Mouillage

Anse de Paulilles

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Shelter: NW, W, SW
Seabed: sand, rock, algae
Anchoring: Allowed

Anchorage in the Anse de Paulilles on the Côte Vermeille, between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

Mooring buoys
Visitor buoys
Beach
Seagrass

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the east. The 51 seasonal buoys are free, numbered and sized by boat length, each with a fabric loop or a pick-up line to take the boat's own warp; the blue ones are reserved for professionals. Take a buoy matching the boat's length and arrive early, as they fill in summer. Some room remains to anchor on sand at the edges, on a bottom of sand, rock and Posidonia, so drop on a clear sand patch. Sheltered from NW, W and SW winds, exposed to the easterly sector.

Practical

Moorings are managed as part of the Natura 2000 marine site, and a local rule requires at least one person to remain aboard while moored. Port-Vendres 1.3 NM to the NW and Banyuls-sur-Mer 1.4 NM to the S for provisioning and all services.

Ashore

A restaurant sits at the head of the bay, with a more basic snack bar on the beach, and dinghy landing on the beach itself is restricted. The site is a 17-hectare coastal park owned by the Conservatoire du Littoral, on the grounds of the former Nobel dynamite factory founded by Alfred Nobel's company in 1870. A museum trail and boatyard for traditional Catalan lateen boats are open to visitors.

History

The Nobel factory produced dynamite at Paulilles from 1870 until its closure in 1984. The site was then cleared of industrial buildings and opened to the public in 2008 as a protected coastal park.