Best anchorages and harbours in Var

Pointe du Cimetière

Anchorage off the Pointe du Cimetière on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, close to the Plage des Graniers in the Var.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Plage du Ceinturon

Anchorage off the Ceinturon beach on the east side of the Hyères peninsula, Var, opposite the salt marshes of the Vieux Salins.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Porquerolles

Buoy field of 31 moorings in the bay of Porquerolles village, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W

Les Gros Murs sud

Prohibited anchoring zone on the south coast of Porquerolles, rock bottom, within the Port-Cros national park maritime perimeter.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Plage des Fouirades

Anchorage on the east side of the Cap Bénat peninsula in the Var, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the Îles d'Hyères. Sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Cap du Pinet

Anchorage on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Port Grimaud and the Pinet headland, in Provence.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Plage de Cavalière

Sand beach anchorage at Cavalière, commune of Le Lavandou, Var. Up to 71 marked summer buoys on sand and weed bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Port Auguier

Port of 109 berths on the west side of the Giens peninsula, between Port du Niel and La Madrague de Giens, in Hyères, Var.

Port Gapeau

Small river marina of 90 berths on the Gapeau estuary, east of Hyères, in Provence.

Plage de la Reine Jeanne

Sand anchorage off the beach of the same name on the eastern side of the Cap Bénat, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and Le Lavandou in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port Pin Rolland

Marina of 350 berths on the north shore of the Saint-Mandrier peninsula, inside the western part of the Petite Rade de Toulon.

Cogolin

Sand anchorage at the head of the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, off the mouth of the Giscle river between Port-Grimaud and the Marines de Cogolin.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Avant-port de Sainte-Maxime

Prohibited anchoring zone in the outer harbour of Sainte-Maxime, Gulf of Saint-Tropez, sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Baie de Bandol

Anchorage in the bay of Bandol in the Var, between the mainland and the Île de Bendor 300 m offshore.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Bonporteau

Sand-bottomed cove on the Var coast between Cavalaire-sur-Mer and Cap Lardier, sheltered from N, NE and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Anse de Magaud

Small rocky cove on the western flank of the Cap Brun, east of Toulon, in Provence.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

L'Ayguade du Levant

Floating pontoon of 33 berths with no breakwater, on the north coast of the Île du Levant, Îles d'Hyères, facing the mainland in Provence.

Plage de L'Aiguade

Sand anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles, just west of the village harbour, inside the Port-Cros National Park perimeter.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Plage Chapelle Saint-Georges

Anchorage off the beach of Saint-Georges at Le Pradet, on the Var coast between Toulon and the Giens peninsula, mixed sand, rock and Posidonia.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Baie du Lazaret

Bay on the south shore of the Toulon roadstead, between Saint-Mandrier peninsula and La Seyne-sur-Mer, open to the N.

• Free
• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Anse de l'Aiguade

Sand-bottomed cove on the north coast of Porquerolles, in the Parc national de Port-Cros, 0.9 NM W of the island's main village.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Mouillage de la plage Centrale

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

• Sheltered NW, N, W

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.

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 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 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