Best anchorages and harbours in France
1696 documented anchorages and harbours in France, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.
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421AnchorageFrancePlage de la Garrigue
4.2Sandy anchorage in the bay of Les Canebiers, on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, Var.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 422AnchorageFrance
San Peyre
4.2Anchorage in the bay of Le Pradet on the south side of the Giens peninsula approach, Var coast, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE
423AnchorageFranceAnse des Blancs-Sablons
4.2Wide sandy bay north of Le Conquet, at the western tip of Finistere, used as a fair-weather anchorage before or after transiting the Chenal du Four.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW
424AnchorageFranceBrouel Sud
4.2Open anchorage south of Brouel point, on the southern shore of Île d'Arz in the Gulf of Morbihan.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
425AnchorageFranceCala Longa
4.2Deep Corsican cove on the Bouches de Bonifacio, east coast of the southern tip, 1 nm SE of Sant'Amanza bay and 3.4 nm east of Bonifacio.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
426AnchorageFranceCalanque du maure
4.2Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros. Sand and posidonia bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
427AnchorageFranceEstagnets
4.2Anchorage on the west side of the Giens peninsula, north of Port du Niel, mixed sand and posidonia bottom.
- Sheltered NE, E, S, SE
428AnchorageFrancePen Cadenic
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of the Pénerf estuary in southern Morbihan, Brittany, on the approach to the village of Le Tour-du-Parc.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 429AnchorageFrance
Plage de Kaolins
4.2Anchorage off the Kaolins beach at Ploemeur on the southern Brittany coast, west of Lorient.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 430AnchorageFrance
Pointe du Grand Mont
4.2Anchorage off the Pointe du Grand Mont on the west coast of the Rhuys peninsula in southern Brittany, on rock and sand.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
431AnchorageFranceTourelle Figuiet
4.2Anchorage near the Figuiet cardinal mark in the bay of Morlaix, north Finistère, south of Île Callot and the Roscoff approaches.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 432AnchorageFrance
Anse de la Fosse
4.2Small sand-bottom anchorage on the north coast of Île d'Oléron, about 0.4 nm east of Saint-Denis-d'Oléron.
- Paid
- Sheltered W, SW, S
433AnchorageFranceBaie de Banyuls
4.2Buoy mooring field off Banyuls-sur-Mer on the Côte Vermeille, close to the Spanish border in the Pyrénées-Orientales.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S, SE
- 434AnchorageFrance
Baie de la Garonne
4.2Wide bay on the south coast of Le Pradet, sand and rock bottom with posidonia, day anchorage east of Toulon roadstead.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 435AnchorageFrance
Cala di Palu
4.2Cove on the west coast of Corsica, between Cargèse and the Gulf of Porto, over sand and rock.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
436AnchorageFranceCalanque de Fontagne
4.2Small south-facing inlet on the Marseilleveyre massif east of Les Goudes, inside the Parc national des Calanques.
- Sheltered S
437AnchorageFranceL'île d'Or
4.2Small private island off Le Dramont, east of Saint-Raphaël, recognisable by its square Saracen-style tower of red porphyry built in 1912.
- Sheltered N, S, SE
438AnchorageFranceLe blavet aval ferme
4.2River anchorage on the lower Blavet below Hennebont, sheltered from all directions, mud bottom.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
439AnchorageFrancePort aux anglais
4.2Anchorage on the Finistère sud coast, open to the S with sand, rock and seagrass patches on the bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
- 440AnchorageFrance
Portz Plous
4.2Anchorage on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off Morbihan in southern Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 441AnchorageFrance
Samzun
4.2Anchorage on the east side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south of Le Palais.
- Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
- 442AnchorageFrance
Anse du Bon Renaud
4.2South-facing cove on the northern coast of Île de Porquerolles, about 0.6 nm west of the village harbour, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW, W
- 443AnchorageFrance
Anse Ottioni
4.2Anchorage in a small cove on the west coast of Corsica, south of Ajaccio in the Gulf of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S
- 444AnchorageFrance
Cala de Malfacu
4.2Cove of the Désert des Agriates coast in northern Corsica, about 8.5 nm west of Saint-Florent.
- Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
- 445AnchorageFrance
Etang du Ponant
4.2Brackish coastal lagoon north of La Grande-Motte, about 270 hectares, connected to the sea by a narrow grau. Mud bottom with water available ashore.
- Sheltered N, S, SW, W, NW
446AnchorageFranceÎle de Bendor
4.2Small private island off Bandol, bought by Paul Ricard in 1950 and developed into a cultural site with a marina on its north side.
- Sheltered S, SE
447AnchorageFranceÎle de la Jument
4.2Small island in the Gulf of Morbihan between Larmor-Baden and the Île-aux-Moines, with 8 visitor buoys on a mixed mud and weed bottom.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
448AnchorageFranceÎle de Litiri
4.2Small islet mooring in the Chenal du Four, off the Pointe Saint-Mathieu in Finistère, north Brittany.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 449AnchorageFrance
La Pietra
4.2Rocky islet of La Pietra at the tip of the Ile Rousse peninsula in Balagne, north Corsica. Anchoring is prohibited in the immediate surroundings.
- Sheltered SW, S, SE
450AnchorageFranceLes Trois Ilets
4.2Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S