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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811AnchorageFranceLes îles Paul Ricard
4.1Anchorage between the islands of Les Embiez and Le Gaou, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.
- Sheltered SE, S
812- 813AnchorageFrance
Plage de Balistra
4.1Anchorage of about ten boats on sand off the Plage de Balistra, south-east coast of Corsica between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
- 814AnchorageFrance
Plage de Trez Cao
4.1Open anchorage off the sand beach of Trez Cao, south Finistere, between Concarneau and the Pointe de Trevignon.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
815AnchorageFrancePort Belloc
4.1Anchorage with 22 moorings on sand north of Sauzon, on Belle-Île-en-Mer.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 816AnchorageFrance
Port Marie
4.1Sand anchorage on the west coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy, open to westerly weather but sheltered from NW, N and NE.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
817HarbourFrancePort Ripaille
4.1Marina on the French south shore of Lake Geneva, in Thonon-les-Bains, at the foot of the Domaine de Ripaille.
- 818HarbourPort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France
Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône
4.1Lock-gated port of 340 berths at the mouth of the Grand Rhone, on the western edge of the Camargue, linking the Rhone waterway to the Mediterranean.
819HarbourBriare, FranceTown Quay Briare
4.1Town quay on the Canal latéral à la Loire at Briare, Loiret.
820HarbourLandéda, FranceVill
4.1Small drying harbour on the north bank of the Aber Benoît, in Landéda, north Finistère.
- 821AnchorageFrance
Anse d‘ Alusi
4.1Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica, 4.4 NM SW of Calvi, with a mix of sand and rock on the bottom.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
822AnchorageFrancearcachon bay
4.1Sand anchorage on the north shore of the bassin d'Arcachon, off the oyster village of Le Canon on the presqu'île du Cap-Ferret.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
823AnchorageFranceCala della Chiesa
4.1Small cove on the east coast of the Îles Lavezzi archipelago, south of Bonifacio, with a sandy bottom.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
824AnchorageFranceCala di Stagnolu
4.1Sandy anchorage on the southern tip of Corsica, between Cap Pertusato and the cliffs of Bonifacio, facing the Strait of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
825AnchorageFranceCala Lazarina
4.1Cove on the Île Lavezzi, a granite archipelago 5 NM south-east of Bonifacio inside the Bouches de Bonifacio marine nature reserve.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
826AnchorageFranceCalanque du Blé
4.1Small rocky cove on the south side of the Giens peninsula, west of Port du Niel, in the Var.
- Sheltered NE, E
827AnchorageFranceCalanque Longue
4.1Narrow calanque on the west coast of Île du Levant, inside the Port-Cros national park.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 828AnchorageFrance
club Maine marine
4.1River mooring on the Sarthe south of Le Mans, run by the Club Maine Marine at Arnage.
- Sheltered SE
- 829AnchorageFrance
Cupabia W
4.1Anchorage on the west side of the baie de Cupabia, between Porto Pollo and Propriano on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 830HarbourFort de France, Martinique
Port de plaisance de l'Étang Z'Abricots
4.1340-berth marina opened in December 2014 at the head of Fort-de-France bay, between the mangrove and the Étang Z'Abricots district, 15 minutes from the city centre and the airport.
- 831HarbourFoleux, France
Foleux
4.1River marina of about 400 berths on the Vilaine, around 6 nautical miles upstream of Arzal lock, on the border of Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique.
832AnchorageFranceGolfe de Santa Giulia sud
4.1Buoy field of 30 moorings in the southern part of the Golfe de Santa Giulia, under Punta di Folaca, south of Porto-Vecchio.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 833AnchorageFrance
Grand Chaumont
4.1Halt on the Canal du Rhône à Sète near Aigues-Mortes, fond of mud, sheltered from all directions except E. Anchoring is prohibited.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
834HarbourLyon, FranceHalte Fluviale Lyon Confluence
4.1River pontoon of 10 berths at the confluence of the Rhône and Saône in central Lyon, alongside the Confluence district.
835AnchorageFranceÎle des Hebihens
4.1Anchorage off the Île des Hébihens in the bay of Lancieux, western approach to the Rance estuary, with sand and rock patches on the bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
836HarbourÎle Rousse, FranceIle Rousse
4.1Marina of 180 berths in Balagne, north-west Corsica, sharing the basin with a ferry terminal serving the mainland.
837AnchorageFranceÎle Tatihou
4.1Anchorage off the small island of Tatihou at the entrance to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Cotentin, sand bottom, sheltered from winds from NW through N and NE to W.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 838AnchorageFrance
Le Trieux
4.1Anchorage on the Trieux river in northern Brittany, mud bottom, sheltered from all directions by the wooded banks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
839AnchorageFranceLes Sept îles - Baden
4.1Anchorage with 36 mooring spots off Baden in the Gulf of Morbihan, sand bottom, well sheltered inside the gulf.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
840HarbourNice, FranceNice - Lympia
4.1Historic harbour at the foot of Colline du Château in Nice, 450 berths, tidal-free Mediterranean basin with 4.1 m maximum draught.
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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.