VILNIUS - In Your Pocket
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Corner Hotel G-5, T. Ševčenkos 16, tel. (+370) 5 210<br />
23 61, fax (+370) 5 210 23 64, reservation@cornerhotel.lt,<br />
www.cornerhotel.lt. An excellent budget choice<br />
close to Old Town at the top of the hill, this clean and modern<br />
option provides a range of simple en suite rooms for between<br />
one and four guests, free wireless internet and a better than<br />
average breakfast. Corner Hotel is also worth considering<br />
if you’re coming to stay for a while, offering serviced en<br />
suite rooms with shared kitchen and laundry facilities. It’s<br />
also just around the corner from Algirdo, a street boasting<br />
several good restaurants. Q141 rooms (5 singles 177Lt,<br />
33 triples 216Lt, 5 quads 236Lt, 98 double (twin) 196Lt).<br />
HA6ULW hh<br />
Ecotel Vilnius H-3, Slucko 8, tel. (+370) 5 210 27 00,<br />
fax (+370) 5 210 27 07, hotel@ecotel.lt, www.ecotel.<br />
lt. Tucked away in a pleasant, quiet part of town just east of<br />
the city’s emerging business district, Ecotel offers a choice<br />
of sleek and comfortable rooms, all coming with telephone<br />
and television, and including a range for non-smokers and<br />
those with allergy problems. With conference facilities<br />
and a whole host of other services (including ‘rooms for<br />
tall guests’) this might be the lofty option you’re looking<br />
for. Q166 rooms (20 singles €40, 136 doubles €46, 10<br />
triples €51). HAR6ULW hh<br />
Mikotel C-6, Pylimo 63, tel. (+370) 5 260 96 26, fax<br />
(+370) 5 260 96 27, reservation@mikotel.lt, www.<br />
mikotelgroup.com. The receptionists are cheerful and<br />
outgoing at this modern hotel near the train station. Fortunately,<br />
unlike its dismal surroundings the hotel’s interior is<br />
clean and bright with the added touch of local artwork for<br />
sale on the walls. Q26 rooms (4 singles €55, 9 doubles<br />
€70, 4 triples €85, 2 quads €87, 6 family rooms €98).<br />
JA6L hh<br />
Rūdninkų Vartai B-5, Rūdninkų 15/46, tel. (+370)<br />
5 261 39 16, fax (+370) 5 212 05 07, rudninkai@<br />
cityhotels.lt, www.rudninkuvartai.lt. Situated at one<br />
of the city’s former gates and just across the road from<br />
one of the few remaining sections of the old city wall, this<br />
reasonable budget option with plenty of exposed brickwork<br />
for that old world feeling offers both standard rooms and<br />
something a little bit more special. All rooms are en suite,<br />
plus there’s free wireless internet throughout and at the<br />
time of writing an in-house Belgian restaurant. A splendid<br />
location right on the edge of Old Town and within easy<br />
walking distance of the bus and train stations. Q 17 rooms<br />
(5 singles from €49, 11 doubles from €61, 1 suite €104).<br />
JHA6ILKXW hh<br />
Bed & Breakfast<br />
The Lithuanian definition of Bed & Breakfast conforms<br />
to the US model. Visitors from the UK should note that<br />
the two are as different as can be. Whereas in the United<br />
Kingdom B&B is more or less a small, usually family-run<br />
hotel, in Lithuania it’s more of an apartment kind of thing.<br />
<strong>In</strong>deed, most Lithuanian B&Bs are just that. Here it can<br />
also mean any kind of hosted accommodation, whether<br />
being a room in a family house to something similar in<br />
a building run by professional staff. So, not really Bed &<br />
Breakfast as is so famous in Blighty. Brits beware! If in<br />
doubt, make sure to ask plenty of questions before booking<br />
something you never really wanted.<br />
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where to stay<br />
Bernardinų B&B House D-2, Bernardinų 5, tel.<br />
(+370) 5 261 51 34, fax (+370) 5 260 84 10, reservation@bernardinuhouse.com,<br />
www.bernardinuhouse.<br />
com. An excellent value little guesthouse, smack bang<br />
in the middle of Old Town. Q 13 rooms (140 - 300Lt).<br />
JA6LXW<br />
Saulės Namai J-3, Saulės 15/23, tel. (+370) 5<br />
210 61 12, hotel@saules-namai.com, www.saulesnamai.com.<br />
To be found not too far from the centre<br />
in Antakalnis, five minutes from the nearest trolleybus<br />
stop, this place can’t come recommended enough. Run<br />
by a nice family who’ve done the design and building work<br />
themselves, there are a number of interesting rooms<br />
with lots of stripped pine, exposed brickwork and quirky<br />
paintings. There’s a large kitchen where you can prepare<br />
your own food or have it made for you, a beautiful living<br />
room with a large fireplace and a quiet, leafy garden.<br />
Exceptional value and highly recommended. Q 9 rooms<br />
(singles 70 - 120Lt, doubles 140 - 200Lt, triples 160 -<br />
220Lt). 6ILXW<br />
Guesthouses<br />
Ameda F-3, Latvių 27, tel. (+370) 601 704 40, hotelameda@gmail.com,<br />
www.hotelameda.lt. Splendid<br />
value rooms and apartments in lovely Žvėrynas with<br />
excellent public transport connections to the city centre<br />
or a 15-minute walk for the more energetic, all options<br />
come with at least satellite television and internet connections,<br />
with the recommended apartments also featuring<br />
such homely inclusions as fireplaces and fully equipped<br />
kitchens. Q 6 rooms (singles €25, doubles €25 - 30,<br />
apartments €45 - 60). 6IW<br />
August - November 2012<br />
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