La Riviere travel guide
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Visit La Riviere: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: La Riviere is situated in the Gironde department (Aquitaine region) in the south-west of France at 26 km from Bordeaux, the department capital. (General information: La Riviere is 480 km from Paris and 688 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Libourne at 6 km from La Riviere
Popular places to visit near La Riviere: these include Libourne at 6 km and Saint-Emilion at 13 km.
Jardin du Fond de l’or is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 3km and Jardins du château de Vayres is a listed 'remarkable garden' at 4km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near La Riviere, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to La Riviere
See France This Way travel guides for Gironde and Aquitaine (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of La Riviere.
Note that all distances from La Riviere shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
La Riviere holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to La Riviere (from booking.com and with a great selection of hotels and a best price promise).
For a longer visit popular choices include apartments and holiday rentals. For these we suggest two popular options: holiday villages in Aquitaine and Gironde gites and villas
Tourist attractions nearby
Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting La Riviere and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin du Fond de l’or (3km) : Jardins du château de Vayres (4km) : Jardins du château de Mongenan (28km) : Parc du château de Grenade (32km) : Jardins du Sardy (34km) : Parc du château Lanessan (39km) : Jardins du château de Malle (41km) :
- National Monuments: Sauve-Majeure Abbey (18km) : Cave Pair-non-Pair (19km) : Pey-Berland Tower (24km) : Montcaret Archaeological site (31km) : Cadillac Chateau (33km) :
- Religious monuments: Collégiale et chapelle de la Trinité (Saint-Emilion) (13km) : Abbaye de la Sauve Majeure (La Sauve) (18km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre (Petit-Palais-et-Cornemps) (20km) :
- Heritage Sites: Saint-Emilion (13km) : Bordeaux Port (24km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Bordeaux (24km) :
Map of places to visit near La Riviere & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rivière
Canton: Fronsac
Arrondissement: Libourne
Department: Gironde
Region: Aquitaine
Postcode: 33126
Distance to La Riviere
from Bordeaux: 26 km
from Paris: 480 km
from Calais: 688 km
from Nice: 618 km
from Bordeaux: 24 km
from Strasbourg: 735 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 14 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of La Riviere): Arveyres, Cadillac-en-Fronsadais, Fronsac, Izon, La Lande-de-Fronsac, Les Billaux, Libourne, Saillans, Saint-Aignan, Saint-Germain-de-la-Riviere, Saint-Michel-de-Fronsac, Tarnes, Vayres and Villegouge.
Getting here
Gironde is in the south-west of France. Most visitors will fly into Bordeaux airport (or Bergerac) while drivers should allow 7-8 hours driving time from the ports at Le Havre or Cherbourg. For driving distances to La Riviere from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez La Riviere