If you live in the south of France and need to find a cat hotel, you can go to Le Jardin des Chats. The hotel is located between Nimes and Montpellierare. The over night stay is $12 (U.S.) per cat. First time clients receive a 20% discount. There are other services such as grooming and an animal taxi service. You can also watch your cat while on vacation with webcams. It’s been noticed that the cats seem to enjoy their time at the hotel so much they don’t even want to leave.

Le Jardin des Chats was born out of necessity by Amandine and Arnaud. When they needed to travel, they didn’t want to put their cats in small caged kennels surrounded with barking dogs. That just wouldn’t be very comforting to cats. Amandine also didn’t like the ideas of asking friends or relatives to check on their cat too often.

These cats are from the homepage of Le Jardin des Chats. The one in the middle looks just like my cat!

The process took them five years to put together. They had to get permissions to build the cat hotel in their back garden. They took courses in health, hygiene and safety in the professional care of animals. They passed the tests and received a diploma. They also had to find a veterinarian that would be available should there be emergencies. By summer of 2007, they were officially opened for business.

Gallery photos of Le Jardin de Chats from French Entree. The cat hotel is located in the south of France. The gray and white kitty under the log is another cat that looks like mine. I really like this place, I think cats will love it. Especially sleeping in the garden sun all day.