Hitchhiking from Barcelona
Hitchhiking to Barcelona
Recent reviews mentioning Barcelona
42.37115, 1.88052
Honestly we were so lucky that Thomas picked us because this spot is really bad and car don’t have a lot of place to Park… but still ok if you want to go barcelona
―YouriLespinasse, January 2026
42.42294, 1.92231
Good place to go to Barcelona, a lot of space for cars to Park and ask them for a ride
―YouriLespinasse, January 2026
41.71184, 1.83438
This is one of the best spots in Manresa to go to Barcelona! We tried the two roundabout more in the north before for 1h15 but it was not working.
So we mooved and get a course in 2 min!!
The spot is perfect with great space for the cars to stop before the roundabout.
―YouriLespinasse, January 2026
45.24678, 5.86661
Perfect spot. Sunday morning, lots of international and long distance cars, going in all directions. Couldn't find cardboard so just thumbed, and got a ride all the way to Barcelona, my ultimate destination.
―friki, December 2025
42.41161, 2.87597
with my girlfriend (her comment bellow), after shopping in near mall (must visit, the prices were so low) we got a ride to Barcelona with german van guy (shoutout naked Gert, i love it)
―kapitan, November 2025
42.52352, 2.8177
mother with daughter took us and said that she is going to Barcelona, loud music, windows down, hurricane at back seats, stoped few kilometres behind border in Ia Jonquera and without any speach she went to shop. so did we, the prices were so low, must have, little chaotic, but good vibe after all
―kapitan, November 2025
41.46823, 1.97742
Not that great of a spot. Hitchiking in early November (2 guys) going south, waited for 3 hours before a Ukrainian guy took us to our destination, Peniscola. Although I don't know what would be a better spot to leave Barcelona.
―Anonymous, November 2025
40.54826, -3.26992
Most spanish i talked to did not go to Zaragoza. After some time i got a ride with a german women who was going to the french pyrenees. I went with her to Zaragoza to continue to Barcelona. It was around 9 am. I would recommend this spot when going out of Madrid, since other Spots of hitchhiking out of Madrid didn‘t go well. It‘s a gas station + restaurant and there is fairly good traffic.
―Pasch, October 2025
42.4054, 2.87267
We asked people at the gas station and after asking 8 or 9 cars, one took us to near Barcelona ! Great
―horty, October 2025
43.30968, 5.36842
Best place to leave Marseille. I used it two times. This time, i got a ride straight to Montpellier within 5 minutes, the car was going to Barcelona. I use a sign "MONTPELLIER, Fos/Salon". In Salon there is a massive toll on the highway where you can have better luck. The other way through Fos is a smaller road where you can hitchike from roundabout.
―jurichezzbmx, October 2025
42.4054, 2.87267
This petrol station is surprisingly quiet and pleasant (compared to the rest of the Jonquera industrial area). A constant flow of cars stopping by, but not super busy either. The right amount of traffic. Eventhough I had a sign saying "Figueres", where I was planning to take a train, a middle aged french couple took me all the way to Barcelona, my destination.
―Mandarina787, October 2025
43.21409, 3.08978
Was just standing at the end of the station because I'm lazy, sign Barcelona. Still got a ride within 20 minutes. Less friendly cars than before, but lots of them (very good steady flow, it was also lunch time).
―friki, September 2025
43.8748, 4.44879
Waited at the exit of the car area for 5 minutes with sign Barcelona. Lots of cars and trucks. Got approached with ride to Narbonne by lovely older couple, took it. They fed me breakfast and sweets.
―friki, September 2025
42.52352, 2.8177
Got a ride to Barcelona after some time, maybe when it's less traffic on the highway, you can try to go directly at the highway right after the toll at the side of the road
―spykm, September 2025
41.66021, -0.91061
I waited here, because of the comment before. Got picked up by a family to the other side of Zaragoza. Hope to get a ride to Barcelona there. (The car actually came not from the curve, so from the other direction is also posst)
―AlexJ, August 2025
43.59168, 7.03583
We were walking around the gas station and asking people with a sign to Montpellier, suddenly a guy came to us and said he's going to Andorra. We were trying to get to Barcelona, so we were very lucky!
―ignassew, August 2025
40.22819, 0.21232
It is not the greatest spot, but the previous guy took us to a gas station in Torreblanca and that was even worse spot. There wasn't much traffic and not an ideal place to stop, lot of trucks. Most of people were going to Barcelona, we had sign with Castello. After some time a kind lady stopped us and took us to train station in Castello. Boy and girl, afternoon, weekday.
―Anonymous, August 2025
42.41161, 2.87597
Stood there with a sign to smaller town on the coast, but get a ride in direction Barcelona with a funny german guy in caravan.
Mainly locals went here, it was a weekday in the early evening, a boy and a girl
―Anonymous, August 2025
42.25493, 2.96899
Very good spot to go towards Barcelona but Spanish don't take hitchhikers
―Anonymous, July 2025
41.61025, 1.84621
After an all too brief visit to Barcelona, I decided to begin my journey north, back towards my home. The original plan was to follow the coast, but being right in the middle of one of Spain's worst heatwaves in years, I decided north to Andorra would be a wiser (and prettier) option. I took the train with a Greek girl I met to Montserrat, where she promised a cable car, a very scenic train, and a monastery, how could I say no! After arriving, she told me she was staying that night in the monastery, and I decided to accompany her to help translate since she didn't speak any Spanish. This lead to a fantastic lunch with the monks and priests amongst the Dia De San Joan celebrations!
Upon leaving, the bridge seemed like the most logical place to try to stop traffic. However, after an hour of shouted remarks from the patrons of the café across the road, and plenty of middle fingers from passing cars, my patience was starting to ware thin… After a quick beer to recharge, a refill of my water bottle, and another half hour wait, I got a lift from a very loud Spanish man up the motorway a little ways. Despite my pleas to drop me at a service station, he insisted in dropping me in his terrible hometown, Sallent…
If you choose to hitch from here, I'd still say the bridge is the best option going, and the train to the monastery is probably one of the most scenic options for getting out of Barcelona. However for your own sanity, definitely do not leave the motorway, get yourself dropped at a service station!
―Paquito, July 2025