Running through the heart of downtown Nashville, Broadway Street is home to some of Nashvilles best music, restaurants, and bars. Take a walk down Honky Tonk Highway, a four-block stretch of Lower Broadway featuring country western-themed shops and restaurants, and you’ll pass numerous honky-tonks with live music playing all day.
Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Estate
1200 Forrest Park Dr, Nashville, TN 37205, USA
(615) 356-8000
On the 55-acre estate of Cheekwood Estate & Garden, typically over 250,000 bulbs are blooming in the spring time! Formerly the family home of Mabel and Leslie Cheek, the extraordinary 1930s estate, with its 30,000 square foot Mansion and 55 acres of cultivated gardens, today serves the public as a botanical garden, arboretum, and museum with period rooms and art galleries, showcasing works from its permanent collection as well as traveling exhibitions. The property includes 13 distinct gardens, as well as a 1.5-mile woodland trail featuring monumental outdoor sculpture.
Guests can enjoy captivating entertainment, dining, shopping, and more at Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center each spring. Enjoy indoor surfing, water slides, a lazy river, and more at SoundWaves at Gaylord Opryland. Pools, lounging areas, and private cabanas sit under a glass roof atop the tall atrium, ensuring guests can sunbathe at 84 degrees year-round.
As the sun shines, the animals come out to play. Head to the Nashville Zoo and spend time at the unbelievable Flamingo Lagoon or Kangaroo Kickabout, getting up close and personal with the animals. Check out the Zoo from up high with Soaring Eagle, which takes you 110 ft. in the air to overlook the African Savannah, Historic Home, Festival Field, and Gibbon Islands.