Hitchhiking in France
Hitchhiking to France
Recent reviews in France
44.104, 4.60849
Fonctionne bien
―Emilien, September 2026
44.24028, 4.64022
Il n'y a pas de place pour que les voitures s'arrêtent après le rond-point. Il vaut mieux s'arrêter au rond point d'avant
―Emilien, September 2026
44.27358, 4.7118
Super spot, accessible depuis la gare de bollene
―Emilien, September 2026
43.77181, -0.42186
fait du stop de nuit mais pris quand meme
―lulutin, September 2026
43.56771, 3.83447
it was about 19:45pm, the sun was setting, there were not many cars, maybe one a minute or so but the 8th or 9th car took me
―catfarm, September 2026
45.87575, 6.08343
Good spot to go to aix les bains
―Emilien, September 2026
45.89607, 6.11129
Il n'y a pas beaucoup de place pour s arrêter, c'est un peu dangereux pour la direction de Chambéry
―Emilien, September 2026
46.38039, 6.50858
I was on the way to Annecy, I got lucky, the third car picked me up and drop me at annecy, there are space to stop, don't go to the entrance of the highway, this spot is way better
―Emilien, September 2026
48.36841, -4.25834
Des accélérations tah rampe de lancement Ariane
―Alix, September 2026
48.26983, -3.53745
Super
―Alix, September 2026
48.24417, -3.30867
Bon spot pour aller vers l’Ouest pas mal de passage.
―Alix, September 2026
43.58941, 5.18722
I arrived a little late here around 6 pm, then was good movement of cars but less than in the morning or in the noon. I wait a little longer here, but some people offer go to Nice or aux Provence. Take a little longer to find my ride to Marseille, I recommend a good sing to show your destiny mine was little and not easy to read, but I found a nice guy who leave me exactly where I need to go in Marseille.
―Caminante, September 2026
45.65132, 4.83525
Perfect spot going out from Lyon to the South. I have the chance to go to the toilet take a coffee and I stay just in the gasoline area in the entrance to the parking area with my sign going to Marseille. There a Big car pick me up. the gay was super nice, was a slow ride but I could arrive to my next spot just 30 minutes from Marseille in the highway. I think was the perfect spot to find people going to the south.
―Caminante, September 2026
43.3304, -0.35075
nice spot. good visibility. cars have to slow down before the toll gate. cars can stop easy. 5/5 spot. got a lucky ride in a cabrio through the evening sun bringing me on the meter exact to the spot i wanted to go.
―Alphanumeric, September 2026
43.60549, -0.90763
okay spot. closer to the raundabout is probably nicer. there is a god spotto stop by in both places. mine got less visibility.
even on a Sunday - with approximately one car every 3 minutes passing by i got luky and a nice ride.
―Alphanumeric, September 2026
43.697, -1.02028
good spot. cars get slow out of the raundabout. enough space to stop by. good visibility. even on a Sunday i worked good.
―Alphanumeric, September 2026
45.65481, 2.69051
Got a very quick ride to La Bourboule. I had a sign "La Bourboule"
―particulefine, September 2026
45.73043, 4.888
I really love this spot, hitchhiked here several times already and it never disappointed me. I wish we had the same kind of spots on the West side of Lyon to go far West ! Well, this time I had a big sign "Grenoble" and it worked well. I advise you to write as big as you can (big cardboards are your friends) so that the cars can read it from far away. I also managed to go to the Maurienne Valley from this place, or to a petrol station on the way to Grenoble, this is great too.
―particulefine, September 2026
49.48242, 1.13338
Meilleur endroit de Rouen vers Amiens. On a attendu 4h en tout à plusieurs autres endroit et c'était impossible.
Best spot in Rouen to Amiens. We waited 4 HOURS in others places and nobody took us on board.
―McKinley, September 2026
43.69507, 1.4006
il y a de la place pour s’arrêter mais les gens sont pressés
―lulutin, September 2026
Recent reviews mentioning France
46.34764, 15.48586
Got here 8am on a Sunday. Not much traffic. Stops with a sign for 30mins, then had a wash and sat outside cafe for a while resting with sign.
Back to exit with sign and picked up in 15 minutes from a couple Romanians on the way to France
―yungwuzz, September 2026
51.19374, 4.40059
Hitchhiked here many times towards Ghent, France or the seaside. Cars drive slowly and can easily pullover on the hard shoulders. Waited mostly 5 tot 10 minutes.
―Japie4, September 2026
41.90707, 2.77323
Quite big gas station. Many People going to France.
―Emilien, September 2026
51.26511, 0.61583
4 hours for a lift into France. Long ol wait but idk wheres a better spot for getting across. Done in July
―Anonymous, September 2026
51.12949, 6.60308
Slow station on a Monday morning, Thumbed for a bit and then asked someone and the first person we asked was going into France so we took the ride. One woman in a wheelchair and one man. The cleaning staff were very rude but the gas station staff were great.
―maxiental, August 2026
43.74368, 7.37872
Too easy 😂😂 I just exited from my previous driver car, wrote my destination on my velleda when a 35 yo women took me directly to Montpellier. There were policeman near, I was lucky to be picked beefore they saw me (it is illegal to hitchhike at a toll station in France).
―Gregotostpp, August 2026
47.81347, 7.55588
Two guys from France take us To mullhouse.
The Cars Are Not so fast and you have Are Gas Station To ask people
―Gangedi, August 2026
41.64629, 2.42449
I got picked up be a Spanish couple. They saw me and asked if I needed a lift to France (always have the sign in the Hand) and I told them yes. I went really fast so it's a good starting spot for the Journey.
―TomTom787, August 2026
48.04945, 7.81054
good spot for going further south, we wanted specifically to go to colmar so got a short ride until first turn to france.
―Papikow, August 2026
48.01235, 7.80908
tried to get to colmar. i thought is good in theory but didnt work out. after two hours a guy came up to us and said to go further away. immediatly after another one said the opposite, to go towards city center. we ended up catching a ride from here 48.011931, 7.806588 but wrong direction. it was our mistake, we wrote "france" and started riding towards strassburg.
―Papikow, August 2026
51.27315, 0.04278
Really hot day and lack of sleep. Took the ride to Maidstone (aiming for France/Belg) I wanted to avoid :-D
Some space at the end to stop - it's not perfect, but technically cars could stop a little after the exit too but the pull off is not so wide. A lorry did stop saying he was going on the channel tunnel but that it was paid (not true...he was blocking traffic though so I didn't have time to discuss with him...).
Look out for Ken - the guy from Singapore who's been living on the services for several months. Quite the character. Won't accept anything of help...
―whisperingofthestars, August 2026
43.23027, -2.75437
first car I asked (belgian number sign) took me to france, water bottle was expensive (1,9€) (tap water in this region is usually quite chlorinated), toilet is free and ok
―1tramp, August 2026
43.23027, -2.75437
nice spot to get into France (Bayonne)
―Anonymous, August 2026
49.21209, 7.04254
There is an important flow of cars at this spot. I was waiting with a sign "FRANCE / FRANKREICH" but it wasn't enough... A french advice me to go towards the cross road between L107 and highway, by hoping finding a french car from the airport of Saarbrücken (cheapest fly). By walking there with the thumb up, I've found someone that have accepted to help me and brought me to the highway althought it wasn't his way.
―peduch, August 2026
49.37298, 7.37395
This is a great spot to go to Paris indeed, but I made a mistake. I accept a car to Saarbrücken by thinking there would be an other "rastplatz", but there is NO. I should have waited more to find someone to FRANCE (it was my big mistake of the day that took me 3 hours...)
―peduch, August 2026
41.6731, 60.77053
Objective : Bukhara. Indeed very good spot. I was offered a melon 🍈 and then a redhead teenager talked to me. At this moment a bus stopped. I was like : naaah I don't want to pay. I then explained in ouzbek than I travel without money from France and the bus manager said "OK LET'S GO". Made a lot of friends in the bus ! All nice people. Was also offered launch. Deo Gratias!
―cavalierrustique, August 2026
47.57318, 7.56746
I started at 9 till 11 on a Wednesday. Goal: Mulhouse. Maybe a bad time for hitchhiking. I tried to go to the truck parking area 200 m away, but border control sent me back. Now I’ve decided to cross the border on foot and start hitchhiking in France.
―Justmarcus, August 2026
47.05055, 8.30156
Nobody took us towards „Basel/France“ locals told us this is actually a bad spot because it’s very stressful and drivers have to switch to the lane away from the walkway to get even on the highway. We are now heading towards „Emmenbrücke, Sprengi“ with the bus as it’s less traffic and most people will go in the direction of Basel.
―Matklee, August 2026
42.87921, -2.65645
Lots of cars passing but mostly locals. We tried to get a hike to San Sebastian or furthere towards France and had N-240 -> FRANCE written on our sign but a lot of people pointed to the right side, as if we had to go there to go our direction, even if Maps was leading us this way. Would it only recommend If you are fine with going only few kilometers. Or for France maybe try on the right lane to the highway
―Gurke, August 2026
46.14773, 6.09545
Would be 5 stars if not for the police risk. Swiss police told me I had to cross into France or leave the highway area in Switzerland.
―daniellorell, August 2026