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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961HarbourSillery, FranceHalte Nautique Sillery
4.0Canal halt on the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, in the village of Sillery, about 9 km south-east of Reims in Champagne.
962AnchorageFranceLa Côte Radieuse
4.0Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast, north of Canet-en-Roussillon, Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Sheltered W
963AnchorageFranceMortella Tower South
4.0Anchorage on sand and rock at the foot of the ruined Tour de la Mortella, 2.7 NM NW of Saint-Florent on the Agriates coast.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 964HarbourAix-les-Bains, France
Petit Port Aix Les Bains
4.0Small harbour on the eastern shore of Lac du Bourget at Aix-les-Bains, alongside the larger Grand Port marina.
- 965AnchorageFrance
Plage des pirates
4.0Anchorage off a small sand beach on the Rhuys peninsula, south Brittany, near Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
966AnchorageFrancePlage du Boeuf
4.0Sand anchorage off a short beach on the south side of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, west of the naval installations of Cap Cépet.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
967AnchorageFrancePlage du Racou
4.0Sand beach at the southern end of Argelès-sur-Mer, where the Côte Vermeille begins and the Albères foothills meet the sea.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
968HarbourDeauville, FrancePort de Deauville
4.0Lock-gated basin of 400 berths at the mouth of the Touques estuary, between Deauville and Trouville in Normandy.
969AnchorageFrancePunta di U Puntiglione
4.0Small anchorage on the south side of the Cargèse peninsula, west coast of Corsica, with a mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
970AnchorageFranceRade du Guet
4.0Anchorage with 6 moorings in the bay of Douarnenez, just north of the port of Tréboul, south-western Brittany.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
971AnchorageFranceRoute du Sel
4.0Anchorage along the western shore of the Giens tombolo between Hyères and the Giens peninsula, sand and weed bottom sheltered from N to E.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
972AnchorageFranceAnse de Saint-Nicolas
4.0Sand anchorage on the south shore of the Crozon peninsula in the Bay of Douarnenez, Brittany.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
973AnchorageFranceCap des Frères
4.0Open day anchorage at the foot of the Franqui cliffs, a rocky break on the otherwise low, sandy Aude coast between Port Leucate and Port-la-Nouvelle in Occitanie.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
- 974HarbourGland, France
Château Thierry
4.0Small river port of 6 berths on the Marne at Gland, near Château-Thierry in the Aisne department.
975AnchorageFranceFalaises de Vaches Noires
4.0Open roadstead off the cliffs between Villers-sur-Mer and Houlgate, on the Calvados coast of Normandy. Fair-weather anchorage only.
- Sheltered S, SE
- 976AnchorageFrance
Giunchetu
4.0Sand-bottomed anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.5 NM south-west of Île-Rousse.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 977AnchorageFrance
Grève de Penn al Lann
4.0Anchorage in the rade de Brest, off the southern shore between Rostiviec and Moulin-Mer, in Finistere.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
978HarbourFranceLa Marechal
4.0Small river port on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde area of northern Médoc.
- 979AnchorageFrance
Le Baou Rouge
4.0Anchorage under the red cliffs of the Calanques massif east of Marseille, inside the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
980AnchorageFranceMarine De Davia
4.0Anchorage in the Marine de Davia cove, on the Balagne coast between Algajola and L'Ile-Rousse in Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
- 981AnchorageMartinique
Petite Anse des Salines
4.0Cove just north of Grande Anse des Salines, near the southern tip of Martinique. Sand bottom, sheltered from north through east to south-east, open to the south and west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 982AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Fossette
4.0Small cove on the Corniche des Maures between Le Lavandou and Cavalière, with a mixed sand and posidonia seagrass bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
983AnchorageFrancePointe du Rix
4.0Rocky point on the north-east coast of the island of Les Embiez, facing the Brusc lagoon.
- Sheltered NE
984AnchorageFrancePointe du Trésor
4.0Anchorage along the rocky shore of the Pointe du Trésor, west of Cavalaire-sur-Mer on the Corniche des Maures.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
985HarbourSaint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, FrancePort Aux Moines
4.0Drying harbour of 117 berths on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula at Saint-Gildas-de-Rhuys, Morbihan.
986AnchorageFrancePort de l'Argol
4.0Mooring field of around 135 buoys at Port de l'Argol, the main harbour of Île d'Hoedic in the Morbihan, southern Brittany, sand bottom, open to the north and northeast.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
987AnchorageFranceRade de la Badine - La Capte
4.0Open roadstead off La Capte beach on the Giens isthmus, east of Hyères, Provence.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 988AnchorageFrance
Sablanceau
4.0Sand beach anchorage on the southeast shore of Île de Ré, just north of the Pont de l'Île de Ré, facing the Pertuis Breton.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
989HarbourSaint-Laurent-Du-Var, FranceSaint Laurent du Var
4.0Marina of 1089 berths at the mouth of the Var river, 2 NM west of Nice airport, one of the largest marinas on the French Riviera.
990HarbourSaint-Florentin, FranceSaint-Florentin
4.0Canal port on the canal de Bourgogne in Saint-Florentin, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.
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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.