Best anchorages and harbours in Provence and Côte d'Azur

Corniche Du Liouquet

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

• Sheltered N, NE

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

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

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

Plage de la Pointe du Pellegrin

Rocky anchorage on the Var coast, about 1.3 NM east of Port Maravenne and Port Miramar, between Toulon and Hyeres.

• Sheltered N, NE, E

Plage du Cavaou

Anchorage off Plage du Cavaou at the mouth of the Golfe de Fos, sand and mud bottom, sheltered from winds from NW to SW.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

Port des Goudes

Small fishing harbour at the southern tip of Marseille, at the gateway to the Calanques National Park.

Port Servaux

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

Alizee boat rental

Boat rental base at Bauduen on the south shore of the Lac de Sainte-Croix, a reservoir of 2200 hectares created in 1974 at the downstream exit of the Gorges du Verdon in Provence.

Anse de la Couronne Vieille

Small cove on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille, between Carro and Port des Laurons, with a sand bottom. Anchoring is prohibited here.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE, W, E, SW

Anse des Roseaux

Cove on the Saint-Mandrier peninsula in the Rade de Toulon, posidonia bottom, sheltered from NW, W and SW.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW

Baie de Cousse

Open anchorage on the Provence coast between Bandol and Sanary-sur-Mer, south of the Gorguette cove.

• Sheltered NE, E

Boulouris

Small port of 42 berths at Boulouris, a seaside neighbourhood of Saint-Raphaël on the Estérel coast.

Calanque Blanche

Small calanque west of Les Goudes, on the southern edge of Marseille, in the Calanques National Park.

• Sheltered NE, E, SE

Calanque d'Aurelle

Small rocky cove on the Esterel coast between Théoule-sur-Mer and Miramar, western end of the Baie de Cannes.

• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW, S

Calanque d'ensues-la-Redonne

Small harbour of about 30 berths in the calanque de La Redonne, on the Côte Bleue west of Marseille in the commune of Ensuès-la-Redonne.

Calanque de la Mounine

Small calanque on the Marseilleveyre massif east of the Goudes, inside the Parc national des Calanques on the Marseille coast.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, NW

Calanque De Petit Méjean

Small calanque on the Côte Bleue between Carry-le-Rouet and La Redonne, in the Ensuès-la-Redonne commune.

Calanque du Petit Caneiret

Small red-rock cove on the Estérel coast between Agay and Anthéor, sand bottom, open to the south-east.

• Free
• Sheltered NW, N, W, SW

CNM - Club Nautique Martigues

Sailing club and small craft harbour on the Canal de Caronte in Martigues, linking the Étang de Berre to the Golfe de Fos.

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

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

Le Jai

Anchorage on the northern shore of the Étang de Berre, off the Le Jaï spit between Marignane and Châteauneuf-les-Martigues.

• Sheltered NE, E, SW, S, SE

Le littoral

Open anchorage along the coast of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer, between La Ciotat and Bandol, off the Var shore.

• Sheltered SE

Le petit Gerard

Rocky anchorage on the west side of the Embiez archipelago, off Six-Fours-les-Plages in the Var.

• Sheltered NW, N, NE

Le rouet

Small harbour on the Côte Bleue at the east end of Carry-le-Rouet, between Marseille and Martigues.

Les Oursinières

Sand-bottom anchorage on the south side of the Presqu'île de Giens in the bay of Le Pradet, Var.

• Sheltered N, NE, E, S, SE

Mouillage de l'étang de Berre

Anchorage in the étang de Berre, Provence, mud bottom, sheltered from E, SW, S and SE winds.

• Sheltered E, SW, S, SE

Marquise

Sand anchorage off l'Ayguade d'Hyeres in the Var, east of the Giens peninsula on the Provencal coast.

• Sheltered NW, N, W

Martigues

Anchorage in the étang de Berre basin off Martigues, at the north end of the Canal de Caronte.

• Sheltered NW, W, SW