West End – Music City VIP

Things to do

A full-scale Parthenon replica in Centennial Park, with a giant Athena inside and a lawn made for a slow afternoon.

West End · First-timers $

Things to do

Alan LeQuire’s studio — he sculpted the Athena in the Parthenon. Sculpture in a real working space.

West End · First-timers $

Songwriter rooms

Songwriter nights in the Holiday Inn Vanderbilt. Unlikely room, real writers, usually free.

West End · First-timers $

Restaurants

Biscuits at the edge of town toward the Natchez Trace. A Nashville breakfast pilgrimage.

West End · First-timers and groups $$

Outdoors

The lawn around the Parthenon. Picnic, walk, let the group decompress.

West End · First-timers and groups $