Hitchhiking from Lyon
Hitchhiking to Lyon
Recent reviews mentioning Lyon
46.9903, 7.47742
First of all: whoever drew the Squat symbol here thabks haha you got a good laugh out of me when I got here.Otherwise: okay spot, stood witha lyon sign for like 90minutes and coud not get a ride for that direction but with a lausanne sign like the 3rd oerson stopped for me
rating: 3/5, wait: 100 min, ride: 116 km ↙
―Anonymous, July 2025
42.78164, 2.89743
From Cap Rousillon, fairly easy to get to, just ignore google telling you to walk for over an hour and cut the field after passing D900. Tried to go for Lyon/Paris but noone picked us up for 1,5h. We got a ride 20mins after changing it to Montpellier. Tons of space to stop.rating: 4/5, wait: 110 min 🪧, ride: 180 km ↗
―wojtekox, Sat 26 Jul 2025, 14:00
47.14951, 5.58346
loads of multinational plates, most people are going to lyon or further south. many cars parked here during the summer are full, so expect a little longer wait times. still, even in fierce rain we got a lift to Beaune in a little over an hour.rating: 5/5, wait: 60 min 💬+🪧, ride: 73 km ←
―BI, Fri 25 Jul 2025, 17:12
47.2763, 5.98861
best spot in the world (maybe) cars are super slow, can see you from far away and have loads of space to pull over, also a bunch of parking trucks if youre more of an asking round kinda person, bathroom and markers and cardboard can be found at the hardware store bit downhillsgot picked up within few mins in the rain on an early afternoon, with signs for A36 and Lyon.
rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧, ride: 42 km ↙
―BI, Fri 25 Jul 2025, 15:09
43.59008, 5.19035
Great spot, there is a lot of people going in the différent directions, I easily found a lift in the direction of Lyonrating: 5/5, wait: 15 min 💬, ride: 180 km ↑
―PtitSushi, Sat 19 Jul 2025, 14:39
48.04993, 7.81068
Yeap.... this one is terrible for france, for Switzerland is really good, I changed my plans to go to Lyon through Switzerland after waiting too longrating: 3/5, wait: 150 min 💬+🪧, ride: 236 km ↙
―Persas531, July 2025
48.23241, 7.40469
A local dropped me off here thursday evening, young solo woman heading to Lyon. I asked people directly in the rest stop, and was offered a ride from the second person I asked. Seems like a good place to end up overnight if necessary - food court and store, free restrooms, good lighting.rating: 5/5, wait: 2 min 💬, ride: 423 km ↙
―Celine, Thu 17 Jul 2025, 20:50
48.53846, 7.71709
Thursday evening, young solo woman trying to go to Lyon. Was super empty, very little traffic. It also seemed like the gas station was out of gas for some reason. Took 1 hour until someone offered me a ride to a better spot - Aire du Haut Koenigsbourg, where I got a ride immediately.rating: 1/5, wait: 60 min 🪧, ride: 51 km ↙
―Celine, Thu 17 Jul 2025, 19:40
45.63074, 4.81885
Very bad spot, too close to Lyon, don't go there if you want to go in other places than Lyonrating: 1/5, wait: 160 min, ride: 15 km ↗
―buj, July 2025
43.71191, 4.13174
Great place to go in the direction of Lyonrating: 4/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 75 km ↗
―buj, July 2025
43.85637, 4.41986
This seems like the perfect place to hitch east. The traffic is slow after the roundabout, there is lots of space to stop. There was shade from the sun. I tried everything. At one point, I was helping drivers get peage tickets that were coning out of the machine too high. Still noone wanted to take me. A lot of traffic was going south.I shouldnhabe read the reviews that there's a country road going east so should have tried that.
Just as I was picking up my bags to walk somewhere else, a man picked me up and drove me where I was hoping to get to near valance!
I had a sign for orange/lyon which matched the road sign.
rating: 3/5, wait: 120 min 🪧, ride: 130 km ↑
―andyt94, July 2025
43.57579, 3.8737
For going east towards lyon a difficult spot. The traffic is fast. It I'd after a round about and then the lane splits in two (one east, one west). A difficult place for drivers to stop.rating: 1/5, ride: 67 km ↗
―Andy, July 2025
46.18244, 6.22967
Very good spot. Cara go quite slow. With a paper with the place you go quite easy. I took a ride to Lyon.rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 🪧
―Anonymous, Thu 10 Jul 2025, 08:58
47.52447, 6.85769
One driver took us here from Belfort (we were on a way to Lyon). He did recommend us this place that it is better than Belfort. Worst idea, only after “HELP” sign we did get on the way.rating: 1/5, wait: 90 min, ride: 17 km ↙
―ondrej56, July 2025
43.71318, 4.1329
we were 2 and we begin with a sign for Lyon but people didn't take us so we go talk to people in parking and we found so in 10 minutes on the parkingrating: 4/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 159 km ↗
―Saul, Sun 06 Jul 2025, 16:00
45.78898, 4.90718
It’s a good spot, many cars going direction Paris but we wanted to get to Switzerland and we managed to get to a gas station just outside of Lyonrating: 4/5, wait: 30 min, ride: 18 km ↗
―Fiorekonlife, July 2025
44.74567, -0.70141
It’s a great spot, big station and we slept and showered in the lake next to it. Only problem that a lot cars are going only to Bordeaux but we got a ride to the other side of the city so we could go to Lyonrating: 5/5, wait: 120 min, ride: 27 km ↗
―Fiorekonlife, July 2025
44.86854, -0.50197
This spot is actually really good if you want to get to Lyon, or even Switzerland because there is a lot of traffic and they have a good place to stop next to the road, but I think it’s better to have a sign there. We 2 people got a ride next to Lyon with a guy that even bought us ice cream!rating: 5/5, wait: 40 min, ride: 405 km →
―Fiorekonlife, July 2025
45.77243, 4.79121
Second time hitchiking here, it's a decent spot as far as they go to go north from Lyon, waited about 2O minutes with a sign A62e fois que je fais du stop ici, c'est correct sur l'échelle des possible pour sortir au nord de lyon, j'ai attendu une vingtaine de minutes avec une pancarte A6
rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 137 km ↑
―Anonymous, July 2025
43.93847, 4.59779
Really good spot to go to Nîmes or Montpellier.Unfortunately, we were going to the north (Lyon) so we had to refuse 3 times before someone stopped.
If you go to the north, I think it's better to use a sign (Orange, Lyon...)
rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min
―nikozo, July 2025