How do you avoid cats in Greece?

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.



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Athens, Greece aka the Cat Capital… and our Homemade Vegan Gyros!

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Restaurant workers in Greece don't expect you to tip, though the restaurant may sometimes charge a service fee. That fee can function as a tip instead, though it may go to the restaurant instead of the server. If you want to see your waiter receive the tip, you're better off leaving coins with the bill.

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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.

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In Aoshima more than a hundred cats prowl the island, curling up in abandoned houses or strutting about in the quiet fishing village. Cats outnumber humans six to one on the island. Recently becoming popular online, tiny Aoshima has seen a steep rise in. Thank you for reading The Atlantic.

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