# Street cats of the world

> The best street cats we found while traveling: Chefchaouen, Fes, Istanbul, Ankara, Essaouira. Fine art travel photography prints for your wall.

- Source: https://clevertourists.com/guides/collection-street-cats-of-the-world
- Authors: Evan & Clara, Clever Tourists (first-hand, from a 526-day trip across 20 countries)
- Published: 2026-07-09

Every city we've walked through has had cats in it — sunning on doorsteps, working the docks, watching from window grilles — and the more character a street has, the more character its cats seem to have too. These are some of the best we met along the way.

## Places

### Chefchaouen, Morocco

Two kittens curl together against turquoise-washed stone in Chefchaouen's medina, one grooming the other beneath the blue city's namesake walls.

### Fes, Morocco

A ginger kitten pauses mid-step in Fes el-Bali, ears forward, in what's often cited as the world's largest car-free urban area.

### Rabat, Morocco

A cream-and-brown cat with startling blue eyes watches from a ledge near Rabat's kasbah.

### Essaouira, Morocco

A tabby naps against a weathered wooden door in Essaouira, paws stretched out over sun-warmed stone.

### Istanbul, Turkey

A tabby watches from behind a window grille in Istanbul, one of an estimated few hundred thousand cats living loose across the city.

### Ankara, Turkey

An amber-eyed cat rests its head on its paws atop a shopfront counter in Ankara.

### Stari Bar, Montenegro

A cat peers out from beside a planter in the ruins of Stari Bar, Montenegro's abandoned old fortified town.

### Himeji, Japan

A cat peers out from a makeshift cardboard shelter near Himeji, home to Japan's best-preserved original castle.