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Bergerac, Nouvelle Aquitaine · 45 mi / 72 km

Au Chafé is a bar à chats on Rue Prosper Faugère in the centre of Bergerac, in the Dordogne, which opened in late summer 2026. The cats in the café come from local associations, working with the SPA, and all are up for adoption; several have already gone to new homes since the opening. Visitors drop in for specialty coffee, tea, hot chocolate, lattes such as ube and vanilla, and homemade cakes like banana bread, carrot cake and crumble, and spend time with the cats at their own pace in a calm, cosy room where reading is encouraged. There is no entry fee; guests simply order from the menu. The café also runs creative workshops, cat yoga sessions and other events, which can be booked online, and sells a little merchandise.

• Adoptable cats

Toulouse, Occitanie · 59 mi / 94 km

Chapristea is a neko café and salon de thé on Rue Jules Chalande in central Toulouse, between the Capitole and Esquirol métro stations, about 200 metres from Place du Capitole. Opened in 2016 as the city's first bar à chats, it has a vaulted brick room arranged for a group of around eight cats. Most were adopted from the association Le Chat Libre de Toulouse and three are pedigree cats from regional catteries; the association also places cats here for adoption, and dozens have found homes through the café. Visitors clean their hands before entering and follow the house rules. Light lunches such as tarts and salads are served from noon to 2 pm and can be booked; the rest of the day it runs as a tea room with specialist teas and pastries, and entry is free within available seats.

• Adoptable cats

Toulouse, Occitanie · 59 mi / 94 km

Mon Chat Pitre Toulouse is a general bookshop and tea room with resident cats on Rue de la Bourse in central Toulouse, in the premises of the former Tire-Lire bookshop. It opened in April 2026 as a branch of the Mon Chat Pitre ronron-librairie network founded in Aix-en-Provence in 2021. Its five bookshop cats all came from shelters and associations and live there permanently, so they are not up for adoption, although the shop promotes cats waiting in partner rescues. Visitors browse novels, comics, children's books and cat-themed titles with the cats wandering between the shelves, and a counter at the back serves coffee, drinks, cheesecake and other pastries plus savoury dishes. The vaulted basement is the cats' favourite area, with seating where guests can read and relax among them. Entry is free.

Muret, Occitanie · 62 mi / 99 km

Le Cha'ppuccino is a bar à chats inside Animaland Ô Toulouse, an independent pet supply shop on Rue Pierre de Fermat in Muret, about 20 km south-west of Toulouse. Next to the shop, which sells pet food and accessories and has a self-service dog wash, a cosy lounge houses rescue cats looking for new homes; the shop regularly presents individual cats available for adoption on its social media. Visitors come in for a coffee, tea or other drink, relax with the cats as they play or nap, and can ask staff about adopting one. Families with children are welcome, and the lounge is kept clean and calm. The cat bar keeps its own opening times within the shop's hours, Monday afternoon to Saturday, and closes about 30 minutes before the shop, so it is worth checking the latest schedule before a visit.

• Adoptable cats

Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine · 73 mi / 118 km

Le Comptoir des Chats is a cat café and tea room in the old centre of Bordeaux, on Rue Pierre de Coubertin close to the Grosse Cloche. Opened in 2016 as the city's first café à chats, it is home to around eight resident cats, some adopted from shelters and others from breeders, including European shorthairs, a Maine Coon, a Chartreux, a Scottish Fold and a British Shorthair. The cats move freely through a calm room fitted with walkways and climbing routes, and there is a private terrace. Staff explain the house rules before guests go in, each visitor orders at least one item, and no booking is taken. Children are admitted from age 10. The menu is homemade, with a slow-cooked hot chocolate made from three chocolates and organic milk, light desserts, cheesecake and several gluten-free pastries.

• Walk-ins welcome

Bordeaux, Nouvelle Aquitaine · 74 mi / 119 km

Les Chats Touilleurs is a small restaurant, tea room and bar à chats on Rue du Palais Gallien in Bordeaux, a few steps from the ruins of the Roman Palais Gallien amphitheatre and north of the city centre. Open since October 2021, it serves home-cooked lunches made from fresh produce at midday and switches to a salon de thé in the afternoon, with homemade cakes, tarts, waffles, hot chocolate, selected teas and organic smoothies, plus a brunch on Saturdays. The owner's group of resident cats roams the single room freely, naps in hammocks next to the tables and is introduced to visitors by the owner, who is keen to talk about each cat. There is no entry fee or timed session; visitors simply order food or drinks. Takeaway, free Wi-Fi and private events are offered.