Cute Kittens & Cats You Meet Traveling!
Cute Kittens & Cats
You Meet Traveling!
Are you a cat lover who
loves to travel? There are
tons of ways to indulge in
Are you a cat lover who loves to travel? No worries.There are tons of ways for you to indulge in cat photo taking & cat travel experiences while exploring the world!! We love the cute kitties that visit us daily in our van life at our Barcelona beach resort! Where are cats? Thailand, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Turkey, Malaysia, Greece, Spain, Morocco, Croatia, Italy, Israel, Egypt, Cyprus, Bulgaria, Portugal, Albania, Netherlands, Bora Bora and more are places we have seen lots of cats and kittens.
I adored this lioness looking cat in the lead photo that was roaming the ancient cobbled stone streets of Bansko! Cats and World travel go together with adorable spontaneous, surprising connections. Stray cats are plentiful in Europe especially in the Mediterranean coastal nations, as well as most Muslim and Asian nations. Cats are just part of our digital nomad full time travel lifestyle.
BARCELONA
There are about twenty baby kittens near our van camping spot here in Spain and various ones join us every morning for coffee. Sometimes they sneak under our glamping tent too, thinking it is a fun play tunnel. People who work here feed them daily and kids love to play with and cuddle them. Campers and kids feed them too.
We usually sit outside in the morning sunshine and chat and soon we are surrounded by kittens and sometimes maybe their mom and dad too!
Lots of cat lovers around as my youtube shorts showing these kittens went a bit viral!
They like to follow me like the pied piper ( sometimes as many as 20 come out of hiding places to chase after me, likely hoping I will feed or hug them).
Some are very friendly and outgoing and love to be held and petted, some are frisky rascals playing with siblings or cousins and some stay close but behind a bush like the 4th cat in this photo.
CATS IN EUROPE
Besides endless kittens and cute cats on our travels, we also see lots of cat art! I've forgotten where this cute blue door was, but it made us smile. In the Gothic part of Barcelona there is huge bronze sculpture known as the chubby Botero cat created by Columbian artist Fernando Botera.
SWEDEN
When we were visiting Sweden in 2007, our daughter Heavenly Reyna ( then 7 years old) took this photo of a cat there that she adored! She is still taking photos and loving cats and kittens and dogs.
MOROCCO
There were lots of cats in Morocco and this one was in Essouria and looked very moroccan and regal but maybe hungry.
ISTANBUL
Turkey ( like many muslim countries) is known sometimes as the City of Cats. Some people even jokingly call Istanbul "'Catstanbul". Like so many places, they are just a normal part of life and have been for centuries.
TURKEY
We spotted a few of those Van cats with one blue eye and one yellow eye that we had heard about that are native to Van, Turkey. This little van kitten was caged as it was for sale in a market.
GALICIA, SPAIN
There are lots of stray cats all over Spain and it seems like most Spaniards enjoy them and think of them as part of the community. The cat population in Spain was measured in 2021 at approximately 5.86 million! Unique to Galicia are horreos that are built off the ground and hold grain. They are curious granaries made of slitted stone, raised on stilts to keep rodents and moisture out,
and topped by crosses. They add charm to the landscape and we even found this one with a door open and a cat looking out amongst the corn.
BULGARIA
I loved this sweet cat our first digital nomad summer in Bansko! There are lots of stray cats and dogs in Bulgaria. There were a bunch of kittens near the place we stayed at that were very lovable and fun. The stray dogs can be a bit scarier as they can travel in packs.
GREECE
It was really fun meeting this friendly cat at one of the top Monasteries in Meteora, Greece. We often see cats around sightseeing tourism spots because I suppose travelers feed them. Greece is filled with stray cats.
CYPRUS
There were tons of stray cats in Cyprus. One digital nomad that I met who adores cats ended up feeding and then adopting a few and traveling on with them. I think you can adopt the stray cats from various places, but look up how to for the correct details depending on the country.
MONTENEGRO
We loved the stray cats in Montenegro like this cutie at our Kotor Riviera airbnb long stay home. Kotor is a Unesco medieval town that is called a cat lovers dream! There were a bunch of super friendly cats that hung out near us and I saw neighbors throwing them food and scraps. They loved to be cuddled.
KOTOR
There is even a travelers store with cat souvenirs called Cats of Kotor and many more cat-devoted shops and a charity called Kotor Kitties that helps to feed and medicate stray cats.
CROATIA
Croatia is another place where there are tons of cats and kittens roaming free across the country, even at the beaches.
BANSKO
This regal looking cat roamed near us in our second summer home in Bulgaria that was closer to the ski areas and woods.
PERAST
This cute cat liked to hang out near the sea in Unesco Perast in Montenegro.
BANSKO
This cute white cat was spotted playing with the lion cut cat in my lead photo in the ancient streets of Bansko, Bulgaria.
DUBOVNIK
Dubrovnik is also quite famous for it's many cats and I adored this black one that was always purring away and wanting our attention at our airbnb.
I think this cute cat sign and stairs was in Montenegro, but I am not sure if it was Kotor or Budva.
ITALY
Cute cat yawning on our travels and I think it was in Rome.
KOTOR RIVIERA
This white cat was very friendly and just hanging out and following us in Montenegro.
MAMA CAT FEEDING KITTENS GREECE
One of the most delightful and captivating encounters with cats happened with this hearty mother cat in Greece. As we rested in the shade at another monastery in Meteora, I saw a tourist give part of their sandwich to this cat. At first I thought it might be a bit of a greedy male cat with such a big treat.
Then I was shocked to see her go straight up a large rocky mountain and much to our surprise, suddenly we saw a bunch of kittens who soon came out of hiding and were gobbling up her food prize and meowing with delight.
Sorry the quality is bad because it was in deep shade and gotten quickly by phone, but it was quite a fascinating moment that a few of us tourists from many countries witnessed in awe!
ALBANIA RIVIERA
This was a cosy stray cat in the Albania Riviera near Corfu Greece.
BIBINJE
This was a sweet cat near some pretty flowers in Bibinje watching the world go by.
CORFU, GREECE
We saw this cat on our day trip to old town Corfu, Greece that I will write about soon.
MONTENEGRO
We love all the cats we meet along the way on our world travels and the joy they bring to us. Sometimes we meet them when couch surfing with their owners. Some digital nomads travel with their cats.There is also a helpful Nat Geo article on how the pandemic has affected stray cats and what we can do to help. Have you met cats on your travels and what was your favorite? Leave a comment about that or where you have found the best cat travel moments.
