Pope Leo XIV is on vacation at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, Italy, a 135-acre estate featuring multiple ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, leaving the town a bit bereft.

Leo XIV has brought back the papal tradition of vacationing at Castel Gandolfo. So how did a family castle become part of the ...

Pope Leo to take holiday in Castel Gandolfo, reviving a tradition Pope Leo XIV will resurrect a tradition that is more than 400 years old on Sunday when he heads out of Vatican City for a summer ...

Almost 13 years have passed since a pope spent part of his summer at the papal residence of Castel Gandolfo, a hilltop town overlooking Lake Albano, just outside Rome. So, when Pope Leo XIV arrived at ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (AP) — Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident ...

The pontiff spent a period of rest July 6–22 in the Italian town of Castel Gandolfo about 15 miles from Rome on the shores of ...

THE KNOWLEDGE: Le Castel (dialling from the UK: 00 33 233 170045/ www.le-castel-normandy.com) offers doubles from €120 per night (two sharing), B&B. Five-course dinner from €45 per head.

Rome Newsroom, Jun 26, 2025 / 06:00 am Castel Gandolfo is preparing to welcome Pope Leo XIV on July 6. The imposing papal villa in this town on the shores of Lake Albano, a fortified 17th-century ...