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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451AnchorageFranceMouillage de Le Petit Villard
4.2Anchorage on the Lac du Bourget, the largest natural lake in France, about 2.7 NM NW of Aix-les-Bains.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW, S
452AnchorageFrancePinarello
4.2Open bay on the east coast of Corsica, north of Porto-Vecchio, with a long sand beach and a Genoese tower on the small offshore islet.
- Free
- Sheltered S
453AnchorageFrancePlage de Portisol
4.2Sandy cove on the west side of Sanary-sur-Mer, Var, between Pointe Cogolin and the harbour entrance.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
454AnchorageFrancePlage Du Capelan
4.2Small cove on the Île Rousse peninsula west of Bandol, southern Provence, used as a day anchorage.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
455AnchorageFranceRoscanvel
4.2Anchorage on the west side of the Rade de Brest, along the Crozon peninsula facing the Goulet. Sand bottom.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
456AnchorageFrancetunnel st. albain nord
4.2Mooring prohibited at the north entrance to the Saint-Albin tunnel on the Petite Saône, a 681 m navigation tunnel linking the river around a meander near Scey-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, W, E, SW, S, SE
457AnchorageFranceBaia di Ferro
4.2Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica south of Campomoro, rocky bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E winds.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
- 458AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Figuerolles
4.2Small ochre-cliff calanque on the western side of La Ciotat, with a sand and rock bottom sheltered from the northerly quadrant.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
- 459AnchorageFrance
Ecluse Charly-sur-Marne
4.2River mooring on the Marne at the Charly-sur-Marne lock, in the Aisne department, upstream of La Ferte-sous-Jouarre.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, E, S, SE
- 460AnchorageFrance
île de broue
4.2River anchorage on the Saône near Pont-de-Vaux, in Bourgogne Franche-Comté.
- Sheltered W, E
461AnchorageFranceÎles Finocchiarola
4.2Anchorage off the three Finocchiarola islets at the north-east tip of Cap Corse, inside the Natura 2000 nature reserve.
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
462AnchorageFranceMouillage de Merrien
4.2Anchorage in the ria of Merrien, a narrow inlet on the south coast of Finistere between Doelan and Brigneau.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SE
- 463AnchorageFrance
Plage de Isthme
4.2Anchorage off the sandy isthmus linking the Quiberon peninsula to the mainland, south Brittany, on the east-facing baie de Quiberon side.
- Free
- Sheltered NE, E, SE
- 464AnchorageFrance
Plage De La Madrague
4.2Anchorage off the sandy beach of La Madrague, a cove on the western side of the Baie des Lecques, between La Ciotat and Bandol.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 465AnchorageFrance
Plage du Lavandou
4.2Sandy anchorage off the main beach of Le Lavandou, on the Var coast between Cap Bénat and Cap Nègre.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
466AnchorageFranceplouezoc'h
4.2Anchorage off Plouezoc'h on the east bank of the Morlaix river, northern Brittany, sand bottom, room for 2 boats.
- Paid
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
- 467AnchorageFrance
Anse Rossa
4.2Sand-bottom cove on the west coast of Corsica, in the Gulf of Valinco area south of Ajaccio.
- Sheltered NE, E, SE, S
- 468AnchorageFrance
Calanque de Morgiou Sud
4.2Anchorage at the southern entrance of the Calanque de Morgiou, within the Parc national des Calanques between Marseille and Cassis.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
469AnchorageFranceGorges du Loup
4.2Rocky inlet on the south coast of Porquerolles island, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros, rock bottom.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, NW
470AnchorageFrancePort de la Redonne
4.2Anchorage off the small harbour of La Redonne-Ensuès on the Côte Bleue, inside the Parc marin.
- Sheltered N, NE, NW
- 471AnchorageFrance
Anse de Lesconil
4.2All-round sheltered mud-bottom anchorage in south Finistère, Brittany, 0,2 NM north of Lesconil fishing harbour.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
- 472AnchorageFrance
Anse Saint-Jean
4.2Sandy cove at the head of the Baie de La Forêt in south Finistère, between Beg-Meil and the entrance to Port-La-Forêt.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE
- 473AnchorageFrance
Baie de Bon-Porte - Pointe du Canadel
4.2Sand anchorage on the Var coast between Cavalaire and Le Lavandou, at the foot of the Maures massif off the Pointe du Canadel.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW
- 474AnchorageFrance
Beg Salus
4.2Open anchorage on rock and algae bottom on the Breton coast, 0.7 NM south-west of the port of Saint-Gildas.
- Sheltered N, NE, E
475AnchorageFranceCalanque de l'Escondelle
4.2Cove on the western flank of Île de Pomègues, Frioul archipelago, facing the open sea off Marseille.
- Sheltered E, SE, S
476AnchorageFranceÎle du Grand-Rouveau
4.2Anchorage off the Île du Grand-Rouveau, a rocky islet west of the Embiez archipelago in the Var, topped by a 19th century lighthouse.
- Sheltered NE, E, SW, SE
- 477AnchorageFrance
La Gracieuse
4.2Sand-spit anchorage on the east side of the Golfe de Fos, at the tip of the Gracieuse sand bar, sand bottom.
- Sheltered NW, W
478AnchorageFranceLa Vigne
4.2Anchorage on the north shore of Cap Ferret, inside the Bassin d'Arcachon, sand bottom.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 479AnchorageFrance
Montureux-lès-Baulay
4.2River anchorage on the Petite Saône near Montureux-lès-Baulay, a farming village in Haute-Saône on the upper navigable reach above Port-sur-Saône.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
480AnchorageFrancePaluden
4.2Buoy mooring field on the upper Aber-Wrac'h river, about 2 nm inland from the village of L'Aber-Wrac'h in Finistère.
- Paid
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W, NW