -> the driver heading to Pirot left us there saying it was a good place. Generally, cars don't drive very fast there – they see you and your sign, but there's no gas station or anything like that. After about half an hour, we managed to catch a truck heading to Sofia. There are often queues of trucks at the border, so there's a chance you'll cross the border and ask drivers one by one if they can take you to Istanbul. We finally made it to Sofia that day, but I think there's a chance you'll catch a driver going further.

If you're heading towards Sofia/Istanbul, this is an average spot for hitchhiking; more drivers head towards Greece/Macedonia. We tried to hitchhike at a gas station for 2.5 hours, then moved directly onto the highway. After 45 minutes, a driver heading to Pirot stopped us. I don't know if we were unlucky or if it's actually a bad spot. It's hard to say. (Perhaps we should ask the drivers at the Nais Hotel on the other side.) Overall, it's a good place for a wild camping trip – there's a quiet meadow behind the fence, and if you need one, there's a shop and a toilet.