If you want to get to Madrid I think it's pretty good. Took me 2 minutes.

There is a restaurant and a gas station to ask people or you can just stand on the entrance of the highway. Many people offered me a ride to Portugal, so I guess that's easy. To find a ride in the direction of Madrid took me one hour but then it was a direct one :) There were two cars going to Madrid before but they were already full.

Was a good first ride to get closer to Madrid.

Was a good first ride to get in the direction of Madrid.

This roundabout is on the main path out of Segovia towards Madrid, traffic is slow-moving and has plenty of space to pull over in the service station. It was well-lit at night, however it will probably be really hot during the day. It is a ~40 minute walk from the main destinations of Segovia. We may have been luckier than normal as the eclipse brought a lot of Madrid residents to Segovia.

Loads of families at this gas station, so not alot cars with room. Alot of foreigners also and people speak quite good english and are mostly friendly. Mostly people are heading to Bilbao or along the north coast but at the end we got a ride to Madrid

Its a good spot of you are not afraid of approaching people. I spoke a little bit of Spanish with everyone, though have found an English guy going to Madrid. Be patient and polite!

On journay from Barcelona this was my transfer station. It seems all cars from Barcelona to Madrid need to go on this way. On gas station is also restaurant. Exit ramp is great long and cars are slow.

So far best spot on the journey from Madrid to Barcelona. But probably got lucky with ride in 10min. I was here at morning around 9:00. Great visible spot to stand with sign and under tree with shade. Not so busy but some flow of car is there. I got there with bus 214 from the city. Don't take cards, better have cash in coins.

Fantastic spot on the corner of the petrol station. Traffic is steady and there’s plenty of space to stop. I finished writing my sign to ‘Granada’ and applied some suncream and as soon as I held it out the second car stopped and said he was going all the way to Granada! (On his way to Madrid) Literally took 2 seconds. I jumped out near Malaga however since I got a couchsurfing acceptance. I was alone as a female hitch-hiker this was around 10am on a Saturday.

Its one of the best spots to go south from Burgos. The cars are going quite slow and have a place to stop even though the trafic wasnt huge it was okay. Two cars stoped in like 5 minutes going to Lermo, but we wanted to go straight to Madrid so we waited for half an hour and than got a ride to Madrid

The gas station is quite busy and almost everyone goes to madrid. You can find toilets, showers (broken atm) and a small shop with chargers. The prices are the usual. There is a small restaurant but not many people come to eat. Most stop for a quick pause as there is a small park nearby. Its as good as it gets for spain, many people are freaked out by hitchhiking but we managed to catch a ride to madrid within 30min.

There is a gas station + a restaurant there. Many cars come by, around 50% go to Valencia and 50% go to Madrid. You can ask drivers at the gas station or at the restaurant, we did both and found someone in the restaurant right away. A cute couple took us 1 hour closer to madrid. Tip: When you find a service station on their way, make sure it has many ratings (1000+) so you don't get stranded.

To go towards Madrid/Andalusia: You reach this spot by the public „metrobus“ 430A from Valencia. Its not the red city busses but the yellow metrobus. It starts from the main bus station but dont try to catch it there because noone knows where it departs. We caught it one spot down from there and it came by the time stated on google maps. Its like 3€. The spot itself is not great but okay. There are people going to Valencia or other local towns (many), some to Madrid and quite a few to Andalusia/Sevilla/Portugal. Many cars are full. We arrived at 20:00 and tried for 2 hours and got close to a lift to madrid multiple times. We went to sleep in a field nearby which was perfect. Next day it took us another 2 hours to go to another service station 1 1/2 hours towards spain. I don't know if we just got unlucky but I think its just spain. Many people are shocked when you ask them for a lift.

To go towards Madrid/Andalusia: You reach this spot by the public „metrobus“ 430A from Valencia. Its not the red city busses but the yellow metrobus. It starts from the main bus station but dont try to catch it there because noone knows where it departs. We caught it one spot down from there and it came by the time stated on google maps. Its like 3€. The spot itself is not great but okay. There are people going to Valencia or other local towns (many), some to Madrid and quite a few to Andalusia/Sevilla/Portugal. Many cars are full. We arrived at 20:00 and tried for 2 hours and got close to a lift to madrid multiple times. We went to sleep in a field nearby which was perfect. Next day it took us another 2 hours to go to another service station 1 1/2 hours towards spain. I don't know if we just got unlucky but I think its just spain. Many people are shocked when you ask them for a lift.

Got a ride to Portugal ! And some people were ready to take me to Madrid. Good spot

Shit spot not one person wanted to take us any further then this point, if you want to go to Madrid great other way not that good. Would not recommend

On visait Madrid , on s'est mis ici pour l'emplacement qui semblait convenir et selon les quelques avis positifs. Assez chaotique, 1 voiture s'est arrêtée mais allait à 20 km plus loin. En soit c'est un bon lieu pour attendre le miracle : toilettes et points d'eau, ravito en bouffe ( bon 4 balles le paquet de Pringles classique...) , espace pour dormir. On a scotché 2 panneaux : "Madrid" et "Portugal" ( sait-on jamais !) mais ça n'a po marché. On était contraint par les horaires , donc youplaboum on se fait un panneau "Valencia" , et en 10 minutes nous voilà revenu à notre point de départ... C'est peut être un bon spot pour aller à Madrid puisque c'est "qu'à" 3h45 de route , mais bon c'est pas en 1 fois qu'on peut juger l'emplacement

On s'est mis ici suite aux différents avis de la carte, et bah on aura pas eu autant de chance... On s'est fait refouler par tous les chauffeurs routiers de la station , il y en a beaucoup et dispersés partout sur l'aire. La plupart allaient à Tarragone , Valencia ou pas très loin de Barcelone. Les voitures n'allaient pas très loin non plus. On est tombés sur un mec qui allait à Gibraltar mais qui n'avait pas de places dans son camping-car , la poisse... Globalement on alternait tour des camions / tour des voitures / pouce à la sortie de l'aire. Un russe s'est arrêté et nous a emmené d'une seule traite à Valencia. On visait Saragosse , Madrid ou Burgos; le spot semble pas trop mal pour bouger autour de Barcelone, mais c'est possible de tomber sur la pépite qui peut vous emmener loin ! 5h30 d'attente.

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.