Port de Menton Garavan
Port de Menton Garavan is one of the largest marinas on the Côte d'Azur, with 770 berths tucked right into the eastern edge of France — just 700 metres from the Italian border. Opened in 1967, it's the beating heart of the Garavan neighbourhood and sits at a genuinely strategic crossroads: it's the closest French port to Corsica, Sardinia, and Sicily. The setting is classic Riviera — pastel buildings, palm-lined quays, and the relaxed pace of Menton, a town known for its lemon groves and Belle Époque architecture.
Based on AIS data
quiet → busy
Marinas and anchorages near Port de Menton Garavan · times are dock to dock
Popular Times
Boats arriving and leaving, by local hour — the hours the quay is actually working.
- Busiest on Saturdays and Sundays
- Busiest around 10:00 — mostly boats leaving
- Half the boats that stop here have arrived by 15:00
- 91% of visits are overnight
- Typical stay: ~62h
Plan a Passage
Popular
23 legs boats have actually been recorded sailing.
How busy is it?
typically 12th busiest of 15 nearby spots across the year