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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481HarbourSaint Valery sur Somme, FranceSaint Valery sur Somme
4.4Tidal marina of 250 berths in the Somme estuary, Hauts-de-France, on the south bank of the baie de Somme.
482HarbourSanary-sur-Mer, FranceSanary-sur-Mer
4.4Harbour of 550 berths on the Var coast, between Bandol and Toulon, sheltered behind a curved breakwater.
483AnchorageFranceAnse de Bréhec
4.4Drying cove on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, at the foot of the Plouha cliffs between Paimpol and Saint-Quay-Portrieux.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 484AnchorageFrance
Anse du Conguel
4.4Sandy anchorage on the southern tip of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 485AnchorageFrance
Cala di Lignaghia
4.4Sand anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, inside the Réserve naturelle de Scandola and close to the Golfe de Girolata.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
486AnchorageFranceDoëlan
4.4Narrow ria on the south Brittany coast between Lorient and Concarneau, with 25 visitor buoys laid by the commune of Clohars-Carnoët.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 487HarbourMarseillan, France
Marseillan Ville
4.4Harbour of 350 berths on the SW shore of the étang de Thau, in the village of Marseillan in Occitanie.
- 488AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Bauma
4.4Anchorage on the east side of the Presqu'île de Giens in the Var, mixed sand and weed bottom, sheltered from NW through S.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
489HarbourChampagnole, FrancePort de Condrieu - Les Roches
4.4River marina on the Rhône at Condrieu, between Vienne and Saint-Étienne, 40 km south of Lyon.
490AnchorageFranceSaint-Suliac
4.4Tidal mooring on the Rance estuary opposite the village of Saint-Suliac, between Saint-Malo and Dinan, Brittany. Two visitor berths, mud bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 491HarbourFort-de-France, Martinique
Station carburant de l'Étang Z'Abricots
4.4Fuel and water berth at Étang Z'Abricots, at the head of Fort-de-France bay, just west of the marina.
492HarbourFranceTournon sur Rhone
4.4River port on the right bank of the Rhône at Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, facing Tain-l'Hermitage on the opposite bank.
- 493AnchorageFrance
Anse de Chevanu
4.4Small sand cove on the south Corsican coast, close to Pianottoli-Caldarello, within the Bouches de Bonifacio Natura 2000 area.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 494AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Gorguette
4.4Anchorage on the Provençal coast between Bandol and Sanary-sur-Mer in the Var, off the Plage de la Gorguette.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, NW
495AnchorageFranceBaie des Trépassés
4.4Wide sand bay between the Pointe du Raz and the Pointe du Van at the western tip of Finistère, open to the west.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
496HarbourBandol, FranceBandol
4.4Major marina of 1 600 berths in the bay of Bandol, between the Ile de Bendor and the town of Sanary-sur-Mer, on the Var coast.
497HarbourEtel, FranceÉtel
4.4Tidal harbour of around 400 berths on the Ria d'Étel, south Morbihan, entered across a shifting sand bar.
498HarbourGroix, FranceGroix
4.4Small annex berthing on the île de Groix off the Morbihan coast, alongside the main harbour of Port-Tudy.
- 499HarbourFrance
Halte fluival cuisery
4.4River halt on the Seille in Cuisery, Bourgogne Franche-Comte, with around 20 berths and a maximum draught of 1.5 m.
500AnchorageFranceLe Blavet Stomac
4.4River anchorage on the Blavet, 1.8 NM S of Hennebont and upstream of Lorient, in Brittany.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
501HarbourLe Crotoy, FranceLe Crotoy
4.4Drying harbour on the north shore of the Somme estuary in Hauts-de-France, 110 berths, only 0.8 m of water available on average.
502AnchorageFranceLe Petit Rhône
4.4Anchorage off the mouth of the Petit Rhône on the Camargue coast, mud bottom, 0.8 nm NW of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 503AnchorageFrance
Plage de Taverna
4.4Open anchorage on a sand bottom just south of Bastia old town, east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
504AnchorageFrancePort du Tinduff
4.4Mooring area in the Anse du Tinduff on the southern shore of the Rade de Brest, commune of Plougastel-Daoulas, Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 505HarbourAjaccio, France
Port Tino Rossi
4.4Marina of 300 berths at the foot of the Ajaccio citadel, on the south side of the Ajaccio old town.
- 506HarbourVoid-Vacon, France
Quai Canal de la Marne au Rhin
4.4Canal quay on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin Ouest at Void-Vacon, in the Meuse department between Ligny-en-Barrois and Toul.
507HarbourRedon, FranceRedon
4.4Inland marina on the Vilaine, 160 berths, at the junction with the Nantes-Brest canal in southern Brittany.
- 508AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse Ballet
4.3Anchorage in Anse Ballet on the west coast of Marie-Galante, sand and weed bottom, 1.7 miles north of Grand-Bourg harbour.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 509AnchorageFrance
Calanque de la Tripe
4.3Small calanque on the south side of Cap Bénat in the Var, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the Île du Levant. Bottom of sand and posidonia.
- Sheltered N, NE, W, NW
- 510AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Morgiou
4.3Calanque east of Sormiou with a small fishing port in the Calanques national park, where anchoring is limited to the sand outside a buoyed protection zone that shields the posidonia.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
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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.