After more than a decade without its most famous vacationer, the quiet town of Castel Gandolfo once again counts the pope ...

Pope Leo XIV greets people as he arrives in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, July 6, 2025, after reciting the Angelus at the Vatican.

The Pope traditionally lives in the grand Apostolic Palace, although Francis chose to stay in the far humbler Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse on Vatican grounds.

Almost all of the 133 cardinals choosing the next pope are staying at the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse, which enjoyed a spruce up in the days before the conclave began.

“They will return to the Domus Sanctae Marthae (Latin for Saint Martha’s House, the Vatican guesthouse) and have their midday meal, take their midday nap, and then return for the evening vote ...

The pope hotel: Domus Sanctae Marthae is a guesthouse just a few hundred yards from the Sistine Chapel, with many of the cardinals staying there until a new pope is chosen ...

Some of the cardinals will stay in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the guesthouse St. John Paul II had built precisely to house cardinals in a conclave. It ended up being where Pope Francis chose to live ...

During the conclave, cardinals stay at the Domus Sanctae Marthae, a Vatican guesthouse that offers comfort and privacy. The food they are served is purposely plain and simple.

After the papal suite was cleared, which must remain sealed until the new pope takes office, about 120 rooms remained in the Domus Sanctae Marthae, the hotel where cardinals in Conclave are ...

However, Pope Francis lived in the Domus Sanctae Marthae which is a guest house in the Vatican. After his death, the photographs of his bedroom have resurfaced and are reminding people of his life ...

The Domus Sanctae Marthae is a five-story residence that was completed in 1996, specifically with a conclave in mind. Previously, the cardinals slept on cots in small, stuffy rooms next door to the ...

The suites in which the cardinals live during the conclave do not resemble those in the movie; they’re not quite Motel 6, but neither is the Domus the Four Seasons Vatican.