Hitchhiking from Bologna
Hitchhiking to Bologna
Recent reviews mentioning Bologna
45.92011, 13.62694
Walk on the side of the highway (safe) all the way to the border (10min). Stand between the two border control post. I ask the Sloven border control and they said they are okay for me hitchhiking, I asked the italians and they said no. So i stood in SLovenia aha. It's the best spot since people slow down to 30 and you catch all the trafic, however, with a huge sign bologna venice, it took me 2hrs to get pickedrating: 1/5, wait: 120 min 🪧, ride: 171 km ↙
―jurichezzbmx, June 2024
45.44176, 12.05122
Many people going for MIlan and Switzerland, but still got a ride to Bologna within 30minrating: 5/5, wait: 30 min 💬+🪧, ride: 146 km ↙
―jurichezzbmx, June 2024
44.4887, 11.2434
Pros - well equipped Decathlon beside, large roundabout to wait, good spot to drop off while arriving from Modena, 1,50€ train by Casalecchio Palasport station or bus from Ceretolo Vivaldi (Riale is 2,20)Cons - this spot takes you into the main road to Bologna and potentially into the highway but you should be sure whether driver goes north, east or south so that you don't get stuck on the highway.
rating: 4/5, ride: 9 km →
―GiovanniTonucci, May 2024
44.08924, 12.47105
Got a ride to Bologna after 30 minutes of smiles.Invest 1,50€ by Roger app to get bus 9 from Rimini station to San Vito or train to Santarcangelo and walk from the last stop. Stand before the "no autostop". A young guy saw his wanderer friend in me and picked me up. Traffic is chilled but could be busy in rush hours.
rating: 5/5, wait: 30 min 👍, ride: 118 km ↖
―GiovanniTonucci, May 2024
44.45604, 11.28064
An extremely busy Autogrill! So many German cars going both North and South. For some reason though quite difficult to get to Bologna from here and close to IMPOSSIBLE to go East towards Rimini.You can ask people directly where they're going or stand with a sign at the exit of the gas station (less effective).
According to my calculations the peak traffic was reached at 1 pm with an average of 60 cars passing in the Southern direction and 40 in the Northern (yes I spent the whole day here, it was this comfy + nice view).
The grocery shops on both sides of the road are so busy you can easily get away with taking any food/drinks and going upstairs with it to the restaurant (Didn't want to risk too much and only got 1 pack of chocolates 4 euro worth).
Tablediving is indeed extraordinary here! Mostly due to presence of many wasteful Americans XD
Can't vote for the free showers though, doubt it's still a thing.
Not sure if you can camp nearby this place but there are some pretty thick trees at the boot of the hill (some fences have to be jumped over to get there).
rating: 5/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 8 km ↗
―ahqpey, September 2023
46.18573, 13.11904
I think is a good place to go South or to Trieste, we found a ride directly to Bologna that was our destination. Medium traffic but not a lotrating: 4/5, wait: 30 min
―Anonymous, August 2023
45.47484, 12.21135
Great spot if you want to get to Venice or in direction of Slovakia/Austria. Likewise for Milan, Trident.Incredibly bad spot if you want to get to Bologna and further - we had to spend the night. In terms of sleeping: I recommend going through a gate and turning left, there’s some bush - we set up a tent and spent a night there without any problem, and we used the toilet at the gas station during the morning. Station’s staff was nice and they didn’t cause any problem.
But if you’re going to Bologna etc, I recommend catching any hike in direction of Milano / Padua and getting into the next autogrill (gas station) between Venice and Padua - Ristop |Arino Ovest. Amazing spot to catch a long ride and it’s not that far!
rating: 3/5, wait: 120 min
―Pantaera, August 2023
45.08303, 9.31767
The first car i asked got me to Bologna. i as lucky maybe. But asking works definitely wellrating: 5/5, wait: 1 min, ride: 209 km →
―jurichezzbmx, July 2023
44.90383, 8.36438
I was asking drivers toward Piacenza e bologna, got friendly reactions and in 45min a ride to a petrol station 40min away. Nicerating: 5/5, wait: 50 min, ride: 97 km →
―jurichezzbmx, July 2023
45.0837, 7.51555
Another french hitchhiker was there, he was going north and me toward bologna. I was asking drivers with my best italian "lei parla inglese? no? ho, vado verso alessandria e mi serve un passagio per favor." I had a lot of friendly reaction and many people were not going there, eventually, a french dude drove me to an autogrill close to alessandria. Nicerating: 4/5, wait: 60 min, ride: 103 km →
―jurichezzbmx, July 2023
44.50518, 11.3089
We, two girls on a Saturday morning, tried to get out of Bologna from this spot. The place is not that bad in theory: Cars dont drive too fast and people noticed us in general. There is a lot of traffic. Nevertheless we were standing for one and a half hour without success. Finally we decided to move from this spot because it was quite sunny and there is no shadow.rating: 2/5
―Anonymous, March 2023
44.08924, 12.47105
I waited 90 minutes but i think i was just unlucky. Three cars stopped for me but all were going to South and i wanted to go to Bologna. There are enough place for the cars to stop, you can hitchhike before the no autostop sign so its not illegal to do it here. The other entrance to the highway in Rimini is now under construction so probably its the best spot to hitchhike up to the highway for both direction.rating: 5/5, wait: 90 min, ride: 126 km ↖
―HUNmeszabi, March 2023
46.60224, 13.8805
Cars drive quite fast but this time we were lucky and got a direct lift to Bologna after only 15 min of waitingrating: 4/5, wait: 15 min
―Anonymous, March 2023
45.47448, 12.21131
Stood in the roundabout side with a sign saying bologna/padova A13; frendly greek truck driver stopped exiting the service are. Maybe it was luck but got straight to bologna beware of the drop off!!! I advise standing in the roundabout close to the exit of gas station cose you get seen by everybody. You can easily access the gas station from behind, just walk around it till you see an open gate ;)rating: 4/5, wait: 5 min, ride: 156 km ↙
―Tomtom, February 2023
44.45604, 11.28064
We arrived there with a bus from Bologna. But to reach the gas station you have to follow a street on the right of the bridge. Than you will find the one side of the gas station. It is difficult to reach the gas station from there because there is a big fence and lots of cameras. But dont be afraid just go back and pass the tunnel to the other side of the highway. There is fence which can be passed easily. After a little bit of fight with bushes you will find a betonwall with holes for trash bins. There you can get on the gas station. Inside the gas station you can change the side over the "autogrill " like you want.―RoSi, September 2016
44.86332, 11.062
We, 2 people, got a ride nearly to Bologna at 1 pm.―RoSi, September 2016
45.29381, 11.00982
We were two people and just asked the people on the gas station. We wanted to go to Modena to go further to Bologna. But no one was going there so finally we got a ride to the train station of Isola della Scala. Not recommended, strange atmosphere there!―RoSi, September 2016
45.34117, 10.99909
We tried to go from Verona to Bologna. After waiting on a bad place near the highway we decided to go on smaller roads. Via Isola de la Scala, Mirandulina ... Even if its not a highway cars go fast there just in villages near traffic lights they stop for while. But people are sceptic about hitchhiking even lokals said so.―Anonymous, August 2016
43.72064, 11.22311
Hitching spot towards Bologna or Milano on the entrance to the Autostrada before the toll point. Traffic moves slow coming out of the roundabout. Its good to have a sign.―Anonymous, July 2016
43.63269, 10.59497
Q8 gas station with Autogrill. Very easy to catch a ride to Firenze, maybe further towards Bologna.―Anonymous, May 2016