Best anchorages and harbours in Provence and Côte d'Azur

Le Petit Rhône

Anchorage off the mouth of the Petit Rhône on the Camargue coast, mud bottom, 0.8 nm NW of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Calanque de la Tripe

Small calanque on the south side of Cap Bénat in the Var, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the Île du Levant. Bottom of sand and posidonia.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Calanque de Morgiou

Calanque east of Sormiou with a small fishing port in the Calanques national park, where anchoring is limited to the sand outside a buoyed protection zone that shields the posidonia.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Anse du Rouet

Small calanque on the Côte Bleue, just east of Carry-le-Rouet inside the Parc marin de la Côte Bleue.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Baie de la Vierge

Anchorage on the north-east side of La Ciotat bay, sand bottom, shelter from W through N to NE, exposed to southerly swell.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Grand-Cale - Porquerolles

Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, within the Parc national de Port-Cros, between Calanque de l'Oustaou de Diou and the south-eastern headland of the island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Port Ferréol

Private residential marina at La Gaillarde, on the coast of the Var between Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Raphael.

Beaulieu-sur-mer

Marina of 719 berths between Cap Ferrat and Cap d'Ail on the French Riviera, tidal-free with a maximum draught of 4 m.

Calanque de Pouars

Narrow calanque on the southern coast of the Marseilleveyre massif, inside the Parc national des Calanques between Les Goudes and Morgiou.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Calanque du Port d'Alon

Rocky creek on the Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer coast, inside the Natura 2000 marine site between La Madrague and Bandol.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Les issambres - San perre

Sand-bottom anchorage off the shore of San Peïre-sur-Mer, in the Issambres district of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, on the Esterel coast of the Var.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Mouillage du Portet

Anchorage on the north-east side of Île Sainte-Marguerite in the Lérins islands, off Cannes.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Calanque de Saint-Barthelmy

Red rock inlet of the Esterel massif on the Corniche d'Or, between Agay and Théoule-sur-Mer, mixed sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N, NE, W and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Îlot de l'Îlon

Anchorage off the small islet of l'Îlon on the south side of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the largest of the Lérins Islands off Cannes.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Baie des Fourmis

Small bay on the Beaulieu-sur-Mer waterfront on the French Riviera, between Nice and Cap Ferrat.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Saint-Louis du Mourillon

Marina of 265 berths in the Mourillon neighbourhood of Toulon, east of the naval base and the Vieille Darse, Var.

Le Petit Rhône

Anchorage on the Petit Rhône branch of the Rhône delta in Camargue, mud bottom, sheltered from northerly winds.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Anse de la Salis

Sandy cove between the Cap d'Antibes and the ramparts of old Antibes, on the Côte d'Azur.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Baie de la Moutte

Open roadstead west of Bandol between the Pointe de la Cride and Île Rousse, on the Provence coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Vieux port de Golfe-Juan

Municipal marina of 805 berths in the Bay of Golfe-Juan, between Cannes and Antibes on the French Riviera.

Plage des Salins

Long sand beach on the eastern shore of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, 2.7 nm east of the town harbour.

• Sheltered W, NW

Pointe de la Paume

Anchorage at the Pointe de la Paume on the Esterel shore between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, in the western Gulf of La Napoule.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Portland

Small harbour on the north shore of the rade d'Hyères, east of the Salins d'Hyères, in Provence.

Anse des Fossettes

Cove on the south-eastern side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, between Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat and Beaulieu-sur-Mer in the Alpes-Maritimes.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Cap d'Ail

Deepwater marina of 260 berths on the Riviera, immediately west of the Principality of Monaco.

îlot Tiboulen

Small rocky islet at the NW tip of the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered S

Plage de Boulouris

Anchorage off the beach at Boulouris, on the Esterel coast between Saint-Raphaël and Agay.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage du Layet

Sand anchorage off Plage du Layet at Cavalière, on the Var coast between Le Lavandou and Cap Nègre.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Calanque Seynerolles

Small rocky inlet on the eastern flank of La Ciotat bay, just south of the Port Vieux.

• Sheltered S, SW, W

Fort Sainte-Marguerite

Buoy field of 28 moorings on the north side of Île Sainte-Marguerite, the larger of the Îles de Lérins, facing Cannes across the Baie de Cannes.

• Free
• Sheltered SW, S, SE