Harbours and anchorages near Saint-Tropez

Fréjus

Marina on the Esterel coast in the Var, built in the 1980s on the site of the Roman naval harbour, 843 berths.

Vieux Port de Saint Raphael

Town marina of 280 berths on the Esterel coast of the French Riviera, between Cannes and Saint-Tropez.

Pointe de la Chappe

Anchorage under the eastern slope of the Cap Lardier massif, Var, between Cavalaire and the Baie de Briande. Sand and seagrass bottom, shelter from N winds only.

• Sheltered N

Pointe La Rabiou

Rocky headland anchorage on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and the Cap de Saint-Tropez.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Port de San Peïre Les Issambres

Marina of 409 berths at Les Issambres, on the northern shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Aygulf.

Calanque des Anglais

Small rocky inlet on the Esterel coast just east of Agay, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Port-Grimaud

Lakeside marina of 2050 berths on the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, designed in the 1960s by architect François Spoerry as a lacustrine village with a canal network.

Bormes-les-Mimosas

Marina of 950 berths in the bay of Le Lavandou on the Var coast, at the foot of the Massif des Maures.

Port du Pilon

Small harbour on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Saint-Tropez town and the Marines de Cogolin, Var.

Port de Sainte-Maxime

Marina of 800 berths on the northern shore of the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, facing Saint-Tropez across the gulf.

Pointe du Dattier

Sand-bottomed anchorage on the Corniche des Maures between Cavalaire and Le Lavandou, commune of Le Rayol-Canadel, Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Pointe de la Bouillabaisse

Sand and seagrass anchorage in the Bay of Cavalaire off La Croix-Valmer, at the eastern end of the Plage du Débarquement, Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Grande Calanque

Anchorage off the Cap Bénat peninsula on the Var coast, between Le Lavandou and the Hyères islands.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Sèche de Cassin

Offshore shoal in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Pampelonne and the Baie des Canebiers, usable as a fair-weather anchorage.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Anse du Gau

Small cove on the west side of Cap Bénat, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the private harbour of Cap Bénat, in the Var.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Cap Taillat

Anchorage off the sand tombolo of Cap Taillat, on the Var coast between Cavalaire and Ramatuelle. Sand bottom, sheltered from S, SW, W and NW.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Cavalaire

Marina of 1200 berths in the bay of Cavalaire, between Cap Cavalaire and Cap Lardier, Var coast.

Port Ferréol

Private residential marina at La Gaillarde, on the coast of the Var between Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Raphael.

Les issambres - San perre

Sand-bottom anchorage off the shore of San Peïre-sur-Mer, in the Issambres district of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, on the Esterel coast of the Var.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Calanque de Saint-Barthelmy

Red rock inlet of the Esterel massif on the Corniche d'Or, between Agay and Théoule-sur-Mer, mixed sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N, NE, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Plage des Salins

Long sand beach on the eastern shore of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, 2.7 nm east of the town harbour.

• Sheltered W, NW

Plage de Boulouris

Anchorage off the beach at Boulouris, on the Esterel coast between Saint-Raphaël and Agay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage du Layet

Sand anchorage off Plage du Layet at Cavalière, on the Var coast between Le Lavandou and Cap Nègre.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Mouillage de Jova

Anchorage in the bay of Bonporteau, west of Cavalaire-sur-Mer, sheltered from the mistral blowing down from the north and east.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Plage de la Garrigue

Sandy anchorage in the bay of Les Canebiers, on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, Var.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

L'île d'Or

Small private island off Le Dramont, east of Saint-Raphaël, recognisable by its square Saracen-style tower of red porphyry built in 1912.

• Sheltered N, S, SE

Plage du Lavandou

Sandy anchorage off the main beach of Le Lavandou, on the Var coast between Cap Bénat and Cap Nègre.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Baie de Bon-Porte - Pointe du Canadel

Sand anchorage on the Var coast at the Baie de Bon Porté off l'Escalet, on the Ramatuelle peninsula just north of Cap Taillat, between Cavalaire and Saint-Tropez.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Plage Saint-Clair

Anchorage off Saint-Clair beach on the eastern shore of Le Lavandou, Var, with sand bottom and shelter from N, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, W, NW

Baie des Roches Bleues

Sand-bottom bay on the south coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between the Pilon anchorage and Saint-Tropez harbour.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW