Mouillage

Pointe de la Parata

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Shelter: NW, N, W, SW
Seabed: sand
Anchoring: Allowed

Open anchorage off the Sanguinaires archipelago west of Ajaccio, sand bottom, exposed to easterly winds.

Guide

Approach and anchoring

Approach from the south or west keeping clear of the Sanguinaires islets and their off-lying rocks. The westernmost islet of Mezu Mare carries a lighthouse, a useful landmark by day. No buoyed channel. Hold off the shore in 5 to 10 metres over sand. Port Tino Rossi in Ajaccio lies 5.7 nm east in case of easterly blow.

Practical

No services on site. Daytime stop only in settled weather. Ajaccio 5.7 nm east has full marina services at Port Tino Rossi.

Ashore

Genoese tower of la Parata at the end of the headland, built in 1608 against Barbary raids. Footpath along the pink granite cliffs down to the tower from the car park at the road end. Iles Sanguinaires boat trips depart from Ajaccio.

History

The Sanguinaires and the Parata tower form part of the Natura 2000 site of the Gulf of Ajaccio. Alphonse Daudet stayed at the Sanguinaires lighthouse in 1863 and used it as the setting for one of his Lettres de mon moulin.