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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- 1321AnchorageFrance
Les Pharillons
3.7Rock-bottom anchorage off the Pharillons islets south of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques. Sheltered from N and NE.
- Sheltered N, NE
1322HarbourLézardrieux, FranceLézardrieux
3.7River marina on the Trieux estuary, Côtes-d'Armor, 4 nautical miles upriver from the open sea, with 741 berths.
1323HarbourFrancePlagne
3.7River port on the Dordogne at Saint-André-de-Cubzac in Gironde, about 1.5 nautical miles north of Cubzac-les-Ponts.
- 1324HarbourFrance
Plaisance Club De Strasbourg
3.7Yacht club on the Bassin des Remparts in Strasbourg, on the Rhine-Rhône canal network, Grand Est.
- 1325AnchorageFrance
Pointe d'Agnello
3.7Anchorage off the Pointe d'Agnello at the northern tip of Cap Corse, close to the lighthouse of the Île de la Giraglia.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1326AnchorageFranceRoquemaure
3.7River anchorage on the Rhône at Roquemaure, Gard, 6 nm north of Avignon.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S
- 1327AnchorageGuadeloupe
Source Chaude du Curé
3.7Anchorage off the Bain du Curé hot spring at Pointe à l'Abbé, in the Pigeon district of Bouillante, weed bottom with a beach ashore, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
1328HarbourFranceVallon des Auffes
3.7Small fishing cove wedged between cliffs on the Corniche Kennedy in Marseille, west of the Anse de la Fausse Monnaie.
- 1329AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Clere
3.7Sand anchorage on the north coast of the île de Noirmoutier, Vendée, between Noirmoutier-en-l'Île and L'Herbaudière.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 1330HarbourBrest, France
Brest-Marina du Château
3.7Marina of around 750 berths in the Penfeld mouth at the foot of the Château de Brest, in the heart of the city on the northern shore of the roadstead.
- 1331AnchorageGuadeloupe
Grand Îlet
3.7Anchorage off Grand Îlet, south of Terre-de-Haut in Les Saintes, sand bottom, 1.9 miles south-south-west of the village.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1332HarbourLe Tréport, FranceLe Tréport
3.7Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Bresle, on the Normandy coast at the foot of 100 m chalk cliffs.
1333AnchorageFranceOmonville-La-Rogue
3.7Buoy field of 60 moorings in the bay of Omonville-la-Rogue, on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula west of Cherbourg.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1334AnchorageFrancePaillers De Ghignu
3.7Anchorage off Plage de Ghignu on the Désert des Agriates, northern Corsica, in the Saint-Florent gulf approaches.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
- 1335AnchorageMartinique
Pointe d'Alet
3.7Anchorage under Pointe d'Alet, between Anse Mitan and Anse à l'Âne, in Les Trois-Îlets.
- Sheltered E, SE
1336AnchorageFrancePort Blanc
3.7Small sandy cove on the south-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in the commune of Bangor.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1337HarbourCerbere, FrancePort de Cerbère
3.7Marina of 190 berths on the Côte Vermeille in Occitanie, the last French port before the Spanish border at Cap Cerbère.
1338HarbourSaint-Jean-de-Luz, FranceSaint-Jean-de-Luz - Ciboure - Port Larraldenia
3.7Marina of 81 berths in the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, on the Basque coast, sheltered behind the three breakwaters of the bay.
- 1339HarbourVilleneuve-lès-Béziers, France
Villeneuve les Béziers
3.7Halt on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, between the Fonseranes lock staircase and the Mediterranean.
- 1340AnchorageFrance
Ansa de Terrimbo
3.7Small rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Cerbère and Banyuls-sur-Mer, on the Spanish-French border coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 1341AnchorageMartinique
Anse Meunier
3.7Cove north of the Salines beaches on the Sainte-Anne peninsula, south of Martinique. Sand bottom, sheltered from north through east to south-east, open to the south and west.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
1342AnchorageFranceBaie d'Ajaccio
3.7Large anchorage of about 160 buoys in the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, off the Saint-François beach and the old town.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
- 1343HarbourEtaples, France
Etaples
3.7Tidal marina of 240 berths on the Canche estuary, opposite Le Touquet, in the Pas-de-Calais.
1344AnchorageFranceÎle De Saint Armel
3.7Anchorage off the Île de Saint-Armel in the southeast of the Golfe du Morbihan, between Le Hézo and the Pointe du Bill.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1345AnchorageFranceÎles du Frioul
3.7Anchorages among the four limestone islands of the Frioul archipelago, 2.7 NM west of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
- 1346AnchorageFrance
Plage de l'Espiguette
3.7Open sandy roadstead off the Espiguette dunes in Camargue, sheltered from N and NE winds.
- Sheltered N, NE
- 1347AnchorageFrance
Port de Deuborh
3.7Anchorage on the north coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, 0.8 NM NW of Sauzon, sand bottom.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 1348HarbourFrance
Port de Erbalunga
3.7Small fishing harbour on the east coast of Cap Corse, 4 nm north of Bastia.
1349AnchorageFranceTour de Fautea
3.7Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica below the Genoese tower of Fautea, sand bottom, shelter from N, NW, W and SW.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
1350AnchorageFranceAnse de Paulilles
3.7Anchorage in the Anse de Paulilles on the Côte Vermeille, between Port-Vendres and Banyuls-sur-Mer in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, 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.