Best anchorages and harbours in Riviera · Alpes-Maritimes

Anse de l'Argent Faux

Small cove on the south-western side of the Cap d'Antibes, between Port du Croûton and Port Gallice in the Alpes-Maritimes.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Rade d'Agay East

Buoy field in the eastern part of the Rade d'Agay, a deep inlet of the Esterel massif between Saint-Raphaël and Cannes.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Golfe de Fréjus

Sand anchorage in the Golfe de Fréjus between Fréjus and Saint-Aygulf, western Estérel coast, Var.

• Sheltered W, NW

Anse de la Garoupe

Cove on the east side of Cap d'Antibes, below the Garoupe lighthouse and the sanctuary of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Rade de Cannes

Open roadstead off the Croisette at Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, between the seafront and the Îles de Lérins 1 NM south. Anchoring is regulated and banned from 1 June to 31 August.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Port du Croûton

Municipal port of about 390 berths on the western shore of the Cap d'Antibes, at Juan-les-Pins, Alpes-Maritimes.

Port de Silva Maris

Small marina of 59 berths below the village of Èze, on the Côte d'Azur between Nice and Monaco.

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

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

La Galiote

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

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Port des moines

Small port on Île Saint-Honorat in the Lérins islands off Cannes, managed by the city of Cannes, used mainly by tenders and small craft up to 8 m to land and visit the monastery island.

Le Lion de Mer

Mooring buoys off the Lion de Mer rock, a 35 m porphyry islet west of Saint-Raphaël, Var.

• Sheltered SE

L'isoletta

Small anchorage off Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera, between Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Casemate of Èze

Anchorage off the Èze-sur-Mer shoreline, Alpes-Maritimes, below the village of Èze perched at 427 m. Sand and posidonia bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Le Lion de Mer East

Buoy mooring east of the Lion de Mer rock off Saint-Raphaël on the Esterel coast, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where the buoys serve diving clubs and anchoring is not allowed.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Pointe Croisette

Marina of 272 berths on the Pointe Croisette in Cannes, at the eastern end of the Boulevard de la Croisette, Côte d'Azur.

Boulouris

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

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 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

Menton

Anchorage off the town of Menton on the Côte d'Azur, Alpes-Maritimes, close to the Italian border, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Pointe de l’Observatoire

Anchorage on the red porphyry coast of the Estérel, between Anthéor and Le Trayas in the Var, on rock and weed.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Mouillage de la Salis

Anchorage off Plage de la Salis, east of the Cap d'Antibes peninsula, on the French Riviera.

• Sheltered W

Port du Riou

Small marina on the Riou estuary at Mandelieu-la-Napoule, between Cannes and the Estérel massif.

St Barthélémy EST

Anchorage on the east side of the Saint-Barthélemy reef in the rade d'Agay, Estérel massif, Var coast, on sand and weed.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E