These Cats Are Mostly StraysFor the most part, the cats that you see wandering around Greece are usually strays. They tend to behave in a similar way as other wildcats and tend to mark out a territory that they call their own.
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Visitors to Greece are often alarmed at the skinny cats they see wandering around. They aren't pampered pets such as we have here in the UK, but have to earn their keep by catching rodents. Most do actually have homes although you will always see them wandering around cafes and restaurants looking for an easy meal.
Before you choose a place to eat, have a good look round and see if the moggies are haunting the tables.If they are, go somewhere else. There are plenty of restaurant owners who keep them away so you'll feel safer. The cats won't usually approach you anywhere else if there's no food involved.
What some people may not know is that it's also famous for its population of feline friends! Santorini is home to an incredible number of stray cats. From brown to white, speckled to striped, these friendly furballs survive off the town's generous residents and, during the summer, island tourists.
There are plenty of stray cats everywhere in Greece. The point is: Does it really worth to avoid such a great experience as a trip there because of the cats? That's up to you... There are at least 50 percent less cats on Mount Athos.
Santorini is home to an unbelievable number of stray cats much like the famous Japanese 'cat island' of Tashirojima. The island is awash with blue domed Byzantine churches rounding off white villages that look they have been painted by cubist architects then decorated with bougainvillea and cats.
Greece and the Greek islands are inundated with stray, abandoned and feral cats. The majority of them are born in the spring and survive through the kindness of tourists who feed them. At the end of the summer season the tourists leave, and some cats survive through the kindness of local Greeks.