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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- 2581AnchorageMartinique
Plage Argand
1.2Beach north of Le Prêcheur village, towards Anse Belleville, on the north Caribbean coast.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 2582HarbourRoquemaure, France
Roquemaure town wall
1.2Town quay on the right bank of the Rhone at Roquemaure, Gard, opposite the vineyards of Chateauneuf-du-Pape in Occitania.
2583HarbourSarzeau, FrancePenvins
1.2Small drying harbour on the pointe de Penvins, on the south coast of the Rhuys peninsula in Morbihan, Brittany.
- 2584HarbourLes Andelys, France
Port Privé Du Val St Martin
1.2Private river port on the Seine at Les Andelys, Eure, on the left bank facing the cliff of Château Gaillard.
2585HarbourSempigny, FrancePont L'évêque
1.2Canal halt at Sempigny near Noyon, on the Canal latéral à l'Oise, with 10 berths and up to 1,7 m draught.
- 2586HarbourFrance
Saint Guénolé - Penmarc'h
1.2Fishing harbour on the Pays Bigouden coast of Finistère, at the western tip of the Penmarc'h peninsula, south Brittany.
2587HarbourChenac-Saint-Seurin-d'Uzet, FranceSt Seurin d'Uzet
1.2Tidal drying harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, 15 km downstream of Mortagne-sur-Gironde, in Charente-Maritime.
2588HarbourSaint-Nazaire, FranceBassin de St Nazaire
1.2Locked commercial basin at the mouth of the Loire in Saint-Nazaire, no longer open to pleasure craft and now reserved for commercial shipping.
- 2589HarbourRichardménil, France
Junction mooring
1.2Short canal mooring at the junction south of Richardmenil lock on the Canal des Vosges.
2590AnchorageFranceAnse du Levant
1.2Anchorage off the Mourillon beaches at Toulon, facing the Petite Rade and the naval base.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 2591AnchorageFrance
d’Anthy sur Léman
1.2Anchorage on the southern shore of Lake Geneva, in Haute-Savoie, between Thonon-les-Bains and Sciez.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
- 2592HarbourFrance
Halte Fluviale Saint Germain
1.2River halt at Saint-Germain in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, a short stage on an inland waterway.
2593HarbourFrancePonton halte fluival
1.2Pontoon halt on the Saône in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, between Neuville-sur-Saône 0.6 NM to the north and Port d'Albigny 0.6 NM to the south.
- 2594AnchorageFrance
Sauvage
1.2Spot on the Étang de Biscarrosse et de Parentis in the Landes forest, New Aquitaine, inside a military zone where mooring is prohibited.
- Sheltered N, SW, W, NW
2595HarbourPoilhes, FrancePoihes
1.2Canal du Midi halte in the village of Poilhes, in the Hérault between Béziers and Capestang, on the long pound that runs level from Fonseranes to the Malpas tunnel.
- 2596AnchorageFrance
Plage de Porticcio
1.2Buoy field off the beach of Porticcio, on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 2597AnchorageFrance
Banastère
1.1Mud-bottom anchorage in the bay of Banastère, on the south-west shore of the Rhuys peninsula in the Gulf of Morbihan approaches.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S
- 2598AnchorageFrance
Le Cerbicale
1.1Anchorage off the Îles Cerbicale, a rocky archipelago 2 NM east of Porto-Vecchio on the south-east coast of Corsica.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
2599HarbourDigoin, FrancePort de Digoin
1.1River port of 50 berths at Digoin, Saône-et-Loire, at the meeting point of the Canal latéral à la Loire, the Canal du Centre and the pont-canal over the river Loire.
2600HarbourFrancePort du Havre - Antifer
1.1Deep-water oil terminal of Port du Havre on the Pays de Caux coast, north of Étretat. Not a leisure harbour.
- 2601HarbourEinville-au-Jard, France
kai km191
1.1Canal quay at PK 191 on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, 3 berths, near Einville-au-Jard in Meurthe-et-Moselle.
- 2602HarbourTrévignon, France
Port De Trévignon
1.1Fishing and yachting harbour at the tip of the Trévignon peninsula, on the southern coast of Finistère in Brittany, commune of Trégunc.
- 2603HarbourVincey, France
Stone Wall
1.1Quay along the Canal des Vosges at Vincey, in the Moselle valley of the Vosges department, in eastern France.
- 2604AnchorageFrance
Le Gois échouage
1.1Drying anchorage on mud in the Baie de Bourgneuf along the Passage du Gois, the tidal causeway linking Noirmoutier to the mainland, in the Pays de la Loire.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
2605AnchorageFranceMesnil Val
1.1Mooring off a pebble beach at the foot of chalk cliffs on the Alabaster Coast, between Le Tréport and Criel-sur-Mer in Seine-Maritime.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
- 2606AnchorageFrance
Plage de la Pointe du Pellegrin
1.1Rocky anchorage on the Var coast, about 1.3 NM east of Port Maravenne and Port Miramar, between Toulon and Hyeres.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 2607HarbourVendresse, France
La Cassine
1.1Small fluvial halt of 4 berths on the Canal des Ardennes, at the village of Vendresse in the Ardennes department.
2608HarbourBéthencourt-sur-somme, FranceBethencourt
1.1Small halte on the Canal de la Somme at Béthencourt-sur-Somme, between Saint-Simon and Péronne in the upper Somme valley.
- 2609HarbourFrance
Les Bernu
1.1River pontoon that dries at low water on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, commune of Saint-Genès-de-Blaye, facing the Île Nouvelle.
2610HarbourSaint-Gilles, FranceHalte Plaisance Vnf
1.1VNF pleasure stop on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Saint-Gilles, on the northern edge of the Camargue in Gard.
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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.