Best anchorages and harbours in France

Rade d'Agay East

Buoy field in the eastern part of the Rade d'Agay, a deep inlet of the Esterel massif between Saint-Raphaël and Cannes.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Anse du Lério

Anchorage in the Anse du Lério, off Arradon on the north shore of the Gulf of Morbihan, bottom of mud and weed.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Plage de Kerbourgnec

No-anchoring zone off the beach of Kerbourgnec, Saint-Pierre-Quiberon, on the east side of the Quiberon peninsula, Morbihan.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Plage des Fouirades

Anchorage on the east side of the Cap Bénat peninsula in the Var, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and the Îles d'Hyères. Sand and weed bottom, sheltered from N, NE and E.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Port Mer

Open anchorage in the bay of Port-Mer, on the north side of the Pointe du Grouin peninsula near Cancale, Ille-et-Vilaine.

• Paid
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Quai de la Poterne

River quay on the Saône at Chalon-sur-Saône, 2 berths, in the city centre.

Anse de la Beaumaderie

Anchorage on the Côte Bleue between Carro and Sausset-les-Pins, west of Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.

• Sheltered N, W, NW

Cap Croisette

Anchorage at the southern tip of Marseille, off the Goudes, at the entrance of the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Cassy

Tidal harbour of 225 berths on the east shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, at Lanton, Gironde.

Halte Nautique de Charleville

Small river halt of 10 berths on the Meuse at Charleville-Mézières, 0.2 NM downstream from the main town port, used as a short-stay stop on the Ardennes waterway.

La Roche-de-Glun

River halt on the Rhône at La Roche-de-Glun, Drôme, on the navigable reach between Valence and Tournon.

Ponton De Revigny

Small free pontoon on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin branch at Revigny-sur-Ornain, in the Meuse department, Grand Est.

Trestraou

Bay off Trestraou beach at Perros-Guirec, on the Côte de Granit Rose in Côtes-d'Armor.

• Paid
• Sheltered SE, S, SW

Baie De Ventilègne

Deep bay on the south coast of Corsica, 3 nm NW of Bonifacio, between the Pointe de Capineru and the Pointe de Ventilègne.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Golfe de Fréjus

Sand anchorage in the Golfe de Fréjus between Fréjus and Saint-Aygulf, western Estérel coast, Var.

• Sheltered W, NW

Halte fluviale de Belleville

River pontoon with 6 berths on the Saône at Belleville-en-Beaujolais, between Mâcon and Lyon.

Ponton Vnf La Grande-Motte

VNF service pontoon on the Canal du Rhône à Sète at La Grande-Motte, on the eastern edge of the Languedoc coast.

Porticcio

Anchorage in the Golfe d'Ajaccio off Porticcio, on the south shore facing Ajaccio, algae bottom with patches of sand.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Cap du Pinet

Anchorage on the north shore of the Gulf of Saint-Tropez, between Port Grimaud and the Pinet headland, in Provence.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

lützelbourg mitte

Sixteen-berth fluvial port at Lutzelbourg on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, in Moselle, at the foot of the Vosges ridge.

Plage de Cavalière

Sand beach anchorage at Cavalière, commune of Le Lavandou, Var. Up to 71 marked summer buoys on sand and weed bottom.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Plage de Piemanson

Open sandy anchorage off the Plage de Piémanson on the eastern edge of the Rhône delta in Camargue, within the commune of Salin-de-Giraud. Sand bottom, protection from N, NE and NW only.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port Auguier

Port of 109 berths on the west side of the Giens peninsula, between Port du Niel and La Madrague de Giens, in Hyères, Var.

Port de Larros

Oyster-farming port at Gujan-Mestras on the southern shore of the Bassin d'Arcachon, the main shellfish harbour of the basin.

Port Gapeau

Small river marina of 90 berths on the Gapeau estuary, east of Hyères, in Provence.

Anse de la Garoupe

Cove on the east side of Cap d'Antibes, below the Garoupe lighthouse and the sanctuary of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Port.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Anse de Saint-Martin

Sand-bottomed cove on the north coast of the Cotentin peninsula, between Omonville-la-Rogue and Port Racine, in the Raz Blanchard tidal stream area.

• Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W

Dinard

Municipal harbour of Dinard on the left bank of the Rance estuary, in the Anse du Prieuré between the Pointe du Moulinet and the Anse de la Morgane, opposite Saint-Malo.

Homps

Canal port in the village of Homps on the Canal du Midi, roughly midway between Carcassonne and Beziers in the Aude.

Plage de la Reine Jeanne

Sand anchorage off the beach of the same name on the eastern side of the Cap Bénat, between Bormes-les-Mimosas and Le Lavandou in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE