Best anchorages and harbours in Provence and Côte d'Azur

Calanque de la Culate

Narrow rocky inlet on the Marseille coast between Les Goudes and Morgiou, inside the Calanques National Park.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Calanque de Podestat

Small rocky calanque on the southern coast of Marseille inside the Parc national des Calanques, between Les Goudes and Callelongue.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Calanque des Cambrettes

Rocky inlet on the south side of Île Pomègues in the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered N, NE, W, NW

Calanque des Contrebandiers

Rock-bottomed calanque within the Calanques National Park south of Marseille, between Port des Goudes and Port de Morgiou.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Calanque des figuières

Rock-bottomed inlet on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Carry-le-Rouet and Le Rove, next to the Société Nautique des Figuières.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Cap des Medes

Prohibited anchorage at the north-east tip of Porquerolles, inside the Port-Cros National Park core zone.

• Sheltered E, SE

Cap Sicié

Headland south of La Seyne-sur-Mer topped by the chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Mai at 352 metres, rocky anchorage on the lee north side only.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

Crique de Niel

Small cove on the east side of the presqu'île de Giens, just south of the fishing harbour of Port du Niel, in Provence.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Grande Calanque

Anchorage off the Cap Bénat peninsula on the Var coast, between Le Lavandou and the Hyères islands.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Ile du Petit Ribaud

Mooring buoys off the Ribaud islet, in the strait between the Giens peninsula and Porquerolles, within the Port-Cros national park perimeter.

• Sheltered N, W, E, S

Les Gobis

Anchorage on the north-west coast of Île du Levant, Hyères archipelago, on sand and rock.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Miramar

Anchorage off the village of Miramar on the Corniche de l'Estérel, between Théoule-sur-Mer and Saint-Raphaël, facing the red porphyry cliffs.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, W, NW

Mouillage Port De Ville De Istres

Anchorage off Istres on the western shore of the Étang de Berre, Provence, mud bottom.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

NCVP - Nautic Club du Vieux Port

Yachting club pontoon in the Vieux-Port of Marseille, on the north quay near the Hôtel de Ville. Members only, occasional visitor berths by arrangement.

Plage de la Polynésie

Anchorage off a sand beach on the western shore of the Giens peninsula, near Hyères in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E

Plage de la Romaniquette

Anchorage in the Étang de Berre lagoon, west of Saint-Chamas, with sand and algae seabed.

• Sheltered W

Plage De Mar Vivo

Beach off La Seyne-sur-Mer on the western side of the rade de Toulon. Anchoring is prohibited in the bathing zone.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Pointe de Julien

Sand-bottom anchorage off the Île du Levant in the Hyères archipelago, Provence, sheltered from NW, N, NE and E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Pointe De L'esquillon

Anchorage below the red porphyry headland of the Esterel massif, on the Corniche d'Or between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW, SE

Pointe de la Chappe

Anchorage under the eastern slope of the Cap Lardier massif, Var, between Cavalaire and the Baie de Briande. Sand and seagrass bottom, shelter from N winds only.

• Sheltered N

Pointe des Carrières

Anchorage on the north coast of Porquerolles island, sand and posidonia bottom, sheltered from NW, N, NE and E.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, E

Pointe La Rabiou

Rocky headland anchorage on the east side of the Saint-Tropez peninsula, between Les Salins and the Cap de Saint-Tropez.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

îlot Tiboulen

Small rocky islet at the NW tip of the Frioul archipelago off Marseille, inside the Calanques national park.

• Sheltered S

Les issambres - San perre

Sand-bottom anchorage off the shore of San Peïre-sur-Mer, in the Issambres district of Roquebrune-sur-Argens, on the Esterel coast of the Var.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Pointe de la Paume

Anchorage at the Pointe de la Paume on the Esterel shore between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, in the western Gulf of La Napoule.

• Sheltered N, NE, NW

San Peyre

Anchorage in the bay of Le Pradet on the south side of the Giens peninsula approach, Var coast, sand bottom.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Beaulieu-sur-mer

Marina of 719 berths between Cap Ferrat and Cap d'Ail on the French Riviera, tidal-free with a maximum draught of 4 m.

Calanque du maure

Anchorage on the south coast of Porquerolles, inside the Parc national de Port-Cros. Sand and posidonia bottom.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Fréjus

Marina on the Esterel coast in the Var, built in the 1980s on the site of the Roman naval harbour, 843 berths.

IGY Vieux-Port de Cannes

Historic harbour of 724 berths at the foot of the Suquet hill in Cannes, opposite the Palais des Festivals and facing the Îles de Lérins.