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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2341AnchorageFranceLe Canadel
2.4Buoy field of around 70 moorings off the beach of Le Canadel-sur-Mer, between Le Lavandou and Cavalaire, Var coast.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 2342HarbourFrance
Port Albert Samson
2.4Small marina on the north shore of the Étang de Berre at Marignane, Bouches-du-Rhône.
2343HarbourFrancePort plaisance Montreux Château
2.4Small canal marina at Montreux-Château on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin branche sud, Territoire de Belfort, about 10 berths.
- 2344HarbourGray, France
Gray
2.3River port on the Saône at the town of Gray in Haute-Saône, on the Petite Saône section of the navigation between Corre and Saint-Jean-de-Losne.
- 2345HarbourParcieux, France
Ancienne écluse de Port Bernalin
2.3River halt on the Saône at Parcieux, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on the right bank upstream of Lyon.
- 2346AnchorageFrance
Condrexange Ort
2.3Bank on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin near Réchicourt-le-Château, Moselle, fitted with bollards for a halt.
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, S
- 2347AnchorageFrance
Domaine de Vallier
2.3Buoy mooring on the Dordogne river in the Gironde estuary area, sand bottom, used as a tidal stop on the way up to Libourne or Bordeaux.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 2348HarbourMarans, France
Marans
2.3Inland marina at the head of the Sèvre Niortaise canal in the Marais Poitevin, 24 km from the sea, maximum draught 1.4 m.
2349HarbourFranceBesancon Tunnel ponton
2.3Small pontoon on the Doubs at the entrance of the tunnel sous la Citadelle in Besançon, 4 berths.
2350AnchorageFranceLocquénolé
2.3River anchorage on the Morlaix estuary in northern Finistère, off the village of Locquénolé, on a mud over sand bottom that dries at low water.
- Sheltered NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2351HarbourBarcarès, FrancePort Barcarès
2.3Marina on the Roussillon lido between the sea and the Salses-Leucate lagoon, 1400 berths with the Lydia beached liner as its landmark.
2352HarbourBourg-des-Comptes, FranceÉcluse Gailieu
2.3Lock on the Vilaine river at Bourg-des-Comptes, on the navigable reach between Redon and Rennes in Brittany.
2353HarbourFrancel'isle sur les doubs
2.3Eight-berth river stop on the Doubs in the town of L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs, Canal du Rhône au Rhin, max draught 1.8 m.
- 2354AnchorageFrance
Linkin
2.3Large anchorage of 200 moorings on sand along the Linkin seafront at Perros-Guirec, Côte de Granit Rose.
- Free
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
2355AnchorageFrancePalavas-les-Flots
2.3Open roadstead off the beach of Palavas-les-Flots on the Languedoc coast, sand bottom, exposed to the south.
- Sheltered NW, N
- 2356AnchorageFrance
Roquille
2.3Sand-bottom anchorage off La Roquille beach near Cap d'Agde, Occitanie, sheltered from NW through SW winds and open to the E.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2357AnchorageFranceÉcluse n°9 de Moussey
2.3Prohibited anchorage at lock 9 on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in Lorraine, mud bottom. Stopping in the lock approach is forbidden.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 2358AnchorageMartinique
Mouillage de la marina du Robert
2.3Anchorage off Marina du Robert, in the southern part of Le Robert harbour on the Atlantic coast.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 2359HarbourOrconte, France
Halte Fluviale Orconte
2.3Three-berth river halt at Orconte on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne, southern Marne département.
- 2360AnchorageFrance
Mouillage au large de Piriac-sur-Mer
2.3Sand anchorage off Piriac-sur-Mer on the Guérande peninsula, southern Brittany approaches.
- Sheltered E, SE
2361HarbourFranceRosbras
2.3Mooring area on the Aven river in Brittany, with about 200 berths and up to 1.5 m draught.
- 2362AnchorageFrance
Erba Rossa
2.3Sand anchorage off the Erba Rossa beach on the east coast of Corsica, between Solenzara and Aléria.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 2363AnchorageFrance
Grève de Saint-Michel
2.3Anchorage on the north Brittany coast between Locquémeau and Locquirec, sand bottom with patches of weed.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
2364HarbourLes Fouchards, FranceHalte nautique des fouchards
2.3Small canal stop of five berths on the Canal latéral à la Loire, near Bannay in the Cher, between Léré and Saint-Thibault.
2365HarbourÎle-de-Batz, FranceMoll
2.3Small drying harbour on the south coast of Île-de-Batz, Finistère, in the Canal de l'Île-de-Batz opposite Roscoff.
2366HarbourFrancePort Bloc
2.3Small harbour on the north tip of the Médoc peninsula at Le Verdon-sur-Mer, on the left bank of the Gironde estuary mouth.
- 2367AnchorageFrance
Port Gwenn
2.3Anchorage on the southern coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, mixed sand and rock, sheltered from the north.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2368HarbourMaubert, FrancePort Maubert
2.3Tidal harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the commune of Saint-Fort-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime.
- 2369AnchorageFrance
Punta de la Pietrella
2.3Shore off Punta de la Pietrella on the west side of Île Rousse, Balagne coast of Corsica. Anchoring prohibited.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE
- 2370HarbourQuinéville, France
Quinéville
2.3Drying tidal harbour on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Manche, between Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue and Barfleur.
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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.