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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- 2731AnchorageFrance
Craste De liboy
Anchorage on the Étang de Cazaux et de Sanguinet, on the west shore near Navarrosse, Landes.
- Sheltered E, S, SE
2732HarbourLe Croisic, FranceCriée du Croisic
Working fish auction quay on the north side of the Le Croisic harbour channel, in southern Brittany.
- 2733AnchorageFrance
Crique
Small cove on the Cote Vermeille between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbere, last stretch of rocky coast before the Spanish border in the Pyrenees-Orientales.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
2734HarbourCubzac-les-Ponts, FranceCubzac-les-Ponts
River halt on the right bank of the Dordogne, in Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde, just downstream of the Eiffel rail bridge.
- 2735AnchorageMartinique
Cul-de-sac de Paquemar
Enclosed inlet on the Atlantic coast south of Le Vauclin. Weed and mud bottom, sheltered from every sector except the north-east.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, SW, S, SE
2736AnchorageFranceCVVFCM
Club mooring of the Club de Voile de la Vallée de la Fépin et du Château-Regnault-Mairus on the Meuse, in the Ardennes valley between Revin and Laifour.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2737HarbourFrance
Daon
River halt on the Mayenne at Daon, between Château-Gontier and Angers in Pays de la Loire.
- 2738AnchorageFrance
Daon
River anchorage on the Mayenne at the village of Daon, between Château-Gontier and Angers, sand bottom.
- 2739AnchorageFrance
Dolmen du Gorneveze
Anchorage in the upper Gulf of Morbihan near the Ile d'Arz, on mud bottom in a very sheltered basin.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
- 2740AnchorageFrance
Douane
Anchorage of 120 moorings on sand in the inner bay of Perros-Guirec, Côte de Granit Rose.
- Paid
- Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
2741HarbourDuingt, FranceDuingt
Small harbour on the west shore of Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, at the narrows of the Roc de Chère between the Grand Lac and the Petit Lac.
2742HarbourMoussey, Franceecl. Moussey
Lock mooring on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in Moselle, with two berths for transiting river cruisers.
2743AnchorageFranceÉcueil du Nidan
Anchorage off the rocky shelf known as the Nidan, on the south shore of the Giens peninsula in the Var.
- Sheltered N, NW
- 2744HarbourBuzet-sur-Baïse, France
En bord de l’eau
Canal quay at Buzet-sur-Baïse on the Canal lateral a la Garonne in Lot-et-Garonne.
- 2745AnchorageFrance
Etang d'Icard
Open roadstead off the Camargue coast, west of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, sand bottom on the foreshore of the Etang d'Icard lagoon system.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
- 2746AnchorageFrance
Étang Des Aigrettes
Anchorage in the south basin of the Lac du Bourget, off the Étang des Aigrettes reedbed near Le Bourget-du-Lac, in Savoie.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
2747AnchorageFranceEuronat
Open anchorage off the Euronat beach on the Médoc Atlantic coast, north of the Gironde estuary mouth.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
2748HarbourFillé, FranceFillé
River port on the Sarthe at Fille-sur-Sarthe, fifteen kilometres south of Le Mans.
- 2749AnchorageMartinique
Fond Blanc du François
Anchorage on one of the white sand shoals of Le François bay, Atlantic coast, used by foilers.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE
2750AnchorageFranceFort Boyard
Stone sea fort between the Île d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron, in the Pertuis d'Antioche off the Charente-Maritime coast. Anchoring and approach within 50 m of the walls are prohibited.
- 2751AnchorageGuadeloupe
Fort Royal
Anchorage off the beach of the Fort Royal hotel, north of Deshaies on the north-west tip of Basse-Terre, sand bottom, sheltered from NE through SE.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
2752HarbourLa Rochelle, FranceFouras - Port Sud
Tidal harbour of 60 berths on the south shore of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, facing the Île d'Aix and the Fort Boyard roadstead.
2753HarbourLa Barre-de-Monts, FranceFromentine
Tidal harbour at La Barre-de-Monts, at the northern entrance of the Goulet de Fromentine, opposite the Noirmoutier bridge.
2754AnchorageFranceGaléria Nord
Rocky anchorage on the north side of the Golfe de Galéria, western Corsica, 1.4 NM NE of Galéria village.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
- 2755HarbourSucé-sur-Erdre, France
Gamoterie
Small river harbour on the Erdre at Sucé-sur-Erdre, about 15 km north of Nantes in Pays de la Loire.
2756HarbourLa Chapelle-sur-Erdre, FranceGandonnière
Small riverside port on the Erdre at La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, roughly 10 km upstream from Nantes.
- 2757AnchorageFrance
Gare de l'Eau
Inland mooring on the canal network of the Audomarois marshes in Hauts-de-France, muddy bottom, sheltered from all wind directions.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
2758AnchorageFranceGénérelles
Isolated buoy mooring off the Pointe de Grouin du Cou coast in Vendée, west of the Aiguillon bay, Pays de la Loire.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
- 2759AnchorageFrance
Giraglia Nord
Prohibited anchorage north of the Giraglia islet, the northern tip of Cap Corse.
- 2760HarbourLa Gacilly, France
Glénac
River halt on the Oust, within the Canal de Nantes à Brest, at Glénac in Morbihan, on the edge of the Marais de Glénac wetlands.
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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.