Skip the 40-tab research spiral. Pick an itinerary that matches your trip, swap in the spots you care about, and go. Honky-tonks, hot chicken, and the parts of town the tour buses never reach.
Pick an itinerary Browse everythingEach plan is walkable or a short rideshare between stops, ordered so you're never fighting Broadway traffic at the wrong hour.
The free plans get you the classics. The Pass gets you the version we'd send a friend.
Downtown, the Gulch and Germantown are walkable. For 12 South and East Nashville budget a 10–15 minute rideshare. Most first-timers don't need a rental car.
Price is per person before drinks. "Book ahead" means weekend tables go a week or more out.
Heat levels aren't standardized. At Prince's, "medium" is most restaurants' "hot." Order one level below your instinct, and get the white bread and pickles — they're not garnish.
Broadway honky-tonks, the big museums, the Ryman. Stay here if it's your first visit and you want to walk to everything. Bring earplugs.
Newer hotels, rooftop bars, Biscuit Love and the Station Inn. Ten minutes on foot to Broadway without sleeping on top of it.
Where locals eat and drink. Five Points, record shops, Lost & Found's container bars. Fewer hotels, more short-term rentals.
One long shopping-and-brunch strip: Draper James, Imogene + Willie, Five Daughters Bakery. A half-day, not a home base.
Brick streets, the Farmers' Market, Bicentennial Mall, and a dense cluster of the city's best sit-down restaurants.
Warehouses turned into Momotaro, Alla Vita and the city's fastest-changing food scene. Rideshare in for dinner.