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Mouans Sartoux, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur · 16 mi / 26 km

Mouan's Chatoux is a small cat cafe on Avenue de Cannes in Mouans-Sartoux, between Cannes and Grasse. Five resident cats, including Moon and Tango, live in the cafe and wander among the tables, and the owner is happy to tell visitors about each of them. Guests order a drink or a meal and spend time with the cats, or sit on the terrace. The kitchen serves continuously from late morning, with lunch dishes such as savoury crêpes, homemade cakes like brownies and carrot cake, tea and hot chocolate for the afternoon. The entrance has a doorbell and a door that must be closed behind you to keep the cats inside. Families with children are welcome as long as the cats are left to come to visitors on their own.

Hyeres, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur · 71 mi / 114 km

L'instant chat is a cat cafe and tea room on Avenue Paul Bourget in Hyères, near the train station. Open since 2017, it acts as a foster home for regional animal protection associations, so every cat in the cafe is available for adoption and the group changes as cats find new homes. The cats move freely through the room and have their own retreat they can withdraw to at any time, and the number of guests is limited to keep things calm. There is no entry fee; visitors order from the menu, which includes salads, toasted sandwiches with meat and vegetarian fillings, cookies, muffins, Liège waffles, organic ice cream and a list of about fifteen organic teas. The entrance has a double-door airlock, and guests disinfect their hands and are asked not to wake, pick up or feed the cats. Children must stay under their parents' supervision.

• Adoptable cats

Toulon, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur · 78 mi / 126 km

Papa Chat Café is the first cat cafe in Toulon, opened in April 2026 on Rue de Pomet in the old town, a short walk from Place Puget. Founder Julien Telmat runs it as a cosy home for about eight cats, all rescued and adopted from animal protection associations; they live at the cafe permanently and are not offered for adoption. Access to the cat room is charged by the hour on top of what you order, with a lower rate for children. Children under 6 are not admitted. The menu offers hot and cold drinks, homemade pastries and cookies and savoury snacks for lunch. Visitors disinfect their hands on arrival and are asked not to pick up, wake or feed the cats, not to use flash and to keep their voices low. The cafe also sells its own branded goodies such as T-shirts and mugs.

• Booking recommended

Aix En Provence, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur · 92 mi / 148 km

Meow Cats Café is the first cat cafe in Aix-en-Provence, open since February 2019 on Rue Fonderie in the old town, close to Place des Prêcheurs. Six resident cats, all from rescue associations, make up the house 'Meow Gang': Dexter, Kida, Olympe, Opium, Fripouille and Oni. They roam the cafe freely and often nap among the tables. There is no entry fee; guests order from a homemade, vegan-friendly menu of onigiri, sando sandwiches, pastries such as chocolate fondant and cat-shaped panna cotta, milkshakes, matcha lattes and other hot and cold drinks, with brunch on Saturdays. Lunch tables and the Saturday brunch can be booked by Instagram message for groups of up to six; from 2 PM visits are walk-in only. Children under 10 are not admitted, for the cats' wellbeing. The cafe also sells its own merchandise.

• Booking recommended

Lancon Provence, Provence Alpes Cote Dazur · 107 mi / 173 km

Le Charisto is a cat cafe and luxury cat boarding house on the RN 113 in Lançon-Provence, between Salon-de-Provence and the Étang de Berre, opposite a Marie Blachère bakery. The cafe has sofas, cat trees, plants and hideouts, and its cats are the house's own sociable residents, sometimes joined by particularly friendly boarders; outside cats are not admitted. Each visitor orders at least one drink, or pays a small entry fee instead, and when the room is busy tables are shared on a rotation after 90 minutes. The menu includes lattes, hot drinks, crêpes, waffles and homemade ice cream, with lunch platters on some days and a Saturday brunch. Board games are available, and the cafe organises workshops and themed events. Children are welcome if they stay calm, do not pick up the cats and stay with their parents.

Grenoble, Auvergne Rhone Alpes · 128 mi / 206 km

Neko Café is a cat cafe and tea room on Rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the pedestrian centre of Grenoble. Opened in 2016, it was the city's first bar à chats, and it reopened on 12 September 2026 under new owners with a new group of six sociable resident cats after the previous cats retired to homes of their own. The cats live freely in the cafe and visitors are their guests, with house rules that let the cats choose when to approach. Visitors order from a menu of teas, coffees, hot chocolates, Japanese-inspired sweets such as mochi, and light food. The cafe also sells Japanese groceries and kawaii gifts. At busy times visitors may have to wait briefly outside for a seat, as turnover is fairly quick.