Rieux travel guide
Visit Rieux: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Redon at 6 km from Rieux
Location: Rieux is situated in the Morbihan department (Brittany region) in the north-west of France at 49 km from Vannes, the department capital. (General information: Rieux is 359 km from Paris and 470 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Rieux: these include Redon at 6 km and La Roche-Bernard at 17 km. La Gacilly is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 19 km and Rochefort-en-Terre is a listed ville fleurie 4* at 21 km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Photos taken within 10 km
Selected places to visit and attractions near Rieux, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rieux
See France This Way travel guides for Morbihan and Brittany (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rieux.
Note that all distances from Rieux shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rieux holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see our hotel search (from a leading hotel agent 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 Brittany and Morbihan gites and villas
Markets near Rieux
- Redon: market every Saturday & Monday all day & Friday (6km)
- La Roche-Bernard: market every Thursday (17km)
- Pontchateau: market every Monday all day (18km)
- La Gacilly: market every Saturday (19km)
- Herbignac: market every Wednesday (23km)
- Questembert: market every Monday (27km)
- Muzillac: market every Friday (29km)
- Blain: market every Tuesday & Saturday (29km)
- Penestin: market every Wednesday & Sunday - seasonal market only - (31km)
- Donges: market every Thursday (31km)
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 Rieux and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Rieux map below.
Recommended Detour Guerande (39km)
Regional Natural Parc Briere (25km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Guerande (38km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Marais Salants de Guérande (30km); Loire Estuaire (34km)
Town Of Art And History Guerande (39km)
Village D'etape Grand-Fougeray (32km); Elven (39km)
Ville Fleurie 4* La Gacilly (19km); Rochefort-en-Terre (21km); La Vraie-Croix (34km); Pornichet (41km); La Baule (41km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Parc zoologique du château de Branféré (22km)
Map of places to visit near Rieux & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rieux
Canton: Allaire
Arrondissement: Vannes
Department: Morbihan
Region: Brittany
Postcode: 56350
Distance to Rieux
from Vannes (local prefecture): 49 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 470 km
from Nice: 847 km
from Bordeaux: 329 km
from Strasbourg: 740 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 8 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rieux): Allaire, Fegreac, Redon, Saint-Dolay, Saint-Jean-la-Poterie, Saint-Nicolas-de-Redon, Severac and Thehillac.
Getting here
Morbihan is in the north-west of France. Most visitors While most UK visitors will arrive by car from the ferry port at Saint Malo a drive of 2-3 hours is still common. For driving distances to Rieux from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rieux