Best anchorages and harbours in France

2788 documented anchorages and harbours in France, ranked by boaters' ratings: shelter, seabed, services, photos and reviews, ready to open in the BoatMap app.

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  1. Criée du Croisic2371
    HarbourLe Croisic, France

    Criée du Croisic

    Working fish auction quay on the north side of the Le Croisic harbour channel, in southern Brittany.

  2. 2372
    AnchorageFrance

    Crique

    Small cove on the Cote Vermeille between Banyuls-sur-Mer and Cerbere, last stretch of rocky coast before the Spanish border in the Pyrenees-Orientales.

    • Sheltered W, SW, S
  3. Cubzac-les-Ponts2373
    HarbourCubzac-les-Ponts, France

    Cubzac-les-Ponts

    River halt on the right bank of the Dordogne, in Cubzac-les-Ponts, Gironde, just downstream of the Eiffel rail bridge.

  4. CVVFCM2374
    AnchorageFrance

    CVVFCM

    Club mooring of the Club de Voile de la Vallée de la Fépin et du Château-Regnault-Mairus on the Meuse, in the Ardennes valley between Revin and Laifour.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE
  5. 2375
    AnchorageFrance

    Daon

    River anchorage on the Mayenne at the village of Daon, between Château-Gontier and Angers, sand bottom.

  6. 2376
    HarbourFrance

    Daon

    River halt on the Mayenne at Daon, between Château-Gontier and Angers in Pays de la Loire.

  7. 2377
    AnchorageFrance

    Dolmen du Gorneveze

    Anchorage in the upper Gulf of Morbihan near the Ile d'Arz, on mud bottom in a very sheltered basin.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E
  8. 2378
    AnchorageFrance

    Douane

    Anchorage of 120 moorings on sand in the inner bay of Perros-Guirec, Côte de Granit Rose.

    • Paid
    • Sheltered E, SE, S, SW, W, NW
  9. Duingt2379
    HarbourDuingt, France

    Duingt

    Small harbour on the west shore of Lake Annecy in Haute-Savoie, at the narrows of the Roc de Chère between the Grand Lac and the Petit Lac.

  10. ecl. Moussey2380
    HarbourMoussey, France

    ecl. Moussey

    Lock mooring on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin in Moselle, with two berths for transiting river cruisers.

  11. Écueil du Nidan2381
    AnchorageFrance

    Écueil du Nidan

    Anchorage off the rocky shelf known as the Nidan, on the south shore of the Giens peninsula in the Var.

    • Sheltered N, NW
  12. 2382
    HarbourBuzet-sur-Baïse, France

    En bord de l’eau

    Canal quay at Buzet-sur-Baïse on the Canal lateral a la Garonne in Lot-et-Garonne.

  13. 2383
    AnchorageFrance

    Etang d'Icard

    Open roadstead off the Camargue coast, west of Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer, sand bottom on the foreshore of the Etang d'Icard lagoon system.

    • Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW
  14. 2384
    AnchorageFrance

    Étang Des Aigrettes

    Anchorage in the south basin of the Lac du Bourget, off the Étang des Aigrettes reedbed near Le Bourget-du-Lac, in Savoie.

    • Sheltered W, SW, S, SE
  15. Euronat2385
    AnchorageFrance

    Euronat

    Open anchorage off the Euronat beach on the Médoc Atlantic coast, north of the Gironde estuary mouth.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
  16. Fillé2386
    HarbourFillé, France

    Fillé

    River port on the Sarthe at Fille-sur-Sarthe, fifteen kilometres south of Le Mans.

  17. Fort Boyard2387
    AnchorageFrance

    Fort Boyard

    Stone sea fort between the Île d'Aix and the Île d'Oléron, in the Pertuis d'Antioche off the Charente-Maritime coast. Anchoring and approach within 50 m of the walls are prohibited.

  18. Fouras - Port Sud2388
    HarbourLa Rochelle, France

    Fouras - Port Sud

    Tidal harbour of 60 berths on the south shore of the Fouras peninsula, Charente-Maritime, facing the Île d'Aix and the Fort Boyard roadstead.

  19. Fromentine2389
    HarbourLa Barre-de-Monts, France

    Fromentine

    Tidal harbour at La Barre-de-Monts, at the northern entrance of the Goulet de Fromentine, opposite the Noirmoutier bridge.

  20. Galéria Nord2390
    AnchorageFrance

    Galéria Nord

    Rocky anchorage on the north side of the Golfe de Galéria, western Corsica, 1.4 NM NE of Galéria village.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE, E
  21. 2391
    HarbourSucé-sur-Erdre, France

    Gamoterie

    Small river harbour on the Erdre at Sucé-sur-Erdre, about 15 km north of Nantes in Pays de la Loire.

  22. Gandonnière2392
    HarbourLa Chapelle-sur-Erdre, France

    Gandonnière

    Small riverside port on the Erdre at La Chapelle-sur-Erdre, roughly 10 km upstream from Nantes.

  23. Générelles2393
    AnchorageFrance

    Générelles

    Isolated buoy mooring off the Pointe de Grouin du Cou coast in Vendée, west of the Aiguillon bay, Pays de la Loire.

    • Paid
    • Sheltered NW, N, NE
  24. 2394
    AnchorageFrance

    Giraglia Nord

    Prohibited anchorage north of the Giraglia islet, the northern tip of Cap Corse.

  25. 2395
    HarbourLa Gacilly, France

    Glénac

    River halt on the Oust, within the Canal de Nantes à Brest, at Glénac in Morbihan, on the edge of the Marais de Glénac wetlands.

  26. Glénans2396
    HarbourLoctudy, France

    Glénans

    Loctudy base of the Glénans sailing school, on the Pont-l'Abbé estuary in south Finistère, Brittany.

  27. 2397
    AnchorageFrance

    Gonneville

    Open anchorage off Gonneville-sur-Mer on the Calvados coast of Normandy, sand bottom.

    • Sheltered NE, E, SE
  28. Green Dock2398
    HarbourPort-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône, France

    Green Dock

    Technical basin at Port-Saint-Louis-du-Rhône on the eastern bank of the Rhône delta, in the Camargue, Bouches-du-Rhône.

  29. Grotte aux Chauves-souris2399
    AnchorageFrance

    Grotte aux Chauves-souris

    Rock anchorage in the Calanque d'Ensues-la-Redonne, on the Cote Bleue west of Marseille, within the Parc Marin de la Cote Bleue.

    • Sheltered NW, N, NE
  30. Halte De Blanzy2400
    HarbourBlanzy, France

    Halte De Blanzy

    Small fluvial stopover of 8 berths on the Canal du Centre in Blanzy, Saône-et-Loire, between Montceau-les-Mines and Montchanin.

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