Rivolet travel guide
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Visit Rivolet: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Rivolet is situated in the Rhone department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the eastern-center of France at 32 km from Lyon, the department capital. (General information: Rivolet is 359 km from Paris and 586 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Oingt at 6 km from Rivolet
Popular places to visit near Rivolet: these include Oingt at 6 km and Theize at 7 km.
Oingt is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 6km and Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard is a listed 'remarkable garden' 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 Rivolet, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Rivolet
See France This Way travel guides for and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Rivolet.
Note that all distances from Rivolet shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Rivolet holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Rivolet (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 Rhone 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 Rivolet and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Jardins du Château de Saint-Bernard (9km) : Parc du château de Laye (11km) : Le jardin de Zéphyr (31km) : Parc de la Tête d'Or (32km) : Parc de Gerland (33km) : Les Jardins du château de Drée (40km) : Jardin du château de Chaumont (48km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Oingt (6km) : Perouges (46km) : Semur-en-Brionnais (49km) :
- Religious monuments: Eglise Saint-Jean-Baptiste (Lyon) (33km) : Abbaye Saint Martin d'Ainey (Lyon) (33km) : Abbaye Saint-Fortuné de Charlieu (Charlieu) (37km) : Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (39km) : Couvent des Cordeliers (Saint-Nizier-sous-Charlieu) (41km) : Eglise de Saint Blaise (Mazille) (43km) : Eglise de Saint Marcel (Iguerande) (46km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (46km) : Eglise de Saint Germain (Saint-Germain-en-Brionnais) (47km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (48km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Ecully (29km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (30km) : Macon (37km) : Vonnas (38km) : Chaponnay (49km) :
- Heritage Sites: Historic Lyon (33km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (15km) : Charlieu (37km) : Saint-Symphorien-sur-Coise (43km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (34km) :
Map of places to visit near Rivolet & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Rivolet
Canton: Gleizé
Arrondissement: Villefranche-sur-Saône
Department: Rhone
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 69640
Distance to Rivolet
from Lyon: 32 km
from Paris: 359 km
from Calais: 586 km
from Nice: 331 km
from Bordeaux: 424 km
from Strasbourg: 372 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 13 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Rivolet): Blace, Cogny, Denice, Jarnioux, Lacenas, Liergues, Montmelas-Saint-Sorlin, Pouilly-le-Monial, Saint-Cyr-le-Chatoux, Saint-Julien, Sainte-Paule, Vaux-en-Beaujolais and Ville-sur-Jarnioux.
Getting here
For driving distances to Rivolet from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Rivolet