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NASHVILLE RESORTS

 Wyndham Nashville *

  • 2 miles to Grand Ole Opry
  • 3 pools & a hot tub
  • Shuttle from resort to downtown ($10/person round trip)
  • Sunday night welcome party (very good show) (information about what to do) (give away tickets to activities/shows)
  • Units 10 & 11 do not have elevators

Margaritaville Vacation Club by Wyndham - Nashville

  • Bar
  • Café
  • Fitness Center
  • Gift Shop

Bluegreen Downtown Nashville

  • Concierge
  • Valet parking (fee)

Cambria Hotel Nashville Downtown *

  • Meeting space
  • Restaurant with live music stage
  • Fitness center
  • Indoor/outdoor heated pool

NASHVILLE RESTAURANTS/FOOD

  • 55 South (in Franklin, TN) (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • Adele’s (in The Gulch area) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Aquarium Restaurant (in Opry Mills Mall) (Landry’s Select Club)
  • Arnold’s Country Kitchen (open Monday – Friday 10:30 AM – 2:45 PM) (Food Network City Guides) (experience was great & has good food)
  • Assembly Food Hall*
  • Athens Family Restaurant (lamb burger) (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • Bar-B Cuties (baked potatoes) (Franklin, TN)
  • Bavarian Bierhaus (in Opry Mills Mall) (German Food) (very noisy inside)
  • Bellevue Diner (gyros, Greek food) (was on Ginormous Food)
  • Biscuit Love (for bonuts) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Black Rabbit (Food Network City Guides)
  • Blue Bird Café*
  • Bob Evans (near Resort)
  • Bourbon Steak (Food Network City Guides)
  • Bro's Cajun Cuisine (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • Burger Republic* (in the Gulch district) (excellent burgers) (tator tot 5 cheese fondue)
  • Butcher & Bee  (Food Network City Guides)
  • Butcher Town Hall (Food Network City Guides)
  • Cafe Rakka (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • Cafe Roze (Food Network City Guides)
  • Caffe Nonna (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • Caney Forks River Valley Grill (near resort) (good food & lots of character) (make s’mores at your table) (corn fritters are excellent) (very good catfish)
  • Capitol Grille (Food Network City Guides)
  • Catbird Seat (Food Network City Guides)
  • Center Point Pit Barbecue (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • Chauhan Ale & Masala House (Food Network City Guides)
  • Chuy’s* (1901 Broadway & in Opry Mills Mall) (great Mexican food)
  • City House (Food Network City Guides)
  • City Winery
  • Claim Jumper (in Opry Mills Mall) (Landry’s Select Club)
  • Cock of the Walk (fried pickles are great) (serve food on camping tin plates & cups)
  • Cotton & Snow (snow cones & ice cream)
  • Cousins Maine Lobster (food truck)
  • Cracker Barrel (near resort)
  • Dave & Buster’s (in Opry Mills Mall)
  • Deacon's New South (Food Network City Guides)
  • Del Frisco’s (in The Gulch area)
  • Demos’ Steak & Spaghetti House (on Commerce St) (Italian food) (very good & reasonably priced)
  • Desano Pizza & Bakery (on 16th Street) (very good pizza) (they use cheese & meat imported from Italy)
  • Donut Dilstillery
  • Edley’s Bar-B-Que (3 locations) (best BBQ)
  • Ellendale’s
  • Ellington's (Food Network City Guides)
  • Elliston Place Soda Shoppe (classic diner)
  • Etch (pricey) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Fat Boys BBQ (on Murfreeboro Pike, Antioch, TN) (great ribs & brisket)
  • Fat Mo’s Burgers (5 locations)
  • FGL House* (Florida Georgia Line’s restaurant/bar) (live music) (rooftop seating area) (great food) (dirty kettle chips are awesome) (mac & cheese very good) (steak was excellent)
  • Five Daughters Bakery (great cakes) (Franklin, TN)
  • Folk (Food Network City Guides)
  • Fletcher’s Pizza
  • Gaylord Opryland Hotel restaurants (close to the resort) (most don’t open till 5 PM)
  • General Jackson Showboat (lunch or dinner)
  • GooGoo Cluster Shop (can watch them make the candy bars)
  • Graze (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • H&T’s Home Cooking
  • Hathorne  (Food Network City Guides)
  • Hattie B’s Hot Chicken (great southern fried chicken) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Henrietta Red (Food Network City Guides)
  • Honky Tonk Central (sandwiches & salads)
  • Hot Rod Ice Cream Shoppe
  • Hunter's Station (Food Network City Guides)
  • Husk (pricey) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Jack’s Bar-B-Que
  • Jamaicaway (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • John A’s Little Palace (near resort) (food OK)
  • Killebrew (Food Network City Guides)
  • Legendary Milkshake Bar
  • Legends Steakhouse (Smyrna, TN)
  • Liberty Common(Food Network City Guides)
  • Lockeland Table Community Kitchen and Bar (Food Network City Guides)
  • Loveless Café (8400 TN-100) (great breakfast) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Lyra (Food Network City Guides)
  • Maggiano’s (very good food)
  • Martin’s Bar-B-Que Joint (Belmont Blvd.) (excellent BBQ) (amazing brisket) (food was excellent) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Mas Tacos por Favor (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • McNamara’s Irish Pub & Restaurant (good Irish food) (great music)
  • Midtown Café (high end restaurant) (good for a special evening)
  • Mike’s Ice Cream Fountain (best homemade ice cream)
  • Mission BBQ
  • Mister A’s (good music & food)
  • Monell's
  • Nicky's Coal Fired (Food Network City Guides)
  • Opry Mills Mall (there are many good places to eat at mall) (eat breakfast in the courtyard)
  • Pancake Pantry
  • Party Fowl* (Donelson, The Gulch)
  • Peg Leg Porker (excellent BBQ) (closed Sundays) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Phat Bites (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives) (Donelson, TN)
  • Pinewood Social(Food Network City Guides)
  • Piranhas (donut burger, cheesecake) (was on Ginormous Food)
  • Prince’s Hot Chicken (very hot) (was on Diners, Drive-ins, & Dives)
  • Puckett’s*( 5th & Church (great food)
  • Rainforest Café (in Opry Mills Mall) (Landry’s Select Club) (good food)
  • Roberts Western World (good food & good prices) (Food Network City Guides)
  • Rolf & Daughters (Food Network City Guides)
  • Santa Fe Cattle Company (great place to eat) (5 to 10 minutes from resort) (2520 Music Valley Drive)
  • Scoreboard Bar & Grill (great hot chicken) (near resort) (live music under covered patio)
  • Sea Salts
  • Shipley Do-nuts
  • Skulls Rainbow Room
  • Sun Diner
  • Tailgate Brewery Music Row
  • Tailor (Food Network City Guides)
  • The 404 Kitchen (Food Network City Guides)
  • The Bluebird Café (need to make a reservation one week before at 8 AM)
  • The Farm House (Food Network City Guides)
  • The Flipside
  • The Patterson House (Food Network City Guides)
  • The Pharmacy (burgers) (thepharmacynashville.com)
  • The Southern Steak & Oyster
  • The Sweetest Day (great cakes)
  • Uncle Bud’s Catfish, Chicken, & Such (2719 Old Lebanon Road)
  • Walden (Food Network City Guides)
  • Ye Old Steakhouse (on Chapman Highway, Knoxville, TN)
  • 'za (Food Network City Guides)

NASHVILLE BARS

  • AJ’s Good Times Bar (Alan Jackson’s bar)
  • Allwy Pub (Bellevue)
  • Coyote Ugly Saloon*
  • Dawghouse Saloon
  • Dick’s Last Resort*
  • Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row*
  • Doc Hollidays Saloon*
  • FGL House* (Florida Georgia Line’s restaurant/bar) (live music daily) (rooftop seating area)
  • Flying Saucer Bar (huge amount of beers on tap & in bottles)
  • Hillwood Pub
  • Kid Rock’s Big Ass Honky Tonk N’ Rock & Roll Steakhouse*
  • Layla’s Bluegrass Inn (live music)
  • Loser's
  • Luke’s 32 Bridge
  • Margaritaville Nashville*
  • Music City Bar & Grill
  • Nudie’s Honky Tonk*
  • Ole Red*
  • Pedal Bar
  • Pontoon Saloon (Party boat on the Cumberland River)
  • Redneck Riviera*
  • Rudy's Jazz Room
  • Smyrna Sports Pub
  • The Local
  • The Stage* (live music) (on Broadway)
  • Tin Roof
  • Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge* (#7 on US News 11 best to do in Nashville)
  • Wild Beaver Saloon (karaoke bar)
  • Wild Horse Saloon* (go to all three floors) (entertainment, food, & drinks)

NASHVILLE ATTRACTIONS/ACTIVITIES

  • 3RD & Lindsley Bar & Grill (Vince Gill plays here often on Monday Nights when in town)
  • A Tribute to The King Through the Years 1953 – 1977* (near resort in Texas Troubadour Theater)
  • (on Mondays & Thursdays) (excellent show) (thenashvilleking.com) (is a must she show)
  • John Beardsley who is Wyndham Nashville activities director has been doing this show for 18 years)
  • Adventure Science Museum
  • Antique Archaeology Nashville store (TV show American Pickers store) (in Marathon Village)
  • Arrington Vineyards (Arrington, TN) (30 minutes away) (Kix Brooks is a co-owner & sometimes gives
  • free concerts) (first weekend in August is harvest day celebration)
  • Battle of Franklin (civil war sites) (includes Carnton Plantation, Carter House, & Lotz House)
  • Bavarian Beerhaus
  • BB Kings House of Blues
  • Belle Meade Plantation (very interesting & beautiful grounds) (has wine tasting room on property)
  • Belmont Mansion (beautiful & very interesting)
  • Bicentennial Capital Mall State Park
  • Bluebird Café* (stars play on Monday nights)
  • Broadway St (numerous small clubs to visit) (most have bands all day & night) (most have no cover charge)
  • Burgess Falls (Sparta, TN) (1-1/2-hour drive)
  • Carnton Plantation (in Franklin, TN) (historical Civil War place)
  • Carter House (in Franklin, TN) (historical Civil War place)
  • Chaffin’s Barn Dinner Theater
  • Cheekwood Botanical Gardens & Museum of Art 
  • Christmas Village (at fair grounds) (in November)
  • City Winery
  • Coker Tire Company tour (1317 Chestnut St., Chattanooga, TN) (2-hour drive)
  • Cooter’s Place* (Dukes of Hazzard museum)
  • Corvette Museum (about an hour away in Bowling Green, KY)
  • Country Music Hall of Fame* 
  • Cummins Falls (Cookeville, TN) (one-hour drive)
  • Dave and Buster's
  • Day trip to Memphis (3-1/2-hour drive)
  • Elvis Show (1/2 mile from resort) (2 nights a week)
  • Falls Creek Falls
  • Fontanel (Barbara Mandrel’s mansion) (live concerts) (beautiful and much music memorability in there)
  • Franklin, TN (nice town to visit) (29 minutes away) (beautiful downtown)
  • Frist Center for the Visual Arts (art museum)
  • Gaylord Opryland Hotel (park at outlets & walk to hotel) (have river boat ride for cost of $10.50) (four courtyards with indoor gardens with all kind of flowers are beautiful) (free fountain show to music) (winter ice craving exhibit)
  • General Jackson Showboat Tours (lunch & dinner show cruises)
  • George Jones Museum
  • Grand Ole Opry back stage tour 
  • Grand Ole Opry Line Show* (must see) (various country artists at each show)
  • Gray Line Nashville (numerous tours) (one trip goes to Memphis to see Graceland & other sites) (Discover Nashville tour is very good)
  • Hermitage* (Andrew Jacksons home) 
  • Historic RCA Studio B Tour (downtown)
  • Honky Tonk Central (live music daily)
  • Jack Daniel’s Distillery tour*
  • Johnny Cash Museum 
  • K1 Speed
  • Legends Corner (live music)
  • Listening Room Café (great music) (don’t eat there – overpriced & not that good)
  • Lotz House (in Franklin, TN) (historical Civil War place)
  • Lynchburg, TN* (home of Jack Daniels) (hour away)
  • Madame Tussaud’s
  • Marathon Village (some neat shops) (wine tasting shop) (craft beer brewery)
  • McKay Used Books
  • Music Row*
  • Nash Trash Tours
  • Nashville Cowboy Church (Sunday morning) (in Texas Troubadour Theater)
  • Nashville Palace* (near resort) (live music after 11 AM)
  • Nashville Shores Water Park & Treetop Adventure Park (on Percy Priest Lake)
  • Nashville Zoo
  • Natchez Trace State Park
  • Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery (1414 Clinton St.) (tours & tastings)
  • Nissan Plant (Smyrna, TN) (free tours on Thursday) (30-minute drive)
  • Oakridge TN Atom Bomb Tour
  • Old Town Trolley* (tour of Nashville) (hop on/hop off) (drivers talk during tour gives a lot of information & history about Nashville)
  • Opry Mills Mall*
  • Printers Alley*
  • Ray Stevens CabaRay’s Showroom
  • Redneck Bus Tours
  • Roberts Western World (great music & good food) (no cover charge)
  • Rock Island State Park (Rock Island, TN) (1-1/2- hour drive)
  • Ryman Auditorium & Museum* 
  • Ryman Auditorium Backstage Tour
  • Shelby Street Pedestrian Bridge
  • Station Inn (for bluegrass music)
  • Stockton Civic Center
  • Southeast Pack Trips
  • Tennessee Whiskey Trail (tnwhiskeytrail.com)
  • Texas Troubadour Theater (free music Saturday night at 9 or 10 PM)
  • The Gulch area
  • The Parthenon Nashville 
  • The Patsy Cline Museum
  • The Redneck Comedy Bus Tour (bus picks you up right at resort)
  • The Sound Nashville Music Tour
  • Two Rivers Park
  • Walkin’ Nashville Music City Legends Tour
  • Wave Country (wave pool & water slides) (at Two Rivers Park)

NASHVILLE GROCERY STORES

  • Costco (30 minutes from resort)
  • Kroger* (a few miles away)
  • Publix (a few miles away)

NASHVILLE OTHER INFO

  • Christmas time is special in Nashville
  • Get the Nashville Live Music Venue APP
  • Parking downtown on the street is free after 6 PM (maybe hard to find spots though)
  • Very crowded during CMA week & at the 4TH of July
  • Visitor Center (501 Broadway in front of Bridgestone Arena)
  • Weekends get real crowded downtown especially which all the bachelorette parties going on. Nashville has become the number 1 place for them)
  • visitmusiccity.com* (total access pass - choose four attractions from 20+ on the list) (watch which ones you pick because if you choose 4 low cost ones you could lose money)

NASHVILLE ADDRESSES

Wyndham Nashville
2415 McGavock Pike
Nashville, TN 37214
Phone: 615-871-4666

Bluegreen Downtown Nashville
301 Union St.
Nashville, TN 37201

Margaritaville Vacation Club by Wyndham - Nashville
425 Rep. John Lewis Way S
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-986-9300

Cambria Hotel Nashville Downtown 
118 8th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37203
Phone: 615-515-5800

NOTE: This is information I have compiled from comments posted on this site and other timeshare Facebook sites. I have been to some of these places (with * at end of name) and the others are recommendations from other people.

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