Hitchhiking from Lyon

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45.44558, 4.46665

As every petrol station: ask around and you'll make it easy. To Lyon/chambery

―Jurichezzbmx, June 2026

44.36189, 2.57081

Cars drive fast but they have space to pull over. I recommend to stay on the side of the road, better than being on the central reservation. This spot strategically got me out of rodez direction Lyon

―Jurichezzbmx, June 2026

44.72372, 4.78678

In 1 hour I got a ride to Lyon. I tried to get a ride to Germany, but most card were with holiday couples who didn't stop..

―danaha, June 2026

44.86854, -0.50197

pas ouf comme spot mais le mieux pour sortir de bdx pour aller vers lyon merci a l’ancien autostopeur qui m’a pris et qui connaissais ce spot

―lulutin, June 2026

46.96218, 4.83591

ez ride to Lyon. french people are the best.

―AleksP, June 2026

46.14185, 4.76742

bon spot pour aller dans le sud et pour skip Lyon

―erbadagram, May 2026

44.9673, 4.88726

Honestly I find this is the best spot to go to lyon / anywhere north. I usually wait with a sign, and ususally wait 5 - 1O minutes. Only day I waited longer than that we were 2 and had our dog.

―Anonymous, May 2026

45.61293, 5.21156

Super stop pour aller plus loin que Lyon. Nous sommes allés jusqu’à Clermont

―LesAquariumés, May 2026

45.08443, 7.52739

On trouve facilement ici pour la France, nous avons été jusqu’à Lyon

―LesAquariumés, May 2026

45.73446, 4.81814

few cars are stopping at the gas station, and it is quite difficult for the cars to stop there (except at the traffic light) furthermore not so many cars really take A7 (that was my goal) as most of those heading south are ALREADY on A7 which goes above you... I have to find a better place to go outside Lyon!

―lupa, May 2026

45.61293, 5.21156

Asked around for one hour or so with a sign with "Lyon" written on it. Paradoxically, this service area is so close to Lyon that nobody was going there, all the people were just taking a break before heading to further destinations. I gave up and walked to the nearby train station (25/30 min walk) and took the train for Lyon-Perrache

―BepisFresh, May 2026

45.13569, 7.08687

Service station with lots and lots of truck where you can even grab a coffee on the go I was holding a sign with "France" written on it and I tried both asking to the truck drivers and standing thumbs-up on the exit. Sadly, most of the truck drivers were going back to Turin. I got lucky to find a really kind polish driver that was going all the way to Troyes. My goal was to reach Lyon so he dropped me in a service area just outside the city

―BepisFresh, May 2026

46.69274, 4.84278

got there in the evening. not much traffic. maybe i'd try the gas station a bit more up north next time. found a ride that took my beyond lyon though which was reaply lucky

―SlowMorningKing, May 2026

43.54406, 3.79359

I believe it's the best place to cross the Montpellier without going into it. There's a lot of traffic in many directions. We've been asking everybody around and many people were going to the next city 60 km away or Lyon, fewer to Aix-en-Provence but it's the best way to Italy and we were heading to it. It's kinda hard to navigate on the map what's the best way to Italy cause there is a lot of roads crossing each other after Montpellier. We 2 guys got picked up by a father and son from Germany that were supposed to go to Monaco but on our way there the son got so angry he had no cigarettes left that he broke the car (tear out both the mirrors, started to throw things into the car) and told us to leave

―Szymon, May 2026

47.97371, 3.19796

Lol I waited 3 minutes and was taken by Christian to Lyon! Deo gratias!

―cavalierrustique, May 2026

47.29107, 0.68641

Nous voulions aller vers Lyon en venant de Poitiers mais très peu de voiture s’arrête sur cette aire. Nous avons finalement réussi à trouver une personne qui nous a déposé dans le centre de Tours.

―LesAquariumés, May 2026

48.05496, 0.25458

Très bon spot pour Paris vu que tout le monde y va. Par contre je descendais direction Clermont-Ferrand/Lyon, quasiment personne n'allait à Tours. Mais j'ai quand même fini par trouver, pour Lyon !

―Kweps, May 2026

45.84993, 3.40489

jours de trafic toujours moyen de trouver pour lyon et même facilement plus à l'est (grenoble, annecy...) ou vers le sud (vallée du rhone) recharge voiture électrique, station service, commerces, y aller en heure de pointe !

―Anonymous, May 2026

45.80402, 3.11991

utilisé très souvent seule ou à 2, facile de s'arrêter, facile de trouver pour lyon/sainté/roanne ( et même montpellier en départ de weekend et vacances), utilisé pour aller à lyon et sainté, possibilité de se faire poser à l'aire de lezoux à 20min

―Anonymous, May 2026

45.15036, 0.79889

pas mal de se mettre sur la voie d'accélération pour sortir de l'aire, pas mal de monde mais peut etre un peu long (on a eu qqun qui allait direct à lyon )

―Anonymous, May 2026


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