Best anchorages and harbours in France

Pontaillac

Sand anchorage off the Plage de Pontaillac in Royan, at the mouth of the Gironde estuary, Charente-Maritime.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, SE

Pontailler Sur Saône

River port on the right bank of the Saône at Pontailler-sur-Saône, in Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

ponton canal

Freshwater pontoon on the Canal des Landes at La Teste-de-Buch, linking the Arcachon basin to Lac de Cazaux-Sanguinet.

Ponton Cumières

River pontoon on the Marne at Cumieres, downstream of Epernay, in a village of about 800 inhabitants in the Champagne vineyards.

Ponton Des Amoureux

Small pontoon on the west shore of Lac d'Annecy at Sévrier, Haute-Savoie, a few kilometres south of Annecy.

Ponton Lechâtelet

Small river pontoon on the Saône at Lechâtelet in Burgundy, 10 berths, upstream of Seurre.

Ponton Plaisance

Waiting pontoon on the Charente river just downstream of Rochefort's locked marina, for boats holding off outside the lock window.

Ponton Tamaris

Pontoon on the northern shore of the Baie du Lazaret, below the Tamaris district of La Seyne-sur-Mer, in the rade de Toulon.

Pontoon Halt Nautique

River halt on the Marne at Reuil, a village of about 550 inhabitants on the south bank in the Champagne vineyards.

Pontoon Port A Binson

River halt on the Marne at Mareuil-le-Port, between Épernay and Dormans, set among the Champagne vineyards of the Vallée de la Marne.

Pors Carn

Anchorage in the Baie d'Audierne at the foot of the Pointe de la Torche, commune of Plomeur in Finistère. Sand bottom, sheltered from NE, E, SE, S and SW.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Pors loubous

Small rocky cove on the north side of the Baie des Trépassés, west coast of Cap Sizun in Finistère, Brittany.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Porspaul

Open anchorage in the cove of Porspaul at Lampaul-Plouarzel, on the Iroise coast of Finistère.

• Paid
• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E, SE

Port

Marina of around 1 000 berths at the head of the Anse de la Forêt, on the commune of Fouesnant in south Finistère.

Port "Les Sandres" - Gastes

Lake port on the west shore of the Biscarrosse et Parentis lake, at Gastes in the Landes.

Port à sec - Sète

Dry stack storage facility in Sète, Hérault, on the étang de Thau and canal system linking the Mediterranean to the Canal du Midi.

Port a sec Fécamp

Dry stack storage for 180 motor boats, on the basin of Fécamp in Seine-Maritime, alongside the main marina.

port Abeschaux

Small canal halt with 7 berths at Ley on the Canal de la Marne au Rhin, in Moselle, Grand Est.

Port Adhoc

Marina of 240 berths in the outer basin of Paimpol harbour, on the Côtes-d'Armor coast of Brittany.

Port Adhoc Bayonne-Anglet

Dry storage and service yard on the Adour at Anglet in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, near the Bayonne estuary.

Port Aiguelèze

River marina on the Tarn at Rivières, in the Gaillac vineyards, upstream of Albi in the Tarn department.

Port Anna

Tidal marina at Séné on the Noyalo river, just south of Vannes at the entrance of the Gulf of Morbihan.

Port Beau Rivage

Small marina of 108 berths on the west shore of the Étang de Berre, Bouches-du-Rhône.

Port Blanc

Natural harbour on the Pink Granite Coast of north Brittany, set among rocky islets off the commune of Penvénan.

Port Cassafiere

Inland canal marina at Portiragnes on the Canal du Midi side of the Hérault coast, south-west of Agde.

Port Charly

Sand anchorage off Le Croisic peninsula, on the southern Loire-Atlantique coast.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW, S

Port Châtillon en bazois

Inland port on the Canal du Nivernais, at Châtillon-en-Bazois in the Nievre department of Burgundy.

Port d'Anières

Municipal harbour on the Swiss left bank of Lake Geneva, in the canton of Geneva, between Hermance and Corsier.

Port d'Annecy

Municipal harbour of 204 berths on Lake Annecy, at the outlet of the Thiou canal in the town centre.

Port D'Aval

River pleasure port on the Somme in central Amiens, downstream of the Saint-Leu quarter and close to the Hortillonnages floating gardens.