Rivas travel guide
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Visit Rivas: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rivas is situated in the Loire department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 19 km from Saint-Etienne, the department capital. (General information: Rivas is 391 km from Paris and 622 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Saint-Etienne at 20 km from Rivas
Popular places to visit near Rivas: these include Saint-Etienne at 20 km and Sainte-Croix-en-Jarez at 35 km.
Saint-Galmier is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 6km and Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise is a listed 'recommended detour' at 17km. 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 Rivas, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rivas
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rivas.
Note that all distances from Rivas shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rivas holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rivas (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 Rhone-Alpes and Loire 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 Rivas and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardin de l’écomusée (32km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (48km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise de Saint Estèphe (Roullet-Saint-Estephe) (46km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Saint-Galmier (6km) : Ecully (46km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Saint-Etienne (19km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (17km) : Ambert (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Rivas & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rivas
Canton: Saint-Galmier
Arrondissement: Montbrison
Department: Loire
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 42340
Distance to Rivas
from Saint-Etienne: 19 km
from Paris: 391 km
from Calais: 622 km
from Nice: 318 km
from Bordeaux: 387 km
from Strasbourg: 426 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rivas): Boisset-les-Montrond, Chamboeuf, Craintilleux, Cuzieu, Saint-Galmier, Sury-le-Comtal, Unias, Veauche and Veauchette.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rivas from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rivas