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Now as you enter this road find your spot close to entry and smile and stand. '''Don't walk to the toll'''. This spot near Search rides on tolls or on the entry is a kind of incline , all cars kind of slow down and is great for eye contact and also spot for cars to pick you up (not necessarily: cars move pretty fast and the roundabout is small enough that cars won't really be able road to stop). tolls
* [http://www.brisa.pt/PresentationLayer/areasservico.aspx BRISA] has information on all the motorways in Portugal and their exits and petrol stations.
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'''Lisbon''' (''Lisboa'' in Portuguese) is the capital of [[Portugal]], the westernmost capital of continental [[Europe]].
== Hitchhiking out ==
=== North towards [[Coimbra]], [[Porto]], [[Spain]], [[France]] {{E|80}} {{E|01}} ===
==== Option 1 ====
Note: If you're going to Spain and France, reach the "área de serviço de Santarém", the second petrol station on the A1, and find someone who goes to the A23. "Vilar Formoso", near Guarda, is the busiest border Pt-Es, and this is the best (and shortest) way to cross Spain, through Autovía de Castilla.
==== Option 2 Motorway Toll ====
In case you're going north, consider taking the [http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD train] from Lisbon to Vila Franca de Xira (30min by train), you have both the national road and the toll for the A1 motorway in a walking distance.
The walk to the Motorway Toll is not exactly close but you come out of the station turn right, just ask anyone the way towards the A1 Tollway. Basically comeout turn right on the main street, you will pass Pingo Doce superstore on left keep walking until on right side you see Ask a Car Service Center and the road is turning left and all vehicles are turning left too. You walk and you will see a roundabout from where you have to take right and go straight. Keep walking the signs will show A1 motorway. After another 300 meters walk there is a roundabout which points to A1 Toll Highway and backwards slight left to national highway going to Porto. Keep walking and donMcDonald't go towards the national highway. Right after this roundabout there is a petrol Station on the right. Don't stay here, s Vila Franca de Xira keep walking and then there is another you will see Aldi super market on right and a Galp petrol station on left , keep walking and then you will reach your FINAL ROUNDABOUT where the second exit on right is the Toll Road going to Lisbon as well as PORTOPorto.
[[File:Hitchhiking_Lisbon.png|right|thumb|334px|[[User:EliasExplores|EliasExplores]] at this spot with a sign provided by a worker of the petrol station. You can find this spot also [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ImAV7DSq6FY here].'']]
=== North towards [[Torres Vedras]], [[Caldas da Rainha]] ===
If you want to go North through the A8 highway (which passes through cities closer to the coast, until [[Leiria]]), take the metro (yellow line) to "Senhor Roubado". From there [http://goo.gl/maps/XdOLb walk 5 minutes] to the Galp petrol station in the bottom of the road "Calçada de Carriche". You'll have to cross this multi-lane road to be on the right side (direction out of Lisbon), be patient and careful... This is the last petrol station before the highway, but drivers can still go to many other different directions, you just have to keep asking (feedback so far varies from hopeless to great spot!). The first service station in the A8 will be "Loures", some 20 km away, and the second "Torres Vedras".
=== South or East: [[Beja]], [[Évora]], [[Faro]], [[Madrid]], [[Spain]] ===
Check out all the petrol station on [[A2 (Portugal)|A2]] motorway and [[A6 (Portugal)|A6]] (towards [[Spain]]).
'''Option 3:'''
Catch the ''Feragus'' train to ''Fogueteiro'' station. This station is adjacent to the [[A2 (Portugal)|A2]] highway. Exit on the south side and follow the footpath around the nearby buildings (you should be able to follow other passengers). Turn right and cross the bridge. From here you can hitch near the on-ramp or illegally on the highway itself a there is plenty of space for cars to stop in the emergency lane. This is a good spot to catch a lift south to the [[Algarve]] or east towards [[Spain]]. However keep in mind highway patrol near metropolitan areas such as Lisbon are far less patient with hitchhikers than their rural counterparts.
=== West: [[Sintra]] ===
Go to the train station ''Sete Rios'' (by train or by metro to ''Jardim Zoologico''). Leave the train station in direction of Campolide (South) and when you take the southern exit go straight (follow the street over some kind of bridge), turn right at the crossing and you will see the motorway in front of you. Go behind the bridge to the roundabout, you'll see the directions towards Sintra. Plenty of space and cars go not to fast. You will get on the IC19 going all the way to Sintra. If you don't get a direct lift try to hitch from exit to exit.
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