Riols travel guide
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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
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!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin des carrières de Saint-Adrien (42km) : Parc et jardin du château de Margon (42km) : Jardin de l'Évêché (46km) :
- National Monuments: Enserune (34km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Olargues (11km) : Minerve (17km) : Lagrasse (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (39km) : Abbaye de Fontfroide (Narbonne) (44km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Fraisse-sur-Agout (11km) :
- Heritage Sites: Carcassonne (48km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Narbonne (40km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Lodeve (49km) :
- 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