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Hitchhiking from Geneva

Hitchhiking to Geneva

Recent reviews mentioning Geneva

42.03238, 21.40376

Good spot and fairly busy, got a dude from Geneva that dropped me into a town in Kosovo, you can see the license plates so that helps too.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 53 km ↖

―SunnySupertramp, July 2025

46.50637, 6.7093

Not many cars but all will be going geneva or lausanne, so high success rate.

rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min 🪧, ride: 68 km ↙

―MasonKingAllen, July 2025

45.19687, 5.75319

It's hard to rate this one. It seems like a perfect spot because all traffic is joining the road to the North East (the road I wanted) and there's a gas station where you can talk to drivers. Some people stopped on the road. Everyone I spoke to was friendly. Everyone I spoke to was only going 10 minutes up the road. In the end, I took a bus to Geneva to meet a friend.

Other people might have more luck!

rating: 3/5, wait: 90 min 💬+🪧

―andyt94, Sat 19 Jul 2025, 16:00

46.82614, 7.14671

There’s an emergency lane and a lot of space for cars to stop. Even it’s a non-pedestrian zone I didn’t had problems when the police passed by. It’s the best place to go south (Lausanne, Geneve, Montreux).

I stood with a sign that said Geneva and in 10 min. I’ve got a ride to Lausanne.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 🪧, ride: 62 km ↙

―Luca, Tue 15 Jul 2025, 19:00

45.99333, 6.12819

Small péage with 2 tolls for Geneva and 1 for Chamonix Mt Blanc. Not many cars (at 18h00 on a Wednesday) but enough to have a great chance to find one. Loads going to towns on the way to Chamonix but I didn't end up finding one direct. It shoulf be possible if you wait a little longer though.

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min 👍, ride: 49 km →

―MasonKingAllen, July 2025

45.92717, 6.12408

Great spot. Hitchhike at the little turn off from the roundabout. On the side if the road is better, the island would be ideal since i saw multiple Geneva plates go the roundabout instead of the turnoff but theres no realistic way for them to stop at the roundabout. The turnoff is brilliant for stopping.

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 9 km ↑

―MasonKingAllen, July 2025

47.13756, 9.05109

Very active service station. Had no trouble finding a ride standing at the exit. In 10 minutes I was offered 2 rides to Zurich but I declined and the 3rd few minutes after took me past Bern. Probably possible to find rides to Lausanne and Geneva if you're lucky.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 🪧, ride: 197 km ←

―VeikkaK, Fri 02 May 2025, 16:30

46.14975, 5.96967

Direction Bellegarde and Lyon. Not too much traffic but it's a good spot to get out of Geneva as it is easily reachable by bus and go towards Collonges, where there is the main road with much more traffic.

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min

―Anonymous, March 2025

45.92732, 6.12431

No cover, great ride to geneva

rating: 5/5, wait: 15 min, ride: 38 km ↑

―N, January 2025

46.67372, 6.56958

Large service station towards Lausanne and Geneva. Best is to stand on the exact marked spot with a sign, just in front of the gas station. Cars leaving the parking lot will pass by and whenever there are people filling up gas you can quickly go ask them.

rating: 5/5, wait: 20 min 💬+🪧

―Anonymous, November 2024

46.26805, 6.23751

Either ask around at the gas stations or stand at the side of the road, excellent visibility and space to pull over. We got to Geneva fairly quickly, probably even easier to go towards France, many french come here for fuel as it is cheaper

rating: 4/5, wait: 12 min 👍, ride: 12 km ↙

―Anonymous, November 2024

46.36824, 6.32426

Good spot, cars go slow and space to pull over and especially in summer many tourists. Easy to get towards Geneva.

rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 👍, ride: 16 km ↙

―Anonymous, November 2024

45.93887, 6.11708

Literally the second we arrived we got stopped by a police car and forced to walk back to the entry of the highway, threatening us to give us a 135€ fine if they saw us again. Anyway, little tip: All Swiss cars are on the right side of the péage, because the left lanes are reserved for telepéage which usually only french cars use. So, I imagine it's rather easy to get a ride towards Geneva as they all drive through the right lane and can stop next to you

rating: 3/5

―Anonymous, October 2024

46.58184, 7.07212

Very good spot to get far rides, because all the tourists from chateau de gruyère pass here. Nice place to stop for cars, but they can't see you from very far. Still, they are going slow and have reasonable time to pull over. We got lucky with a direct ride to geneva.

rating: 5/5, wait: 10 min 🪧

―Anonymous, September 2024

46.50632, 6.70945

Meh, not the best spot, even though the traffic was good, maybe bad luck, but nobody was going to Geneva way. Slept there and in the morning got a ride to another spot inside of Lausanne

rating: 2/5, wait: 180 min 🪧, ride: 10 km ←

―bogdanpanow, September 2024

46.80483, 7.12799

It's a very shady place to hitchhike there. To get there you need to walk a lot, climb over the fence and run through very active road. It's not allowed to hitchhike there, but there are no other good options, but possible to go futher to Bulle/Geneva

rating: 2/5, wait: 30 min 🪧, ride: 25 km ↓

―bogdanpanow, September 2024