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.
Top rated
2788 places
1141PortLe-Grau-du-Roi, FranceLe Grau du Roi
3.7Fishing and pleasure harbour at the mouth of the Canal du Rhône à Sète, in Petite Camargue. Berthing in the town quays is limited, most visiting yachts head for the Port Camargue marina 1.3 nautical miles to the south-west.
1142MouillageFrancePlage de Briande
3.7Open anchorage off a sand beach on the south flank of the Cap Lardier, between Cavalaire and La Croix-Valmer, Var.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1143MouillageFrancePoint de Dépose La Dune
3.7Daytime anchorage off the Grand Travers dune belt, between La Grande-Motte and Carnon on the Languedoc coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
1144PortPort-en-Bessin, FrancePort-en-Bessin
3.7Tidal fishing and yachting harbour on the Bessin coast of Normandy, 69 visitor berths, max draught 4 m.
1145PortSète, FranceQuai d'Alger "port de commerce"
3.7Honour quay of Sète's commercial port, on the western side of the Môle Saint-Louis basin, in Occitanie. Not a plaisance berth, but the occasional visitor pontoon for tall ships and events.
- 1146PortSteinbourg, France
steinbourg
3.7Canal halt of 12 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, at Steinbourg in Alsace, just north of Saverne.
- 1147MouillageFrance
Vignola
3.7Anchorage off Plage de Vignola on the west coast of Balagne, Haute-Corse, 2.1 NM W of Ile-Rousse.
- Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE
1148MouillageFranceCalanque des deux frères
3.7Small calanque of the Esterel coast between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, named after the two rocky islets off its entrance.
- Sheltered SW, W, NW
- 1149MouillageFrance
Etang Pierre Blanche
3.7Shallow lagoon anchorage west of Palavas-les-Flots in Languedoc, sand bottom, sheltered from NW, N and W winds.
- Sheltered NW, N, W
1150PortHendaye, FranceHendaye
3.7Marina of 890 berths on the Bidassoa estuary, last French harbour on the Atlantic before the Spanish border.
- 1151MouillageFrance
île verte
3.7Sand anchorage off Île Verte in the Bréhat archipelago, Côtes-d'Armor, north Brittany.
- Sheltered N, NE, E, SE
- 1152PortHyères les Palmiers, France
La Madrague de Giens
3.7Shallow-draught harbour of 159 berths on the western side of the Giens peninsula, at Hyères, facing the Île de Porquerolles.
1153PortLa Rochelle, FranceLa Rochelle - Port des Minimes
3.7Marina of 5 100 berths south of La Rochelle, one of the largest leisure harbours on the European Atlantic coast.
- 1154MouillageFrance
Les Pharillons
3.7Rock-bottom anchorage off the Pharillons islets south of Marseille, within the Parc national des Calanques. Sheltered from N and NE.
- Sheltered N, NE
1155PortLézardrieux, FranceLézardrieux
3.7River marina on the Trieux estuary, Côtes-d'Armor, 4 nautical miles upriver from the open sea, with 741 berths.
1156PortFrancePlagne
3.7River port on the Dordogne at Saint-André-de-Cubzac in Gironde, about 1.5 nautical miles north of Cubzac-les-Ponts.
- 1157PortFrance
Plaisance Club De Strasbourg
3.7Yacht club on the Bassin des Remparts in Strasbourg, on the Rhine-Rhône canal network, Grand Est.
- 1158MouillageFrance
Pointe d'Agnello
3.7Anchorage off the Pointe d'Agnello at the northern tip of Cap Corse, close to the lighthouse of the Île de la Giraglia.
- Sheltered SE, S, SW
1159MouillageFranceRoquemaure
3.7River anchorage on the Rhône at Roquemaure, Gard, 6 nm north of Avignon.
- Sheltered NW, NE, W, E, SW, S
1160PortFranceVallon des Auffes
3.7Small fishing cove wedged between cliffs on the Corniche Kennedy in Marseille, west of the Anse de la Fausse Monnaie.
- 1161PortBrest, France
Brest-Marina du Château
3.7Marina of around 750 berths in the Penfeld mouth at the foot of the Château de Brest, in the heart of the city on the northern shore of the roadstead.
1162PortLe Tréport, FranceLe Tréport
3.7Tidal harbour at the mouth of the Bresle, on the Normandy coast at the foot of 100 m chalk cliffs.
1163MouillageFranceOmonville-La-Rogue
3.7Buoy field of 60 moorings in the bay of Omonville-la-Rogue, on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula west of Cherbourg.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW
1164MouillageFrancePaillers De Ghignu
3.7Anchorage off Plage de Ghignu on the Désert des Agriates, northern Corsica, in the Saint-Florent gulf approaches.
- Sheltered W, SW, S
1165MouillageFrancePort Blanc
3.7Small sandy cove on the south-west coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in the commune of Bangor.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, W, SW
1166PortCerbere, FrancePort de Cerbère
3.7Marina of 190 berths on the Côte Vermeille in Occitanie, the last French port before the Spanish border at Cap Cerbère.
1167PortSaint-Jean-de-Luz, FranceSaint-Jean-de-Luz - Ciboure - Port Larraldenia
3.7Marina of 81 berths in the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz and Ciboure, on the Basque coast, sheltered behind the three breakwaters of the bay.
- 1168PortVilleneuve-lès-Béziers, France
Villeneuve les Béziers
3.7Halt on the Canal du Midi at Villeneuve-lès-Béziers, between the Fonseranes lock staircase and the Mediterranean.
- 1169MouillageFrance
Ansa de Terrimbo
3.7Small rocky cove on the Côte Vermeille between Cerbère and Banyuls-sur-Mer, on the Spanish-French border coast.
- Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S
1170MouillageFranceBaie d'Ajaccio
3.7Large anchorage of about 160 buoys in the Gulf of Ajaccio, Corsica, off the Saint-François beach and the old town.
- Free
- Sheltered NW, N, NE, W
Frequently asked questions
How many harbours and anchorages does BoatMap document in France?
BoatMap documents 2788 harbours and anchorages in France, with shelter, seabed, services, photos and boaters' reviews.
Which BoatMap guides cover France?
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.