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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1741HarbourSaint Vallier, FranceHalte fluviale de Saint-Vallier
3.3River halt on the Rhône at Saint-Vallier, Drôme, between Vienne and Valence.
- 1742AnchorageFrance
Île de la Chaussée
3.3Anchorage on the Seine between Bougival and Croissy, sheltered by the Île de la Chaussée with shelter from most directions, mud and weed bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S, SE
1743AnchorageFranceL'anneau de la Marguerite
3.3Anchorage off Courseulles-sur-Mer on the Normandy coast, on Juno Beach of the 6 June 1944 landings.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1744
1745AnchorageFranceLocmaria
3.3Small anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix, off the village of Locmaria, in Brittany.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 1746HarbourVillennes-sur-Seine, France
Pont de Villiennes-sur-Seine Quey
3.3River pontoon on the Seine at Villennes-sur-Seine, Yvelines, about 25 km downstream of Paris.
- 1747AnchorageMartinique
La Poterie
3.3Anchorage off the Village de la Poterie, east of the Trois-Îlets bourg on the south side of the Baie de Fort-de-France. Sand and mud, sheltered from east through south to west, open to the north.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
- 1748HarbourÉpernay, France
Relais Nautique Epernay
3.3Pleasure port on the Canal latéral à la Marne at Épernay, capital of Champagne in the Marne department.
- 1749AnchorageFrance
Jetée Des Ileaux
3.3Anchorage off the east coast of Noirmoutier island, in the bay between the jetty and the Gois causeway, on mud.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 1750AnchorageFrance
L'étier
3.3Mooring on the Vilaine river at the confluence with the étier de Foleux, on the border of Morbihan and Loire-Atlantique.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, SE
- 1751AnchorageFrance
Mouillage Du Storang
3.3Anchorage on the south coast of Île de Groix, off Brittany, on a mixed sand and rock bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
1752HarbourCagnes-sur-Mer, FrancePort Du Cros de Cagnes
3.3Small harbour of 60 berths on the Baie des Anges at Cagnes-sur-Mer, between Nice and Antibes.
- 1753AnchorageSt. Martin
Baie Orientale
3.3Anchorage in Orient Bay, the long beach on the east coast of French Saint-Martin, 0.3 NM south of Caye Verte.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
1754AnchorageFranceCalanque des Anglais
3.3Anchorage on the Esterel Corniche d'Or, just east of the Rade d'Agay, facing the red porphyry cliffs of the Cap du Dramont.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
1755AnchorageFranceGolfe d'Étrétat
3.3Open roadstead off the chalk cliffs of Étretat on the Normandy Alabaster Coast, between the Falaise d'Amont and the Falaise d'Aval with its arch and needle.
- Free
- Sheltered E, S, SE
1756AnchorageFranceÎle aux Moines
3.3Sand anchorage off the largest of the Sept-Îles archipelago, 3 NM north of Ploumanac'h on the Côte de Granit Rose in northern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, W
1757HarbourPoses, FranceLa Seine Aval - Poses
3.3Section of the Seine at Poses in Eure, immediately upstream of the écluse de Poses-Amfreville, the last lock on the Seine before the tidal river to the sea.
- 1758HarbourFrance
Le boat Base Branges
3.3Le Boat hire base on the Seille river at Branges, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Eight berths, maximum draught 1.5 m.
- 1759HarbourFrossay, France
Les Portes de l'Atlantique - Port à Sec
3.3Dry-stack marina on the south bank of the Loire estuary at Le Migron, commune of Frossay, between Paimbœuf and Nantes.
- 1760AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Romaniquette
3.3Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, between Saint-Chamas and Istres, Provence.
- Sheltered N, W, NW
1761HarbourPont-à-Mousson, FrancePont S Moussen
3.3River marina on the right bank of the Moselle at Pont-à-Mousson, PK 328, 300 m from the town centre.
1762HarbourPontrieux, FrancePontrieux
3.3River marina of 173 berths at the head of the navigable Trieux, 6 NM upstream from Lézardrieux, in the Côtes-d'Armor.
- 1763AnchorageFrance
Anse du Camp Long
3.3Small cove on the Estérel coast between Agay and Anthéor, Var. Anchorage on sand and rock, in red porphyry surroundings.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1764AnchorageFranceBaie du Grand Soufre
3.3Anchorage on the west side of Pomègues, archipel du Frioul, off Marseille.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, S, SE
- 1765AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Fontagne
3.3Sand anchorage on the Marseille coast east of the Port des Goudes, within the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 1766HarbourPointe-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe
Caraïbes Docks Services
3.3Shipyard on the Carénage waterfront in Pointe-à-Pitre, formerly Lemaire Marine Services, working on yachts since 1990.
1767HarbourFranceEvian - Port Central
3.3Small central harbour of Évian-les-Bains on the southern shore of Lake Geneva, facing Lausanne across the lake in Haute-Savoie.
- 1768HarbourFrance
Halte fluviale de Chavanay
3.3Four-berth river halt on the right bank of the Rhône at Chavanay, Loire department, in the Condrieu wine area.
1769AnchorageFrancela Solenzara
3.3Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Solenzara river, on the east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
- 1770AnchorageFrance
Le Grand Lambert
3.3Anchorage off the Grand Lambert rock in the Rance estuary approaches, between Saint-Briac and Dinard, Ille-et-Vilaine.
- Sheltered S, SW, W
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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.