It’s not great, but it’s Italy. And with it being Italy, it’s actually pretty good! I got there in the afternoon in late January, with a sign reading “Verona”. I barely got any looks from passing cars, in all the time I was then I think it was two waves at most. But after 45 minutes, Michaela and her young son offered me a ride to Desenzano. As we were driving, her son who spoke English would translate between us, to save me the horror of my broken Italian. She decided that she absolutely refused to drop me at a service station to continue hitching, not because it was dangerous in her eyes, but because she thought it would take too long! In her eyes, she wanted to take me all the way to Verona, so the best she could do was invite me to her home for lunch, and buy me a train ticked to Verona! After countless refusals on my behalf, I finally gave in to the hospitality, and had the loveliest afternoon. “I’ve never had anything like this happen when hitching before!” “You’re in Italy now.”

quite international, saw D/CH/B/A/I/ cars. girl at the cafe was asking drivers on my behalf :) reasonable traffic for so early on a saturday

brilliant. first car i asked was going to bolzano, second took me to milan (but both were taking a longer dinner break). good traffic, showers, dunno how easy to access on foot if not coming from the highway.

decent spot. the entrance is behind a gate and the entire station is behind a tall barbed wire fence. there is one spot where it is hoppable at time of writing (by going through Via Pietro Nenni). much better luck asking around than standing at the end. not that much traffic, but a lot of it going to rome. staff is supportive, one guy came to bring me chocolates and advise on how to talk to police if they bother me :)

Wonderful spot, where cars go slow and all enter into the highway. I found a lift toward the place i had on the sign

15 mins in the dark of a winter night - 19:00 - good (enough) place for cars to stop and there are enough passing through even in the evening

What a spot, I had a sign to Rimini and got picked up by a lovely lady in 15 mins, petrol station for people to drive into, lots of cars going by and traffic so they can see you

I got incredibly lucky as a Romanian truck driver picked me up (the BEST people) and I had a sign to Genova, but ended up going further as I wanna get to San Marino. Hard to get into this spot as i walked on the road, and police came and waved a finger no, but i ignored them and thankfully got a lift quickly after

Got lucky and one of the few drivers took us to innsbruck. Not much traffic but everybody there is heading north. Was around 8:30pm. Two male hitchhikers Summer 2025

Not so much traffic, no autogrill so coffee was expensive. But lovely apple-tree-fields right there. Overall not to good not to bad. Two male hitchhikers Summer 2025

Smaller autogrill, got lucky quickly tho. Ok spot for diverting into the north. Two male hitchhikers Summer 2025

Got taken right away into direction Verona. Big autogrill lots of drivers to ask. Two male hitchhikers. Summer 2025

Only waited for 15 minutes. Asked every person leaving the autogrill returning to their cars. Only got taken to Bergamo, but the direction was good. two male hitchhikers. Summer 2025

Only spot out of Milan, not a lot of traffic. Went trough the fence near the metro station, good walk, somebody already cut the fence. Two male hitchhikers, as usual in italy you need to approach the drivers a lot. Only got taken one 10km but to an better autogrill. Two male hitchhikers. Summer 2025

Very good spot, I was probably lucky but just holding my sign saying La Spezia a had an old couple stop really quickly.

We were visiting the wild hot springs there, in Bagni di San Filippo. A nice man took us just to point we need.

Cars can see you from distance and there is enough space for them to stop. But the problem is, that you are still quite in the center and with sign to Livorno its a bit strange. One car offered me Empoli and second Lucca but I declined both (should have taken Empoli).

Not a frequented gas station. Maybe 1 car left every 5 minutes (cca 6 cars in 30 minutes). One older lady offered me a ride to Viareggio but I declined because I wanted to Livorno.

I had sign to Bologna and after first hour I gave up and went to the city. After some hours I returned and I get a stop after 5 minutes. But I think that its a bit illegal here since two police cars told me, that I cant hitchhike there, but I explaind them, that it is not highway yet (they were laughing at my italian and let me hitchhike - cool guys). And italians are not into taking hitchhiker so the driver was Albanian.

I was alone with sign trying to get to Bologna. You are kind of hidden behind the curve and there is a big sign "no autostop" above you. There are a lot of cars, but they are speeding. Also the spot where they could stop you was still occupied by some other cars setting their gps. And italians are not into taking hitchhikers, so the driver was a foreigner and he took me to the first exit.

It’s not great, but it’s Italy. And with it being Italy, it’s actually pretty good! I got there in the afternoon in late January, with a sign reading “Verona”. I barely got any looks from passing cars, in all the time I was then I think it was two waves at most. But after 45 minutes, Michaela and her young son offered me a ride to Desenzano. As we were driving, her son who spoke English would translate between us, to save me the horror of my broken Italian. She decided that she absolutely refused to drop me at a service station to continue hitching, not because it was dangerous in her eyes, but because she thought it would take too long! In her eyes, she wanted to take me all the way to Verona, so the best she could do was invite me to her home for lunch, and buy me a train ticked to Verona! After countless refusals on my behalf, I finally gave in to the hospitality, and had the loveliest afternoon. “I’ve never had anything like this happen when hitching before!” “You’re in Italy now.”

Just right after a border control. First stopped a bus and asked 8 euros, after refusal albanian with Italy plates stopped and took us to Podgorica. But I asked to drop me near waterfall.

There's an elongated parking spot to the right after the toll, where people can stop easily before they speed up. Had lost of cars even crossing from the further side of the road. Sign Chambery, got me to the Gare. Should be perfect for going direction Italy too, and getting long rides.

In theory this should be a good spot for going far, but most of the cars were local, or going direction Italy. Got a ride to Crolle in an attempt to hitch the toll, where I got better results.

Chill gas station, not hat many cars but lots of international plates. Had a sign Chambery, got ride to after Grenoble at the third car passing. Should be quite easy to get rides direction Geneve or Italy too.

Only spot out of Milan, not a lot of traffic. Went trough the fence near the metro station, good walk, somebody already cut the fence. Two male hitchhikers, as usual in italy you need to approach the drivers a lot. Only got taken one 10km but to an better autogrill. Two male hitchhikers. Summer 2025

Traffic very good, we standed 20m before gas station. Its possible to catch car, if you have cardboard with destination. Remember that's Italy, not easiest place for hitchhikers Good luck :)

A lot of trucks to vienna, italy and Brno

Hard to get away towards Simplon. Tried at 2 different gas stations. And asked truckers near Douane with no luck. Finaly walked to Brig station and bought trainticket to Italy

Great Spot to hitch a ride towards munich, Switzerland or Innsbruck. I managed to get a ride quite deep into Italy :)

Fantastic spot, lots of traffic going towards Italy. Got a ride a very long way in 20 minutes. Stand at the traffic circle with a sign just before the gas stations and people can pull into the gas station parking lot to pick you up

Not a great place for people to see you, but lots of space to stop when they do see you. Got a ride to martigny with a sign that said Italy (final destination Milan)

Every local will stop to take you just few citys\villages but you can just dont pay the ticket for the train to Milan, they dont check the Tickets often. If your a tourist just talk in your local language and they will kick you out at the next Station and you can take the next train (if your a tourist it prettymuch works in everey regional train in Italy)

Not the best spot, few space to stop for the cars but the road i straight to the france and the landsvape is BEAUTIFULL. there are some french cars who come back from italy, and the road pass from the alpes and a outstanding lake. If you want to be fast is better walk 40 minuts back there is a spot for the hightway.

A good place if you want to go towards Italy, France and Germany or the Czech Republic. We were heading towards Budapest and we had some difficulties to find someone who was driving in that direction. But a lot can depend on what time you hitchhiking. On the plus side, a lot of trucks and quite a lot of passenger car traffic at the gas station. A good place to stop/accommodate. There is a shower, laundry, hostel.

It's a great spot to get to Italy or Koper, but we were trying to get to Rijeka, and no one was going that way. We decided to walk the 4-5 km to crossroad the 6 and the A1, and hitchhiked there after literally two minutes.

i slept in the forest next to the station, theres a metal grid fence that you can easily climb in the truck stop area next to the highway. just make sure to wake up early to climb it up again with no one seeing. got a ride to metz by a nice belgian couple on their way to italy. lots of people were willing to take me but their cars were full of luggage.

Here I met a Swedish guy who was hitchhiking for the first time to Italy! Managed to hitch a ride together with guys from Kosovo going to Hannover.

It was very easy to find a ride with a sign Italy by asking around

Mostly LKW, but managed to find a ride to Kassel for a Swedish guy going to Italy and then I found a Polish bus going towards Wroclaw.