Our Spring Break Itinerary in Nashville
This spring break, my friends and I decided to go to Nashville! If you’ve come to this post, you’re probably interested in the specifics of what we did each day. If not, I made a YouTube video showing all the highlights of the trip (linked below).
Now, on to the travel planning part! I’ve broken our trip up by days & included some advice at the end! We decided not to rent a car, but to Uber (key fact though: there was only 3 of us so we never needed anything bigger than an UberX). Overall, we ended up only throwing around $30-40 between the 3 of us the entire trip for Ubers, instead of a flat fee for renting a car. We even found that the most interesting people we met on the trip were our drivers (they have all the local tea, and TRUST me, they will tell you it)!
Where we stayed: Our airbnb was located in Music Row. Its a residential area, where a bunch of the recording studios are located, about a 5 minute Uber from downtown Nashville. We stayed in a Willie Nelson themed apartment, and absolutely loved it! The owners were super nice, and responded fast. Everything was very clean and well-kept too. Here is the link to the place: https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/40534788?adults=3&check_in=2022-03-06&check_out=2022-03-10&federated_search_id=11cace3b-7bcc-496e-85a3-89f6a85a140b&source_impression_id=p3_1644715730_6Op1hqxxeILtd%2BY3
Day 1 (arrival day):
Checked into our airbnb
Got lunch at Acme feed & seed
Walked around Broadway/Nashville Walk of Fame
Took photos on the overlook above Ryman Auditorium (had snacks in Assembly Food Hall to the right of the overlook)
Postmated dinner from Sadie’s Mediterranean (super good salmon)!
Went to the bars on Broadway that night: took photos on the roof of The Stage Bar, then went to Nudie’s and Whiskey Top Bar
Day 2:
Breakfast at Biscuit Love (there’s a few locations, but we went to the Hillsboro location since it was a short ride away from our place)
Went to Love Y’all mural/Loading Dock coffee shop (we actually didn’t know this mural was on the side of a coffee shop, but it was a TOTAL hidden gem built into an old garage building, with really good coffee & nice people)!
Went to It’s Gonna Be Okay mural
Parthenon/Centennial Park
Walked through Vanderbilt’s campus (on accident - if you are looking at the Parthenon and turn to your left, keep walking straight until you hit a town - that’s Vanderbilt). We even grabbed some merch on campus LOL
Dinner at 12/30 Club (this was unknowingly Justin Timberlake’s bar). There are two parts of this restaurant: The Honky Tonk (downstairs, more casual) & The Supper Club (upstairs, more formal). We went to the Honky Tonk part of it, and the live music/food was very good!
Bars on Broadway this night: Tootsies Bar, Kid Rock’s Honky Tonk Central, Whiskey Top Bar
(Disclaimer: Madi and I went to Tootsies at night time since it’s a world-famous bar, however, being two girls in their 20s, we were the youngest people at the bar. Unfortunately, we got some creepy vibes from some older men, so we left after one drink. However, it was still cool to see, but if you’re younger, you may want to skip this one at night time and go during the day)!
Day 3:
Grabbed coffee at Moonshot Coffee (in the Gulch)
Went to the famous What Lifts You Wings Mural & took some photos (while we were waiting for our Uber to lunch, we stopped in the store directly next to the mural called Kittenish - it was another hidden gem with cute photo spots inside)
Lunch at RH Nashville Cafe - now this might’ve been one of the highlights of the whole trip! It’s an absolute MUST go and much more impressive than we expected! Only afterwards did we realize that the RH stands for Restoration Hardware - we were literally eating lunch in a furniture store HA! But the food? The scenery? The staff? Incredible. I know there are different locations of this cafe in different cities (I think NYC has one of these), but we absolutely adored it! Weird tip, but go visit the bathrooms in the back right corner of the place - there’s a beautiful hall of mirrors and chandeliers (perfect for photos)!
Went to Sixty Vines rooftop for dinner & The Baked Bear for dessert (Mj loves this place)!
This night, we were super tired, so we stayed in and had a movie night in our airbnb!
Day 4:
Went to the Nashville farmers market for coffee/food
Walked around 12 South shopping area/went to Frothy Monkey cafe for food for me (had amazing GF food for my celiac besties <3)
These murals/walls were all in the 12 South area: Nashville Looks Good on You mural (in the back parking lot of the Frothy Monkey), Looking Pretty Music City mural, Draper James store, and I Believe in Nashville mural
Went to the Hampton Social for dinner
Went to the Red Phone Booth Speakeasy for drinks after dinner. Let me tell you about this place, it was another huge highlight of the trip! We saw this on Tik Tok & were a little skeptical, but it was legit! Basically, you enter a 1920s speakeasy through a red telephone booth on the side of the road. It’s actually a chain bar too, and there are other locations in different cities! Let me give you some more info:
hidden speakeasy located on 142 Rosa L Parks Blvd
dress code; no open-toed shoes, not too many holes in clothing
call the Renaissance Hotel for a number to dial in the booth to be let in the bar (ask them for Cannoli Greg) - the number changes sometimes
if they tell you it’s members only, you’re either not in dress code or they are at capacity (we went in the height of the evening & we were fine though)
we did have to call them twice once we were in the booth before they answered the door to let us in
really good drinks, pretty pricey (since they say you’re paying for the quality/experience) but worth it, also a cigar bar so it smelled pretty heavy of smoke - but once again, still would go back <3
After the speakeasy, we went out on Broadway again. This evening’s bars included: Jason Aldean’s (a must-go, awesome dance floor), and Nudie’s (again hehe).
Day 5 (departure day):
Checked out of airbnb
Went to Barista Parlor for coffee (multiple locations of this, we went to the one in the W Hotel since it was on our way to brunch)
Had brunch at the Liberty Common
Sat in the Graduate Hotel’s Poindexter coffee shop until we had to go to the airport (since we had a ton of luggage, we needed somewhere were we could relax and put our stuff down - and this was the perfect place to unwind after a successful trip)!
GENERAL ADVICE:
I saw this from a woman on Tik Tok & it couldn’t have been more true - make reservations for dinner in advance! Places fill up quickly, and it’s difficult to find walk-ins late at night (since kitchens close at different hours)
Get to Jason Aldean’s bar earlier rather than later, since it is a very popular bar (they had hit capacity many days we were there)
Since we went during March, we packed all types of outfits since the weather fluctuated frequently (the first day was 70 degrees and sunny, the next was 45 and rainy) Be prepared for all types of weather!
TRIP FAVES:
RH Cafe Nashville, Red Phone Booth Speakeasy, Justin Timberlake’s 12/30 Club, Sixty Vines Restaurant, Jason Aldean’s Bar, Nudie’s Bar, Whiskey Top Bar (go to the top floors of the bars, they are mostly all rooftops).
Overall, this trip was so incredibly fun and we had the best time! Definitely a place we’ll be returning to in the future, and the perfect place for your next girls trip (or any trip really)!
