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Leaving the city can be a drag so better prepare the whole day for that. You can catch a ride from [http://maps.google.it/maps?ll=45.441102,12.315366&spn=0.007242,0.01929&z=16&lci=com.google.webcams&layer=c&cbll=45.441102,12.315366&panoid=ODp2EZxJb52sSOx1mJcf4w&cbp=12,30.75,,0,0 the start of the bridge], but avoid short rides to Mestre. Hitching out of Mestre is really hard. From this spot, use maybe taking a sign and you catch rides short train ride to anywherebetter place is the best option.

=== East towards [[Trieste]], [[Udine]], [[Slovenia]], [[Croatia]] ===

Otherwise from Venice, take bus 2 to the last stop, ''Viale don Sturzo'', go to ''Via Vallon'' and go to the end of the street where you will find a small path leading to the AGIP fuel station on the motorway[[http://goo.gl/IvItP]] However we waitedfor 5 hours until someone gave us a ride towards Trieste. Not good place for hitch-hiking and poorly visited station!

Here is the right location of the Agip gas station: [[http://goo.gl/IvItP]] However, my girlfriend and me waited there for 5 hours until someone gave us a ride towards Trieste. Not good place for hitch-hiking and poorly visited station!  :Warning: "We tried to get to the Agip petrol station, walked for 20 minutes and didn't found anything (the village was looong). Eventually slept in field. Are you sure you can get there easily?" Update&Answer: We've been there and it is quite hard to find the AGIP station. However it is true that you have to go to the end of Via Vallon - but you need to know that Via Vallon is not a straight street and is not short. It turns, goes under the rails and then goes through fields (you need to walk for about 40 minutes) and finally leads to the highway. Walk about 200 metres along the highway and there is the AGIP station.

To SloveniaSLOVENIA/CROATIA: the most efficient way is to take a local ACTV bus to Arino (or train to the train station Doloand walk 35min), located in the middle small town between Venezia Venice and Padova. From the train station You walk for about 40-50 minutes to the village called Once in Arino, and once You get there You will see the you can access a petrol station called Arino Est on the motorway A4(see map [[https://www.google.it/maps/place/Via+Canova,+8,+30031+Arino+VE/@45.4411625,12.0545475,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x477ec8c98f2f63d9:0x3641bc688fb86a36!2s30031+Arino+Metropolitan+City+of+Venice!3b1!8m2!3d45.4385988!4d12.0494135!3m4!1s0x477ec8c951906983:0x962a182f9cb38d79!8m2!3d45.4415222!4d12.0556807?hl=en]] ), that will take You you straight to Slovenia. TipBe aware than the back side of the petrol station has a gate to the parking lot used by employees, you can jump it if nobody is around or you can ring the doorbell of the restaurant and someone will open it without asking anything. NOTE: between Venezia and Slovenia, the last petrol station where You can switch drivers is Gonars, from where You must find a direct ride to Slovenia. At any other petrol station between Gonars and Slovenia You will waste your time and likely get stuck. So from a technical point of view, to Slovenia from Venezia You have two options: either get a direct ride from Arino Est (very easy in the mornings between Monday and Friday between 06:00 and 09:00 when all the trucks leave), either get two rides, first to the petrol station Gonars and from Gonars to Slovenia. If it is too late to make the trip and youu want to leave the day after maybe is wiser to camp and rest, You can take the train to Ceggia, which is a tiny village near San Donà Di Piave, and from the train station of Ceggia You must walk towards the petrol station Calstorta for about 1 hour. The good this about this is that along the way between this train station and the petrol station there are plenty of fields with nature so You could camp without problems and rest until morning. (Thanks Adrian(o) for the info!)