Best anchorages and harbours in Provence and Côte d'Azur

Halte fluvial Saint-Gilles

River stopover on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Saint-Gilles in the Gard, Occitanie.

Arnette

Rocky-bottom anchorage on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Carro and Port des Laurons.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Île Jarre Est

Anchorage on the eastern side of Île Jarre, an uninhabited limestone island in the Calanques National Park south of Marseille.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Île d'If

Small island off Marseille in the Frioul archipelago, home to the Château d'If fortress, 1.3 nautical miles from the Vieux-Port.

• Sheltered S

Marylene

Anchorage off the coast between Cavalaire-sur-Mer and Saint-Tropez, in the Var department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Corniche Du Liouquet

Rocky anchorage along the Liouquet coast between La Ciotat and Les Lecques, eastern Var.

• Sheltered N, NE

Fourmigue

Rocky mooring off Cap Bénat, east of the Hyères roadstead, on the Var coast of Provence.

Port Servaux

Small 150-berth harbour at Saint-Henri in the 16th arrondissement of Marseille, on the L'Estaque bay shoreline.

Plage du Cavaou

Anchorage off Plage du Cavaou at the mouth of the Golfe de Fos, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from winds from NW to SW.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Anse du Levant

Anchorage off the Mourillon beaches at Toulon, facing the Petite Rade and the naval base.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW, S

Plage de la Pointe du Pellegrin

Rocky anchorage on the Var coast, about 1.3 NM east of Port Maravenne and Port Miramar, between Toulon and Hyeres.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Halte Plaisance Vnf

VNF pleasure stop on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Saint-Gilles, on the northern edge of the Camargue in Gard.

Alizee boat rental

Boat rental base at Bauduen on the south shore of the Lac de Sainte-Croix, a reservoir of 2200 hectares created in 1974 at the downstream exit of the Gorges du Verdon in Provence.

Anse de la Couronne Vieille

Small cove on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Carro and Port des Laurons, with a sand bottom. Anchoring is prohibited here.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Anse des Roseaux

Cove on the Saint-Mandrier peninsula in the Rade de Toulon, posidonia bottom, sheltered from NW, W and SW.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Baie de Cousse

Open anchorage on the Provence coast between Bandol and Sanary-sur-Mer, south of the Gorguette cove.

• Sheltered NE, E

Bellegarde

Canal halt at Bellegarde on the Canal du Rhone a Sete in the Gard, Occitanie.

Boulouris

Small port of 42 berths at Boulouris, a seaside neighbourhood of Saint-Raphaël on the Estérel coast.

Calanque Blanche

Small calanque west of Les Goudes, on the southern edge of Marseille, in the Calanques National Park.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Calanque d'Aurelle

Small rocky cove on the Esterel coast between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, western end of the Baie de Cannes.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Calanque d'ensues-la-Redonne

Small harbour of about 30 berths in the calanque de La Redonne, on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille in the commune of Ensuès-la-Redonne.

Calanque de la Mounine

Small calanque on the Marseilleveyre massif east of the Goudes, inside the Parc national des Calanques on the Marseille coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Calanque De Petit Méjean

Small calanque on the Côte Bleue between Carry-le-Rouet and La Redonne, in the Ensuès-la-Redonne commune.

Calanque du Petit Caneiret

Small red-rock cove on the Estérel coast between Agay and Anthéor, sand bottom, open to the south-east.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

CNM - Club Nautique Martigues

Sailing club and small craft harbour on the Canal de Caronte in Martigues, linking the Étang de Berre to the Golfe de Fos.

Écueil 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

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

Green Dock

Technical basin at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône on the eastern bank of the Rhône delta, in the Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône.

Grotte aux Chauves-souris

Rock anchorage in the Calanque d'Ensues-la-Redonne, on the Cote Bleue west of Marseille, within the Parc Marin de la Cote Bleue.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Le Jai

Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, off the Le Jaï spit between Marignane and Châteauneuf-les-Martigues.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE