Rivieres travel guide
Visit Rivieres: Highlights and Tourist Information
Note: The photo above was taken in Banne at 18 km from Rivieres
Location: Rivieres is situated in the Gard department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 44 km from Nimes, the department capital. (General information: Rivieres is 535 km from Paris and 769 km from the port at Calais).
Popular places to visit near Rivieres: these include Banne at 18 km and La Roque-sur-Ceze at 20 km. Grotte de la Cocaliere is a listed site of natural beauty at 13 km and Aven d'Orgnac is a listed grand site of france at 15 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 Rivieres, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to RivieresSee France This Way travel guides for Gard and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rivieres.
Note that all distances from Rivieres shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rivieres 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 Languedoc-Roussillon and Gard gites and villas
Markets near Rivieres
- Saint-Ambroix: market every Tuesday (7km)
- Barjac: market every Friday (11km)
- Besseges: market every Thursday (16km)
- Goudargues: market every Wednesday (16km)
- Saint-Paul-le-Jeune: market every Monday & Friday (16km)
- Ales: market every Tuesday & Thursday & Saturday & Monday & Friday (19km)
- La Grand-Combe: market every Wednesday & Saturday (19km)
- Vallon Pont d'Arc: market every Thursday (22km)
- Naves: market every Saturday (23km)
- Ruoms: market every Friday (25km)
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 Rivieres and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the Rivieres map below.
Grand Site Of France Aven d'Orgnac (15km); Gorges de l'Ardeche (21km); Gorges du Gardon (34km); Pont du Gard (38km)
Heritage Site Pont du Gard (38km)
Most Beautiful Village La Roque-sur-Ceze (20km); Aigueze (24km); Balazuc (32km); Vogue (38km); La Garde-Guerin (44km)
Religious Monument Cathdrale Saint-Thodorit et Fenestrelle Tower (Uzes) (27km); Cathdrale Notre-Dame (Saint-Paul-Trois-Chateaux) (42km); Eglise de Saint Michel (La Garde-Adhemar) (43km)
Remarkable Garden Bambouseraie de Prafrance (28km); Jardin du mas de l'Abri (31km); Jardin du Tomple (32km); Jardin des herbes (43km)
Secteur Sauvegarde Uzes (26km); Viviers (44km)
Site Of Natural Beauty Grotte de la Cocaliere (13km); Bois de Paolive (19km)
Town Of Art And History Uzes (27km)
Ville Fleurie 4* Ales (19km)
Zoo Or Wildlife Park La Ferme aux crocodiles (37km)
Map of places to visit near Rivieres & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rivires
Canton: Barjac
Arrondissement: Als
Department: Gard
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 30430
Distance to Rivieres
from Nimes (local prefecture): 44 km
from Paris: 535 km
from Calais: 769 km
from Nice: 247 km
from Bordeaux: 390 km
from Strasbourg: 553 km
* distances are direct not by road!
More information
We have 9 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rivieres): Fons-sur-Lussan, Mejannes-le-Clap, Potelieres, Rochegude, Saint-Bres, Saint-Denis, Saint-Julien-de-Cassagnas, Saint-Victor-de-Malcap and Tharaux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rivieres from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rivieres