Best anchorages and harbours in France
1982 documented anchorages and harbours in France, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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511AnchorageFranceLe blavet aval ferme
4.2River anchorage on the lower Blavet below Hennebont, sheltered from all directions, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
512AnchorageFrancePort aux anglais
4.2Anchorage among the Iles de Glenan off southern Finistere, open to the south, with a mixed bottom of sand, rock and weed.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 513AnchorageFrance
Portz Plous
4.2Anchorage on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off Morbihan in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 514AnchorageFrance
Samzun
4.2Anchorage on the east side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south of Le Palais.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 515AnchorageFrance
Anse du Bon Renaud
4.2South-facing cove on the northern coast of Île de Porquerolles, about 0.6 nm west of the village harbour, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 516AnchorageFrance
Anse Ottioni
4.2Anchorage in a small cove on the west coast of Corsica, south of Ajaccio in the Gulf of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S
- 517AnchorageFrance
Cala de Malfacu
4.2Cove of the Désert des Agriates coast in northern Corsica, about 8.5 nm west of Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 518AnchorageFrance
Etang du Ponant
4.2Brackish coastal lagoon north of La Grande-Motte, about 270 hectares, connected to the sea by a narrow grau. Mud bottom with water available ashore.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
519AnchorageFranceÎle de Bendor
4.2Small 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
520AnchorageFranceÎle de la Jument
4.2Small island in the Gulf of Morbihan between Larmor-Baden and the Île-aux-Moines, with 8 visitor buoys on a mixed mud and weed bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
521AnchorageFranceÎle de Litiri
4.2Small islet mooring in the Chenal du Four, off the Pointe Saint-Mathieu in Finistère, north Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 522AnchorageFrance
La Pietra
4.2Rocky islet of La Pietra at the tip of the Ile Rousse peninsula in Balagne, north Corsica. Anchoring is prohibited in the immediate surroundings.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
523AnchorageFranceLes Trois Ilets
4.2Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S
524AnchorageFranceMouillage de Le Petit Villard
4.2Anchorage on the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France, about 2.7 NM NW of Aix-les-Bains.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
525AnchorageFrancePinarello
4.2Open bay on the east coast of Corsica, north of Porto-Vecchio, with a long sand beach and a Genoese tower on the small offshore islet.
- Free
- Sheltered S
526AnchorageFrancePlage de Portisol
4.2Sandy cove on the west side of Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, between Pointe Cogolin and the harbour entrance.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 527AnchorageFrance
Plage De Rocroy
4.2Anchorage off Plage de Rocroy on the west coast of Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
528AnchorageFrancePlage Du Capelan
4.2Small cove on the Île Rousse peninsula west of Bandol, southern Provence, used as a day anchorage.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
529AnchorageFranceRoscanvel
4.2Anchorage on the west side of the Rade de Brest, along the Crozon peninsula facing the Goulet. Sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 530AnchorageMartinique
Sainte-Anne
4.2Main anchorage of Sainte-Anne, off the bourg at the southern entrance of the Cul-de-Sac du Marin. Sand bottom, sheltered from north through east to south-east.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
531AnchorageFrancetunnel st. albain nord
4.2Mooring prohibited at the north entrance to the Saint-Albin tunnel on the Petite Saône, a 681 m navigation tunnel linking the river around a meander near Scey-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
532AnchorageFranceBaia di Ferro
4.2Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica south of Campomoro, rocky bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 533AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Figuerolles
4.2Small ochre-cliff calanque on the western side of La Ciotat, with a sand and rock bottom sheltered from the northerly quadrant.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 534AnchorageFrance
Ecluse Charly-sur-Marne
4.2River mooring on the Marne at the Charly-sur-Marne lock, in the Aisne department, upstream of La Ferte-sous-Jouarre.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, S, SE
- 535AnchorageFrance
île de broue
4.2River anchorage on the Saône near Pont-de-Vaux, in Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
- Sheltered W, E
536AnchorageFranceÎles Finocchiarola
4.2Anchorage off the three Finocchiarola islets at the north-east tip of Cap Corse, inside the Natura 2000 nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 537AnchorageGuadeloupe
Malendure, Réserve Cousteau
4.2Anchorage at the north end of Malendure beach in Bouillante, 0.5 nm east of the Îlets Pigeon, sand bottom, sheltered from N through SE.
- Free
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
538AnchorageFranceMouillage de Merrien
4.2Anchorage in the ria of Merrien, a narrow inlet on the south coast of Finistere between Doelan and Brigneau.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 539AnchorageGuadeloupe
Saint-Louis nord
4.2Anchorage on the north side of the bay of Saint-Louis on the west coast of Marie-Galante, sand and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 540AnchorageFrance
Plage de Isthme
4.2Anchorage off the sandy isthmus linking the Quiberon peninsula to the mainland, south Brittany, on the east-facing baie de Quiberon side.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE