Best anchorages and harbours in France

Les amis du Passage

Anchorage in the inner roadstead of Brest, off the Moulin Blanc area, west Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Mouillage des Sabias

Anchorage on the south coast of Île d'Yeu, two miles from Port-Joinville, sheltered from winds from the north sector.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Plougasnou - Terenez

Anchorage off the hamlet of Térénez on the north Finistère coast, sand bottom, 8 moorings available.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Bihit

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Pointe de Bihit, just south of Trébeurden on the Côte de Granit Rose in Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Eguzon

Anchorage on the Lac d'Éguzon, a reservoir on the river Creuse in the Indre, Centre-Val de Loire.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage du Grand Jardin

Anchorage off Plage du Grand Jardin on the western shore of the Cap Bénat peninsula, Bormes-les-Mimosas, with sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Pointe Débié

Anchorage on the south-west side of Île Pomègues, Îles du Frioul, off Marseille, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Port Kérel

Sandy cove on the south coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, on the commune of Bangor, with one of the longer sand beaches on the south side of the island.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

L’Isle

Anchorage on the Vilaine upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom, well sheltered by surrounding wooded banks.

• Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, S, SE

Plage de Porz Mabo

Sandy cove on the Trébeurden coast in the Côtes-d'Armor, 1.1 NM SE of Trébeurden marina.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Yacht club Triel

River mooring on the Seine at Triel-sur-Seine, in the Yvelines west of Paris, between the confluences of the Oise and the Mauldre.

Argenton

Anchorage off the village of Argenton in Landunvez, north Finistère, between Le Conquet and Portsall, opposite the Île d'Yoc'h.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, SW, W

Beinheim

Anchorage on the Rhine near Beinheim in northern Alsace, on the Franco-German border. Mud bottom. River mooring used by barges and the occasional cruiser.

Duingt

Anchorage off the village of Duingt on the west shore of Lac d'Annecy, at the narrow waist of the lake between the Grand Lac and the Petit Lac.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Estuaire de l'Orne

Buoy mooring field of 180 berths in the estuary of the Orne, between Ouistreham and Merville-Franceville, in Calvados.

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

L'Odet

Mooring buoys on the Odet river between Bénodet and Quimper in south Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, E, S, SE

Plage de la Calanca

Sand anchorage on the north shore of the Golfe de Valinco, 0.9 NM from Propriano, sheltered from N, NE, E and NW winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Porsisquin

Small cove in the Anse de Poulmic, on the south shore of the rade de Brest opposite the Presqu'île de Plougastel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Punta di l'Oscelluccia south

Anchorage on the west coast of the Revellata peninsula, 1.4 NM west of Calvi, Haute-Corse.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Jonville

Open anchorage on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, just north of Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, with a sand bottom.

• Sheltered N, NE, SW, W, NW

North Rondinara

Anchorage on the northern side of the Rondinara bay in southern Corsica, sand bottom, sheltered from NW through W.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Poses

Point on the Seine at the Poses-Amfreville dam, the tidal limit of the river upstream from Rouen. Anchoring is prohibited in the dam and lock zone.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, SW, S

Vaux

River anchorage on the Seine near Vaux-sur-Seine, upstream of L'Isle-Adam on the Oise tributary reach, Île-de-France.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Plage de la Polynésie

Anchorage off a sand beach on the western shore of the Giens peninsula, near Hyères in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Punta di Furmiguli

Sand anchorage on the west coast of Cap Corse, in the Agriates desert sector, north of Saint-Florent, Corsica.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Fond de Baleta

Anchorage of about 20 berths in the Anse de Baleta, immediately SE of Collioure on the Côte Vermeille, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Île Roy

River anchorage on the Saône near Collonges-au-Mont-d'Or, north of Lyon, weed bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, W

Sérignan Plage

Open roadstead off Sérignan-Plage on the Hérault coast, sand bottom, exposed to most sectors except NW.

• Sheltered NW

Anse de Morgat

Sandy anchorage in the bay of Morgat on the Crozon peninsula, western Brittany, well sheltered from the west to north-east.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, SW

Calanque des Contrebandiers

Rock-bottomed calanque within the Calanques National Park south of Marseille, between Port des Goudes and Port de Morgiou.

• Sheltered N, NE, E