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Firenze, Tuscany · 88 mi / 141 km

Cat Café Firenze is a cat cafe on Via Giuseppe Verdi in Florence's historic centre, a short walk from Piazza Santa Croce. Opened in February 2024 by Mirella Giachinta, it was the first cat cafe in the city and is modelled on Japanese neko cafes. The cafe is home to a group of about six to eight resident cats, the original ones named after the Beatles, who move freely around the tables while a separate back area with their litter trays stays off limits to guests. Visitors enter through a double door, order from a QR-code menu and are expected to buy something to stay, with a small per-person cat charge added to the bill. The menu runs from breakfast and coffee through sandwiches, pancakes, smoothies, matcha and cocktails to aperitivo. Guests may stroke the cats when they approach but should not pick them up or wake them, and other pets are not allowed. The cafe is open every day.

• Walk-ins welcome

Prato, Tuscany · 96 mi / 155 km

Taro Garden is a bubble tea shop with resident cats on Via Pistoiese, the main street of Prato's Chinatown, just outside the city walls west of the historic centre. Behind the small shop is a garden with seating, and a good number of cats and kittens live between the indoor room and the garden, where they come to the tables and often settle on visitors' laps. The menu is Chinese-style: bubble tea and milk tea, taro and mango drinks, fresh fruit drinks, matcha, Oreo slushes and small sweet and savoury snacks. There is no entry fee or booking system; visitors simply order at the counter and sit with the cats, and cat food can be bought on site to feed them. It is a casual neighbourhood spot popular with young people, and it is not a good choice for anyone allergic to cats. The shop is open every day.

Longara, Veneto · 135 mi / 217 km

Neko Cafè is a volunteer-run cat cafe in Longara, on the Riviera Berica south-east of Vicenza, on Strada delle Grancare. It was founded in Turin in 2014 as one of Italy's first cat cafes and moved to Vicenza in December 2018. The cafe is run by a non-profit association and is home to seven resident cats that once lived in shelters or on the street. Some of them are older, so visitors are asked to handle them gently. To visit, you need the association's annual membership card, which must be requested online before the first visit and cannot be bought at the door. Guests can have a snack, an aperitivo or dinner among the cats. The colourful rooms have board games, cat paintings and merchandise for sale. Monthly dinners often feature book talks or cat-care experts. Opening days can change because the staff are volunteers.

• Booking recommended

Roma, Lazio · 139 mi / 224 km

Romeow Cat Bistrot is a vegan restaurant and cat cafe on Via Francesco Negri in Ostiense, near the Gazometro and about ten minutes on foot from Piramide station on Metro Line B. Opened in late 2014 by Valentina De Matteis and Maurizio, it was the first cat cafe in Rome. Around nine resident cats, originally from the Luna di Formaggio rescue association, roam freely among the tables and shelves, and guests are asked to respect their space and their naps. The kitchen serves a plant-based menu that changes every season, with dishes drawn from cuisines around the world. Breakfast is served on weekend mornings and an afternoon snack service runs from Tuesday to Sunday, while at lunch and dinner the bistrot works only as a restaurant and booking is required. Students may study there on weekday afternoons. Cakes can be ordered for birthdays, but outside cakes are not allowed.

• Booking required

Roma, Lazio · 139 mi / 224 km

Morning Cat House is a small cat cafe and bubble tea shop on Via dei Fontej in Quadraro, in Rome's Tuscolano area, a few minutes on foot from Numidio Quadrato station on Metro Line A. It is run as a cultural association, so visitors take out a membership card on arrival, either a temporary pass covering up to two hours or a monthly one, which works as the entry fee. Inside, about six cats adopted by the association, among them Pearl, Giugno, Snowball and Bubble Tea, roam a lounge with play areas where guests sit with them over bubble tea and milk tea. The space also has board games and a Wii, and it can be reserved for birthday parties and other small gatherings. The cafe is open every afternoon. Payment is in cash or by PayPal only.

Parma, Emilia Romagna · 149 mi / 240 km

Fusa & Caffè is a cat cafe on Strada Massimo D'Azeglio in Parma's Oltretorrente district, just across the Ponte di Mezzo from the city centre. Opened in spring 2025, it was the first cat cafe in Emilia-Romagna. The ground floor is an ordinary cafe where dogs are also welcome. Upstairs, a lounge with sofas and reading corners is home to up to ten adult cats from Parma's municipal cattery and groups such as ENPA and OIPA. All of them can be adopted through the associations, with pre-fostering, a questionnaire and an interview. The cat floor requires a minimum order per person, and groups are asked to stay about 50 minutes, though students and remote workers can stay longer if they tell the staff. Breakfast, lunch and vegan aperitivo are served, and the cafe hosts cat yoga, educational talks and fundraising evenings for its partner associations.

• Adoptable cats