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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631HarbourCap d'Ail, FranceCap d'Ail
4.3Deepwater marina of 260 berths on the Riviera, immediately west of the Principality of Monaco.
- 632AnchorageFrance
Île-de-Sein
4.3Anchorage off Île de Sein, west of the Pointe du Raz in Finistère, on sand, sheltered from S and SW winds.
- Sheltered S, SW
633AnchorageFranceîlot Tiboulen
4.3Small rocky islet at the NW tip of the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques national park.
- Sheltered S
- 634AnchorageFrance
Krellou
4.3Open anchorage on the north Finistère coast, between Locquirec and Pointe de Primel, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 635AnchorageFrance
Pietra
4.3Rocky anchorage off the west coast of Corsica, 6.5 NM north-west of Ajaccio and Port Charles Ornano.
- Sheltered N
636HarbourPiriac sur mer, FrancePiriac-sur-Mer
4.3Marina on the presqu'île guérandaise north of La Turballe, 830 berths behind a breakwater, in a village labelled Petite Cité de Caractère.
637AnchorageFrancePlage de Boulouris
4.3Anchorage off the beach at Boulouris, on the Esterel coast between Saint-Raphaël and Agay.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 638AnchorageFrance
Plage des Sables Rouges
4.3Anchorage off the SE coast of the Île de Groix, Morbihan, facing a beach where the sand contains garnets that give it its red colour.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
639AnchorageFrancePlage du Layet
4.3Sand anchorage off Plage du Layet at Cavalière, on the Var coast between Le Lavandou and Cap Nègre.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 640HarbourTalange, France
Port de plaisance de Talange
4.3Inland marina of about 60 berths on the canalised Moselle in Lorraine, between Metz and Thionville.
641AnchorageFrancePort Yorc'h
4.3Small sand-bottomed cove on the east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, about 1.8 nm south-east of Le Palais.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
642AnchorageFranceTal er Hah
4.3Sand anchorage on the south-east coast of Île de Houat, a short hop from Port de Saint-Gildas.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 643AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse de la Guérite
4.2Anchorage just off the Port-Louis marina on the north-west coast of Grande-Terre, sand and rock bottom in about 7 metres.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
644AnchorageFranceAnse du phare
4.2Sand anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Concarneau and Trévignon, with good shelter from the easterly sector.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 645AnchorageMartinique
Anse Latouche
4.2Cove between Le Carbet and Saint-Pierre, on the north Caribbean coast, below the former Anse Latouche estate.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
646AnchorageFranceBaie de Sainte-Anne
4.2Anchorage off the pink granite coast of Ploumanac'h, sand bottom, 0.6 nm NW of the harbour entrance.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 647AnchorageFrance
Calanque Seynerolles
4.2Small rocky inlet on the eastern flank of La Ciotat bay, just south of the Port Vieux.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
648AnchorageFranceErsa
4.2Anchorage off the commune of Ersa at the northern tip of Cap Corse, opposite the Île de la Giraglia.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
649AnchorageFranceFort Sainte-Marguerite
4.2Buoy field of 28 moorings on the north side of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the larger of the Îles de Lérins, facing Cannes across the Baie de Cannes.
- Free
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
650AnchorageFranceÎle Saint-Riom (Nord)
4.2Anchorage off the north side of Île Saint-Riom in the Bay of Paimpol, Côtes-d'Armor, northern Brittany.
- Sheltered E, SE
651HarbourGroix, FrancePort - Tudy
4.2Main harbour of Île de Groix, on the north coast of the island off Lorient in south Brittany. About 350 berths across an outer basin and a lock-gated inner basin.
652HarbourPorto Pollo, FrancePorto Pollo
4.2Marina of 211 berths in the Gulf of Valinco, south-west coast of Corsica, sheltered by the rocky point of Porto Pollo.
653HarbourSaint Cyprien, FranceSaint Cyprien
4.2One of the largest marinas on the French Mediterranean coast, 1885 berths on the Roussillon lido between Canet and Argelès.
- 654AnchorageFrance
St Goustan
4.2Visitor moorings on the river Auray at the foot of the old Saint-Goustan quarter, mud bottom, fully sheltered from all winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 655AnchorageFrance
Anse de Lesconil
4.2Sand anchorage off the pays Bigouden coast in south Finistère, in the approaches to the fishing port of Lesconil.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
656AnchorageFranceCarnac - plage
4.2Anchorage off the Grande Plage of Carnac in Quiberon Bay, south Brittany. Sand bottom over a wide gently shelving beach.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
657AnchorageFranceÎle du Grand Ribaud
4.2Anchorage on algae and posidonia seabed off the Île du Grand Ribaud, at the south-west tip of the Giens peninsula near Hyères.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
658AnchorageFranceÎle du Pilier
4.2Anchorage off the Île du Pilier, a small granite island northwest of Noirmoutier in the Bay of Biscay.
- Sheltered W, SW
- 659HarbourGourbeyre, Guadeloupe
Marina de Rivière-Sens
4.2Marina of 330 berths at Rivière-Sens, in Gourbeyre, just south of Basse-Terre town at the foot of the Monts Caraïbes. Run by Sud Ancrage.
660HarbourMarseille, FranceMarseille - MPM
4.2Historic harbour of Marseille run by the Métropole Aix-Marseille-Provence, 3200 berths on both quays of the calanque that forms the heart of the city.
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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.