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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- 1831AnchorageFrance
La Maulde
Buoy mooring on the Lac de Vassivière, a 1 000 hectare reservoir in the Limousin uplands of Haute-Vienne and Creuse.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1832AnchorageFrance
La Mauvaise
Anchorage off the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula in the Chausey archipelago waters, sand bottom, sheltered from NW winds only.
- Sheltered NW
- 1833AnchorageFrance
La Nor
Anchorage in the baie de Bourgneuf, Pays de la Loire, mud bottom with good holding, open to westerly weather.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1834AnchorageFranceLa Palme
Anchorage on the west coast of the Crozon peninsula, sand and rock bottom, shelter from N and NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1835AnchorageFrance
La plage des Aigrettes
Sand anchorage on the north shore of the Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet in the Landes, one of the largest freshwater lakes in France.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1836AnchorageFrance
la source
Sand anchorage off Saint-Briac-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Émeraude, between Saint-Malo and the estuary of the Frémur.
1837AnchorageFranceLa Vache
Sand-bottom anchorage in the Chausey archipelago off the Normandy coast, west of Granville.
- 1838AnchorageFrance
La vilaine
River anchorage on the Vilaine between the Arzal dam and La Roche-Bernard, rock bottom, protected from W to SE winds.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 1839AnchorageFrance
La vilaine
Mooring on the lower Vilaine between Arzal dam and the Foleux reach, in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1840AnchorageFrance
La Voûte
Anchorage on the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France, in Savoie.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1841AnchorageFrance
Lac de Gauge
River mooring on the Baïse in Gascony, between Valence-sur-Baïse and Nérac.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW
1842AnchorageFranceLac de Madine
Inland reservoir in the Meuse département, Grand Est, used for sailing and light craft. Anchorage on mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1843AnchorageFranceLauterbourg
River anchorage on the Rhine at Lauterbourg, Alsace, at the French-German border north of Strasbourg.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
1844AnchorageFranceLe Blavet
River anchorage on the Blavet estuary upstream of Lorient, mud bottom, protected from N and NW.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N
1845AnchorageFranceLe Bois Bas
Anchorage in the Golfe du Morbihan, south Brittany, on the channel between Île aux Moines and the north shore.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1846AnchorageFrance
Le chemin
Buoy mooring in the Pertuis Breton off the Pointe d'Arçay, Vendée coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
1847AnchorageFranceLe Cormier
Anchorage on the Jade coast near Pornic, sand and rock bottom, shelter from NE through E and from SW through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 1848AnchorageFrance
Le Cremiou
Unsheltered mooring off the northern coast of Finistère, between Plouescat and Plouguerneau.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
1849AnchorageFranceLe Jai
Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, off the Le Jaï spit between Marignane and Châteauneuf-les-Martigues.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
1850AnchorageFranceLe littoral
Open anchorage along the coast of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, between La Ciotat and Bandol, off the Var shore.
- Sheltered SE
- 1851AnchorageFrance
Le Loup
Anchorage in the Jaudy estuary leading to Tréguier, on the Trégor coast of northern Brittany.
- Sheltered N
1852AnchorageFranceLe Minihic-sur-Rance
Anchorage in the Rance estuary upstream of Saint-Malo, mud bottom, between Dinard and Dinan.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1853AnchorageFranceLe moulin neuf
Mooring area on the Rance maritime estuary near La Richardais, between Dinard and the Chatelier lock, mud bottom.
- 1854AnchorageFrance
Le Passage
Sheltered anchorage in the golfe du Morbihan, at the narrows of Le Passage between Arradon and Île-aux-Moines.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
1855AnchorageFranceLe petit Gerard
Rocky anchorage on the west side of the Embiez archipelago, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 1856AnchorageFrance
Le Petit Piquey
Anchorage on the eastern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, off the village of Petit Piquey on the Lège-Cap-Ferret peninsula, in New Aquitaine.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1857AnchorageFrance
Le Pouldu
Anchorage off Le Pouldu, at the mouth of the Laita river between Finistere and Morbihan, southern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
- 1858AnchorageFrance
Le Rieul
Mooring on buoys off the plage de Longchamp at Saint-Briac-sur-Mer, Côte d'Émeraude, Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
1859AnchorageFranceLe Rohaliguen
Buoy field of 31 moorings off Rohaliguen, on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer in Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1860AnchorageFrance
Le Rohaliguen
Rocky anchorage on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, just east of the fishing port of Saint-Jacques, commune of Sarzeau.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW