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Best anchorages and harbours in France

2788 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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  1. Porquerolles601
    HarbourHyères les Palmiers, France

    Porquerolles

    4.2

    Main harbour of the island of Porquerolles, on the northern shore, inside the Port-Cros national park, off Hyeres.

  2. Port de Pérols602
    HarbourPérols, France

    Port de Pérols

    4.2

    Harbour of 130 berths on the étang du Méjean, on the Montpellier coast in Occitanie.

  3. Saint Jean Cap Ferrat603
    HarbourSaint Jean Cap-Ferrat, France

    Saint Jean Cap Ferrat

    4.2

    Marina of 550 berths on the west side of the Cap Ferrat peninsula, between Nice and Beaulieu, sheltered by the cape from easterly winds.

  4. Tourelle Figuiet604
    AnchorageFrance

    Tourelle Figuiet

    4.2

    Anchorage 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
  5. Villefranche - Darse605
    HarbourVillefranche-sur-Mer, France

    Villefranche - Darse

    4.2

    Former Sardinian military harbour in the Rade de Villefranche-sur-Mer, between Nice and Cap Ferrat.

  6. 606
    AnchorageFrance

    Anse de la Fosse

    4.2

    Small 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
  7. Baie de Banyuls607
    AnchorageFrance

    Baie de Banyuls

    4.2

    Buoy 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
  8. 608
    AnchorageFrance

    Baie de la Garonne

    4.2

    Wide bay on the south coast of Le Pradet, sand and rock bottom with posidonia, day anchorage east of Toulon roadstead.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
  9. 609
    AnchorageFrance

    Cala di Palu

    4.2

    Cove on the west coast of Corsica, between Cargèse and the Gulf of Porto, over sand and rock.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, NW
  10. Calanque de Fontagne610
    AnchorageFrance

    Calanque de Fontagne

    4.2

    Small south-facing inlet on the Marseilleveyre massif east of Les Goudes, inside the Parc national des Calanques.

    • Sheltered S
  11. L'île d'Or611
    AnchorageFrance

    L'île d'Or

    4.2

    Small 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
  12. 612
    HarbourLa Palmyre, France

    La Palmyre - Bonne-Anse

    4.2

    Marina of 360 berths inside the Bonne Anse lagoon at the northern entrance of the Gironde estuary, on the Côte de Beauté.

  13. Le blavet aval ferme613
    AnchorageFrance

    Le blavet aval ferme

    4.2

    River anchorage on the lower Blavet below Hennebont, sheltered from all directions, mud bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE
  14. Le Bono614
    HarbourLe Bono, France

    Le Bono

    4.2

    Tidal harbour of 428 berths on the rivière du Bono, a tributary of the Golfe du Morbihan in southern Brittany.

  15. Port aux anglais615
    AnchorageFrance

    Port aux anglais

    4.2

    Anchorage on the Finistère sud coast, open to the S with sand, rock and seagrass patches on the bottom.

    • Sheltered NW, W, SW
  16. Port du Niel616
    HarbourHyères, France

    Port du Niel

    4.2

    Small harbour of 106 berths on the east side of the Giens peninsula, in the commune of Hyères, Var.

  17. 617
    AnchorageFrance

    Portz Plous

    4.2

    Anchorage on the south coast of the Île de Groix, off Morbihan in southern Brittany.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E
  18. 618
    AnchorageFrance

    Samzun

    4.2

    Anchorage on the east side of Belle-Île-en-Mer, Morbihan, south of Le Palais.

    • Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
  19. 619
    AnchorageFrance

    Anse du Bon Renaud

    4.2

    South-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
  20. 620
    AnchorageFrance

    Anse Ottioni

    4.2

    Anchorage in a small cove on the west coast of Corsica, south of Ajaccio in the Gulf of Ajaccio.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S
  21. 621
    HarbourArs-en-Ré, France

    Ars-en-Ré - Bassin de la Prée

    4.2

    Tidal basin of the port of Ars-en-Re on the north shore of the Ile de Re, Charente-Maritime.

  22. 622
    AnchorageFrance

    Cala de Malfacu

    4.2

    Cove of the Désert des Agriates coast in northern Corsica, about 8.5 nm west of Saint-Florent.

    • Sheltered E, SW, S, SE
  23. 623
    AnchorageFrance

    Etang du Ponant

    4.2

    Brackish 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
  24. Hourtin Port624
    HarbourFrance

    Hourtin Port

    4.2

    Small inland marina on Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans in the Médoc, the largest natural freshwater lake in France.

  25. Île de Bendor625
    AnchorageFrance

    Île de Bendor

    4.2

    Small 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
  26. Île de la Jument626
    AnchorageFrance

    Île de la Jument

    4.2

    Small 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
  27. Île de Litiri627
    AnchorageFrance

    Île de Litiri

    4.2

    Small islet mooring in the Chenal du Four, off the Pointe Saint-Mathieu in Finistère, north Brittany.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
  28. 628
    AnchorageFrance

    La Pietra

    4.2

    Rocky 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
  29. Les Trois Ilets629
    AnchorageFrance

    Les Trois Ilets

    4.2

    Anchorage off the Îles Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Manche department.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, SW, S
  30. Mouillage de Le Petit Villard630
    AnchorageFrance

    Mouillage de Le Petit Villard

    4.2

    Anchorage 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

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BoatMap documents 2788 harbours and anchorages in France, with shelter, seabed, services, photos and boaters' reviews.

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Stopover harbours of North Brittany, Saint-Malo to Brest, Emerald Coast anchorages, Saint-Malo to Cancale, Jersey, Guernsey and Sark from Saint-Malo, Pink granite coast and Bréhat: the anchorages, Saint-Brieuc bay: Saint-Quay to Paimpol, Brest roadstead and the Crozon peninsula: the anchorages, Ushant, Molène and Sein: the Iroise anchorages, The Abers: Aber-Wrac'h to Roscoff, Stopover harbours of South Brittany, Brest to the Vilaine, The Glénan: anchorages of the archipelago, The Odet to Concarneau: stopovers and anchorages, Douarnenez bay, Cap Sizun and Audierne, Belle-Île, Houat and Hoëdic: the best anchorages, Gulf of Morbihan: anchorages and stopovers, Quiberon bay and La Trinité: sheltered anchorages, Groix, Lorient and the rias: a weekend from Lorient, The D-Day beaches by sea, East Cotentin: Cherbourg, Barfleur and Saint-Vaast, Granville, Chausey and the west coast of the Cotentin, Alderney and Guernsey from Cherbourg, Côte Fleurie and Alabaster Coast: the stopovers, Atlantic stopover harbours, the Loire to the Gironde, Vendée: Pornic, Noirmoutier, Yeu and Les Sables, Ré, Aix and Oléron: the Pertuis from La Rochelle, Gironde estuary: Royan to Pauillac, Arcachon basin: the anchorages, Basque coast: Capbreton, Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Hendaye, Côte Vermeille: Collioure, Port-Vendres and Banyuls, Sète, the Thau lagoon and the Camargue, Stopover harbours of the Gulf of Lion, Port-Vendres to Port-Camargue, Calanques, Marseille to Cassis: where you can still anchor, Frioul and Riou: the islands of Marseille, Côte Bleue: Carry, Sausset and Niolon, Cassis to Bandol via Île Verte, Îles d'Hyères: Porquerolles, Port-Cros and Levant, Gulf of Saint-Tropez, Pampelonne and the capes, Where to shelter from the mistral in the Var, Bandol to Giens: Sanary, Les Embiez and the Toulon roadstead, Stopover harbours of the Var, Bandol to Saint-Raphaël, Lérins islands and Cap d'Antibes: the anchorages, Villefranche to Menton: Cap Ferrat, Monaco and Menton, The Estérel: Théoule to Agay, anchorages of the red rocks, Stopover harbours of the Riviera, Saint-Raphaël to Menton, The most beautiful anchorages in Corsica, Bonifacio, Lavezzi and the far south, Agriates and Cap Corse: Saint-Florent to Macinaggio, West coast: Calvi, Scandola, Girolata and Ajaccio, Porto-Vecchio, Pinarello and the east coast, Round Corsica in twelve harbours.