Viriat travel guide
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Visit Viriat: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Viriat is situated in the Ain department (Rhone-Alpes region) in the east of France at 5 km from Bourg-en-Bresse, the department capital. (General information: Viriat is 361 km from Paris and 578 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Bourg-en-Bresse at 5 km from Viriat
Popular places to visit near Viriat: these include Bourg-en-Bresse at 5 km and Macon at 30 km.
Brou Royal Monastery is a listed 'national monument' at 5km and Vonnas is a listed 'ville fleurie 4*' at 18km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Tourist classifications for Viriat: Village in bloom (ville fleurie) 3*;
Photos taken within 10 km
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Viriat, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Viriat
See France This Way travel guides for Ain and Rhone-Alpes (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Viriat.
Note that all distances from Viriat shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Viriat holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Viriat (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 Ain 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 Viriat and wondering what to do next!
- 'Remarkable gardens': Parc du château de Laye (44km) :
- National Monuments: Brou Royal Monastery (5km) :
- Beautiful Villages: Perouges (39km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapelle aux Moines (Berze-la-Ville) (40km) : Abbatiale eglise de Saint Philibert (Tournus) (42km) : Eglise de Saint Pierre de Brancion (Martailly-les-Brancion) (46km) : Abbaye de Cluny (Cluny) (47km) : Eglise de Jalogny (Jalogny) (49km) :
- Town / village in bloom 4*: Vonnas (18km) : Chatillon-sur-Chalaronne (25km) : Macon (30km) : Saint-Vulbas (47km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Trevoux (49km) :
- Grand Site of France: Roche de Solutre / Roche de Vergisson (39km) :
Map of places to visit near Viriat & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Viriat
Canton: Viriat
Arrondissement: Bourg-en-Bresse
Department: Ain
Region: Rhone-Alpes
Postcode: 01440
Distance to Viriat
from Bourg-en-Bresse: 5 km
from Paris: 361 km
from Calais: 578 km
from Nice: 326 km
from Bordeaux: 478 km
from Strasbourg: 322 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 4 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Viriat): Attignat, Bourg-en-Bresse, Saint-Denis-les-Bourg and Saint-Etienne-du-Bois.
Getting here
For driving distances to Viriat from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Viriat