Panorama hotel is situated in front of the railway/bus station. To explore the city you just by your bus ticket in the news paper kiosk.
The rooms are OK but I would have liked a safety box in the room and more shelves for my clothes. On the plus side is free WiFi in the whole building. All rooms are en suite with shower. I booked my room through Venere.com and paid 121 LTL (36 euros) per night with breakfast buffet included in the end of October.
I treated myselt to a very nice three courses dinner inclding water and a glass of wine in the hotel restaurant and ended up paying 60 LTL (18 euros), which to me is really cheap.

The hotel is located just across the square from the main train & bus stations, & is a 7-8 min stroll from the Gates of Dawn, Old Town. There are great views of the Old Town from rooms at the back of the hotel, particularly at night – ask for one on the 4th or 5th floors, or take the glass side lift to the 5th floor for a peek.

The rooms & en-suite bathrooms are compact & clean. The twin-bed room is furnished with bedside tables, reading lights, a desk, chair, telephone, satellite TV with a range of european channels including an english news one. The bathroom has a clean white 3-piece small shower cubicle suite, heated towel rail, hairdryer & plentiful hot water. The room does not have a luggage rack or wardrobe, with a 4-coat-hook wall-hanger instead. So it’s best you’re not the type who likes to air out the day’s clothes from your suitcase, & have a close relationship with the person you’re travelling with. Once you get past this, it is a reasonable 3-star hotel by eastern european standards. Housekeeping is limited to emptying the bin & checking the toilet daily.

Breakfast is a decent hot & cold buffet selection. The hot food section includes baked scrambled eggs, sausages, baked beans & a great boiled farmhouse vegetable-mix of carrots, courgettes & broccoli/cauliflower, to help with your 5-a-day diet on the road. The cold selection includes several cuts of ham, pork, salami, soft & hard cheese, boiled eggs, tomatoes & cucumber, sliced black & rye bread, fruit. The let down are the over-processed cereals & watered sugary juice found most everywhere in Lithuania. Stay away from the coffee, & stick with the sachets of black, green & fruit Lipton teas. The hotel is frequented by up to 5-7 tour buses a day, but there are never more than 1-2 loads about at a time, & always space & food at breakfast.

Reception staff are brief but efficient, & provide a cold breakfast takeaway box, if you’re leaving before 7am. There’s an ATM machine & an internet access point in the lobby. There’s an 8-22 drinks store next door to the hotel where you can pick up bottled water & other drinks, & a 24-hour drive-in McDonald’s in the square outside, if that’s your thing. There’s also a Gusto Blynine restaurant in the train station for tasty filled pancakes with a choice of cream toppings. If you do not want to walk to the Old Town, there are several trolley buses from the square outside that take you to various points on the perimeter. I did not find the area unsafe after dark, seeing only ordinary commuters at 6am & 10pm making their way on public transport. However, it is always prudent you do not loiter after dark or flash your purse & valuables any place.

Pretty dingy overall, puke stains on the carpet in the hallway. No AC, although the window opened wide enough that it wasn't too bad. No hot water on the night we were there. Nice view as promised. Good location, convenient for the train station, airport, and old town, but you can probably do better.

The Panorama Hotel was very convenient as it is really near the bus and the train station. As I was arriving in the evening from the airport and leaving for Kaunas the next morning it was just what I needed.

The staff were very friendly and the communal areas, bar and restuarant were very nice. I had a light dinner which was tasty. The breakfast was ok but the coffee really bad.

The room was clean and functional and had great views over the Old Town. My room was on the road at the back of the hotel and away from the road. I cannot say how noisy a room would be if it was at the front of the hotel.

There was no air conditioning but it was possible to open the windows.

On the negative side the room was very small. It consisted of two beds pushed together. They were both very narrow.

I would recommend it if you need to be near the bus or train station.