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Visit Rivel: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rivel is situated in the Aude department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 42 km from Carcassonne, the department capital. (General information: Rivel is 658 km from Paris and 890 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Camon at 9 km from Rivel
Popular places to visit near Rivel: these include Camon at 9 km and Montsegur at 16 km.
Fontaine Intermittente de Fontestorbes is a listed 'site of natural beauty' at 7km and Camon is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 9km. 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 Rivel, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rivel
See France This Way travel guides for Aude and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rivel.
Note that all distances from Rivel shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rivel holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rivel (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 Aude 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 Rivel and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc aux Bambous (30km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Camon (9km) : Mosset (42km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Carcassonne (42km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Limoux (22km) :
- Grand Site of France: Carcassonne City (42km) :
Map of places to visit near Rivel & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rivel
Canton: Chalabre
Arrondissement: Limoux
Department: Aude
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 11230
Distance to Rivel
from Carcassonne: 42 km
from Paris: 658 km
from Calais: 890 km
from Nice: 434 km
from Bordeaux: 295 km
from Strasbourg: 769 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 7 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rivel): Belesta, Chalabre, Montbel, Montjardin, Puivert, Sainte-Colombe-sur-l'Hers and Villefort.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rivel from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rivel