Best anchorages and harbours in France

Salles Curan

Mooring on the lac de Pareloup at Salles-Curan, in the Aveyron on the Lévézou plateau, the second-largest artificial lake in France with a surface of 1 260 hectares.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Sene badel

Drying harbour on the commune of Séné, on the southern shore of the Golfe du Morbihan opposite Vannes, used mostly by local boats.

Société Nautique de Port-de-Bouc

Yacht club basin on the north shore of the Golfe de Fos, at the southern entrance of the Canal de Caronte linking the sea to the Étang de Berre.

Société Nautique les Figuières

Small club harbour of 50 berths on the Côte Bleue between Marseille and Martigues, tucked into a narrow inlet west of Ensuès-la-Redonne.

Sous la Tour

Anchorage at the entrance of the Légué estuary near Saint-Brieuc in Brittany, mud bottom, sheltered from NW through N and NE and from W.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W

St Barthélémy EST

Anchorage on the east side of the Saint-Barthélemy reef in the rade d'Agay, Estérel massif, Var coast, on sand and weed.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

St Georges de Didonne

Buoy mooring off Saint-Georges-de-Didonne beach on the south bank of the Gironde estuary, sand and mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

St Trojan les bains

Tidal harbour on the south-east coast of Île d'Oléron, in the Coureau d'Oléron channel facing Marennes, Charente-Maritime.

Talloires Montmin

Lakeside harbour on the east shore of Lake Annecy, in the commune of Talloires-Montmin, Haute-Savoie.

Torreilles-Plage

Open sand anchorage off the Roussillon coast between Port Barcarès and Sainte-Marie-la-Mer, Pyrénées-Orientales.

• Sheltered W

Torrent de l'escarron

Buoy mooring off the mouth of the Escarron stream on the lake shore, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, within 0.2 NM of Port de la Baie Saint Michel.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Torrent des Glaisoles

Anchorage on the eastern shore of Lac de Serre-Ponçon, in the Hautes-Alpes.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Tour de la Giraglia

Sand-bottom anchorage off the islet of Giraglia at the northern tip of Cap Corse, 1.2 NM north of Barcaggio.

• Sheltered E

Tourisme fluvial du centre

Canal halt on the Canal latéral à la Loire at Plagny, south of Nevers in the Nièvre.

Tremazen

Coastal mooring at Landunvez on the Pays des Abers coast of north Finistère, Brittany.

Trentemoult

River harbour of 42 berths on the left bank of the Loire at Rezé, facing Nantes city centre.

Treompan

Open anchorage off the Tréompan beach on the north coast of Finistère, near Ploudalmézeau.

• Sheltered W, E, SW, S, SE

Utah

Open roadstead off Utah Beach on the east coast of the Cotentin peninsula, Normandy. Sand bottom.

Vadina

Mooring on the east coast of Corsica, mixed bottom of sand, rock, weed and mud, sheltered from NW through SE via W and S, exposed to the E and NE.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S, SE

Valence d'Agen

Canal halt on the Canal latéral à la Garonne in Tarn-et-Garonne, between Agen and Moissac.

Vieux port

Old drying harbour at the head of the Anse de Pornic in Loire-Atlantique, overlooked by the 13th-century château de Gilles de Rais.

Vignola East

Prohibited anchoring zone east of the Vignola tower, on the west coast of Corsica south of Ajaccio.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Vireux-Wallerand

River halt on the Meuse in the Ardennes, 15 berths, on the Charleville to Givet waterway between the slate villages of Vireux-Molhain and Vireux-Wallerand.

Virignin

River port on the Rhône at Virignin in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, on the Haut-Rhône upstream of Lyon.

Yacht club basque

Sailing club pontoons at Socoa in the bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, on the Basque coast.

Yacht club de Doussard

Sailing club harbour at the southern tip of Lake Annecy, in the commune of Doussard, Haute-Savoie.

Yachting Club Pointe Rouge

Yacht club located inside the Pointe Rouge harbour, on the southern coast of Marseille.

Yport

Open roadstead off the village of Yport, on the Alabaster Coast between Fécamp and Étretat in Seine-Maritime.

• Sheltered SW, S, SE