first car stopped

Quite a bit of traffic but very short distance. I gave up and accepted a ride to Faro airport just to leave.

completely dead, you could get stuck here for hours, definitely ask the few people that do stop

quite a bit of traffic, mostly local though. I got a short ride from here to a few towns over but nothing crazy

Good spot to get to Peniche or the towns along the way

Good spot, cars can pull over on the parking strip, got a ride back to Leiria

Was trying to get back to Leiria after a day trip to Nazaré, had to wait for a bit but got picked up after 15 minutes by a guy heading to Marinha Grande. Lots of space for cars to pull over

Lot of traffic, yet it took almost 2 hours to find someone

managed to get picked up by a camper really quickly by just standing at the exit with a sign saying "A2". When trying to enter through the gate in the back a lady who worked there who was just leaving was really hostile towards me and threatened me with the cameras and that i am not allowed to go in. Did it anyway after she left, because the gate still opens when you press the button so i dont think its a serious offence but be careful when you enter and ask at the counter if they are fine with you hitchhiking there i guess.

spot is decent but mostly cars with elderly people and people who looked at me funny. Got picked up by a german guy who also let me sleep at his place so i guess you can get lucky

man, alone, 26 years, waited for a long time, but no one went up north. Little cars moved from the left lanes (direction Porto) to this gas station. Eventually opted for a bus from the Oriente bus station (20 min. from the gas station/30 min. walk)

first waited near the door of the station thumbing with a sign for Lisboa/Albufeira, then by the road entrance to the station, when i stood on the exit (where the main road meets the station) i got a ride within a couple of minutes from someone in the station.

Essa praia é top demais, cê tá louco, praia do Malhão, muito linda, recomendo. Um casal de argentinos que passam temporada em Portugal me levaram até Sines.

Aqui estava usando uma plaquinha pra principal ou Santiago do Cacém, e rapidamente um mano, Luís mota, numa Mercdedez tunada parou pra mim e me ofereceu pra Vila nova dizendo que lá se não desse certo na noite, pelo menos seria tranquilo pra dormir, e que de lá pela manhã também saia muita gente pra Lisboa. Aceitei. Obrigado. Tem uma grande homenagem Vasco da gama na rotatória, herói?

Depois de dormir no carro verde abandonado no posto Prio, já que era uma noite meio fria, ao despertar já segui pra pista e o Mestre Marco de Sampa parou pra mim e me levou pra Lisboa. O ajudei também com algumas cargas já que ele trabalha com transporte. Foi massa.

Essa foi a mais rápida e certeira do dia, um casal muito bacana, ela portuguesa e ele inglês, me levaram até próximo ao centro do porto. Posto muito bom pra caronar. Chegando ali fui de encontro ao meu amigo Gabriel, na verdade Luana, a amiga caroneira, encontrei em Lisboa, foi mal. Gabrielzão ciclo viajante. E daí começou o drama de saber como ir barato a Eslováquia pra voluntariar com o I@E e também onde deixar a mochila que o Andrew me deu na África do sul. Acabei voltando a Lisboa e deixei a mochila com a amiga angola Magdalena, como não consegui voltar a Portugal desde então, minha amiga Anki, que foi faze residência artística, levou pra mim de volta ao Br. Obrigado a todos.

A primeira placa que usei na saída de Lisboa foi Santarém e peguei uma com uns caras que iam até Torres, foi muito boa e estratégica, porque depois deste pedágio usei uma placa indicando pra Leila, e antes desta cidade tem esse excelente posto de gasolina pra pegar pra Porto. Peguei carona com um caminhoneiro ucraniano indo até Figueira da voz, e por mais que eu quisesse conhecer mais Portugal e enrolar um pouco mais, tinha poucos dias até meu voluntariado no congresso universal de esperanto. E minha amiga caroneira Luana estava esperando por mim em Lisboa. Um dia eu volto a Portugal, quem sabe. E o caminhoneiro também me deu uma "coca zero vegana". Bebi. Sorry.

Viajando pro norte de Portugal pela primeiríssima vez, Já vinha do sul e percebi que Portugal é bem melhor que Espanha. Preferi não perguntar muito no posto por ser brasileiro e saber que algumas pessoas têm preconceito e não tenho tempo e energia pra drama. Li bastante aqui os comentários de geral e decidi por este ponto. Funcionou bem. Parou um motorhome com 4 malucos indo prum festival eletrônico em Torres. Me deram frutas gostosas e fizemos muitas piadas, foi top, paizão. E claro, peguei a manha de não aceitar carona pros lugares ruins, Ou, a dizer, boleia.

03/26 2x2 male hitchhikers Traveled in 2 groups, one got a ride to sines after 60 monutes of asking around, the other after about 3 hours. But it was late (started at 6:30pm) and we needed a specific destination (sines). Seemed great to get to faro or generally south tho :)

03/26 2x2 male hitchhikers We hitchhiked in 2 groups of 2, one group got a ride to alcacer do sal in 5 minutes the other group needed 90 minutes. Overall big station with an mcdonalds, loads of traffic for portugal.

a big rest area with gas station and hotel restaurant. a spanish trucker on the way to mercadona logistics hub in sevilla picked me up. there i waited for him to park the truck and continue the ride in his car. on the way home he dropped me where i needed on my way to portugal. muchas gracias

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.

Essa praia é top demais, cê tá louco, praia do Malhão, muito linda, recomendo. Um casal de argentinos que passam temporada em Portugal me levaram até Sines.

Essa foi a mais rápida e certeira do dia, um casal muito bacana, ela portuguesa e ele inglês, me levaram até próximo ao centro do porto. Posto muito bom pra caronar. Chegando ali fui de encontro ao meu amigo Gabriel, na verdade Luana, a amiga caroneira, encontrei em Lisboa, foi mal. Gabrielzão ciclo viajante. E daí começou o drama de saber como ir barato a Eslováquia pra voluntariar com o I@E e também onde deixar a mochila que o Andrew me deu na África do sul. Acabei voltando a Lisboa e deixei a mochila com a amiga angola Magdalena, como não consegui voltar a Portugal desde então, minha amiga Anki, que foi faze residência artística, levou pra mim de volta ao Br. Obrigado a todos.

A primeira placa que usei na saída de Lisboa foi Santarém e peguei uma com uns caras que iam até Torres, foi muito boa e estratégica, porque depois deste pedágio usei uma placa indicando pra Leila, e antes desta cidade tem esse excelente posto de gasolina pra pegar pra Porto. Peguei carona com um caminhoneiro ucraniano indo até Figueira da voz, e por mais que eu quisesse conhecer mais Portugal e enrolar um pouco mais, tinha poucos dias até meu voluntariado no congresso universal de esperanto. E minha amiga caroneira Luana estava esperando por mim em Lisboa. Um dia eu volto a Portugal, quem sabe. E o caminhoneiro também me deu uma "coca zero vegana". Bebi. Sorry.

Viajando pro norte de Portugal pela primeiríssima vez, Já vinha do sul e percebi que Portugal é bem melhor que Espanha. Preferi não perguntar muito no posto por ser brasileiro e saber que algumas pessoas têm preconceito e não tenho tempo e energia pra drama. Li bastante aqui os comentários de geral e decidi por este ponto. Funcionou bem. Parou um motorhome com 4 malucos indo prum festival eletrônico em Torres. Me deram frutas gostosas e fizemos muitas piadas, foi top, paizão. E claro, peguei a manha de não aceitar carona pros lugares ruins, Ou, a dizer, boleia.

03/26 2x2 male hitchhikers We hitchhiked in 2 groups of 2, one group got a ride to alcacer do sal in 5 minutes the other group needed 90 minutes. Overall big station with an mcdonalds, loads of traffic for portugal.

Me, my LOVE and our dog were here for quite a long time and were prepared to sleep in the Forrest for the night. However at the most unexpected time a car stopped and took us to La Junquera even though we had a sign with Perpignan. But since on the way and our destination is Portugal we took it! Lucky us since we are two with backpacks and a dog……:)

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

Got a ride into Portugal after not too long. Mabye the people who pass through here won’t be going super far into Portugal, but it will get you into the country.

Long waiting time (like everywhere on our route trough portugal) but definitly possible to get the ride from here to Lisbon. More people showed us that they go north - direction Porto. We tried different places on N234 from Mealhada but this spot after the rondo and before pay-gates was so far the best.

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

we got here late in the evening and decided to camp by the lake behind the gas station, and hitch in the morning, towards Portugal. found a ride do Merida. good place, there was a lot of traffic in this highway

we got a ride here from Tarifa, and was a great sunset place to find a ride to sevilla (we chose a gas station 1h south of sevilla, to hitch onwards to Portugal). possible both to thumb and to wait for cars to stop for gas.

Not so many cars but its a good place direction to sanabria,verin,portugal

we 2 ppl got a ride to the border of portugal. good spot

Eaven though it was dark we got taken by to surfers just by walking up to people who were just going threw the paying station. The spot is a dream and helped us on our voyage from Germany to Portugal. No luck needed!

Wort place to go to Portugal. All spanish people, you know... A old french couple took me to Vilar Formoso. In Vilar I couldn't hitchhike more and I had to take train to Guarda and then to Porto.

Very good place to go to Portugal. A French Couple took me in their camper, It was amazing,we were playing music, playing with their dog, and meeting them, sooo nice people, I wish they had a good life. Thank youu Alizé and Gabin