Best anchorages and harbours in France

Marseillan Ville

Anchorage off the town of Marseillan on the western shore of the Étang de Thau lagoon, Hérault.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Moulin les metz

Single river berth on the Moselle at Moulins-lès-Metz, max draught 1.8 m, on the southern approach to Metz.

2 bollard mooring

Two-bollard bank mooring on the Canal des Vosges near Richardmenil, a short halt between locks.

Ile de Thau

Anchorage off the Île de Thau islet, just outside Sète harbour on the Étang de Thau side, Occitanie.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

L'Emprunt

Mooring on the Rhône between Roquemaure and Saint-Étienne-des-Sorts, in the Gard department, lower Rhône Valley.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Berry Au Bac

River halt at the junction of the Canal lateral a l'Aisne and the Canal de l'Aisne a la Marne, in the Aisne valley south-east of Laon.

Ecluse n°4 - Alger

Ten-berth canal halt at the Alger lock, PK 4,7 of the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne, between Berry-au-Bac and Reims.

Port privé Mare E Stagnu St Florent

Private marina on the southern shore of the Golfe de Saint-Florent, Haute-Corse, about 0,4 nm south of the town port of Saint-Florent.

Coti-Chiavari

Anchorage off the Coti-Chiavari coast on the south shore of the Gulf of Ajaccio in Corsica.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Mouillage de Ancien pont de la Peyrade

Occitan anchorage on mud bottom, sheltered from NE to SE winds, 0.5 NM north of the Sterne Voiles dry port.

• Sheltered NE, E, S, SE

POULGUEN PER

Small anchorage on the south coast of Finistère between Brigneau and the Bélon river, Brittany.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Plage de Cerbère

Pebble-and-sand bay at the last French village before the Spanish border, on the Côte Vermeille in Roussillon.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Reims Eclusee

River halt on the Canal de l'Aisne à la Marne at Reims, serving boaters transiting the canal in the Grand Est region.

Bollène Pontoon North

Small river pontoon on the Rhône at Bollène, Vaucluse, upstream of the Donzère-Mondragon canal.

Île Jarre Est

Anchorage on the eastern side of Île Jarre, an uninhabited limestone island in the Calanques National Park south of Marseille.

• Sheltered W, SW, S, SE

Plage des sables blancs

Anchoring-prohibited zone off the Sables Blancs beach in Carnac, baie de Quiberon, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

port einville-ou jard

Small fluvial halt of 6 berths on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin eastern branch, in Meurthe-et-Moselle.

Île d'If

Small island off Marseille in the Frioul archipelago, home to the Château d'If fortress, 1.3 nautical miles from the Vieux-Port.

• Sheltered S

Punta San Ciprianu

Buoy field in the bay of San Ciprianu on the east coast of south Corsica, north of Porto-Vecchio and south of the Cerbicale islands.

• Paid
• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Marylene

Anchorage off the coast between Cavalaire-sur-Mer and Saint-Tropez, in the Var department of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Anse du Groasguen

Anchorage on the east bank of the Odet estuary, just south of Bénodet, southern Finistère.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE, S, W, NW

Corniche Du Liouquet

Rocky anchorage along the Liouquet coast between La Ciotat and Les Lecques, eastern Var.

• Sheltered N, NE

Fourmigue

Rocky mooring off Cap Bénat, east of the Hyères roadstead, on the Var coast of Provence.

Port Servaux

Small 150-berth harbour at Saint-Henri in the 16th arrondissement of Marseille, on the L'Estaque bay shoreline.

Port Lily

Small lake port on the Biscarrosse et Parentis lake, in the Landes, between Port Latécoère to the south and Port de l'Écluse to the north.

Anse de la Fertalière

Mud-bottom anchorage on the Charente estuary approaches south of La Rochelle, sheltered from N to E winds.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Anse du Pô

Shallow drying cove on the west side of Carnac, in the baie de Quiberon, south Brittany. Used by oyster farmers and shoal-draught visitors.

Halte Fluvial Rolampont

Canal halt at Rolampont on the Canal entre Champagne et Bourgogne, Haute-Marne, on the approach to Langres.

Le Cap D”Agde

Roadstead anchorage off the Cap d'Agde resort, Hérault, western Mediterranean. Sand bottom, shelter from the north-west only.

• Sheltered NW

Mimbeau

Sheltered sand spit on the inner side of the Cap Ferret peninsula, Bassin d'Arcachon.