The Ultimate Guide to a Girls Trip to Nashville
Girls’ trips are the best way to celebrate almost any occasion. When I got invited on a girls trip to Nashville, Tennessee, I jumped at the opportunity. I mean, Nashville is pretty much synonymous with country music, whiskey, and southern food. How could I say no?
So, whether you’re a girl going away with her friends or planning a bachelorette party, Nashville is the city for you.
I never knew a trip to Nashville, Tennessee, located in the southeastern part of the United States, could be so much fun!
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How to Get to Nashville
Many airlines fly directly into Nashville International Airport.
Use Skyscanner.com to search for the lowest airfares. This site is excellent at finding the best rates. Features like being able to search by month instead of by specific dates really save you money.
You’ll know you’re in for a good time as soon as you deplane in Nashville. Nashville has live music everywhere, even in the airport.
Hearing the music play when you walk through the airport is such an exciting way to start a Nashville girls getaway!
How to Get Around Nashville
You can rent a car, but having one isn’t necessary, especially if you plan to stay downtown.
If you do rent a car, parking is limited. Make sure to budget for some hefty fees to park. Our hotel, which only had valet parking, charged $40 per night for parking with in and out privileges throughout the day.
Downtown Nashville is totally walkable. However, when it is not possible to walk, Uber or Lyft drivers are available.
Try out a Lime or Bird scooter for a more adventurous way to explore downtown.
These scooters are everywhere, and with a simple swipe of a major credit card, you can hop on one and go. Please take precautions when renting a scooter!
Where to Stay for a Nashville Girls Weekend
If you’re looking for a place to stay for a girls weekend in Nashville, I’ve got you covered. Check out my list of the best places to stay in downtown Nashville. These centrally located hotels put you right in the middle of all the fun!
Cambria Hotel
The Cambria Hotel is one of the best hotels to stay in downtown Nashville, and it’s close to all the fun on Broadway.
Whether you’re coming for a girls trip to Nashville or just want to experience what this city has to offer, Cambria Hotels will give you the best of both worlds: a cozy stay in a boutique hotel with all the amenities you need and want.
You can listen to live music at their rooftop bar or eat at NashHouse, the onsite restaurant serving good ole’ southern comfort food.
When you go to Nashville, this hotel is perfect.
The hotel rooms are rustic, modern, and musical—a perfect combination.
Ask for a corner suite with a beautiful view of Broadway, Nissan Stadium, and the Bridgestone Arena.
The hotel is located in the heart of downtown but without much foot traffic, making it the perfect hotel for a Nashville girls trip.
Bankers Alley Hotel Nashville
For a getaway with your girls in Nashville, Bankers Alley, formerly 21C Museum Hotel, is the place to be!
Located in the Art District of Downtown Nashville, this trendy hotel is situated close to all the fun on Broadway. And when you’re finished exploring, you can come back and relax in your spacious suite.
Valet parking is also available for your convenience.
Book the deluxe suite for the most space for your girls trip to Nashville. The suite includes a king or two queen beds, a separate living area with a couch, and a dining area.
And if you want to treat yourself? The spa-like showers are sure to make you feel pampered.
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Where to Eat in Nashville
If you are a foodie, Nashville is the place for you.
This city offers so many extraordinary restaurants. Whether you’re looking for down-home southern comfort food or a five-star meal does not matter, Nashville has it all.
Nashville is also home to restaurants owned by famous chefs, including Guy Fieri and Maneet Chauhan.
Our Nashville girls’ weekend was short, but we dined at fabulous places.
Another Broken Egg Café
For a fantastic Nashville breakfast, try Another Broken Egg Café.
The expansive breakfast menu and boozy drinks will please even the pickiest eater in your party.
You can’t go wrong with a traditional egg breakfast here, but if you are a fan of eggs benedict, this café offers several scrumptious versions.
Trip Tip: Try the Hash Brown Benedict topped with lobster and served with country potatoes. It is delicious!
Puckett’s Restaurant
For an equally fantastic breakfast option, try Puckett’s Restaurant. This restaurant was recommended to us by a local, and it was one of our favorite restaurants.
Puckett’s serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with nightly live music.
Try one of the breakfast skillets or breakfast platters for hearty breakfast options.
The girls in our group tried Bubba’s eggs benedict, the biscuits and gravy, and the omelets. Everyone left with rave reviews.
Assembly Food Hall
One thing to know about me is that I must try the trendy donut spots in a new town. Nashville is no different.
When you are out and about exploring Nashville on your girls’ weekend, stop at Assembly Food Hall. Here, you will find the Donut Distillery, among many other places to eat.
The Assembly Food Hall is the perfect place to eat with a large group. It’s a three-story building with over thirty dining options and bars. Along with food and drinks, there are three stages and Nashville’s largest rooftop.
A stop at the Donut Distillery is a must if you have a sweet tooth like me. These mini homemade donuts melt in your mouth. Absolutely delicious!
When you go to the Assembly Food Hall, make sure you come hungry!
Food options include donuts, hand-crafted pizza, seafood, lobster, crab, shrimp, sushi, poke, hot chicken, Chinese food, Thai food, and burgers.
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken
You can’t go to Nashville and not make a stop at Hattie B’s Hot Chicken.
Hattie B’s Hot Chicken is the Nashville destination for fried chicken lovers.
The line out the door often snakes around the block, and it’s easy to see why. Hattie B’s serves up amazing fried chicken, no matter what level of heat you prefer. Even the mild option is hot.
The sides are also incredible: fried pickles, creamy coleslaw, pimento macaroni and cheese… and the banana pudding is out of this world!
If you’re lucky enough to snag a seat inside the restaurant, which has the best music pumped through it, sit back and enjoy the TVs or people watch as everyone else waits outside in those long lines.
It’s worth the wait!
Biscuit Love
Biscuit Love has four locations throughout Tennessee and Alabama, but this one is in the Gulch. Serving breakfast and lunch, Biscuit Love serves the best chicken breakfast sandwich called the East Nasty. It’s like biscuits and gravy with fried chicken. Amazing!
While there, pick up some Bonuts, like donuts but made with biscuit dough. They are dusted with sugar and remind me of the homemade donuts my mom made us when we were little.
Urban Grub
For amazing southern specialties with a mix of seafood, try Urban Grub. This once-little carwash is now a trendy restaurant and beer garden with a fresh and unique menu.
Merchant’s Bistro
You can’t go wrong with Merchant’s Bistro menu for lunch or dinner. Start with the deviled eggs and the fried cheese while snacking on the ranch-flavored popcorn.
The shrimp and grits with the tasso ham gravy, the arugula salad with the salmon, and the sweet-tea pork chop with peach bourbon chutney are all fabulous.
Things to Do in Nashville
Your girls weekend in Nashville itinerary will not lack unique opportunities to explore the city. There are fun drinking tours, live music, sports, shopping, and historical sites.
Take a Hop-On, Hop-Off Trolley Tour
One of the best things to do in Nashville is to take the Nashville Hop-on Hop-off Trolley Tour of the city on the first day of your girls’ trip.
The hop-on hop-off tour is a great way to see all the sights.
The trolley is a comfortable way to get around town, and it’s so much fun!
You can hop off at any stop and explore, or take the whole tour if you’re feeling adventurous.
It’s one of the best ways to see Nashville—and don’t forget your camera!
Nashville, TN is a city full of history, music, and culture, but it can be hard to know where to start.
The trolley is a great way to see all the hot spots and get a feel for the city.
Nashville’s hop-on, hop-off tour includes stops at the famous Ryman, Country Music Hall of Fame, Farmers’ Market, Capitol, Belmont Mansion, Centennial Park, Music Row, The Parthenon, and The Gulch, to name a few.
Visit Music Row
Nashville has such deep musical roots. So much so that entire blocks of record label offices, radio stations, and recording studios have been named Music Row.
Most of these venues offer guided and self-guided tours.
If you decide to take the Country Music Hall of Fame Tour, visit The Hatch Show Print. This place prints all concert posters, and you can view their printing press.
After visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame, head over to the Music City Walk of Fame Park on the lawn of the Hilton Nashville Downtown.
Like the Hollywood Walk of Fame in California, the Music City Walk of Fame honors artists who have significantly contributed to the music industry.
Recent honorees like Dolly Parton and Peter Frampton have giant stainless steel stars commemorating their contributions along the walk.
The Grand Ole Opry
I haven’t mentioned the Grand Ole Opry yet, but if you are a country music fan, it should be on your list of places to visit in Nashville.
You will need to drive or catch a ride share to visit The Grand Ole Opry, which is twelve miles northeast of downtown.
The grounds of the Grand Ole Opry are stunning and include an outdoor stage, a souvenir shop, and the Opryland Hotel, which is massive.
Tours of the Grand Ole Opry are given daily. Imagine going backstage to one of the biggest country music stages of all time.
When near the Grand Ole Opry, check out the Opryland Mall next door.
Go Shopping at The Gulch
A girls weekend in Nashville, TN wouldn’t be complete without plenty of shopping. I mean, who doesn’t love to shop?
Of course, you can shop on Broadway for souvenirs, but one of Nashville’s trendiest shopping areas is in The Gulch.
Take a Sip and Shop tour of the Gulch, an upscale neighborhood known for chic hotels, high-end fashion boutiques, and restaurants.
While visiting The Gulch, stop by the Wings mural, commissioned by Taylor Swift. The Wings mural is one of many Nashville murals.
Why not see them all on a Golf Cart Mural Art Tour? Let your tour guide whisk you around to the best photo ops for photos that will have your friends wishing they would have gone on your girls’ trip to Nashville.
Take a Distillery or Brewery Tour
Nashville has so many distilleries and breweries that it would be tough to visit them all, but that shouldn’t stop you from trying!
From a hop on, hop off brewery tour to a Party Tractor Tour, you will find the right drinking tour for your group with our complete list of the best drinking tours in Nashville.
A day full of drinking in Nashville sounds good to me.
Enjoy Live Music During your Nashville Girls Weekend
After a day of touring and shopping, get ready to kick back and enjoy the nightlife in Nashville.
You can enjoy great food, and live music, and be entertained at one of Nashville’s many live music venues.
Take a stroll down Lower Broadway, also known as the Honky Tonk Highway, and pop into one of the many bars, day or night, and party until your heart’s content. Most bars in this area stay open until 3 a.m.
You can have so much fun on Broadway at places like Blake Shelton’s Ole Red, Miranda Lambert’s CasaRosa, and Luke Bryan’s Luke’s 32 Bridge.
If you love rooftop bars with live music and happy hours, then the bars on Broadway are the place to be.
If your girls’ trip to Nashville itinerary includes celebrating a bride-to-be, this would be the perfect place to start that bachelorette party.
For an alternative suggestion, hang out with the locals at Printer’s Alley.
And for the best girls’ trip to Nashville, consider including a Friday night stay. You may be lucky enough to check out SiriusXM Buzz Brainard, broadcasting live from Margaritaville.
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Watch a Sporting Event
Depending on the time of year you visit Nashville, you may be able to watch a live hockey or football game.
The NFL’s Tennessee Titans and the NHL’s Predators call Nashville their home, and both play in massive stadiums and arenas in or near downtown Nashville.
Walking over the John Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge will lead you to Nissan Stadium, where the NFL Titans play their home games.
The NHL Predators play their home games in the Bridgestone Arena in the middle of downtown.
Tour a Plantation While Sipping Wine
If sports aren’t what you had in mind, consider a trip out to the Belle Meade Plantation.
Belle Meade Plantation is a beautiful, historic site in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s a great place to take your friends and family on a girls weekend in Nashville.
Take a guided tour of this 1807 historic mansion, visit the winery, or schedule a segway tour of the property.
What Will You Include on Your Girls Weekend in Nashville Itinerary?
No matter what interests you, you will find it in Nashville. This exciting and lively city encourages fun times. Make plans now to spend your next girls’ getaway in Nashville, Tennessee.
