22 Best Hotels in Nashville for Music City Hospitality

There's no Nashville without storytelling, and each of these properties tells a different one.Music City is rooted in the art of spinning a good yarn. There’s no country music, no Taylor Swift, no late nights chatting at the bar or mornings at breakfast recapping last night without storytelling. And while hotels may once have been merely places to rest your head, today’s best hotels in Nashville are as connected to storytelling as the city where they’re based. There are inns connected to the land and the story of Middle Tennessee; its outdoor adventures and rich soil. There are hotels that explore the city’s history from its role in the suffrage movement to its location on a railway hub to more intimate history about people and places that shaped Nashville. And of course, there’s the hotel that tells the story of Dolly Parton, from the Smoky Mountains to her philanthropic Imagination Library.The beauty of these hotels is that no two are the same, although their stories are interconnected. Each time you come to Nashville and stay at a different hotel, you get a different chapter of the city's full story. These are the best hotels in Nashville for a truly intimate take on the Tennessean capital.Read our full Nashville travel guide here, which includes:The Best Restaurants in NashvilleThe Best Things to Do in NashvilleThe Best Bars in NashvilleHow we choose the best hotels in NashvilleEvery hotel on this list has been selected independently by our editors and written by a Condé Nast Traveler journalist who knows the destination and has visited that property. When choosing hotels, our editors consider properties across price points that offer an authentic and insider experience of a destination, keeping design, location, service, and sustainability credentials top of mind.Hotel Indigo Nashville - The CountrypolitanLots of Nashville hotels use guitar picks and instruments as décor as a nod to the city’s musical roots. But at The Countrypolitan, music is part of the hotel’s essence, not just its aesthetics. Thanks to a vibrant lobby bar/restaurant with live music daily and staff trained to help guests find and appreciate the best of the city, The Countrypolitan, a Hotel Indigo property, is a good home base for a Nashville adventure. Don’t miss the small lobby boutique curated by Nikki Lane. You’ll find vintage goods and cheeky souvenirs not available elsewhere.Read Full ReviewThe Untitled Nashville Hotel, Tapestry Collection by HiltonIt’s an offbeat name, The Untitled, but it is fitting for a hotel that strives to be a little different. The idea is to title your own trip to Nashville at a hotel that prizes creativity. The hotel boasts three art galleries and a staff curator who offers tours, so you can learn about the local and regional artists on exhibit, all in an environment that is laid back and unstuffy. The location near The Arcade, Printers Alley, and Lower Broad makes for easy exploration of Nashville’s myriad creative charms.Read Full ReviewBode NashvilleNashville has a reputation as a place that tourists visit in groups, be they bachelorette parties, girls' getaways, or family vacations. If you want to spend lots of time with your travel companions and also want a little elbow room, book BODE Nashville. It’s an apartment-style hotel with on-site staff, a bar scene that attracts locals to hang, guest rooms with up to four bedrooms all in a location within easy walking distance to some of the city’s favorite attractions. Rooms are modern, sleek, and roomy, with the biggest suites the size of small homes.Read Full ReviewSalt Ranch HotelOpened in 2026, this updated motel and swim club provides a budget-friendly, but still stylish, option for Nashville tourists. Designed as a spot for groups who want to hang by the pool and have a cocktail before heading out on the town, Salt Ranch delivers. Guest rooms are small, sleek and updated, and priced so everyone in a group can have their own room and then spend time together in the bar, restaurant or at the pool. Salt Ranch sits on more than two acres, with plenty of free parking and its own fenced-in dog park.Read Full ReviewThe Chloe NashvilleThe Chloe Nashville staff believe in the golden rule: While the boutique's neighborhood is small, buzzy, and infused with luxury touches, it's also friendly and welcoming—and that ethos applies to the locals as well as hotel guests. Situated in Hillsboro Village, in the former home of Asylum Records, The Chloe is a true local hangout. Neighbors have pool memberships, bring their families to the seasonal pumpkin patch, and the bar is a go-to for a nightcap. Each of the hotel’s 19 rooms have different décor, so it feels like this is a place to be lived in, not just visited. The signature praline ice cream sandwich (served at the bar, in the restaurant, and by the pool) mirrors the hotel itself: approachable and indulgent.Read Full ReviewDolly Parton's SongTeller HotelDyed-in-the-wool Dolly Parton fans probably already have reservations for the country icon’s new hotel, complete with an attached Dolly museum. But SongTeller isn’t only for Dolly acolytes: Just like Dolly’s appeal transcends gender, music genre, age and more, so, too, does her hotel. Her touches are everywhere, from the musical notes in the carpet to her songs being played once an hour in the lobby to her photos in every guest room. But the hotel is more than her, allowing guests to experience music the way she loved it. Singer-songwriters play in the lobby Listening Room, and jazz musicians play in the clubby upstairs Jolene’s bar. Access to the hotel is limited to guests with room or restaurant reservations, so it’s a safe, warm oasis from the hubbub of nearby Broadway, kind of like Dolly herself.Read Full ReviewHutton Hotel Nashville, A Tribute Portfolio HotelThe Hutton Hotel is thoroughly modern and recently renovated. It’s designed not just for people who want to listen to music, but people who want to—and do—make music. Music industry executives appreciate the hotel’s proximity to Music Row, where many record labels are located, and its on-site writing rooms. For all its new amenities, there’s an old-school vibe when it comes to service. This is the kind of place where the staff knows your name (and your dog’s name, if you are traveling with a pet), and they’ll offer you a drink and a chance to sit and catch your breath in the lobby before heading out on adventures. The on-site spa and music venue, Analog, make a compelling case for sticking around instead of heading out.Read Full ReviewThe Union Station Nashville Yards, Autograph CollectionThis former train station-turned-hotel dynamically captures Nashville’s past and present. For more than 125 years, this building has stood as a lovely landmark on Broadway. Its head-turning lobby is worth seeing as a restored icon of a past era. Its location in the newly developed Nashville Yards neighborhood keeps Union Station young. Right out its doors are a new music venue, The Pinnacle, shops, bars and restaurants, plus easy access to Lower Broad a few blocks to the east. Nab an interior room with windows that open out into the atrium.Read Full Review1 Hotel NashvilleA stay at 1 Hotel Nashville is a sensory experience, from touch—with textured, reclaimed wood, and live plants on many surfaces—to smell—which is closer to a field of wildflowers in the countryside than a busy city block in the heart of honky-tonk action. The Nashville branch of the 1 Hotel chain, which opened in 2022, is representative of the brand’s commitment to sustainability, in a way that is engaging but not spartan or schoolmarmish. Devote time to exploring some of these choices, such as the hourglass in the shower to create awareness about the length of time you leave the water running, and the hangers in the closet made from recycled wrapping paper. Like all proper Nashville hotels, 1 Hotel has a rooftop bar with a view; this one is surrounded by the hotel’s signature greenery, contributing to the feeling that country and city co-exist. And they do it on a plush bed with organic cotton sheets.Read Full ReviewW NashvilleThe W Nashville pulls off a trick that’s hard to execute. Somehow the W both cultivates a fun and see-and-be-seen vibe that befits its Gulch location and also is refined enough to avoid a party-at-all-costs attitude. That means its large lobby welcomes business travelers and enthusiastic travelers and offers quality people-watching perch in the Gulch neighborhood. The hotel welcomes people in (not just hotel guests), for live music, yoga, and swimming at the large L-shaped pool (reservations required). Locals also flock here to eat at celebrity chef José Andrés’s restaurants. The central location is a prime home base for shopping, eating, and drinking, close to the Station Inn, the Frist Art Museum, and 15 minutes from Lower Broadway and the Ryman Auditorium.Read Full ReviewThe RussellThe Russell is all about the wow factor. Formerly a 115-year-old church, the hotel retains many of the building's original elements, including a series of jaw-dropping stained glass windows. Bright, restored panes of glass play off modern decor and stylish new architectural elements. Each room is a different shape and size—such is the reality of retrofitting an old church into a new hotel. All of the rooms have good light, smartly designed charging stations in the pews-turned-headboards, and beautiful color schemes.Read Full ReviewGraduate NashvilleTravel should be fun, and the Graduate knows that. They incorporated cheeky, quirky art elements and attractions throughout the moderately priced hotel near the Vanderbilt University campus. You can belt out your favorite karaoke tunes while being accompanied by an animatronic band at Cross-Eyed Critters or go to the rooftop and take a photo with a giant, pink chicken-wire bust of Dolly Parton. (While many people refer to this as “Dolly Parton’s hotel,” the singer isn’t involved in it. She’s just someone the Graduate team loves.) Some of the details may seem offbeat at first glance, but the hotel takes making sure you get a good night’s rest seriously. Rooms are ample in size and comfortable, with well-appointed bedding and plush carpet to cushion your walk after a night on the town. For all the good-time vacationers who stay here, rooms are adequately soundproof. They can party, and you can sleep. Or vice versa.Read Full ReviewConrad NashvilleIt’s easy to imagine a movie being filmed in the large, high-ceiled, light-filled lobby of the Conrad. With its sweeping staircase and nattily-dressed clientele, it feels like it is out of central casting for “luxury hotel.” This vibe of everything being just right permeates the experience of staying at the Conrad. From wise assistance courtesy of the concierge, to dinner at Blue Aster, capping off the day with an artfully prepared meal, to a long soak in a giant bathtub, to getting shut-eye by closing the blinds with a press of a button, a stay at the Conrad is designed to make your life easier. The Midtown location is close enough to the Ryman Auditorium, Lower Broadway, and other attractions to get there quickly, but also offers a respite from downtown congestion.Read Full ReviewThe Hermitage HotelFor more than a century, the Hermitage has been the gold standard of Nashville accommodations. The gilded entrance transports visitors to a more glamorous era of travel, while offering more bang for your buck than other downtown stays—rooms are spacious, beds are plush, and service is beyond compare. In 2020, the hotel celebrated the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment (the one granting women suffrage), which had much of its final push take place in the halls of the Hermitage before Tennessee became the state to put it over the top. That year, the hotel also kicked off a complete renovation of guest rooms, the lobby, bar, and restaurant, resulting in a look that is crisp and modern but still connects to the hotel’s considerable history. The overhaul of the Drusie & Darr restaurant was overseen by Celebrity Chef Jean-George Vongerichten, who opened his first restaurant in the South at the Hermitage in 2021. —K.L.Read Full ReviewThis gallery has been updated with new information since its original publish date.Margaret tells the stories of the people and places of the South. She loves a “small” story, a story about a person changing their community, even if the rest of the world doesn’t know about it. 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