Harbours and anchorages near La Ciotat

Calanque de l'Escondelle

Cove on the western flank of Île de Pomègues, Frioul archipelago, facing the open sea off Marseille.

• Sheltered E, SE, S

La Ciotat - Port vieux

Historic harbour of 700 berths in the heart of La Ciotat, at the foot of the former shipyards now converted into a superyacht refit centre.

Calanque Seynerolles

Small rocky inlet on the eastern flank of La Ciotat bay, just south of the Port Vieux.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Plage De La Madrague

Anchorage off the sandy beach of La Madrague, a cove on the western side of the Baie des Lecques, between La Ciotat and Bandol.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Cassis

Port of 400 berths in the bay of Cassis, between Cap Canaille and the calanque of Port-Miou, within the Calanques National Park.

Île de Bendor

Small private island off Bandol, bought by Paul Ricard in 1950 and developed into a cultural site with a marina on its north side.

• Sheltered S, SE

Plage de Portisol

Sandy cove on the west side of Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, between Pointe Cogolin and the harbour entrance.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Île de Jarre

Uninhabited island south-east of Marseille, inside the Calanques national park, with a sand anchorage on its northern side protected from southerly winds.

• Sheltered SE, S

Ile de Jarron

Anchorage by Île Jarron in the Riou archipelago south of Marseille, within the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Calanque de Ratonneau

Anchorage on the north side of Ratonneau island in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille, with sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Port de l'Éoube

Small cove on the east side of Île Ratonneau in the Frioul archipelago, off Marseille.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Roche de la Cheminée

Anchorage off the Frioul archipelago west of Marseille, between Pomègues and Ratonneau.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SW, W, NW

Pointe du Rix

Rocky point on the north-east coast of the island of Les Embiez, facing the Brusc lagoon.

• Sheltered NE

Pointe du Canouvié

Anchorage on the eastern side of Île des Embiez, sheltered from the west wind between the island and Le Brusc.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Le Baou Rouge

Anchorage under the red cliffs of the Calanques massif east of Marseille, inside the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

La Spiaggia

Anchorage off Le Brusc in the lagoon approach to the Embiez archipelago, west of Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

La Seyne sur Mer

Marina of 300 berths in the inner part of the bay of Toulon, on the western shore known as the Petite Rade.

Anse de Fabrégas

Cove on the south coast of the Six-Fours-les-Plages commune, between Cap Sicié to the west and the Saint-Mandrier peninsula to the east.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Plage du Boeuf

Sand anchorage off a short beach on the south side of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, west of the naval installations of Cap Cépet.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

La Ciotat - Nouveau Port

Marina of 640 berths at La Ciotat, east of Marseille, in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Rade de Ceyreste/ Grande Plage

Anchorage off the Grande Plage of La Ciotat, in the bay shared by Ceyreste and La Ciotat on the eastern Bouches-du-Rhône coast, between the Bec de l'Aigle and the port entrance.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Anse de l'Arène

Anchorage off Cassis, 0.8 NM south-east of the harbour and 1.3 NM east of Port-Miou, inside the Calanques National Park.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Baie de Sanary

Sand anchorage in the baie de Sanary, between the Cap Sicié to the east and the Île des Embiez to the west, on the Var coast in Provence.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Plage des Salins

Anchorage off the Plage des Salins at Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var, just north of the Embiez archipelago.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

île de la Tour Fondue

Small rocky island in the Embiez archipelago off Six-Fours-les-Plages, western side of the Petit Rouveau channel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Madrague Montredon

Anchorage off the south-eastern tip of Marseille, just east of Port de la Madrague de Montredon, within the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Plage de Malpasset

Anchorage off a small beach on the south coast of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, west of Toulon bay.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Île du Frioul

Marina of 800 berths on the Frioul archipelago, built in the strait between Pomègues and Ratonneau, 2.5 nautical miles off Marseille.

Débié

Anchorage on the south side of Pomègues, one of the Frioul islands off Marseille.

• Sheltered N, W, NW

La Madrague - Saint Cyr

Small marina of 400 berths on the south-east shore of the baie des Lecques at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, at the foot of the wooded hill of La Madrague.