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It worked like a charm!rating: 5/5, wait: 5 min 💬+🪧, ride: 276 km ↖
―Stray, Sat 28 Dec 2024, 13:00
Really hard place to get to by foot, but nice place to find a car going north, when you are there
You need to climb a couple fences to get here. When you arrive at Settebagni(possible to blackride bus from Rome), go north-east to the tip of the town, and cross through some allotments, to get to the little road leading to a bridge over the highway. On the other sode of the bridge there is a gate, but the fence is ripped open on the right. Go through there and turn right on to the field, and cross it, over to the fence alongside the road. Climb that and follow the highway for a hundred meters, and you’re there!
We wanted to go to Firenze, but i guy picked us up towards Terni, where we thought we could get a ride to Firenze, but found the truckstop there to be awful. If you’re going to Firenze or further north, wait for a car going there instead of a car going half the way!!
rating: 4/5, wait: 25 min, ride: 64 km ↑
―Anonymous, August 2023
Did in it again in November. Took my girlfriend and me 3 minutes to find a direct ride to Switzerland!
―Anonymous, November 2016
Did this again in August 2016 and it was all good!
―Emanuele19956, August 2016
I had to go through the bushes, and jump over the fence. I had a tick on my leg after that so be careful! Than I had to wait 30 minutes to catch a transport so it's profitable!
―Artur Pietrus, June 2016
I did this in December 2015, and it's perfectly doable AS LONG AS you're very determined. Refer to this link to see the path I used: http://1drv.ms/1PxI6eu When Via Capoliveri ends, go straight into the bushes. You should be able to see a very narrow trail, that splits up almost immediately. If you go right, it's a dead end, so go left and just follow the trail. The bushes are dangerously thorny, so make sure your clothing is appropriate. When you reach the highway, turn left and walk down the road (behind the guardrail). The path will get steeper and narrower (you might fall and roll down the hill into the highway if it's slippery), so go back into the trees (circled in blue). The trees are pretty thick, but still, you can work your way until you reach a metal fence that's been obviously climbed over a thousand times before. Go for it and you're on the bridge. Cross the bridge and then it's really easy to reach the gas station. Nothing dangerous to report about that part.
It took me 15 mins to find a direct ride to Milan!
―Emanuele19956, January 2016
A really good starting place for your trip out of Rome. I've used this one in July 2014 and had no problem getting there - a few comments above some1 posted some very useful directions as to how to walk there from Settebagni. We didn't wait 15mins and caught a car straight to Firenze.
―Tschesky, February 2015
hello therewe went trough the bushes and it was ok. but remember, if you need to go out of Rome you need to cross to another side of the A1 road just use the tunnel under it (the tunnel is just behind the petrol station) we were 2 girls and we stopped the car in 20 min and we were lucky enough cause we took just one car directly to perugia. Good luck! and thanks for the map
―Yallar, August 2014
Ok guys, I did it and i'm happy that survived ;)
Take a notice that from train station to the gas station road is at least exhausting. On the map it look clear and easy, in reality you have to CLIMB up and up, like a 1 km. The hill is high and you need a good condition to do that, especially during the summer.
Attention!: when street "via capoliveri" finish please dont go straight though a wild garden.
I made that mistake and my legs were all stratched and i was bleeding. Just madness.
There is a road beetween two gas stations, so your host can pick you up there and return.
Good luck everyone!
―Anonymous, July 2014
So, the adventure is waiting for you. The simplest road is closed (may, 2014) and it seems that it will be closed for like a year. Use this map first http://goo.gl/maps/4ff03 and then go to the bushes straight and on the left, parallel to the road. There is a path made by other people. You will have to jump over the fence to reach the overpass of Via dell'Inviolatella Salaria. Then short walk through the fields and you will reach the gas station :)
There is almost no sense to stay with the cardboard sign in Italy, it's better to ask people. Prepare some useful phrases and the map.
Good luck!
―Prosektor, May 2014
I did extremely long and exhausting investigation in this area before I found more-less easy way to get the spot (without 'dirty water and canal') - through the bridge on the Via dell'Inviolatella Salaria.
Here is my way (green one). Don't try red one!
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B25BpcbbENGJcTdjVjdLRkp3S3M/edit?usp=sharing
―Lev-amatuni, February 2014
This gas station is not availaible at the moment (07august2013), be careful! The only road that you can use to go from Settebagni to autostrada is on a repair now. It's better to choose another "benzinaio".
―Bonifer, August 2013
Arriving this place you have to pass from one workshop, garden, dirty water canal and lots of scratches, but it's a good place to hitchhike towards Firenze and don't try to go directly to Siena.
―Astala27, July 2012
You actually don't need to pay the 0.90€ of the train ticket, if you alredy stamped a bus ticket, it's still good also for the train till Settebagni, if you are within the time limit
―Phidias81, May 2012
Good place to reach from Rome, but pay attention after ):30 on weekends there are almost no train. In this case take the bus in front of Tiburtina train station
―Phidias81, April 2011
It's a petrol station with restaurant, decent place to start frpom Rome. You can take the train that goes to Orte and stop at Settebagni. It leaves from many stations in Rome and costs only 0.90.
―Anonymous, January 2011