Best anchorages and harbours in France
1092 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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1HarbourFranceChalon sur Saône
5.0River port of 100 berths on the right bank of the Saône in Chalon-sur-Saône, Burgundy, at the foot of the old town.
2HarbourIssel, FranceCastelnaudary
5.0Inland port of 51 berths on the Canal du Midi in the Aude, opening onto the Grand Bassin, the largest water body on the canal.
3HarbourFranceMôret Sur Loing
5.0Small river port of about 30 berths on the Loing, just upstream of its confluence with the Seine at Saint-Mammès, Seine-et-Marne.
4HarbourFréjus, FranceFréjus
5.0Marina on the Esterel coast in the Var, built in the 1980s on the site of the Roman naval harbour, 843 berths.
5HarbourFranceLa Tremblade
5.0Port of 115 berths on the Seudre estuary, in the heart of the Marennes-Oléron oyster basin in Charente-Maritime.
- 6HarbourChâlons-en-Champagne, France
Relais Nautique Chalons-en-Champagne
5.016-berth halt on the Canal latéral à la Marne in Châlons-en-Champagne, préfecture of the Marne département.
- 7HarbourLe Pradet, France
Port des Oursinières
5.0Marina of 243 berths at Les Oursinières, a hamlet of Le Pradet on the eastern side of the Bay of Toulon, Var.
- 8HarbourPénestin, France
Port Vilaine Maritime
5.0Marina of 130 berths on the lower Vilaine, at Pénestin in Morbihan, Brittany.
9HarbourVilleneuve-sur-Yonne, FranceCity mooring
4.9River halt on the Yonne in the walled town of Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, between Sens and Joigny in Burgundy.
10HarbourPlouescat, FrancePlouescat
4.9Small drying harbour on the north coast of Finistère, Brittany, serving the commune of Plouescat in the Bay of Kernic.
- 11HarbourMoissac, France
Port de Moissac
4.9River port on the Canal latéral à la Garonne at Moissac, Tarn-et-Garonne, at the junction with the Tarn river.
- 12HarbourAigues-Mortes, France
Aigues Mortes
4.9Inland port of 125 berths on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at Aigues-Mortes, at the foot of the medieval ramparts, in Occitanie.
13HarbourCaen, FranceCaen
4.9Wet basin in the centre of Caen at the head of the Canal de Caen à la Mer, 92 berths, max draught 3.4 m.
14HarbourNonsard-Lamarche, FrancePort de Nonsard
4.9Inland marina of 280 berths on Lake Madine, in the Meuse department in Grand Est, at the foot of the Cotes de Meuse.
15HarbourFranceGrand port d'Aix-les-Bains
4.9Freshwater marina on the east shore of Lac du Bourget in Savoie, the largest natural lake in France, with 920 berths and 2 m maximum draught.
16HarbourJaux, FranceJaux
4.9Small river port on the Oise in Hauts-de-France, about 2 nm southwest of Compiègne.
17HarbourMetz, FranceYachting club Metz
4.9River port on the Moselle at Metz, in the Grand Est region, 120 berths and max draught 2 m.
18HarbourFranceMarina Parc
4.9Pleasure-craft basin within the Marina Baie des Anges complex at Villeneuve-Loubet, western Côte d'Azur.
19HarbourFrancePort de Dole
4.9Inland marina of 20 berths on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin at Dole, in the Jura department.
20HarbourNantes, FrancePonton Belem
4.8Dedicated berth of 15 places on the Loire at Nantes, named after the three-masted barque Belem which calls there.
21HarbourCap Nègre, FranceLa Coudoulière
4.8Marina of 450 berths on the western shore of Six-Fours-les-Plages, opposite the Ile des Embiez and south of the Cap Sicie massif.
22HarbourNantes, FrancePort de l'Erdre
4.8River port of 50 berths on the Erdre at Nantes, upstream of the Saint-Félix lock, in Pays de la Loire.
- 23HarbourCarteret, France
Barneville-Carteret
4.8Tidal harbour on the west coast of the Cotentin in Manche, with a retention gate on the Gerfleur estuary keeping 700 berths afloat.
24HarbourLe Grau-du-Roi, FrancePort Camargue
4.8Marina of 5 000 berths at Le Grau-du-Roi, on the western edge of the Camargue delta in Occitanie.
25HarbourThéoule-sur-Mer, FranceThéoule-sur-Mer
4.8Marina of 176 berths on the Corniche de l'Esterel, 8 NM southwest of Cannes, at the foot of the red porphyry cliffs.
26HarbourSaint Quay Portrieux, FrancePort-Armor
4.8Deep-water marina at Saint-Quay-Portrieux on the Côtes-d'Armor coast, 1,030 berths accessible at all states of tide.
- 27HarbourChâtillon-Coligny, France
Halte nautique De Châtillon Coligny
4.8Canal halt with 14 berths at Châtillon-Coligny, on the Canal de Briare in the Loiret.
28HarbourMandelieu-la-Napoule, FrancePort du Béal
4.8Marina of 320 berths at the mouth of the Siagne river in Mandelieu-la-Napoule, west of Cannes.
- 29HarbourVentimiglia, Italy
Cala del Forte - Ventimiglia
4.8Marina of 180 berths at Ventimiglia in western Liguria, close to the French border, with deep water up to 6 metres draught.
- 30HarbourMenton, France
Menton - Garavan
4.8Marina of 750 berths in the Garavan bay, east of Menton old town, within sight of the Italian border at Ventimiglia.