Hitchhiking in Spain
Hitchhiking to Spain
Recent reviews in Spain
41.26766, 1.1688
Carlos was the best we wait 5minutes
―Constantin, September 2026
41.26766, 1.1688
Carlos was the best we wait 5minutes
―Constantin, September 2026
41.34579, 2.10953
We wait 60 minutes no one was going to south
―Constantin, September 2026
42.43361, 1.93758
Sweet spot but didn't got me too far since many people were going to Llivia and i was going to France
―tatan, September 2026
42.40031, 1.91601
Not the best spot but finally got to puigcerda in like 20 mins
―tatan, September 2026
41.91763, 2.24821
Shoutout to Silvia for the ride to aiguafreda
―gavinmcjoe, September 2026
42.20297, 2.18326
Very quick ride to the next town, just entering the rondabout, visiting them all
―tatan, September 2026
42.23523, 2.28366
Perfect spot to go to ripoll and after, you are very visible and cars go slow in yhe bridge
―tatan, September 2026
42.24634, 2.32599
Super quick ride to the next town, to get out of a not so nice spot, but doable
―tatan, September 2026
42.30687, 2.361
Got taken quickly to the next rondabout by a very nice romanian guy
―tatan, September 2026
42.33003, 2.43068
Quick ride to Camprodon, very nice people in the area
―tatan, September 2026
37.85836, -1.40334
Way too hot in the sun, absolutely no shade
―pabobas, September 2026
42.28194, 2.92299
Re facill
―tatan, September 2026
38.22395, -1.71257
Так йдіть на виїзд, ви побачите великий продуктовий магазин, за ним ще один, пройдіть їх і ближче до світлофору, якщо там буде вільне місце де можна зупинитися пиняйте, я стояла із знаком "Caravaca d.l.cruz" і перша ж машина яка проїзджала повз підібрала мене, але можливо мені пощастило, удачі! Не пиняйте на самому світлофорі! Перед ним, щоб машина могла безпечно зїхати, і не затримувати рух
―Anonymous, September 2026
37.95271, -1.25905
Як вам сказати, вам просто треба підходити до машин і питати, але запасіться терпінням, зрештою мені вдалося доїхати до малаги(я їхала до Кордоби) Але я просто почула як сімя говорила моєю мовою, і я заговорила до них і вони взяли мене
―Anonymous, September 2026
43.23027, -2.75437
Muchos extranjeros que van a Francia, lo que resulta muy útil ya que los españoles no nos llevan
Para ir a Francia está muy bien
―lupa, September 2026
41.90707, 2.77323
Quite big gas station. Many People going to France.
―Emilien, September 2026
36.19082, -5.38533
I don't think there is a better spot in the direction of Sevilla. A lots of cars, place for them to stop, a gastation if you feel social. Police saw me and were fine with it too, the highway starts after the roundabout. In Spain it doesnt get any better i think
―tonhitch, September 2026
41.22244, 1.67586
Good gaz station, there are some cars, we wanted to go to Valencia. We found a car to go to la vall d Uxio. It took times to find someone OK to take us
―Emilien, September 2026
41.25308, 1.71715
There is a lot of space to stop, cars are not going so fast. But it was really hard. No many shade. Spanish People are not helpful with hitchhicker
―Emilien, September 2026
Recent reviews mentioning Spain
36.19082, -5.38533
I don't think there is a better spot in the direction of Sevilla. A lots of cars, place for them to stop, a gastation if you feel social. Police saw me and were fine with it too, the highway starts after the roundabout. In Spain it doesnt get any better i think
―tonhitch, September 2026
45.66499, 2.68348
As a solo woman, a two hours waiting time is really bad. I made a mistake while reading the map and hitchhiked there to go to Clermont-Ferrand / Lyon. There were many cars going to Bordeaux but almost none was going North. I think it is not worth taking the motorway to go to Clermont-Ferrand when starting there. This is why the cars do not use the motorway there (too expensive) and why I waited so long. I was lucky to have old friends going in the direction of Paris on that day, otherwise I think I might have stayed 4 hours there. It might be a good spot for Bordeaux / Spain. Please comment if this works.
―particulefine, August 2026
45.46123, -0.14229
I was waiting for a while to go south, but I think it would be easier to head north. Lots of trucks, McDonald's, showers and a hotel - big truck stop. Had a sign for Bordeaux but got a ride to Spain. I stood at the roundabout and it didn't work (little space to stop), but when I went to the end of the truck stop parking lot I got my ride in 15 min.
―zhokha, August 2026
45.84993, 3.40489
Better for east than west but a good place to wait for a long haul ride. Headed to Spain, got dropped here around 17 ended up spending the night. There is a food court area with a McDs and other food. 24 hour shop with charging area and showers. Folks at the shop are kind and showed me a place with cushioned benches where I could sleep for the night. Servo for East is better than for west. Lots of traffic south as well. Good place to get stuck. Started again at 6 had a ride to Spain by 730.
―Brooktothesea, August 2026
38.79821, -9.46301
pulled an incredible miracle of a guy driving to spain, otherwise kind of a bad spot with little traffic. but has some place to stop
―AleksP, August 2026
50.65551, 5.71081
Heading to the UK. Didn't have a good time here. Spent 3 hours alternating between the exit road, the shop entrance, and walking round and asking people. Literally no-one said they were going towards Brussels, most people seemed to be going north, and there were lots of Dutch plates. Got offered one lift to Antwerp, and then eventually a guy driving to Spain offered me a lift to Brussels, though it turned out he wasn't driving to Brussels at all so I got out at Mons...
―Wienerpolser, August 2026
43.35992, 3.34355
There is a lot of cars some Spanish some from Netherlands but most of them are French so it’s best to know French.
First day we could find no one to go with towards Spain so we slept under a trees close to gas station.
Second day we asked for one hour and we met Spanish dudes and they took us close to Perpignan.
―PrettyG, August 2026
43.23108, -2.75833
Spot is visible to westward cars coming onto the highway and the gas station. However, cars coming onto the highway are often accelerating, and on the lookout for cars merging in. They might not be able to notice you, and even if they do it is hard to stop in time.
There is a crash barrier which can make you less visible too though it does make you much safer.
To get from our normal pedestrian roads to the gas station, there is a side road behind the toll booth office that is not monitored.
This day was just before the eclipse in Spain so there were more foreign plates. But the traffic was a bit slower than some other highways I've been to.
The man who picked me up was a Lithuanian driving to Oviedo, and there's no reason to believe that people would only be doing short hops here.
―Anonymous, August 2026
43.71348, 4.13154
this was probably my bad or unluck, but i've noticed that if you pick the last gas station on the way to the city, no one will actually go the city in question.
i had many offers to spain or further then montpellier, so in the end I accepted one and had to climb over the highway fence. wasn't hard or anything, but note that for Montpellier it can be problematic
―AleksP, August 2026
43.21445, 3.08979
The hardest thing about this place for you will be the competation. I found 3 others hichikers here who wanted to go the same direction. But even thou I got picked the last it was stil in a good timr.
Most people goes to spain so it would be eseyer go to Barcelona from her but I wanted Carcasson (and got it)
―Sova, August 2026
48.80887, 8.18226
Big station lots of traffic and a McDonald's, full with families today because vacation but also lots of trucks going to France and Spain. I waited at the end because it was too much for asking, but I'm sure it'll get you something faster. Had sign France, rejected a couple of rides to Strasbourg took one to Colmar.
―friki, August 2026
48.66201, 5.90978
Big Parking Space with a lot of cars. Mostly people on vacation. We (2) ask around and after half an hour found a long ride almost to Spain.
―Tina031, July 2026
50.71844, 6.12123
Drivers were overall not polite, relatively low passenger car traffic and a lot of dirty looks or avoidance - I was clean and groomed, didn't have this problem elsewhere.
Saw a van with Spain number plates and kayaks on top, talked to the driver and he took me to just outside of Cologne.
―Streamrider, June 2026
40.07328, -2.14374
Got a ride fairly quick, there's enough space for cars to pull off but barely. Gotta be ready to jump in quick. Overall hitchhiking in and around Cuenca seems to work a lot better than the rest of Spain.
―dmoney55, June 2026
38.58555, -9.02235
Difficult spot, lots of local traffic and people not stopping, tried with Spain, A2, Evora, Badajoz... Even próxima área de serviço, just to get on the move to a better spot, but didn't work either. At the end I srarted talking with a very nice trucker that happened to go same way as me and could drop me in Mérida.
―santisaround, June 2026
40.54826, -3.26992
I came to this spot after trying the other gas station on the second highway. Here I got a ride but after 4 hours. I think Tuesdays are weaker days, but who knows. Truck drivers denied me with answe that it's prohibited for them in Spain to take people. In the end old French couple gave me ride to Zaragoza. It's fairly good spot to stand with sign, but no shade.
―michalch, June 2026
43.80254, 7.59239
Biggest parking for trucks I've ever seen, maybe 200-300 of them. Every single one was going to France or Spain so it was s perfect spot to catch someone that direction. But we were going further into Italy
There was mostly traffic from trucks but also a few cars going through. We've been waiting there for 2 hours asking around and caught a 300km ride somewhere around 23:00 by a guy that drove a Porsche there for some rich kids from Monaco
For me the best spot in that neighborhood to go hop on the highway
―Szymon, May 2026
43.1644, 2.99006
Stood there right after the toll station. Cars going to Montpellier might have a problem to stop for you cause they need to cross the way of people on the right. Police came in 15 minutes and told us we need to move before the toll station.
We stood right before the toll station with a sign pointing to people. I believe it's best to just stay on the little brick island between road's lines. Trying to pick someone from roads corner might be trickier cause many people pointing to the right on toll station are going the direction of Spain and we wanted to go Italy. After 20 minutes a nice 20years old solo lady invited us to her car (it was a technogirl speaking no English but loving techno)
―Szymon, May 2026
41.9899, 2.79556
In a normal country for hitchiking it would be a perfect spot. But in Spain we waited 3 hours till some Italian guys took us. My mate was even talking Spanish and asking people around the gas station but everyone seemed to be afraid to take hitchikers. Been asking around gas station, staying with a sign on a bus stop near gas station and also trying to get someone on the entrance to highway and not much luck. Police came and said that we got to leave the highway's entrance. A much more traffic to Barcelona though so maybe it would be better and we were trying to go to France
―Szymon, May 2026
42.57751, 2.84567
it serves both directions so it can be tricky, besides fuel is more expensive than in spain. and yet i was picked up by a german whose mother, in another car, needed fuel. there was a lot of people, the spanish were telling me they were unfortunately coming from spain but would take me
―andrej, April 2026