Meriton Old Town Hotel

... closed. No sign and no indication of furniture in the second floor window. 2nd hostel is full. Starting to get nervous. I then go to Old Town Hostel which has availability. This is the most laid back hostel I have been to. The primary area is 6 beds with ...

... is grey, dreary, and bleakly soviet looking, but still it was interesting to see such a contrast from the fairytale charm of the old town. The Rotterman quarter is an old industrial area that has been regenerated with some posh shops and cafes and modern ...

... , almost Scandinavian looking but with a hint of soviet bleakness, before we finally started to spy the turrets and walls of the old town. Our hotel was just inside the old town walls, with a piece of the wall built into the reception area. The outside ...

... street directly outside of my hotel and headed straight for the highest point in the old city which sits high on a plateau overlooking the old town below and in the distance, the more modern portion. At the first corner I came to, there was a very nice ...

... the Pirita, where the first of many singing protests took place. The night of the day of our arrival, after dinner in the Old Town, we walked back to our hotel.  It was about 10 pm but still very light outside as we were so far north.  The next ...

... to be favored in most of these. We stopped to vist St. Peter and Paul church, St. Anna's Church, saw Vilnius University, the Gediminas Tower and Vilnius Castle. The Old Town has a medieval flavor and  is also a UNESCO  World Heritage site. ...

...  and my map was a bit vague. But without too much trouble, I got pointed in the right direction.  The hotel was between 2 streets, in a courtyard, which was where my confusion arose. The location was in a historic building, which was ...

... area obviously being re-developed. It was full of crumbling warehouses surrounding a plaza. The intrigue was that rising from within these old buildings were modern structures that were far beyond the call of innovative design.  It was as if the new ...