Vilnius Romantic Getaways, Where to Stay
The building housing Hotel PACAI dates to 1677, and you sleep inside that Baroque palace rather than beside it, which is the whole case for choosing where you stay in Vilnius as carefully as what you do there.
Three boutique stays worth the extra cost
Grand Hotel Kempinski Vilnius sits directly on Cathedral Square, close enough to Gediminas’ Tower and the Old Town’s core that you can walk to dinner in any direction. Hotel PACAI , a Member of Design Hotels on Didžioji Street, occupies that restored 1677 Baroque palace with a wellness center built into the old cellars; book it directly through Booking.com rather than a third-party reseller. The Relais & Châteaux Stikliai Hotel , in the Glassblower Quarter where 17th-century glassmakers once worked, keeps that trade’s name in its own; its Booking.com listing has current rates and room photos. All three sit inside easy walking distance of each other, so the choice comes down to atmosphere rather than location.
Candlelit dinners in the vaults below
Several Old Town restaurants operate out of genuine medieval and Baroque cellars rather than staged rustic decor, serving forest mushrooms, roasted duck, and Lithuanian berry wines under exposed brick and low stone arches. Ask your hotel concierge for a same-week reservation rather than a walk-in on a Friday or Saturday, when these vaulted dining rooms fill fast precisely because there are only so many seats a real medieval cellar can hold.
A carriage ride at Trakai, not in the city
The genuinely romantic carriage ride here runs 28km out at Trakai, along the shores of Lake Galvė, wrapped in woolen blankets when winter has set in and the lake itself has frozen hard enough for skating around the island castle. It is a full excursion, not something bolted onto an Old Town evening, so plan it as its own outing with the train or a car. Lithuania’s official travel board covers Trakai Historical National Park’s seasonal conditions before you commit to a date.
What a “romantic getaway” here is not
This is not a beach honeymoon and not a spa-resort retreat in the countryside; Vilnius’s romance is built on restored palaces, quiet cobblestone streets, and one nearby castle, not on isolation or scenery you’d find on a Mediterranean coastline. Set that expectation before you book, and the trip delivers exactly what it promises.
The verdict
Hotel PACAI and the Stikliai Hotel edge out the Kempinski for anyone who wants the building itself to be part of the story; the Kempinski wins on pure location if Cathedral Square access matters more than a converted palace. Either way, treat Trakai as a separate day, not an afternoon detour.
Before you go
Book the vaulted-cellar restaurant before the hotel if your dates are tight around a weekend; there are more boutique rooms in Old Town than there are tables in its best medieval cellars. For things to actually do together once you’ve settled in, see the attraction tours guide or the full Vilnius guide .