Rioz travel guide
Visit Rioz: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Besancon at 20 km from Rioz
Location: Rioz is situated in the Haute-Saone department (Franche-Comte region) in the north-east of France at 23 km from Vesoul, the department capital. (General information: Rioz is 319 km from Paris and 498 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Rioz: these include Besancon at 20 km and Vesoul at 23 km. Astronomical clock of Besancon is a listed national monument at 20 km and Besancon is a listed town of art and history at 20 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 Rioz, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rioz
See France This Way travel guides for and Franche-Comte (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rioz.
Note that all distances from Rioz shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rioz 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 France and Haute-Saone gites and villas
Markets near Rioz
- Besancon: market every Wednesday & Tuesday & Thursday all day & Sunday & Saturday & Friday (21km)
- Vesoul: market every Thursday & Saturday (23km)
- Gray: market every Tuesday & Friday (36km)
- Lure: market every Tuesday (43km)
- Melisey: market every Wednesday (53km)
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 Rioz and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Rioz map below.
Heritage Site Besancon citadelle (Vauban fortifications) (21km)
National Monument Astronomical clock of Besancon (20km)
Remarkable Garden Parc de l'Etang (33km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Besancon (21km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Gouffre de Poudrey (34km)
Town Of Art And History Besancon (20km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Moffans-et-Vacheresse (42km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park Citadelle de Besançon (21km)
Map of places to visit near Rioz & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rioz
Canton: Rioz
Arrondissement: Vesoul
Department: Haute-Saone
Region: Franche-Comte
Postcode: 70190
Distance to Rioz
from Vesoul (local prefecture): 23 km
from Paris: 319 km
from Calais: 498 km
from Nice: 424 km
from Bordeaux: 587 km
from Strasbourg: 180 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 17 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rioz): Aulx-les-Cromary, Boult, Chambornay-les-Bellevaux, Cirey, Fondremand, Hyet, La Malachere, Montarlot-les-Rioz, Neuvelle-les-Cromary, Palise, Quenoche, Ruhans, Sorans-les-Breurey, Thurey-le-Mont, Traitiefontaine, Tresilley and Valleroy.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rioz from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rioz