Best anchorages and harbours in France

Port Argelès

Marina at the southern end of the Roussillon sandy coast, 891 berths where the lido meets the rocky Côte Vermeille.

Port Joinville - Île d'Yeu

Main harbour of the Île d'Yeu on the north coast of the island, 648 berths, maximum draught 3 m, 13 nautical miles from the mainland at Fromentine.

Port Lalande

River port on the canal latéral à la Garonne at Coulx, Lot-et-Garonne, in south-west France.

Port-Cergy

River anchorage on the Oise at Cergy-Neuville, Île-de-France, adjacent to Port de Cergy. Mud bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Tournon Ponton

River pontoon on the right bank of the Rhône at Tournon-sur-Rhône, Ardèche, opposite Tain-l'Hermitage.

Vannes

Wet dock of 240 berths set directly below the ramparts of Vannes, a prefecture town of about 54 000 inhabitants at the head of the Gulf of Morbihan.

Anse Devenson

Calanque between Morgiou and Sugiton in the Parc national des Calanques, west of Cassis and south of Marseille.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Ars-en-Ré - Bassin de la Criée

Tidal marina on the north shore of the Île de Ré, inside the Fier d'Ars lagoon, 550 berths, maximum draught 2 m.

Bormes-les-Mimosas

Marina of 950 berths in the bay of Le Lavandou on the Var coast, at the foot of the Massif des Maures.

Cabanes du Gapeau

Anchorage off the mouth of the Gapeau, near Hyeres in the Var. Ten marked positions on mixed sand and rock.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Île du Rontant

River anchorage on the Saône just off Albigny-sur-Saône, north of Lyon, mud bottom with good holding.

• Sheltered E, SE, W, NW

Iles Logoden

Anchorage between the two Logoden islets in the Gulf of Morbihan, south Brittany, on a sand bottom.

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

Marina Baie des Anges

Marina of 515 berths at Villeneuve-Loubet, between Nice and Antibes, built at the foot of the pyramid-shaped residential towers designed by architect André Minangoy.

Marine de Meria

Cove on the east coast of Cap Corse, between Macinaggio and Santa Severa, sand and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Plage d'Urville

Anchorage off the beach of Urville-Nacqueville on the north coast of the Cotentin, west of Cherbourg, with a mixed bottom of sand, rock and weed.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Plage De Mar Vivo

Beach off La Seyne-sur-Mer on the western side of the rade de Toulon. Anchoring is prohibited in the bathing zone.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Porto Pollo

Buoy field in the Gulf of Valinco on the west coast of Corsica, off the village of Porto-Pollo in the commune of Serra-di-Ferro.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Sainte-Marine

Marina of 770 berths on the west bank of the Odet estuary, Combrit, facing Bénodet at 300 metres across the river.

Veulettes

Open roadstead off the shingle beach of Veulettes-sur-Mer on the Côte d'Albâtre, Seine-Maritime, between Fécamp and Saint-Valery-en-Caux.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE

Anse de Favone

Sand-bottomed bay at the mouth of the Favone stream, on the east coast of Corsica, 5 NM south of Solenzara.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Anse de Sponsaglia

Sandy anchorage on the east coast of southern Corsica, between Porto-Vecchio and the Gulf of Santa Manza.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Atelier Bilbo

Single-berth workshop pontoon at Balaruc-les-Bains on the north shore of the Étang de Thau, Hérault.

Capestang

Canal du Midi halt on the bief de Capestang, at the foot of the collegiate church of Saint-Étienne, on the UNESCO-listed canal.

Plage de l'Estagnol

Sandy anchorage in the bay of l'Estagnol, west of Cap de Brégançon, on the commune of Bormes-les-Mimosas.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Pointe du Dattier

Sand-bottomed anchorage on the Corniche des Maures between Cavalaire and Le Lavandou, commune of Le Rayol-Canadel, Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Port de Migennes

River port at the junction of the Yonne and the Canal de Bourgogne at Migennes, in the Yonne department of Burgundy.

Port de Sainte-Maxime

Marina of 800 berths on the northern shore of the Golfe de Saint-Tropez, facing Saint-Tropez across the gulf.

Port du Pilon

Small harbour on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Saint-Tropez town and the Marines de Cogolin, Var.

Punta di Rondinara

Semicircular sand bay on the east coast of Corsica between Porto-Vecchio and Bonifacio, closed by Punta di Rondinara to the north and Punta di Capo Rosso to the south.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Capu di Acciaju Sud

Sandy anchorage at the southern entrance of the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio, on the east coast of Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W