Best anchorages and harbours in France

Brouage

Canal harbour at the foot of the fortified town of Brouage, Charente-Maritime, in the marais of Saint-Just-Luzac.

L'isoletta

Small anchorage off Cap Ferrat on the French Riviera, between Beaulieu-sur-Mer and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

Lanséria

Buoy mooring field off the coast near Kercabellec, northern entrance of the Traict de Mesquer, Loire-Atlantique.

• Paid
• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

port Rèmelfing

River stop on the canalised Sarre at Rémelfing in the Moselle department, 3 km downstream of Sarreguemines on the French bank.

Plage des Cigales

Sand anchorage in the Gulf of Saint-Tropez between Sainte-Maxime and Saint-Tropez, on the French Riviera.

• Sheltered N, SW, W, NW

Port de la Gorguette

Small harbour of 25 berths on the shoreline between Sanary-sur-Mer and Bandol, in the Var.

Charmes

Freshwater stopover on the canalised Moselle at Charmes, in the Vosges department of Grand Est.

Marine Group

Private pontoon operated by Marine Group inside the Gulf of Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, used for boat rental, maintenance and owner moorings. 15 berths, up to 4 m draught.

Port Pothuau

Small port on the east side of the Hyères salt pans, commune of Hyères, Var.

Villefranche-sur-Saône

River mooring on the Saône in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, on the left bank opposite the town of Villefranche-sur-Saône.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Bassin des Tellines

Restricted basin at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône at the mouth of the Grand Rhône, anchoring prohibited.

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

Plage du Centre, Erquy

Sand-bottom anchorage off the main beach of Erquy on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany, a short distance east of the fishing harbour.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Port de Morgiou

Small fishing port at the head of the calanque de Morgiou, inside the Parc national des Calanques, east of Marseille.

Anse des Seulières

Anchorage on the north-west coast of the Île d'Oléron, Charente-Maritime, between Saint-Denis-d'Oléron and Le Douhet.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Baie de Figari

Deep inlet on the south coast of Corsica, west of Bonifacio, opening southward between Punta di Ventilegne and Pianottoli-Caldarello.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Île de Roëlan

Rock-bottom anchorage off a small islet in the Ria d'Étel, Morbihan, used at slack water.

• Sheltered W, SW

Kerhostin

Rocky cove on the west side of the Quiberon peninsula in southern Brittany, with mooring prohibited along this stretch.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Le Grau-du-Roi Cove

Sand and rock anchorage off the Petite Camargue, south of Le Grau-du-Roi and Port Camargue.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Carro

Fishing and pleasure harbour of 180 berths on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, sheltered behind a rocky headland in the commune of Martigues.

Casemate of Èze

Anchorage off the Èze-sur-Mer shoreline, Alpes-Maritimes, below the village of Èze perched at 427 m. Sand and posidonia bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Plage de Toga

Anchorage off Toga beach on the north edge of Bastia, Cap Corse, with Port Toga marina 0.1 NM to the south.

• Sheltered SW, W, NW

Pointe d'Arçay

Anchorage at the tip of the Pointe d'Arçay sand spit, at the mouth of the Lay estuary in Vendée.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Xouaxange

Three-berth canal halte on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin at Xouaxange, Moselle, on the summit pound west of the Arzviller tunnel.

ecluse 81

Small halt at lock 81 on the canal du Rhône au Rhin at Plobsheim, south of Strasbourg in Alsace.

Grosbliederstroff Dock

River stop on the canalised Sarre at Grosbliederstroff, on the French bank opposite Germany, at the downstream end of the Canal des Houillères de la Sarre.

Labastide-d'Anjou

Canal du Midi halt on the Lauragais plain between Port-Lauragais and Castelnaudary, in Aude.

Porz-Bali

Small cove on the south Finistère coast between Merrien and Doëlan, rock bottom, protected from north, east and west.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Mailly-le-Port

River halt on the Yonne at Pont-sur-Yonne in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, on the Paris to Auxerre waterway.

Pors Keraign

Small harbour on the west bank of the Odet estuary, at Plomelin in Finistère, Brittany.

Port d'Amphion-Publier

Small harbour of 69 berths on the French south shore of Lake Geneva, in the commune of Publier, Haute-Savoie.