Riols travel guide

Riols photo, taken in Olargues France

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Visit Riols: Highlights and Tourist Information

Location: Riols is situated in the Herault department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 88 km from Montpellier, the department capital. (General information: Riols is 596 km from Paris and 831 km from the port at Calais).

Note: The photo above was taken in Olargues at 11 km from Riols

Popular places to visit near Riols: these include Olargues at 11 km and Saint-Chinian at 16 km.

Fraisse-sur-Agout is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 11km and Olargues is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.

Tourist classifications for Riols: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 1*;

Photos taken within 10 km

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Selected places to visit and attractions near Riols, France

Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Riols

photo of Minerve
Minerve 17km
photo of Aigne
Aigne 19km
photo of Beziers
Beziers 39km
photo of Castres
Castres 45km
photo of Lodeve
Lodeve 49km

See France This Way travel guides for Herault and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Riols.

Note that all distances from Riols shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.

Riols holidays and travel

If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Riols (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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Herault 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 Riols and wondering what to do next!

  1. 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (42km) : Parc et jardin du château de Margon (42km) : Jardin de l'Évêché (46km) :
  2. National Monuments: Enserune (34km) :
  3. Beautiful Villages: Olargues (11km) : Minerve (17km) : Lagrasse (48km) :
  4. Religious monuments: Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (39km) : Abbaye de Fontfroide (Narbonne) (44km) :
  5. Town / village in bloom 4*: Fraisse-sur-Agout (11km) :
  6. Heritage Sites: Carcassonne (48km) :
  7. Towns of Art and History: Narbonne (40km) :
  8. Recommended Detour Town: Lodeve (49km) :
  9. Grand Site of France: Carcassonne City (48km) : Valle du Salagou (49km) :

Map of places to visit near Riols & Location Information

Geographical Information

Commune: Riols

Canton: Saint-Pons-de-Thomières

Arrondissement: Béziers

Department: Herault

Region: Languedoc-Roussillon

Postcode: 34220

Distance to Riols

from Montpellier: 88 km

from Paris: 596 km

from Calais: 831 km

from Nice: 361 km

from Bordeaux: 307 km

from Strasbourg: 682 km

* distances are direct not by road!

Place with full review on France This Way Other attractions & sights of interest

More information

We have 3 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Riols): Premian, Saint-Etienne-d'Albagnan and Saint-Pons-de-Thomieres.

Getting here

For driving distances to Riols from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

This page in French: Visitez Riols