Best anchorages and harbours in France

Porz Coz

Mud-bottomed anchorage on the north shore of the Rade de Brest, opposite the Île Ronde, in Finistère.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Trégarvan

River anchorage on the Aulne estuary off the village of Trégarvan, in the Finistère, Brittany.

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

Anse de Cornaud

Sand and rock anchorage on the south-east coast of Belle-Île-en-Mer, in Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Baie de Cayola

Rocky bay on the Vendée coast between Les Sables-d'Olonne and Port-Bourgenay, 1.9 nm NW of Port-Bourgenay.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Beauduc

Open anchorage off the Beauduc beach on the south shore of the Camargue, in the Rhône delta.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Calanque du Cap Nègre

Anchorage of around 40 spots in the calanque below Cap Nègre, on the coast of Le Rayol-Canadel-sur-Mer, between Le Lavandou and Cavalaire.

• Free
• Sheltered N, NE, E

Pointe des Salis

Rocky anchorage off the northwest tip of the Giens peninsula in the Var, between Hyères and the Presqu'île de Giens.

• Sheltered N, NE

Pointe Notre Dame

Day anchorage on the Esterel coast south-west of Cannes, sand bottom below the red porphyry cliffs of the Corniche d'Or.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Ponton Aval - Port d'Arzal-Camoël

Downstream visitor pontoon at the Arzal-Camoel marina, just below the Arzal dam on the Vilaine estuary in southern Brittany.

Mouillage de la Citadelle d'Ajaccio

Anchorage on sand and Posidonia under the walls of the Citadelle Miollis at the entrance of the Golfe d'Ajaccio, Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Halte De Plaisance

Canal stopover on the Canal de Briare at Ouzouer-sur-Trézée, Loiret, in Centre-Val de Loire.

Halte De Plaisance Nemours

Recent river halt on the canal du Loing at Nemours in Seine-et-Marne, between Fontainebleau and Montargis, in the Gâtinais.

Plage De Gatseau

Buoy mooring off the plage de Gatseau at the southern tip of the île d'Oléron, 3 buoys available.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W

Port nautic service

Private yard and pontoon on the right bank of the Hérault at Le Grau d'Agde, 500 metres from the river mouth.

San Damiano

Rocky anchorage on the Balagne coast of Corsica, about 1.2 nm east of Port Eugène Ceccaldi and 4 nm southwest of Île-Rousse.

• Sheltered SE, S, SW, W

Vignola

Anchorage on the west coast of Corsica in the Golfe d'Ajaccio, between the Pointe de la Parata and the town of Ajaccio.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Algajola

Sand-bottomed anchorage off the village of Algajola in Balagne, Corsica, between Île-Rousse and Calvi.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW

Anse de Cargèse

Anchorage in the bay fronting Cargèse village, on the west coast of Corsica between the Golfe de Sagone and the Golfe de Porto.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Île Longue Sud

Anchorage on the south side of Île Longue in the Golfe du Morbihan, inshore waters of southern Brittany.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Les Baronnets

Sand anchorage off the Espiguette sand spit, 3.5 NM SE of Port Camargue and 4.3 NM S of Le Grau-du-Roi, Gard.

• Sheltered N

Madrague Montredon

Anchorage off the south-eastern tip of Marseille, just east of Port de la Madrague de Montredon, within the Parc national des Calanques.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

Plage de la Vasina

Anchorage off a sand beach on the east coast of Cap Corse, 3 nautical miles north of Bastia.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

port Saaralbe

Inland canal port with 8 berths at Sarralbe on the Canal des houilleres de la Sarre, in Moselle.

Toull an trebez

Sandy anchorage in the Aber Wrac'h estuary, north Finistère, about 1.4 NM NW of the port of L'Aber-Wrac'h.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Baie de Stagnolu

Small bay on the south side of the Golfe de Porto-Vecchio, in south-east Corsica.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Bonne Terrasse

Sheltered bay on the east coast of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Cap Camarat and Cap Taillat, in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

La Chambre - Île Logodec

Small buoyed anchorage with 4 moorings off Île Logodec, south of the Bréhat archipelago, in the passage known as La Chambre.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW

La Ciotat - Port vieux

Historic harbour of 700 berths in the heart of La Ciotat, at the foot of the former shipyards now converted into a superyacht refit centre.

Pointe Bacon

Anchorage off the eastern side of the Cap d'Antibes, near Port Vauban, sand bottom, open to the east.

• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Port Miramar

Marina of 1160 berths at La Londe-les-Maures, between Hyères and Le Lavandou on the Var coast.