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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751AnchorageFranceGorges du Loup
4.2Rocky inlet on the south coast of Porquerolles island, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros, rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, NW
- 752AnchorageGuadeloupe
Plage de Gadet
4.2Anchorage off Plage de Gadet, 1.5 nm north of Deshaies between Grande Anse and Plage de la Perle, sand bottom, sheltered from NE round to S.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
753HarbourMauguio, FrancePort de Carnon
4.2Marina of 848 berths on the Languedoc coast, between the Étang de l'Or and the Mediterranean, in the commune of Mauguio.
754AnchorageFrancePort de la Redonne
4.2Anchorage off the small harbour of La Redonne-Ensuès on the Côte Bleue, inside the Parc marin.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
755HarbourL'Aberwrac'h, FranceAberwrac'h
4.2Tidal marina on the north coast of Finistère, at the mouth of the Aber Wrac'h ria, 223 berths.
- 756AnchorageFrance
Anse de Lesconil
4.2All-round sheltered mud-bottom anchorage in south Finistère, Brittany, 0,2 NM north of Lesconil fishing harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 757AnchorageFrance
Anse Saint-Jean
4.2Sandy cove at the head of the Baie de La Forêt in south Finistère, between Beg-Meil and the entrance to Port-La-Forêt.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 758AnchorageFrance
Baie de Bon-Porte - Pointe du Canadel
4.2Sand anchorage on the Var coast at the Baie de Bon Porté off l'Escalet, on the Ramatuelle peninsula just north of Cap Taillat, between Cavalaire and Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 759HarbourBastia, France
Bastia - Vieux port
4.2Historic harbour of 263 berths below the citadel of Bastia, capital of Haute-Corse, on the north-east coast of the island.
- 760AnchorageFrance
Beg Salus
4.2Open anchorage on rock and algae bottom on the Breton coast, 0.7 NM south-west of the port of Saint-Gildas.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
761AnchorageFranceCalanque de l'Escondelle
4.2Cove on the western flank of Île de Pomègues, Frioul archipelago, facing the open sea off Marseille.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
762HarbourDunkirk, FranceDunkirk Commercial Port
4.2Third largest French seaport on the North Sea coast, in Hauts-de-France. Pleasure craft normally use the adjacent Dunkerque Marina and Yacht Club de la Mer du Nord rather than the commercial basins.
763AnchorageFranceÎle du Grand-Rouveau
4.2Anchorage off the Île du Grand-Rouveau, a rocky islet west of the Embiez archipelago in the Var, topped by a 19th century lighthouse.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, SE
- 764AnchorageFrance
La Gracieuse
4.2Sand-spit anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Fos, at the tip of the Gracieuse sand bar, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W
765AnchorageFranceLa Vigne
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 766AnchorageGuadeloupe
Malendure - Centre
4.2Anchorage off the middle of Malendure beach at Pigeon, Bouillante, facing the Îlets Pigeon 0.7 nm offshore. Sand and weed bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 767AnchorageFrance
Montureux-lès-Baulay
4.2River anchorage on the Petite Saône near Montureux-lès-Baulay, a farming village in Haute-Saône on the upper navigable reach above Port-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
768AnchorageFrancePaluden
4.2Buoy mooring field on the upper Aber-Wrac'h river, about 2 nm inland from the village of L'Aber-Wrac'h in Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
769AnchorageFrancePlage de Château Serein
4.2Coastal anchorage on the Côte d'Émeraude in northern Brittany, 2.5 NM west of Saint-Cast Port d'Armor, mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW
- 770AnchorageFrance
Pointe de la Varde
4.2Open anchorage off the rocky headland between Saint-Malo and Rothéneuf, on the Côte d'Émeraude in Brittany.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
771HarbourHoedic, FrancePort de l'Argol
4.2Small drying harbour of about 35 places on Hoedic, a Breton island of roughly 100 inhabitants south of Quiberon.
772HarbourParis, FrancePort de l'Arsenal
4.2Marina of 177 berths in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, between Place de la Bastille and the Seine.
773HarbourToulouse, FrancePort saint sauveur
4.2Inland marina on the Canal du Midi in central Toulouse, 500 m from Place du Capitole and directly served by métro line B at station François Verdier.
- 774AnchorageFrance
Porto d'Arone
4.2Open cove on the west coast of Corsica, south of the Capo Rosso peninsula, roughly 4.5 nm north of Cargèse.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
775AnchorageFranceSaint-Martin de Ré
4.2Anchorage off Saint-Martin-de-Ré on the north coast of the Île de Ré, in the Pertuis Breton, Charente-Maritime.
- Paid
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 776AnchorageFrance
Abbartello
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of the Golfe de Valinco in Corsica, between Porto Pollo and Propriano, on sand.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 777AnchorageMartinique
Havre du Robert - Îlet Madame
4.2Anchorage under Îlet Madame, one of the ten islets of Le Robert harbour, reached only by sea.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
778AnchorageFranceKorejou
4.2Anchorage off the Plouguerneau coast in north Finistère, Brittany, sand bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
779AnchorageFrancel'Anse Collat
4.2Small anchorage on the leeward coast of Martinique, south of Fort-de-France bay, with sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 780AnchorageMartinique
Le Carbet nord
4.2Anchorage north of Le Carbet village, on the Caribbean coast between Saint-Pierre and Bellefontaine.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
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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.