If you’re headed to Music City, the neighborhood you pick matters more than the hotel. Nashville’s areas are only a few miles apart but they feel completely different, and the area that suits a night on Broadway is not the one that suits a family or a conference trip. Here is what each of the main areas is best for, and which hotels sit in them. Distances are short but not walkable end to end: Music Valley is about 12 miles from downtown, and Belle Meade, the Hermitage and the distilleries are further out again. Whichever area you land in, we can collect you door to door.
Best for: first-time visitors, honky tonks, walking to almost everything. The heart of the city and a one of a kind experience. The neon of the Broadway honky tonks earned Nashville the nickname “NashVegas,” and downtown puts Ryman Auditorium, the Country Music Hall of Fame and Bridgestone Arena within a few blocks of each other. It is also the loudest place to sleep, so ask for a room off the Broadway side.
Best for: restaurants, shopping and a quieter night, still walkable to downtown. A little more upscale than downtown and away from the most touristy stretch. The Gulch is where the trendy restaurants and the high-end boutiques are, and it is a 15-minute walk into Broadway when you want it. Nashville Yards and The Pinnacle sit just to the north.
Best for: better value, Vanderbilt, live music in real clubs rather than tourist bars. Midtown, also known as West End, is a busy neighborhood centered on Vanderbilt University. Rooms tend to cost less than downtown for the same standard, Centennial Park and the Parthenon are on the doorstep, and Exit/In and the rest of the Elliston Place strip are a short walk.
Best for: families, the Grand Ole Opry, resort amenities and easy parking. The spot for music lovers and families. Home to the Grand Ole Opry, the General Jackson Showboat and Opry Mills Mall, with resort-scale hotels and none of the downtown noise. The trade-off is distance: budget for the drive in and out.
The distilleries and wineries most people come to Tennessee for are not in the city. Jack Daniel’s is 90 miles out in Lynchburg, George Dickel is in Tullahoma, and the wineries are spread across Arrington, Hampshire and Lewisburg. We pick up from wherever you are staying, in vehicles from 2 to 56 passengers, so nobody has to drive or work out parking. Browse the Nashville distillery tours and winery tours, look at what is on in our guide to Nashville concert venues and Nashville landmarks, or send us your dates for a quote. You can also reserve car service to hotels across Nashville with Signature Transportation, including Nashville Airport transfers to the Omni, the Opryland Resort and more.
Tour distilleries, wineries, breweries and the city of Nashville in a private chauffeured vehicle, for groups of 2 to 56.
