9 places all cat-lovers need to visit before they die

Metro [UK] ^ | 31 Aug 2014 | Hannah Gale

[Slings and Arrows]

Turns out there is actually more to the world than cat cafes. Who knew eh?

But for all people who firmly believe that cats are more important than humans (well, they are aren’t they?) HotelClub has rounded up the best tourist destinations around the world which feature our favourite feline friends.

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Can't post the entire article because some of the images are Getty.

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[Telepathic Intruder]

I guess that wouldn’t include a Chinese restaurant.

[a fool in paradise]

Psssssh. Kittehs would insist that you need to visit the kitchen, or DIE!

[cloudmountain]

My brother-in-law calls cats: PILLOWS THAT POOP.

[Slings and Arrows]

My cat calls brothers-in-law *CENSORED*.

[Gay State Conservative]

All *true* cat lovers want to visit East Africa before they die.

[Celtic Conservative]

Yes, they do. From a safe distance. From say, an armored land rover. One of my last trips to Disneyworld at Animal Kingdom I got to see an African Lion close up. When I say close up, it was lying against an acrylic window that was about 6” thick. Its paw was as big as my wifes head. That was close enough given the circumstances. I do wasnt to see a Lion in the wild before I die. I just do not want to see a Lion and then die.

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[MrsEmmaPeel]

Mr. Peel used to look after a pride of 28 lions in his youth.

[Gefn]

I want to add the Colusseum in Rome. When I went it had lots of kitties sauntering around it.

Actually Rome has lots of kitties. I had the window in my hotel room open in the August breeze I could hear the cats below in the Plaza making love.
(not a nice sound)

[Slings and Arrows]

Tiberias in Israel has lots of kitties too. Yay kitties.

[Gefn]

Yay kitties.

I’ll add Israel to my bucket list. Do the kitties there like lox? My kitties did when I had bagels and lox every Sunday morning.

[Slings and Arrows]

They liked the fish head I gave them from my lunch, so I’d guess yes.

[Biggirl]

Anywhere there is FISH, you will fine CATS.

[Lady Jag]

Catdom is poised to take over the world.

[kelly4c]

I know it’s on top of my bucket list!

[RansomOttawa]

Here in Ottawa, there used to be a colony of stray cats living on Parliament Hill. My understanding is that they were originally descended from the cats that controlled the rodents on the Hill until the 1950s.

The colony even had a miniature House of Parliament to live in at the back of the grounds, and it became quite a tourist attraction. But between the retirement of the volunteers who cared for the cats, and a sterilization program, the colony was reduced to just a few. Once they were adopted out, they shut it all down last year.

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I thought they already had.

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Wish I could have seen it. Glad that the kitties were OK, though.

[Larry Lucido]

I'd like to see the place where it all started.