Best anchorages and harbours in France

Le Logeo

Harbour of 155 berths on the south shore of the Golfe du Morbihan, in the commune of Sarzeau, facing the Île aux Moines.

Le Pradon

Anchorage on the south slope of the Giens peninsula in Var, between La Madrague and Les Salettes.

• Sheltered NW

Port Des Callonges

Small tidal harbour on the right bank of the Gironde estuary, in the Saintonge marshes north of the Medoc.

Rade de Morlaix

Mooring buoys in the Rade de Morlaix between the Île Noire and the mainland, mud bottom, shelter from NW to SW.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Rochers aux ânes

Sandy anchorage off the Chausey archipelago in the Golfe de Saint-Malo, Normandy, named after a cluster of rocks south of Grande Île.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Saint Leger Sur Dheune

Inland halt on the Canal du Centre in Saône-et-Loire, Burgundy, about halfway between Chalon-sur-Saône and Digoin.

Theven

Buoy field off the Theven beach on the Sibiril coast, west of Roscoff in north Finistere.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Halte Nautique D’Etupes

River halt on the Canal du Rhône au Rhin at Étupes, in the Pays de Montbéliard area of Franche-Comté.

Miramar

Buoy field off the Miramar beach at La Londe-les-Maures, on the Var coast between Hyères and Le Lavandou.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Port de Cruas

River marina of 60 berths on the right bank of the Rhône in Ardèche, between the Logis-Neuf and Châteauneuf-du-Rhône locks.

Toul-Bihan

Rocky cove on the west coast of the presqu'île de Quiberon, south Brittany. Anchoring prohibited.

• Sheltered NE, E

Henamenil pk 197

Point on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin western branch near Hénaménil village in Meurthe-et-Moselle, at kilometre mark 197. Mooring is prohibited along this reach.

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

plage Beauvallon

Open anchorage in the Golfe de Saint-Tropez off the Beauvallon beach, at the foot of Grimaud, mixed sand, rock and weed bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Porh Puns

Rock-bottom anchorage on the Gâvres peninsula inside the Rade de Lorient, with water point ashore.

• Sheltered E, SE

Port De Sagone

Marina of 160 berths in the gulf of Sagone on the west coast of Corsica, between the gulf of Ajaccio to the south and the gulf of Porto to the north.

Port Launais

River quay of about 6 berths on the tidal Aulne at Port-Launay, Finistère, Brittany.

Surrey Marina

Small river marina on the right bank of the Saône at Seurre, in Côte-d'Or, Burgundy.

Cala d’Oru

Anchorage on the east coast of Corsica, 2 nm south of Solenzara, between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the foothills of the Bavella massif.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Cale De Vielle Roche

Mooring buoys on the Vilaine estuary just upstream of the Arzal dam, mud bottom with shelter on most points of the compass.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, E, SW, S, SE

Ponton du Blair

Two-berth pontoon off Baden, on the western shore of the Gulf of Morbihan in Brittany.

Ruisseau des Grésillions

Anchorage on the Mayenne river in Pays de la Loire, a canalised waterway between Laval and Angers used by canal boats and small pleasure craft.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE, SW, W, NW

Anse du dellec

Cove on the north shore of the Brest roadstead, in Plouzané, opposite the entrance to the Penfeld river and the city of Brest.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Maubuisson

Anchorage on the east shore of Lac d'Hourtin-Carcans, the largest natural freshwater lake in France, in the Médoc.

• Free
• Sheltered S, SW, W, NW

Port de Goulée

Tidal creek port on the left bank of the Gironde estuary, commune of Jau-Dignac-et-Loirac, northern Médoc.

Anse de Boumandariel

Sand cove on the Côte Bleue between Carro and Sausset-les-Pins, Bouches-du-Rhône.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Étang de Leucate

Coastal lagoon north of Perpignan, shared between Aude and Pyrénées-Orientales, linked to the sea by the grau de Leucate.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Golfe de Péru

Rocky cove on the west coast of Corsica, north of Cargèse, rock bottom, sheltered from the northerly quadrant only.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

port xures

Fifteen-berth canal port at Xures on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin eastern branch, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Anse de Rénécros

Sand cove on the W side of Bandol, separated from the main harbour by the Pointe du Cap Rousset, in the Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Calanque de jonquier

Small calanque on the Côte Bleue between Niolon and Méjean, west of Marseille.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W