Riviere-sur-Tarn tourism and travel guide

Photo is of Gorges de la Jonte at 9 km from Riviere-sur-Tarn

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Visit Riviere-sur-Tarn: highlights and tourist information

Riviere-sur-Tarn is situated in the Aveyron department and Occitanie region.

Below you can see some of the places that we have visited and reviewed and can recommend when you are sightseeing close to Riviere-sur-Tarn in Occitanie.

Popular places to visit nearby include Gorges de la Jonte at 9 km and La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite at 10 km.

Riviere-sur-Tarn, France: places to visit and attractions

Note that all distances below are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater!

Gorges de la Jonte

Scenery at 9 km (direction east), in the Lozere department

Less dramatic and less well known than the Gorges du Tarn north of here,...

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La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite

at 10 km (direction east-south-east)

The tiny village of La Roque-Sainte-Marguerite, in the Gorges de la Dourbie, is well...

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Millau

at 11 km (direction south-south-west)

The town of Millau is a lively traditional town, well worth a visit when...

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Les Vignes

at 13 km (direction north-east), in the Lozere department

Les Vignes is a village on the banks of the Tarn river, surrounded by...

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Millau bridge

Bridge at 14 km (direction south-west)

Millau Bridge (the Viaduc de Millau) is a modern bridge designed by Norman Foster,...

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Peyre

Most Beautiful Village at 15 km (direction south-west)

Close to Millau Bridge, the small village of Peyre is listed among the most...

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Severac-le-Chateau

at 16 km (direction north-north-west)

The highlights here in Severac-le-Chateau include the castle and the ancient vaulted passages in...

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Les loups du Gevaudan

at 20 km (direction north-north-west), in the Lozere department

The Loups de Gevaudan park is a chance to see wolves living in semi-liberty...

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La Malène

at 20 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

La Malène is a pretty village on the Tarn river in the Gorges du...

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Meyrueis

at 24 km (direction east), in the Lozere department

The small rivers that meet in the centre of the town and the lively...

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Saint-Chely-du-Tarn

at 26 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

Saint-Chely-du-Tarn is in an idyllic spot within the western part of the Gorges du...

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Gorges du Tarn

Scenery at 30 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

The cliffs and deep wooded slopes of the Gorges du Tarn make it one...

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Sainte-Enimie

Most Beautiful Village at 30 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

Sainte-Enimie is the most extensive, and perhaps the most interesting, of the pretty villages...

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Castelbouc

at 32 km (direction east-north-east), in the Lozere department

The tiny village of Castelbouc, in the Gorges du Tarn, is very lovely and...

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Map of places to visit near Riviere-sur-Tarn

Markets in and near Riviere-sur-Tarn

Millau: market Wednesday & Friday (11km)
Severac-le-Chateau: market Thursday (16km)
Salles-Curan: market Saturday - seasonal market only (27km)
Sainte-Enimie: market Wednesday & Saturday (30km)
Saint-Affrique: market Thursday & Saturday (32km)
Laissac: market Tuesday (33km)
Villefranche-de-Panat: market Sunday - seasonal market only (36km)
Arvieu: market Wednesday - seasonal market only (37km)
Ispagnac: market Tuesday & Saturday (38km)
Marvejols: market Tuesday & Saturday (42km)

More information about Riviere-sur-Tarn, Midi-Pyrenees

Midi-Pyrenees region travel guide

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Aveyron travel guide

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Tourist attractions near Riviere-sur-Tarn, France

What to do at Riviere-sur-Tarn? Some places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Riviere-sur-Tarn.

Grand sites of France

Gorges du Tarn (29km)
Cirque de Navacelles (45km)

Regional Natural Parcs

Grands Causses (21km)

Churches and religious monuments

Abbaye de Sylvanès (Sylvanes) (42km)
Eglise de Saint-Cirice (Brousse-le-Chateau) (46km)

Remarkable gardens

Jardin des Sambucs (47km)

Villages d'etape

(recommended place to break a long journey)

La Canourgue (28km)
Le Caylar (39km)

Zoo and/or wildlife park

Maison des vautours (vultures) (9km)
Parc à loups du Gévaudan (wolves) (20km)

Geography and distances

Riviere-sur-Tarn is in the southern-centre of France at 48 kilometres from Rodez, the department capital (general information: Riviere-sur-Tarn is 522 kilometres from Paris).

Geographical Information

Commune: Riviere-sur-Tarn

Canton: Peyreleau

Arrondissement: Millau

Department: Aveyron

Region: Midi-Pyrenees

New region: Occitanie

Postcode: 12640

Distance to Riviere-sur-Tarn

from Rodez (prefecture): 48 km

from Paris: 522 km

from Calais: 758 km

from Nice: 336 km

from Bordeaux: 303 km

from Strasbourg: 603 km

Getting here

For driving distances to Riviere-sur-Tarn from anywhere in France see driving distances and route planner.

We have 6 other places listed as being close (less than kilometres from ): Aguessac, Compeyre, La Cresse, Mostuejouls, Paulhe and Verrieres.

This page in French: Visiter Riviere-sur-Tarn