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Nashville
4 days · 8 things to do
Best time to go: April to May, September to October
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Welcome
Nashville, in a few days
Tennessee's capital built its fortune on a radio show launched in 1925, and you can still hear live music from 10 am in the honky-tonks of Broadway. Between the brick temple of the Ryman, the studios of Music Row and the small venues where songwriters play their songs in the round, Nashville is explored by ear as much as on foot.
- Day by day
- D1 Day 1 3 things
- D2 Day 2 2 things
- D3 Day 3 2 things
- D4 Day 4 1 thing
- Worth sorting before you go
- Words that help
- The practical page
- Packing checklist
The trip
Day by day
Map of the sights (numbers follow the suggested order). It prints with the base map.
D1
Day 1
3 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Ryman Auditorium · about 1 hThe 1892 brick tabernacle that housed the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974, the Mother Church of Country Music, with its original oak pews seating 2,300 people.
- Afternoon · Country Music Hall of Fame · 3 hA vast museum tracing a century of country music, from the 1927 Bristol sessions to Dolly Parton, with Elvis's gold Cadillac and tickets for the tour of RCA Studio B.
- Evening · Lower Broadway free · an eveningFive blocks of honky-tonks packed façade to façade between the Cumberland River and 5th Avenue, with live music from late morning until late at night and almost always free entry.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Noelle ↗ · All places to stay by budget →€230 a night
D2
Day 2
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Parthenon in Centennial Park · about 1 h 30A full-scale replica of the Athens Parthenon built for the 1897 Tennessee Centennial, housing a gilded Athena 12.8 metres tall and the city's art museum in its basement.
- Afternoon · Bluebird Cafe · about 2 hA hundred-seat venue in a Green Hills shopping arcade where Nashville songwriters play their own songs in the round, the format born here, and where Garth Brooks and Taylor Swift were discovered.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Noelle ↗€230 a night
D3
Day 3
2 things to do · at your own pace
- Morning · Natchez Trace Parkway free · half a dayA 715 km scenic road with no trucks or billboards following the old Chickasaw and Choctaw trail, starting near Nashville and crossing the 47-metre-high Double Arch Bridge early on.
- Late afternoon · Grand Ole Opry · 2 h 30 (spectacle)America's oldest live radio show, on air since 1925, now staged at the 4,400-seat Opry House, where eight to ten artists play on a wooden circle cut from the Ryman stage.
🛏️ Where to sleep · Noelle ↗€230 a night
D4
Day 4
1 thing to do · at your own pace
- Morning · The Hermitage · half a dayAndrew Jackson's plantation, 25 km east of the centre, with its original furniture, over 400 hectares of land and a tour devoted to the enslaved people who worked there.
Before you go
Worth sorting before you go
📶 eSIM data
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
Online the moment you land, no roaming bill.
Get one · Holafly
🛡️ Travel insurance
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
Health, luggage, cancellation.
Cover it · Ekta
💳 Fee-free card
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
Pay at the real rate, with no exchange markup.
Open one · Revolut
🚐 Airport transfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
A private car at a fixed price from the moment you land.
Book it · GetTransfer
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Good to know
Flavours & local habits
🍽️ Worth tasting
- Burgers and barbecue: brisket and ribs cooked low and slow, done differently in every state.
- Clam chowder in a sourdough bread bowl: the classic lunch on the San Francisco waterfront.
- Mexican food: tacos from a truck in Los Angeles, a Mission burrito in San Francisco.
- Pancakes and weekend brunch: a national habit, generous to the point of excess.
- Craft beer, and California wine from Napa and Sonoma.
⚠️ Best avoided
- Tipping is not optional: add 15 to 20% in restaurants and bars.
- Prices on menus and in shops exclude sales tax, which is added at the till.
- Do not plan more than four or five hours of driving a day: the distances are larger than they look on the map.
- Never travel without health insurance. A night in hospital can cost thousands of dollars.
- In summer, do not hike down into the Grand Canyon in the heat of the day: the climb back out is where people get into trouble.
Getting by
Words that help
🗣️ English is the main language here, so there is nothing to learn by heart.
The essentials
The practical page
CurrencyUS dollar (USD, $)
BudgetAbout €190 a day, mid-range
Best seasonApril to May, September to October
PlugA/B · 120V
Tap waterSafe to drink
Tipping15 to 20%, expected
Emergency911
EntryUK, Australian and most EU passports need an ESTA, applied for online before departure, for stays of up to 90 days; a few EU countries sit outside the Visa Waiver Program and need a full visa. Canadians need neither, only a passport. Anyone who has been to Cuba since January 2021 cannot use an ESTA and must apply for a visa.
HealthNo vaccination required. Keep tetanus, diphtheria and polio up to date; hepatitis A is worth considering if you eat well off the tourist trail. In the desert parks, the heat is the real risk.
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Don't forget
Packing checklist
Have a good trip.
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