
Mediterranean France Yacht Charters
We have divided the French Mediterranean coast into three sections:
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The Gulf of Lions coast from Cerbère to Marseille
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the Côte d'Azur from Marseille to Menton
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Corsica.
The first has an impressive number of modern marinas offering excellent facilities, but very modest sailing opportunities. Crossing the Gulf of Lions is almost never a relaxing experience. An unforecast Mistral is unforgiving and frightening.
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The Côte d'Azur offers excellent scenic sailing at higher prices, but since you are close to the coast, the Mistral risk is much lower. Summer over-crowding is however a fact of life.
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The best sailing in Mediterranean France is certainly Corsica - rightly known as the Isle of Beauty.
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Charter fleets are concentrated around Hyères on the Côte d'Azur and Ajaccio in Corsica. By the standards of Greece and Croatia, the offer is small.

