Nashville for Single Travelers
VaBelle35
My recent solo trip to Nashville was a blast and I'd love to share my fun time with others.
1 May 2006
based on 8 votes
For the solo traveler who doesn't want to book with a guided tour company and be a part of a large crowd every day of the trip.
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Explore locations featured in this Traveler List:
Nashville, Lynchburg, Hurricane Mills
- Category: Recent trip
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Traveler type: Culture, Sightseeing, Shopping, Never been before, Repeat visitors, Theater
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Appeals to: Business travellers , Couples/romantics, Honeymooners, Singles, Families with small children, Families with teenagers, Large groups, Seniors, Students, Tourists
- Seasons: Winter, Spring, Summer, Fall
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Nashville is a great place to go if you are a country music fan. Just about everything I saw was country music related. |
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2. Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center
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Ave price:
$227
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The Opryland Hotel is the perfect spot for solo travelers. It is a huge facility that caters to business travelers, convention attendees and vacationers. Traveling alone, especially as a female, safety is a big concern. This hotel is in a safe location, entirely enclosed with many varieties of restaurants, bars, entertainment and services right inside the property so that you can go out at night (no matter what the weather) and not have to worry about coming back to your room in the dark. Because it is a convention and business hotel, many travelers are flying solo here so you never need to feel self-conscious about dining alone. The hotel has a variety of half day and full day tours that leave right from the hotel lobby. This is a way to experience being part of a group without having your entire vacation be on someone else's schedule and with people you don't necessarily want to hang around with for an entire weekend. There is also the Opry Mills out the side door of the hotel, mega shopping for when you just don't feel like going outdoors in the rain. |
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| This is not a factual tour of the city (that's what Gray Line is for). This is just a fun ride in a bus for a few hours. At about half way, you stop at the Hilton for a potty break and to buy drinks/beer/wine coolers at the hotel store if you want. The sisters sing funny songs, tell funny jokes and recite silly stories about the stars of old (and some new). The highlight for me is when they yell out the window at someone. Most of the street folks play along, some don't. It's all in good fun though. Bring your sense of humor and have a ball. |
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4. Jack Daniels Distillery
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| I had a blast here. It's a lot of walking and a lot of steps, but they stop frequently and you learn a lot. The smell is what kills you, though. I went on a cool April day, I can't imagine that yeasty smelling air when it's 100 degrees in July. From April to around November, Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House is under renovation, so they are holding the lunches at the Jack Daniel's visitors center. You have to make reservatiosn way in advance for it though. You won't get the ambiance, but for $15 you will get an awesome southern meal. You eat Family Style at a large table with others, so if you don't like socializing, this isn't for you. I had my meal and then went on the tour. Great group of people to hang out with all day. Not much to see in downtown Lynchburg, but the drive from Nashville to Lynchburg is beautiful. I highly recommend it. |
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| Even if you're not a huge Loretta Lynn fan, if you've seen Coal Miner's Daughter (and who hasn't!), you'll enjoy this tour. The drive from Nashville to Hurricane Mills is a beautiful 90 minute drive and there are places to stop on the way. I stopped half way at a Cracker Barrell for some coffee and stretching. The tour consists of a guided tour in the Butcher Holler reproduction house, the reproduction coal mine and her original house that she lived in in the 70s. There is also a separate tour of the museum for a separate fee. Both tickets cost about $25, but worth it. The house is fun, you see the bottom floor only, but if you have a great tour guide (I did not), they will give you a ton of information about the place and some fun stories about them as well. It's a beautiful place to walk around the property. Check out her website for cabins, RVs, camping, and annual shows that are done on the property. It's a huge place with lots and lots to do for families. But if you just want to do the tour, like me, you'll enjoy it. You can skip the coal mine if you are uncomfortable going under ground and in enclosed places. I wish I had skipped it personally as it was wet and muddy that day from the rain. The rest is great. The museum is fantastic, run by all her close friends for many years. There is so much stuff in there it's funny the stuff she kept all this time. The museum tour is worth it just to walk inside her original tour bus that was also used in the movie Coal Miner's Daughter. |
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| Even if you don't like country music, it's still a lot of fun. The crowd has such a good time. It's a long show (about 3 hours) with lots of different entertainment. You can eat, drink and take your camera's in. The hotel provides door to door shuttle service to this place, so it's convenient, too! |
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7. Belle Meade Plantation
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| The guides are incredibly knowledgeable about the plantation. There is a lot of info and a lot of rooms to go through. It is one of the few home tours I've been on where you actually go into a lot of the rooms. 50-60% of the items are original to the home and the family. Definitely have lunch at Martha's on the plantation while you are there. It's a great place for a nice visit on a beautiful sunny day. Parking right on site, no problem. |
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| Nice tour, fun change of pace to hear about a woman who did it all instead of men. Get the discount coupons for this one, they are available everywhere. Our tour guide was knowledgeable, however, when I got there, the tour was in progress, so they "catch you up" and then you can join the tour in progress and then go back to the parts you missed with the next tour. Not my preferred way of doing it, but it works. The tour groups are pretty large (which I hate because you get stuck with people asking a million stupid questions), but it's a good solid tour and a great place to walk around. I highly recommend a stop at the Bongo Java around the corner for a fun coffee drink and snacks. |
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