Best anchorages and harbours in Provence and Côte d'Azur

Mouillage de la plage Centrale

Anchorage off the main beach of Bandol, western Var, weed bottom on posidonia meadow.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Anse du Grand Mugel

Prohibited anchoring cove at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle, just south of La Ciotat. Sand and seagrass bottom, sheltered from NW, N, W and SW.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Argens

Sand anchorage off the mouth of the Argens river, between Fréjus and Saint-Aygulf on the Var coast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Nouveau port - Les lecques

Marina of 432 berths in the bay of Les Lecques, on the commune of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, between La Ciotat and Bandol.

Calanques des Queyrons

Small calanque on the Marseille coast inside the Parc national des Calanques, sand and rock bottom, open to NW, N and NE winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage De La Moutte

Anchorage off a sandy beach on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and Cap des Salins, in the Var.

• Sheltered W, SW, S

Pointe de la Cride

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Pointe de la Cride headland, between Sanary-sur-Mer and Bandol on the Provence coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

La Faviere

Anchorage off La Favière beach in the Bay of Bormes, Var, east of the Cap de Brégançon.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Le Moulon

Calanque anchorage on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Niolon and Calanque du Petit Méjean.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Pointe de la Croisette

Anchorage off the Pointe de la Croisette east of Cannes, facing the bay and the Îles de Lérins, Alpes-Maritimes.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Le Pradon

Anchorage on the south slope of the Giens peninsula in Var, between La Madrague and Les Salettes.

• Sheltered NW

Miramar

Buoy field off the Miramar beach at La Londe-les-Maures, on the Var coast between Hyères and Le Lavandou.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

plage Beauvallon

Open anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez off the Beauvallon beach, at the foot of Grimaud, mixed sand, rock and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Anse de Boumandariel

Sand cove on the Côte Bleue between Carro and Sausset-les-Pins, Bouches-du-Rhône.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Anse de Rénécros

Sand cove on the W side of Bandol, separated from the main harbour by the Pointe du Cap Rousset, in the Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Calanque de jonquier

Small calanque on the Côte Bleue between Niolon and Méjean, west of Marseille.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Port de Niolon

Small harbour of 60 berths in the calanque of Niolon, on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, inside the Parc Marin de la Côte Bleue.

Raka

Sand anchorage on the east side of the Giens peninsula near Hyères, between La Capte to the north and Port Auguier to the south.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Canal de Saint-Antoine

Mooring buoys in the canal de Saint-Antoine at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, mud bottom, sheltered from the W.

• Sheltered W

Anse des Salettes

Cove on the south side of the Giens peninsula in Le Pradet, Var, on the north shore of the rade d'Hyères.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Anse du sec

Small cove on the east side of La Ciotat, at the foot of the Bec de l'Aigle cliffs in the Parc national des Calanques.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, W

Tiboulen de Maire

Small islet off Cap Croisette at the southern entrance to the Marseille archipelago, inside the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered SE, S

Berriau Plage

Anchorage off Berriau beach on the eastern shore of the Salins d'Hyères, Var, with mixed sand, rock and algae bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

La Pierre de l'Autel

Rocky pinnacle off the Embiez archipelago near Six-Fours-les-Plages, a known Mediterranean dive site.

• Sheltered NE

Bandol plaisance

Marina of 1,600 berths on the Baie de Bandol in the Var, facing the Île de Bendor, between Toulon and La Ciotat.

La Galiote

Sand anchorage off Saint-Aygulf, on the Var coast between Fréjus and Sainte-Maxime.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Le Torpilleur

Rocky anchorage in the Calanque de Sormiou sector, east of the Pointe de Morgiou, inside the Parc National des Calanques near Marseille.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Anse de Balaguier

Cove on the north shore of the rade de Toulon, off La Seyne-sur-Mer. Anchoring is prohibited to protect the Posidonia meadow.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage d’Arène Cros

Sand beach anchorage in the Baie des Lecques, on the western edge of the Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer shoreline, sheltered from the mistral by Cap Sicié to the east.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Pomegue

Small harbour in the former military cove of Pomegues, on the southern island of the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques National Park perimeter.