Aire de l'Estalot
Nice for taking a ride to the South. There's no péages at Bordeaux's rocade of Bordeaux so it's easy to ask for a stop at some of the "sorties" (exit from A10 - roundabout for leave the car - return to A10.rating: 4/5, wait: 10 min 💬, ride: 10 km ↙
―ThumbUp, Sun 27 Jul 2025, 13:13
I hitchhiked during holiday season, so there were a lot of cars that were full so I didn't try to ask.
After an hour, a car that was going south of Bordeaux to the A63 took me, without a sign.
rating: 3/5, wait: 60 min 👍, ride: 34 km ↙
―JumpingRabbit, Sat 12 Jul 2025, 13:30
I was stuck here for quite a while on a saturday early evening. First I asked around at the gasstation, good amount of traffic but all cars going to spain were full. I almost gave up, but then I stood with a sign "Bayonne" at the exit of the service place and a truck picked me going directly to San Sebastian. Pay Attention to the trucks for long distance rides! :)
rating: 4/5, wait: 90 min 🪧, ride: 269 km ↙
―amarycanspirit, April 2024
Most cars go to Bordeaux or towards Spain but a guy took me in the direction of Toulouse after 20 min.
rating: 4/5, wait: 20 min, ride: 47 km ↓
―Anonymous, April 2024
Good spot to spend the night. Wel lit and safe as well. Lot of traffic though so expect to be woken up quite a lot.
In the morning, ±9am, waited here for about 1,5 hours. First with a San Sebastian sign and when that didn't work out a Bayonne Sign. In the end someone offered to at least take me around Bordeaux, helping a lot.
―Pabple, September 2016
Aire de service de l'Estalot ... good spot for going south to Biarritz or Spain
―Darach, September 2015
Was going to Toulouse. No cars... I had to get to Bordeaux and got a lift from the big market place.
―Dylg, November 2014
i waited for hours with a sign trying to go south towards spain (A63) - tons of people but no-one would take me. it was a saturday afternoon, tons of people going for vacation so full cars. i guess it was just bad luck.
―Anonymous, September 2014
Good place if you go to Bordeaux or south (Spain/Pays Basque) but almost 0 cars to Toulouse or Agen.
―Spaulding, January 2014
To the south : Spain-Espana / Basque Country - Euskadi.
local cars but it works. We waited something like 30 min on a weekday.
―Anonymous, June 2012