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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- 211AnchorageFrance
Ecluse De Neuville
4.7Lock mooring on the Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, mud bottom, sheltered on all sectors by the riverbanks.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 212AnchorageGuadeloupe
Petite Anse
4.7Cove just south of Pointe des Tortues, 0.4 nm north of Anse à la Barque, on the coast of Vieux-Habitants. Sand bottom, beach, sheltered from N through S on the east side.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
213AnchorageFrancePointe La Rabiou
4.7Rocky headland anchorage on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and the Cap de Saint-Tropez.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
- 214AnchorageFrance
Portz Chudell
4.7Small cove on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off the Morbihan coast of Brittany. Rock and weed bottom, open to the south.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 215AnchorageFrance
Baie de l'Acciolu
4.7Sandy bay on the Désert des Agriates coast of northern Corsica, west of Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
216AnchorageFranceCala di Faru
4.7Rocky cove at the northern entrance of the Gulf of Valinco, just NW of Porto Pollo, on the west coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
- 217AnchorageMartinique
Anse Four à Chaux
4.7Cove between Bellefontaine and Le Carbet, on the Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
218HarbourFranceHalte fluival Besancon city
4.7Town quay on the Doubs in Besançon, below the Citadelle Vauban listed by UNESCO.
219AnchorageFrancePaimpol
4.7Anchorage off the town of Paimpol in the Anse de Paimpol, north coast of Brittany, Côtes-d'Armor.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 220AnchorageGuadeloupe
Îlets de Petite-Terre
4.7Buoy field in the lagoon between Terre-de-Bas and Terre-de-Haut, the two islets of the Petite-Terre national nature reserve, about 10 miles east-south-east of Saint-François.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, SW, S, SE
221HarbourMarseillan, FrancePhar'o Port Marseillan
4.7Marina of 500 berths at Marseillan, on the southern shore of the étang de Thau in Occitanie.
222AnchorageFrancePlage Saint-Nicolas
4.7Anchorage off the Île Saint-Nicolas in the Archipel des Glénan, south Finistère, sand bottom protected from east and south-east.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
223AnchorageFranceAber Benoît
4.6Five visitor buoys in the Aber Benoît, the northern ria of the Pays des Abers on the north-west coast of Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 224AnchorageGuadeloupe
Anse La Frais
4.6Anchorage on the west coast of Marie-Galante beside the Folle Anse harbour, sand bottom, 1.2 miles south-west of Saint-Louis.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
225HarbourArques, FranceBase Nautique Arques Plaisance
4.6Inland waterway halt at Arques, Pas-de-Calais, on the canal network near Saint-Omer and the Audomarois marshes.
- 226AnchorageFrance
Cap Sicié
4.6Headland south of La Seyne-sur-Mer topped by the chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Mai at 352 metres, rocky anchorage on the lee north side only.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
227AnchorageFranceIle du Petit Ribaud
4.6Mooring buoys off the Ribaud islet, in the strait between the Giens peninsula and Porquerolles, within the Port-Cros national park perimeter.
- Sheltered N, W, E, S
- 228AnchorageFrance
Île Dumet
4.6Anchorage off Ile Dumet, a 7-hectare island 3 NM off the Mesquer coast in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E
229AnchorageFranceplage de binic
4.6Drying sand anchorage off the town beach of Binic on the Côtes-d'Armor, in the bay north of Saint-Brieuc.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE
230HarbourLyon, FranceQuai de Bondy
4.6River quay on the right bank of the Saône in Vieux Lyon, at the foot of the Fourvière hill, opposite the Presqu'île.
231AnchorageFranceBasse du Vengeur
4.6Rocky anchorage off the north coast of Sainte-Marguerite island, in the Lérins archipelago off Cannes.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
232HarbourJard-sur-Mer, FranceJard-sur-Mer
4.6Tidal marina in southern Vendée, 716 berths, maximum draught 1.3 m, on the coast between Les Sables-d'Olonne and La Tranche-sur-Mer.
- 233HarbourLe Mans, France
Le Mans
4.6River port on the Sarthe in the city of Le Mans, at the foot of the Cité Plantagenêt. About thirty berths on seven pontoons for boats up to 23 m.
234AnchorageFrancePlage du Jonquet
4.6Anchorage off a sand beach on the south flank of the Cap Sicié peninsula, between Six-Fours-les-Plages and La Seyne-sur-Mer in the Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
- 235AnchorageFrance
Plage du Liamone
4.6Open sand anchorage at the mouth of the Liamone river on the west coast of Corsica, 2.9 nm SE of Sagone and 6.5 nm SE of Cargèse.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
236AnchorageFrancePointe des Carrières
4.6Anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles island, sand and posidonia bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and E.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 237AnchorageFrance
Baie de Sanary
4.6Rocky anchorage in the bay off Sanary-sur-Mer, Var coast, sheltered from northerly winds and open to the south.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 238AnchorageMartinique
Baie du Trésor
4.6Bay on the south side of the Caravelle peninsula, east of Tartane, added in December 2025 to the Caravelle peninsula national nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
239HarbourCordemais, FranceCordemais
4.6River port of around 60 berths on the north bank of the Loire estuary, 20 km upstream of Saint-Nazaire.
240AnchorageFranceIle Piana
4.6Anchorage on the western side of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio in southern Corsica, in the lee of Île Piana, on sand and weed.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
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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.