Best anchorages and harbours in France

3174 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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  1. 3031
    HarbourHarskirchen, France

    Port de Harskirchen

    Inland waterway stopover on the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre at Harskirchen in the Alsace Bossue, northern Grand Est.

  2. 3032
    HarbourFrance

    Port De Joinville Le Pont

    River port on the Marne at Joinville-le-Pont, in the Val-de-Marne east of Paris.

  3. Port de Jonquières3033
    HarbourMartigues, France

    Port de Jonquières

    Town quay in the Jonquières district of Martigues, on the canal Saint-Sébastien linking the Étang de Berre to the Canal de Caronte.

  4. Port De L'Aiguillon3034
    HarbourFrance

    Port De L'Aiguillon

    Tidal harbour on the right bank of the Lay estuary, on the north side of the Baie de l'Aiguillon, in the Vendée.

  5. Port de l’écluse3035
    HarbourBiscarrosse, France

    Port de l’écluse

    Small freshwater harbour on the lake of Biscarrosse-Parentis, in the Landes, near the canal linking to the lake of Cazaux.

  6. 3036
    HarbourFrance

    Port de l’Estey

    Small freshwater harbour on the eastern shore of Lac de Cazaux-Sanguinet, in the Landes. Main port of the commune of Sanguinet.

  7. Port de la Baie Saint Michel3037
    HarbourChorges, France

    Port de la Baie Saint Michel

    202-berth marina in the Baie Saint-Michel on the south shore of Lac de Serre-Poncon, commune of Chorges.

  8. 3038
    HarbourLa Belle étoile, France

    Port de la belle étoile

    Small Gironde estuary port at La Belle Étoile, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, between the Bec d'Ambès and the Médoc shore.

  9. Port de la Caille3039
    HarbourSaint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire, France

    Port de la Caille

    River port on the Loire at Saint-Jean-Saint-Maurice-sur-Loire, within the Villerest reservoir in the Loire département.

  10. Port de la Capitainerie3040
    HarbourSavines-le-Lac, France

    Port de la Capitainerie

    Main harbour of Savines-le-Lac on the north shore of Lac de Serre-Poncon, seat of the lake capitainerie.

  11. Port de la Madrague3041
    HarbourMarseille, France

    Port de la Madrague

    Small harbour in the Madrague-de-Montredon cove, south of Marseille, at the gateway to the Calanques National Park.

  12. 3042
    HarbourFrance

    Port de la Pierre Percée

    River port on the Loire between Ancenis and Champtoceaux, on the right bank, Pays de la Loire.

  13. Port de la Saisse3043
    HarbourPont-de-Poitte, France

    Port de la Saisse

    Small lake port on Lac de Vouglans, Jura, near Pont-de-Poitte. The lake is a 35 km hydro-electric reservoir on the river Ain.

  14. Port De La Teste3044
    HarbourFrance

    Port De La Teste

    Tidal port on the south shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at the mouth of the Craste de Nézer.

  15. Port de Lérat3045
    HarbourPiriac-sur-Mer, France

    Port de Lérat

    Small drying harbour on the rocky coast north of Piriac-sur-Mer, on the Guérande peninsula in Pays de la Loire.

  16. 3046
    HarbourLugrin, France

    Port de Lugrin

    Small lake harbour on the French shore of Lac Léman, in Lugrin, between Évian and Meillerie in Haute-Savoie.

  17. 3047
    HarbourFrance

    Port de Massigneu de Rive

    River port on the Rhône at Massignieu-de-Rives in Ain, on the Lac de Virignin reach upstream of the Champagneux dam, between Belley and Yenne.

  18. 3048
    Harbourmelay, France

    Port de Melay

    Inland marina on the Canal de Roanne à Digoin, in the commune of Melay in southern Burgundy.

  19. Port de Navarrosse3049
    HarbourBiscarrosse, France

    Port de Navarrosse

    Freshwater marina on the Étang de Cazaux-Sanguinet at Biscarrosse, in the Landes forest south of Arcachon.

  20. 3050
    HarbourBeaumont-du-Lac, France

    Port de Nergout

    Small pontoon on Lac de Vassivière at Beaumont-du-Lac, on the Limousin plateau in Haute-Vienne.

  21. Port de Neuilly sur Marne3051
    HarbourNeuilly-sur-Marne, France

    Port de Neuilly sur Marne

    River port of 40 berths on the Marne at Neuilly-sur-Marne, around 15 km east of Paris.

  22. 3052
    HarbourLe Vauclin, Martinique

    Port de pêche du Vauclin

    Fishing harbour of Le Vauclin on the Atlantic coast of Martinique, next to the bourg.

  23. 3053
    HarbourGuadeloupe

    Port de Petit-Bourg

    Small harbour of Petit-Bourg on the east coast of Basse-Terre, on the western shore of the Petit Cul-de-Sac Marin.

  24. Port de Plaisance de Chindrieux3054
    HarbourChindrieux, France

    Port de Plaisance de Chindrieux

    Lake port at Chindrieux on the north shore of the Lac du Bourget, Savoie, the largest natural lake in France.

  25. 3055
    HarbourSaint-Malo-de-Phily, France

    Port de Plaisance de Guipry-Messac

    River port with 166 berths on the Vilaine at Guipry-Messac, south of Rennes in Brittany, on the Nantes to Brest waterway network.

  26. 3056
    HarbourFrance

    Port de Port Saint Pierre

    Mountain lake port on the lac de Serre-Ponçon in the southern French Alps, at around 780 m altitude.

  27. Port de Rivedoux Plage3057
    HarbourRivedoux-Plage, France

    Port de Rivedoux Plage

    Drying harbour on the east coast of the Île de Ré, facing the pont de l'Île de Ré, in Charente-Maritime.

  28. Port de Roanne3058
    HarbourRoanne, France

    Port de Roanne

    Inland marina at the western terminus of the Canal de Roanne à Digoin, in the Loire département.

  29. Port de Saint Briac3059
    HarbourSaint-Briac-sur-Mer, France

    Port de Saint Briac

    Drying tidal harbour at the mouth of the Frémur river on the Emerald Coast, around 600 moorings on buoys and fore-and-aft lines.

  30. Port de Saint Vincent-les-Forts3060
    HarbourUbaye-Serre-Ponçon, France

    Port de Saint Vincent-les-Forts

    Port of 87 berths on the north-east arm of Lake Serre-Ponon, below the Vauban fort of Saint-Vincent, commune of Ubaye-Serre-Ponon.

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Opal Coast and Bay of Somme: Dunkirk to Saint-Valery, Stopover harbours of North Brittany, Saint-Malo to Brest, Emerald Coast anchorages, Saint-Malo to Cancale, Jersey, Guernsey and Sark from Saint-Malo, Pink granite coast and Bréhat: the anchorages, Saint-Brieuc bay: Saint-Quay to Paimpol, Brest roadstead and the Crozon peninsula: the anchorages, Ushant, Molène and Sein: the Iroise anchorages, The Abers: Aber-Wrac'h to Roscoff, Stopover harbours of South Brittany, Brest to the Vilaine, The Glénan: anchorages of the archipelago, The Odet to Concarneau: stopovers and anchorages, Douarnenez bay, Cap Sizun and Audierne, Belle-Île, Houat and Hoëdic: the best anchorages, Gulf of Morbihan: anchorages and stopovers, Quiberon bay and La Trinité: sheltered anchorages, Groix, Lorient and the rias: a weekend from Lorient, The D-Day beaches by sea, East Cotentin: Cherbourg, Barfleur and Saint-Vaast, Granville, Chausey and the west coast of the Cotentin, Alderney and Guernsey from Cherbourg, Côte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast: the stopovers, The tidal Seine, from Le Havre and Honfleur to Rouen, Atlantic stopover harbours, the Loire to the Gironde, Guérande peninsula: Piriac, Le Croisic and La Baule, Côte de Jade: Saint-Brevin to Pornic, Vendée: Pornic, Noirmoutier, Yeu and Les Sables, Île d'Yeu and Noirmoutier: the anchorages, Ré, Aix and Oléron: the Pertuis from La Rochelle, Île de Ré and the Pertuis Breton: tidal harbours and anchorages, Oléron, Marennes and the Seudre: oyster channels and gated basins, Gironde estuary: Royan to Pauillac, Garonne and Dordogne: Pauillac to Bordeaux and Libourne, Arcachon basin: the anchorages, Basque coast: Capbreton, Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Hendaye, Côte Vermeille: Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls, Sète, the Thau lagoon and the Camargue, Cap d'Agde to Port-Barcarès: lagoon harbours and fair-weather anchorages, Stopover harbours of the Gulf of Lion, Port-Vendres to Port-Camargue, Camargue, Gulf of Fos and the Étang de Berre: harbours and anchorages, Calanques, Marseille to Cassis: where you can still anchor, Frioul and Riou: the islands of Marseille, Côte Bleue: Carry, Sausset and Niolon, Cassis to Bandol via Île Verte, Îles d'Hyères: Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Levant, Gulf of Saint-Tropez, Pampelonne and the capes, Where to shelter from the mistral in the Var, Bandol to Giens: Sanary, Les Embiez and the Toulon roadstead, Corniche des Maures: Léoube to Cavalaire, beaches and anchorages, Stopover harbours of the Var, Bandol to Saint-Raphaël, Lérins islands and Cap d'Antibes: the anchorages, Villefranche to Menton: Cap Ferrat, Monaco and Menton, The Estérel: Théoule to Agay, anchorages of the red rocks, Stopover harbours of the Riviera, Saint-Raphaël to Menton, The most beautiful anchorages in Corsica, Bonifacio, Lavezzi and the far south, Agriates and Cap Corse: Saint-Florent to Macinaggio, West coast: Calvi, Scandola, Girolata and Ajaccio, Porto-Vecchio, Pinarello and the east coast, Gulf of Ajaccio: Sanguinaires islands to Capo di Muro, Gulf of Valinco: Propriano, Campomoro and the coast to Roccapina, Balagne: L'Île-Rousse to Calvi and Galéria, Round Corsica in twelve harbours, South Martinique: Le Marin, Sainte-Anne and Les Salines, Fort-de-France bay, Trois-Îlets and the Anses d'Arlet, Saint-Pierre and Martinique's north Caribbean coast, Martinique's Atlantic coast: islets and white sand shallows, Guadeloupe's leeward coast: Deshaies, Pigeon and Bouillante, Les Saintes and Marie-Galante anchorages, Grande-Terre, Petite-Terre and La Désirade: Pointe-à-Pitre to Saint-François, Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin: the lagoon islets, Saint-Martin and St. Barts: anchorages and marine reserves, The Seine from Paris to Rouen: halts and locks, Upper Seine and the Loing: Paris to Moret-sur-Loing, The Saône and the Seille, Saint-Jean-de-Losne to Mâcon, Canal du Midi stops, Toulouse to Béziers, Marne-Rhine canal: across the Vosges to Strasbourg, Lake Geneva, French shore: Yvoire to Meillerie, Lakes Annecy and Bourget: the harbours.