KEY2 Pick
Museum • $$
Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum
The definitive archive of the genre, from Hank Williams's suits to the Studio B tour bus.
Best for: Must Do
Experiences in Nashville
Shows, flights, drives and private access — the reasons to leave the hotel.
KEY2 Pick
Live Music • $$$
Grand Ole Opry
The world's longest-running radio show, still broadcast live from the Opry House most weeks.
Best for: Must Do
KEY2 Pick
Historic Venue • $$
Ryman Auditorium
The Mother Church of Country Music: daytime backstage tours and the best-sounding room in town at night.
Best for: Must Do
KEY2 Pick
Live Music • $$
The Bluebird Cafe
A 90-seat strip-mall listening room where songwriters play in the round and the audience stays silent.
Best for: Must Do
Garden • $$
Cheekwood Estate & Gardens
A 1930s limestone mansion with 55 acres of formal gardens, best in dogwood season and at Christmas.
Best for: Daytime
Museum • $$
Frist Art Museum
A restored art-deco post office showing touring exhibitions rather than a permanent collection.
Best for: Daytime
Tour • $$
RCA Studio B
The room where Elvis cut over 200 sides, toured only from the Hall of Fame.
Best for: Music History
Record Store • $$
Third Man Records
Jack White's Nashville storefront, novelty record booth included.
Best for: Shopping
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