City Guides

Comprehensive dog friendly city guides, and articles on travelling with your dog, wherever you are going. Roch Society members can request custom city guides on demand, and we will compile them for you!

A wide lawn with people picnicking, a yellow pavilion among tall trees and the water of Brunnsviken beyond, in Haga Park, Stockholm
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Stockholm, Sweden

A neighbourhood bistro on Hornsgatan with a menu for the dog, an Old Town hotel with a V.I.D. package, a royal landscape park and free rides on the metro. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Stockholm.

Maroon Lake reflecting the Maroon Bells, with aspen trees turned yellow on the slopes either side
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Aspen, Colorado

Off-lead play in Wagner Park, a free gondola ride to lunch at the Sundeck, a wagyu menu for the dog at The Little Nell and the trail to Crater Lake under the Maroon Bells. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Aspen.

A long avenue of plane trees with a strip of lawn down the middle in Letná Park, Prague
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Prague, Czech Republic

A beer hall with a 69.78 metre bar and water bowls for the dog, a butcher's canteen, a Viennese café in Malá Strana and free rides on the trams for a muzzled dog. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Prague.

The stone gateway of Wadi Degla Protectorate on the edge of Maadi, Cairo, with a large acacia tree behind and a regulations board beside it
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Cairo, Egypt

A dog cafe in Sheikh Zayed, a beer with the dog in Maadi, an enclosed dog park in Ard El Golf and a desert canyon on the edge of the city. Where to stay, eat and walk with a dog in Cairo, and the paperwork to sort first.

A brick path between stone urns, palms and old trees in Parque Lezama, San Telmo, with people walking in the distance
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Buenos Aires, Argentina

Bone-shaped chicken and carrot cookies at a Palermo brunch house, a biscuit on the patio of the Museo Evita's restaurant and a fenced dog run in squares across the city. Where to stay, eat and walk with a dog in Buenos Aires, and the rules to know first.

A cycle path and walkway running beside the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, with grass on one side, the water on the other and Ipanema's buildings beyond
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

A chicken treat on the house for every dog at a Tijuca wine bar, a fruit ice lolly made for dogs on Avenida Atlântica and an agility class by the Lagoa. Where to stay, eat and walk with a dog in Rio de Janeiro, and the rules to know first.

People sitting on the grass under trees and palms beside the lake at Parque Ibirapuera on a sunny day
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Dog Friendly City Guide: São Paulo, Brazil

A chef's treat and a mat by the table at Mocotó, a 9,000 square metre dog park in Ibirapuera and a fenced petplay on the city's best known sunset hill. Where to stay, eat and walk with a dog in São Paulo, and the rules to know first.

A sandy path through beech woods in the Grunewald dog area, with a wooden bench and low log edging beside it
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Berlin, Germany

Twelve forest dog areas, three fenced runs on an old airport field and a rooftop bar that puts out water bowls. Where to eat, walk and stay with a dog in Berlin, and the lead rules worth knowing first.

A long tree lined path covered in fallen autumn leaves running through the Prater in Vienna
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Vienna, Austria

A breakfast café with a menu for the dog, a brewery founded by a beagle lover and a schnauzer lover, off-lead meadows in the Prater and two dog beaches on the Danube. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Vienna.

A white cruise ship moored at Galataport on the Karaköy shore of the Bosphorus, with the hillside houses of Beyoğlu and Cihangir behind
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Istanbul, Turkey

Water bowls between the shops at Galataport, a dog training course in a Kadıköy park and a Cihangir breakfast club that welcomes dogs and runs into the small hours. Where to eat, walk and stay with a dog in Istanbul.

People and dogs on a path through the Parc de l'Estació del Nord, Barcelona, with the blue ceramic sculpture Cel Caigut behind
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Barcelona, Spain

A 1920s style café that calls itself very dog friendly, a Passeig de Gràcia trattoria that welcomes dogs, a brunch café with fresh water always out and a seafront dogs may walk off the lead outside the bathing season. Where to eat, walk and stay with a dog in Barcelona.

The cobbled Via Appia Antica running straight between umbrella pines and Roman ruins in early evening light
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Rome, Italy

The Appian Way, the arches of the Parco degli Acquedotti, a valley of springs below the city walls and a dog friendly table by Ponte Milvio. Where to eat, walk and stay with a dog in Rome.

A paved section of the Galloping Goose Regional Trail running between green verges towards a stone bridge in Saanich
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Victoria, Canada

A harbour city with a leash optional run along the strait, a regional trail out of town and lakes and forest in reach. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Victoria, British Columbia.

People and a small dog silhouetted against the sunset among cypress trees on the clifftop of the Douglas Family Preserve, Santa Barbara
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Santa Barbara, California

A 68 acre preserve above Arroyo Burro Beach where dogs run off the lead, a brewery taproom that lists dog friendly among its amenities, a rooftop pool hotel with an in-room menu for dogs, and a canyon trail beside a year round creek. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Santa Barbara.

A grassy rise with a sandy path and a stand of ironwood trees under a blue sky at Kailua Beach Park, Oahu
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Honolulu, Hawaii

Hawaii's quarantine rules, a Waikiki hotel where any dog stays free, a brewery beer garden, a volunteer run dog park under Diamond Head and a leashed beach day in Kailua. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Honolulu.

The C&O Canal towpath under autumn trees west of Georgetown, Washington, with the canal reflecting the leaves
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Washington, D.C., USA

A national park running through the city, a canal towpath out of Georgetown, beer gardens with a weekly Yappy Hour and hotels that let dogs stay free. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Washington, and the leash rules worth knowing first.

A path beside the lake and boathouse in Washington Park, Denver, under summer trees
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Denver, USA

Brewery patios that welcome dogs, seventeen off leash dog parks, lake loops in Washington Park and red sandstone trails a short drive west. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Denver, and the leash rules worth knowing first.

A paved towpath trail running beside the Cuyahoga River, with downtown Cleveland's towers and a lift bridge beyond
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Cleveland, Ohio

A dog beach on Lake Erie with the skyline behind it, a towpath along an old canal by the Cuyahoga, a beer garden that puts out water for dogs, and a downtown hotel where your dog can join you at the bar. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Cleveland.

The paved Miami Beach boardwalk running north between sea grape and dune planting under a blue sky
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Miami, USA

Two hotels at the very top of our rankings, three beaches set aside for dogs on Miami Beach, dog parks on the bay and patio tables where your dog is welcome. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Miami, and the beach rules worth knowing first.

A tree lined paved stretch of the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail in Inman Park, with patios and umbrellas to one side
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Atlanta, USA

The BeltLine trails, three acres of off leash dog park in Piedmont Park, and brewery patios and beer gardens along the way. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Atlanta, and the rules that shape the day.

An avenue of live oaks hung with Spanish moss leading into Wormsloe State Historic Site on the Isle of Hope
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Dog Friendly City Guide: Savannah, Georgia

Shaded squares, an avenue of live oaks, a Civil War fort with its trails open to dogs, and brewery taprooms that say yes. Where to stay, eat, drink and walk with a dog in Savannah, and the rules that shape the day.