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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721AnchorageFranceLes Trois Ilets
4.2Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S
722AnchorageFranceMouillage 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
723AnchorageFrancePinarello
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
724AnchorageFrancePlage 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
- 725AnchorageFrance
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
726AnchorageFrancePlage 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
727AnchorageFranceRoscanvel
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
- 728AnchorageMartinique
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
729HarbourTreguier, FranceTreguier
4.2River port of 320 berths on the Jaudy, 6 nautical miles upstream from its estuary, in Côtes-d'Armor, Brittany.
730AnchorageFrancetunnel 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
- 731HarbourAudierne, France
Audierne
4.2Port of 240 berths in the estuary of the Goyen, on the south coast of the Cap Sizun, in Finistère.
732AnchorageFranceBaia 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
- 733AnchorageFrance
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
- 734AnchorageFrance
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
- 735AnchorageFrance
île de broue
4.2River anchorage on the Saône near Pont-de-Vaux, in Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
- Sheltered W, E
736AnchorageFranceÎles 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
737HarbourLa Grande Motte, FranceLa Grande Motte
4.2Marina of 1547 berths on the Gulf of Lion in Occitanie, fronting the pyramid architecture of Jean Balladur.
- 738AnchorageGuadeloupe
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
739AnchorageFranceMouillage 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
- 740HarbourFrance
Nautic’Ham
4.2River marina of 104 berths on the Moselle at Hettange-Grande near Thionville, Grand Est.
- 741AnchorageGuadeloupe
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
- 742AnchorageFrance
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
- 743AnchorageFrance
Plage De La Madrague
4.2Anchorage off the sandy beach of La Madrague, a cove on the western side of the Baie des Lecques, between La Ciotat and Bandol.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 744AnchorageFrance
Plage du Lavandou
4.2Sandy anchorage off the main beach of Le Lavandou, on the Var coast between Cap Bénat and Cap Nègre.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
745AnchorageFranceplouezoc'h
4.2Anchorage off Plouezoc'h on the east bank of the Morlaix river, northern Brittany, sand bottom, room for 2 boats.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 746HarbourCazaux, France
Port de Cazaux
4.2Inland harbour of 350 berths on the lake of Cazaux-Sanguinet, south of Arcachon, not connected to the sea.
- 747HarbourMulhouse, France
Port Plaisance Mulhouse
4.2Thirty-berth city marina in Mulhouse on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin, in Alsace.
- 748AnchorageFrance
Anse Rossa
4.2Sand-bottom cove on the west coast of Corsica, in the Gulf of Valinco area south of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
- 749AnchorageGuadeloupe
Baie Cercelle
4.2Mud-bottom anchorage in Baie Cercelle, in the southern part of the Grand Cul-de-Sac Marin, the wide bay between Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 750AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Morgiou Sud
4.2Anchorage at the southern entrance of the Calanque de Morgiou, within the Parc national des Calanques between Marseille and Cassis.
- 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.