Vives travel guide
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Visit Vives: Highlights and Tourist Information
Location: Vives is situated in the Pyrenees-Orientales department (Languedoc-Roussillon region) in the south of France at 22 km from Perpignan, the department capital. (General information: Vives is 704 km from Paris and 939 km from the port at Calais).
Note: The photo above was taken in Ceret at 5 km from Vives
Popular places to visit near Vives: these include Ceret at 5 km and Castelnou at 11 km.
Chapel Saint-Martin de Fenollar (Maureillas-las-Illas) is a listed 'religious monument' at 5km and Castelnou is a listed 'most beautiful village' at 11km. For more places to visit nearby and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
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Selected places to visit and attractions near Vives, France
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Vives
See France This Way travel guides for Pyrenees-Orientales and Languedoc-Roussillon (the local department and region) for more travel ideas in the area of Vives.
Note that all distances from Vives shown above are direct and real driving distances will be greater.
Vives holidays and travel
If you are planning a visit we suggest you see hotels in and near to Vives (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 Pyrenees-Orientales 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 Vives and wondering what to do next!
- Beautiful Villages: Castelnou (11km) : Eus (28km) : Villefranche-de-Conflent (33km) : Mosset (37km) :
- Religious monuments: Chapel Saint-Martin de Fenollar (Maureillas-las-Illas) (5km) : Eglise de Saint Michel (Saint-Genis-des-fontaines) (13km) : Prieuré de Serrabone (Boule-d'Amont) (17km) : Chapelle de Casenoves (Ille-sur-tet) (20km) : Eglise de Trinité d'Aregno (Aregno) (20km) : Eglise de Notre Dame des Anges (Cabestany) (22km) : Eglise de Sainte Marie de Marcevol (Arboussols) (26km) : Abbaye Saint Martin du Canigou (Casteil) (30km) : Abbaye Saint Michel de Cuixa (Codalet) (30km) : Eglise de Sainte-Marie (Corneilla-de-Conflent) (32km) :
- Towns of Art and History: Perpignan (22km) :
- Recommended Detour Town: Prades (30km) :
- Grand Site of France: Massif du Canigou (25km) :
Map of places to visit near Vives & Location Information
Geographical Information
Commune: Vivès
Canton: Céret
Arrondissement: Céret
Department: Pyrenees-Orientales
Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Postcode: 66400
Distance to Vives
from Perpignan: 22 km
from Paris: 704 km
from Calais: 939 km
from Nice: 388 km
from Bordeaux: 371 km
from Strasbourg: 777 km
* distances are direct not by road!
Place with full review on France This Way 
Other attractions & sights of interest
More information
We have 11 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Vives): Ceret, Le Boulou, Llauro, Maureillas-Las-Illas, Montauriol, Oms, Passa, Reynes, Saint-Jean-Pla-de-Corts, Torderes and Tresserre.
Getting here
For driving distances to Vives from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.
This page in French: Visitez Vives