Best Hotels Near Vanderbilt University

The tallest building in Nashville (43 stories) anchors the Convention Center complex with panoramic views from its upper floors and three restaurant concepts including the acclaimed Etch restaurant by Deb Paquette. The location above the pedestrian bridge over Broadway makes it the most conveniently placed luxury hotel in the city.

Tennessee's only Forbes Five-Star hotel, opened in 1910, with a Beaux-Arts lobby of breathtaking grandeur — green marble columns, barrel-vaulted ceiling, and the original Art Deco mahogany check-in desk. The Capitol Grille restaurant and the Oak Bar are Nashville institutions, and the ladies' lounge (open to all) is one of the most celebrated Art Deco interiors in the South.

A sleek Gulch tower with the best hotel pool in Nashville on its eighth floor, a partnership with culinary icon Sean Brock's Audrey and June restaurants, and rooms with floor-to-ceiling windows capturing the downtown skyline. The food programme alone — one of America's most anticipated restaurant openings — makes it worth the premium.

The academic-nostalgic hotel brand done Nashville-style — rooms decorated with Vanderbilt University and country music memorabilia, a rooftop bar in the shadow of the Parthenon replica, and rates significantly below the downtown luxury tier. The Centennial Park and Music Row locations make it ideal for visitors interested in the city beyond Broadway.

A genuinely fun boutique with a retro-Nashville personality — named for Bobby's Idle Hour Tavern, the rooftop bar with Airstream trailers as cocktail bars, mid-century-inspired rooms, and a lobby that feels like a design magazine shoot. Steps from Broadway's honky-tonks but manages to feel detached from the tourist frenzy.